16 Sep 08
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Originally posted by mlpriorMany people that I know LOVED the movie. I read the book and then, years later, saw the movie. I LOVED the book. I thought the movie was good and probably done just about as well as it possibly could have been done. However, I highly recommend reading the book first. I think Krakauer (sp?) does a better job of reading Chris Chandless' (name?) life and state of mind than can be interpreted solely in the way the movie was done.
Has anyone ever read this book or seen this movie?
What do you think?
Can't go wrong with either though.
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by MrHandBook is on order from Amazon....
Many people that I know LOVED the movie. I read the book and then, years later, saw the movie. I LOVED the book. I thought the movie was good and probably done just about as well as it possibly could have been done. However, I highly recommend reading the book first. I think Krakauer (sp?) does a better job of reading the Chris Chandless' (name?) life an ...[text shortened]... can be interpreted solely in the way the movie was done.
Can't go wrong with either though.
Thanks for your info!🙂
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by mlpriorI read the book and listened to the audiobook. I really didn't like it. I ended up hating the kid for stupidly going into the woods unprepared. Also, so much of it focuses on interviews with others, and second-hand accounts of what might have happened. It seems like they had very little material to work with and desperately tried to stretch it out into a full-length novel. It might have been a fascinating story if you actually knew what was going though the kid's mind. Really though, I just wanted to strangle him (and the author) for wasting my time.
Has anyone ever read this book or seen this movie?
What do you think?
16 Sep 08
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Originally posted by rbmorrisI really didn't like it. I ended up hating the kid for stupidly going into the woods unprepared.
I read the book and listened to the audiobook. I really didn't like it. I ended up hating the kid for stupidly going into the woods unprepared. Also, so much of it focuses on interviews with others, and second-hand accounts of what might have happened. It seems like they had very little material to work with and desperately tried to stretch it out into ...[text shortened]... id's mind. Really though, I just wanted to strangle him (and the author) for wasting my time.
This made me laugh.
Also, so much of it focuses on interviews with others, and second-hand accounts of what might have happened.
That made me cry. bored to tears.
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by rbmorrisHe was certainly fool hardy and probably a victim of the idealism of youth, but I think that was his choice. He knew the risks he was taking and chose them with a sober mind.
I read the book and listened to the audiobook. I really didn't like it. I ended up hating the kid for stupidly going into the woods unprepared. Also, so much of it focuses on interviews with others, and second-hand accounts of what might have happened. It seems like they had very little material to work with and desperately tried to stretch it out into ...[text shortened]... id's mind. Really though, I just wanted to strangle him (and the author) for wasting my time.
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by MrHandI can understand why he did it.
He was certainly fool hardy and probably a victim of the idealism of youth, but I think that was his choice. He knew the risks he was taking and chose them with a sober mind.
Maybe he was foolish to think he could survive...aren't we all foolish? None of us will survive our lives.
🙂
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by MrHandHe was more than idealistic. He was seriously mentally ill. I did my share or stupid stuff at that age, but nothing even approaching that.
He was certainly fool hardy and probably a victim of the idealism of youth, but I think that was his choice. He knew the risks he was taking and chose them with a sober mind.
I think "PWNED" might have been a good title. Maybe with a picture of a frozen corpse on the cover.
16 Sep 08
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Originally posted by rbmorrisYou gave away the ending! 😵 🙂
He was more than idealistic. He was seriously mentally ill. I did my share or stupid stuff at that age, but nothing even approaching that.
I think "PWNED" might have been a good title. Maybe with a picture of a frozen corpse on the cover.
16 Sep 08
Originally posted by mlpriorI thought the movie (and Penn's directing) was mediocre at best.
Has anyone ever read this book or seen this movie?
What do you think?
But, hey, at least it was better than the TV movie adaptation of Krakauer's Into Thin Air (starring Peter Horton and Christopher McDonald), which was just absolutely atrocious.