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Into the Wild; ***SPOILERS***
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Maker13 Jun 16 2008, 09:46 AM Post #1
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I just saw the movie a few weeks ago and absolutely loved it. I decided to get ahold of the book and finally snagged it middle of last week. I just finished it last night, and wow. It is one of only two books I've read that I can actually say changed my life. I think anyone between 18-25 is going to find emotions and feelings that they directly relate to in the story of Chris McCandless. The thing that really struck me is how rare it is to hear about someone who truly knows what their beliefs are and who goes all-out acting upon them. This guy never once thought, "I can't do anything to matter." He lived his beliefs in his actions, and wasn't afraid to stand up to hypocrisy and tell people the things he thought they needed to hear. I'm not saying I agree with his outlook on life or what he did to his family, but I'm just deeply effected by the fact that he did what he said he was going to do.

If you haven't seen the movie or read the book, do it now. Seriously, sign off, rent it/borrow it/steal it and go. NOW!!

Those of you that have, your thoughts?
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Jazen Jun 16 2008, 10:24 AM Post #2
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I just saw this movie a couple of days ago. Though I loved his values and the way he lived his life, the movie didn't tell the whole "truth". After seeing the movie and reading up a little on what really happened, McCandless actually starved to death because he refused to listen to any advice. It wasn't the plants that he had eaten, as the movie portrays, it was simply ignorance and lack of knowledge and/or experience on how to survive. Along the way he had met people that tried to help him, tried to warn him about how difficult it was to try to survive in the Alaskan wilderness. From what I read, he refused because he thought he had enough knowledge to pull it off.

After he tried to get back, couldn't cross the river and knew he was stuck, he would leave notes on the bus frantically asking for help if anyone happened to come by while he was out trying to find berries or small game to live on. He was starving to death and he knew it. He was desperate.

The movie shows that he made a mistake and ate the wrong plant, therefore getting sick and dying. Not necessarily true.

With that said, I did like the movie, and as I said, I loved his outlook on life, but 24 years old is just too young to die. And he obviously didn't want to.

When the hunters found his body, they turned in his camera and these are a couple of self portrait pics that were found on the film.


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All in all, the movie was an Oscar Nominee, and although tragic, I personally enjoyed it.

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Maker13 Jun 16 2008, 10:51 AM Post #3
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I just saw this movie a couple of days ago. Though I loved his values and the way he lived his life, the movie didn't tell the whole "truth". After seeing the movie and reading up a little on what really happened, McCandless actually starved to death because he refused to listen to any advice. It wasn't the plants that he had eaten, as the movie portrays, it was simply ignorance and lack of knowledge and/or experience on how to survive. Along the way he had met people that tried to help him, tried to warn him about how difficult it was to try to survive in the Alaskan wilderness. From what I read, he refused because he thought he had enough knowledge to pull it off.

After he tried to get back, couldn't cross the river and knew he was stuck, he would leave notes on the bus frantically asking for help if anyone happened to come by while he was out trying to find berries or small game to live on. He was starving to death and he knew it. He was desperate.

The movie shows that he made a mistake and ate the wrong plant, therefore getting sick and dying. Not necessarily true.

With that said, I did like the movie, and as I said, I loved his outlook on life, but 24 years old is just too young to die. And he obviously didn't want to.

When the hunters found his body, they turned in his camera and these are a couple of self portrait pics that were found on the film.


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All in all, the movie was an Oscar Nominee, and although tragic, I personally enjoyed it.

No one knows the exact reason why he died, but speculation can be made. The books more into detail on some of the possible explanations. The plant mix-up is a little shaky because he never had a problem for 2 and a half months beforehand. As is the idea that he starved. He made it through the much rougher spring months when there was still snow on the ground, and had been fine through the summer. The book suggests a different idea.

In McCandless's journal is an entry saying he got sick from some potato seeds. There is a moss that grows on seeds like that in damp conditionsin that area. The author found out that this moss can kill cattle if they eat it. What it does is make your body incapable of digesting food, so that even if you're eating, you can't get any sugars or nutrients in to your body. The only way to get rid of it is to have it flushed out by fats and sugars already in your body. But if you were already less than well-fed, you don't have enough fat to get rid of it and can't eat more to nourish yourself. This is the scenario the author puts forward, and one that I find quite viable as well. It could be that he just starved, but he'd survived for over 3 months already and was in a prime season for hunting/foraging. Seems a little shaky to me.
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Yeah, I understand alot of it is speculation on how he died, but very interesting. I'm glad you brought this up, I bet the book is fantastic.

I am definately going to read this book.
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Read the book movie was ok.
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