The movie left out most of the parts that made him look like an idiot. I think that the movie tried to tell the story from Chris' perspective of himself and his journey, not the perspective of his critics who view him as an ill prepared, unskilled kid.I'm waiting to go see the movie before I make any comments. But as a preview, I've read the book a couple of times, lived in Fairbanks for four years, and I have hiked out to the bus that he died in. I'm really curious what angle they are going to take with the movie.
The movie left out most of the parts that made him look like an idiot. I think that the movie tried to tell the story from Chris' perspective of himself and his journey, not the perspective of his critics who view him as an ill prepared, unskilled kid.
Apparently the movie mis-represented his parents, or represented them in a way the book did not. I plan to get the book this week.
I am jealous that you lived in Fairbanks for four years. It looks amazing.
Oh, the only annoying thing was that the entire soundtrack was done by eddie vedder, and he just bothers me.
I guess that pearl jam song "alive" didn't make it inOh, the only annoying thing was that the entire soundtrack was done by eddie vedder, and he just bothers me.
You just pissed on the floor didn't you?I didn't even leave the theatre to pee.
I wear diapers to any movie over 80 minutes long.You just pissed on the floor didn't you?
Or when driving to Florida to kill your stalkee's girlfriend?I wear diapers to any movie over 80 minutes long.
It got bumped at the last minute for "Life Wasted" and "Comatose"I guess that pearl jam song "alive" didn't make it in
God that magazine is useless...
There was a great article in Outside magazine
It seems to have gotten much worse lately. I remember there being some good articles in it before, but all of the issues I've looked at in the last couple of years have been worthless.God that magazine is useless...
I got a free subscription for some reason recently and I'm not even really tempted to open it when it arrives.It seems to have gotten much worse lately. I remember there being some good articles in it before, but all of the issues I've looked at in the last couple of years have been worthless.
Sorry, I'll start reading Mountain Bike Action insteadGod that magazine is useless...
I'm sure that one is just as useless.Sorry, I'll start reading Mountain Bike Action instead
Fairbanks itself is kind of a hole in the ground, but it has an endearing quality. I didn't think I would miss it much, but now that we have been gone for a couple of years, we're talking about going back.I am jealous that you lived in Fairbanks for four years. It looks amazing.
OK, I'll bite. What do you mean living there gave you a different opinion? You also said you hiked to the bus - how far of a hike is it? I imagine now that the movie is out more people will be doing that. I have been wanting to see it since I read the book.Fairbanks itself is kind of a hole in the ground, but it has an endearing quality. I didn't think I would miss it much, but now that we have been gone for a couple of years, we're talking about going back.
Living there for a few years definitely gave me a different opinion of what McCandless did, but I'll reserve comments until someone else opens that can of worms.
I read part of the book before I moved to Alaska. At the time I had only lived in Montana, and was going to school in Bozeman. I thought that he must have been very brave and just had some bad luck. I could only compare his experience to my own in Montana. In reality, living off the land in Montana and living off the land in Alaska is two different ballgames. Until I lived in Alaska, I thought I knew enough to survive on my own. Alaska gave me a huge wake-up. You cannot go off half-cocked into the wilderness up there and expect to survive. You will almost certainly die.OK, I'll bite. What do you mean living there gave you a different opinion? You also said you hiked to the bus - how far of a hike is it? I imagine now that the movie is out more people will be doing that. I have been wanting to see it since I read the book.
I'm struggling to see how this shows he had any brains whatsoever. He marched into one of the most demanding natural environments on Earth, alone, and completely unprepared both materially and intellectually. He should have spent more time learning actual field skills and less time spouting coffeehouse-open-mike-night bull**** about the 'wild.' He'd been lucky one too many times previous...if he'd ever gotten the smackdown from nature that he deserved (you'd think the story starting with him parking his car in a ****ing wash in the desert would have learned him something), maybe he'd have had some humility, and that might have saved his ass when the chips were finally down.hooker_47 said:McCandless had brains, and he had guts. He managed to skin out an entire moose, and made a valiant attempt at smoking it, without much prior knowledge. That is not an easy task, even for someone who knows what they are doing. He correctly identified plants that he could eat ... But they were mistakes that anyone who had lived in Alaska longer than a year would have known not to make.
He wasn't trying to know everything about what he was going out to do. His whole plan was to have an amazing adventure, which he did. Had he studied and prepared endlessly, it would have no longer been a "true" adventure.Holy crap. What a load of Sean Penn...
I'm struggling to see how this shows he had any brains whatsoever. He marched into one of the most demanding natural environments on Earth, alone, and completely unprepared both materially and intellectually. He should have spent more time learning actual field skills and less time spouting coffeehouse-open-mike-night bull**** about the 'wild.' He'd been lucky one too many times previous...if he'd ever gotten the smackdown from nature that he deserved (you'd think the story starting with him parking his car in a ****ing wash in the desert would have learned him something), maybe he'd have had some humility, and that might have saved his ass when the chips were finally down.
It's intelligent design, man. Get with it.two words.....
NATURAL
and
SELECTION.
Such as?The most fun things that I have done in my life are the ones that I was most ill prepared for.
He's a prankster that God fella. I wanna party with that dude.It's intelligent design, man. Get with it.
There's no rule saying you're not as stupid as McCandless...or as pompous. In fact, it's RM, so it's quite probable.The most fun things that I have done in my life are the ones that I was most ill prepared for.
Man...you are one angry dude...There's no rule saying you're not as stupid as McCandless...or as pompous. In fact, it's RM, so it's quite probable.