Into The Wild

That's right.

It seemed like a lot of people were missing that. Even critics (though it would have been spoilery).

 

I just got finished watching the movie. I enjoyed it, but imagine how quickly he would have died had he not gone to college for four years. College didn't prepare him for that potato root.

 

Precisely my take on the film, which I finally watched last night thanks to the joys of Netflix. I was really taken aback at how the character was portrayed, how it seemed like his parents (at least his father) couldn't see the real good in Chris, the wild, unfiltered of goodness that wasn't necessarily obvious. Yet total strangers met him and became so enamored with him that they treated him like family. The scene in the truck with Holbrooks made the room quite dusty, and I agree that Hal's performance was close to transcendant. I really enjoyed this one. Went 2 1/2 hours and never felt like it was dragging. All of the characters were that dynamic. Great, great film.

 

I think Krakauer has modified his view about whether Chris died from something he ate. Rather than the question of whether the seeds could be toxic, I believe I have read that he now thinks that maybe they had a mold on them.

Just as possible, though, that he simply starved to death.

 

I think the time he spent with the Old Man kinda gave him a change of heart about life and how important family is, especially when the Old Man mentioned about his unfortunate family and asked Chris to be his son to prolong his family's generation. I'd admit, I weeped a little during the last truck scene when the Old Man asked because I knew the outcome of the ending already.

I admired McCandless for his journey and life doing something out of the ordinary but never once regarded him as a hero. I think everyone has that sort of dream to do something extraordinary or peculiar. I think many can learn from McCandless's tragedy.

 

Oh I forgot to mentioned, I love Eddie Vedder and the soundtrack was good, I only wished the songs were longer. Though Eddie explain the reason behind the short songs because he wrote them accordingly to the scenes. That Eddie, what a fucking genius!

He's one of the many reasons why Pearl Jam is the greatest band EVER. See you guys in MSG in two weeks, baby.

 

Five more days here.

 

Awesome, Simon! Are you hitting both the Florida shows or just the West Palm Beach one or any other shows?

I'll be doing the last 5 shows in New York and New England. This is basically my summer vacation!

 

The level of jealousy for you is beyond comprehension. 5 shows? That's just an unnecessary wealth of fortune, you lucky bastard.

 

Hehe good karma, I guess. I probably make peanuts compared to you, that's why I can afford to jeopardized my employment for over a week break to see my favorite band. ;D

Great avatar by the way, Yield was the one that I got me addicted. But my favorite is No Code.

 

Holy shit!

I just have West Palm Beach on Wednesday.

Going with the 14-year-old.

 

Hehe, I think that's the age I went nuts for this band. Enjoy the show man, it'll definitely be fun!