Into the Wild

[eddie.saw]

Has anyone else ever seen this movie and felt right in Mr.Supertramps shoes?

This movie captured me and I just got lost in feeling as if the true happiness is out there, in nature, alone, but the movie ending the way i didn't want made me realize one of his lasts thoughts,

"happiness is only real when shared"

 

[Iron_Lion]

That kid was a total vag compared to this guy Richard Proenneke. This guy moved to alaska, made EVERYTHING by hand, and was living pretty large for many years in the alaskan back country. If you liked that movie check out the Proenneke documentary, this guy even makes Bear Grills look like a schoolgirl.

check it out

 

[zomg1]

yea that dude is awesome.. i love how his documentary was shot by himself alone (if im thinking of the same documentary)... so you know in those shots where he is walking off into the distance he had to come alllll the way back to get the camera after he got the shot

 

[Rob547]

Yea I know the feeling eddie. I wouldn't be heading to Alaska but I would love (I think at least) living or at least experiencing that. I also do not like the ending quote there either, its really depressing and probably true but..idk.... good movie

 

[Guywithoutajeep]

Yes good movie. It has so many interesting characters. I think a lot of us relate so well because we're all brought up into society's confines and a lot of us wish we had the courage to explore what is truly outside of those confines. They treat him as very extremely heroic and pure. We all want to be looked at like that.

The tests we put ourselves through are what help us understand who we are. In the movie he sort of comes full circle in understanding the importance of family, which he struggled with earlier in life. The test of Alaska gives him that great epiphany that so many people never find.

The true beauty of it all is the desire to go search for all things we're missing in our lives. I find that to be one of the qualities of any great person.

 

[RandyMarsh]

That kid was a total vag compared to this guy Richard Proenneke.

Funny, I only ever saw Into The Wild because I mistook it for being Alone in the Wilderness. Got the names mixed up.

 

[ninfan77]

The guy was pretty ignorant re: living off the land. Unprepared. Dies from a simple mistake, lack of medical supplies etc.

If you do some research on his story, you'll find he wasn't well liked by the locals either.

 

[superbolan]

I turned it off when he wouldn't bang the chick, just kidding he needed to watch survivorman

 

[Dr. Dank]

Read the book by John Krakauer, its way better than the movie.

 

[hopleaf]

i have an uncle who lives in alaska not far from where that kid died. from what he tells me the kid was unprepared and pretty ignorant as to what it took to live in alaska. he said the movie is a joke.
personally i love the movie and the book. both are very inspirational and moving. i had to go spend a month in the upper penisula of michigan after reading the book.

 

[supermanlives]

90 percent of folks couldnt live off the land very long. when i showed my city friend the process of harvesting a deer he threw up.

 

[ArcticBlast]

Read the book by John Krakauer, its way better than the movie.

yeah i read this book in high school, very good

i thought the movie was ok, i just find emil hirsch, sean penn, AND eddie vedder to be extremely pretentious lol

ArcticBlast

 

[eddie.saw]

Yeah the dude defiantly aspiration and drive to go do this trip more than he took the time to get knowledge, i'm not saying this dude knew what he was doing by a long shot and honestly just being a country boy I know more skills now than this idiot did when he set off but it's not that that caught my attention, it was just his ability to shrug off everyday life and just get up in leave after committing four years to college and just dumping his saving into a charity and going for it.


and that Proenneke dude, He's one seriously industrious crazy son of a bitch. Truely more inspiring in the realm of reality compared to 'supertramp'

 

[Sativa King]

Yeah I saw the movie and also felt pretty inspired. Was a great flick!