[Ache]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')nto the Wild tells the adventures of Christopher McCandless, a top student at Emory University and an athlete. After graduating, McCandless decides to give $24,000 of his savings account to OXFAM and later, to burn all the money in his wallet. He hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wild. During his adventure, he encounters several unique people that change his life before he faces the dangers of wilderness.

Christopher shed his real name early in his journey, adopting the moniker "Alexander Supertramp". He spent time in Carthage, South Dakota with a man named Wayne Westerberg, and in Slab City, California with Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob. Krakauer interprets McCandless' intensely ascetic personality as possibly influenced by the writings of Leo Tolstoy, Henry David Thoreau, and his favorite writer, Jack London. He explores the similarities between McCandless' experiences and motivations and his own as a young man, recounting in detail his own attempt to climb Devils Thumb in Alaska. He also relates the stories of some other young men who vanished into the wilderness, such as Everett Ruess, an artist and wanderer who went missing in the Utah desert during 1934 at age 20. In addition, he describes at some length the grief and puzzlement of McCandless's family and friends.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '.')..he faces the dangers of wilderness.

[I_Like_Plants]

he was also near a weather monitoring station that had a phone and stuff, which he wrecked.

They think he died from a combination of "rabbit starvation" (not enough fat in diet) and eating a plant that's one even the Indians are careful about, poisonous and non-poisonous get mistaken for each other.

I wonder how many stories there will be like this when the Depression gets worse? I wonder if that's why stories like this are more popular now?

[seldom_seen]

There was also a cable car that crossed the river that he could have used in the spring if he found it.

Nonethless, a great book and a great movie.

Best movie of 2007 IMO.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '.')..he faces the dangers of wilderness.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '.').. disappointed that he didn't revert to cannibalism.

[Homesteader]

It is over dramatized story about a stupid bastard who didn't know jackshit about traveling anywhere off the concrete and had a romanticized view of wilderness. The fact that the inexperienced masses find it an entrancing tale is just one more sad commentary on society.

[Kent]

And Hamlet is just a story about some guy who can't make up his mind.

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', 'B')est movie of 2007 IMO.

[BigTex]

I haven't seen the movie, but I really enjoyed the book.

Someone who is willing to look for adventure today is impressive, even if he made some really dumb decisions that ultimately led to his death.

Even if you don't like Sean Penn, he is a talented actor and director.

[WildRose]

I've been trying to rent it out for the past couple weeks, but I can't seem to get a copy!

[drgoodword]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Homesteader', 'I')t is over dramatized story about a stupid bastard who didn't know jackshit about traveling anywhere off the concrete and had a romanticized view of wilderness. The fact that the inexperienced masses find it an entrancing tale is just one more sad commentary on society.

[Homesteader]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', 'B')est movie of 2007 IMO.

[FreakOil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Homesteader', 'I')t is over dramatized story about a stupid bastard who didn't know jackshit about traveling anywhere off the concrete and had a romanticized view of wilderness. The fact that the inexperienced masses find it an entrancing tale is just one more sad commentary on society.

[Homesteader]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FreakOil', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Homesteader', 'I')t is over dramatized story about a stupid bastard who didn't know jackshit about traveling anywhere off the concrete and had a romanticized view of wilderness. The fact that the inexperienced masses find it an entrancing tale is just one more sad commentary on society.

[I_Like_Plants]

Men's Journal and Outside Online have good articles, they show up right at the top in Google searches of the kid's name.

Well worth reading.

[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FreakOil', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Homesteader', 'I')t is over dramatized story about a stupid bastard who didn't know jackshit about traveling anywhere off the concrete and had a romanticized view of wilderness. The fact that the inexperienced masses find it an entrancing tale is just one more sad commentary on society.

[FourOfSwords]

Horrible movie. I usually glom onto movies like this, and much to my disapointment, I found this movie shallow and uninteresting. I also enjoy Sean Penn's endevours into film making, this one I felt was poorly executed, choppy in the storyline leaving people who had not read the boook wondering whats going on. Sorry to be so critical, I wanted to like ths movie, but there just wasn't much to it.
'The fact that the inexperienced masses find it an entrancing tale is just one more sad commentary on society.' ~ This quote from Homesteader probably sums it up pretty well.
Alex

[holmes]

I enjoyed it for sure. And Chris could hold his own in wilderness survival. Eat me haters.