I read the book. I don't know if I want to watch the movie. I saw parts of it while it was at my theatre. I find the story very frustrating. I want Chris McCandless to tell us, "why".
I miss Oz. He'd get it. He wouldn't say anything, but he'd get it.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Laga - Apr 09, 2008 11:38:19 am PDT #4919 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Cashmere - Apr 09, 2008 11:54:58 am PDT #4920 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
tiggy, Catherine Keener and Hal Holbrook broke me in that. I felt compelled to keep watching the movie even if I didn't necessarily "get it" because the characters were so interesting.
The why of it at the end (and why Chris didn't make further attempts to escape and get to civilization before he reached his weakened state) boggles my mind but I think reconstructing his stories from his journals, we can only speculate as to his motives.
Glamcookie - Apr 09, 2008 12:03:31 pm PDT #4921 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Catherine Keener
Bwuh? I didn't know she was in that! Now I have to rent it. Major girlcrush on CK.
Scrappy - Apr 09, 2008 12:10:44 pm PDT #4922 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
She's great in it. Not a fan of the film, though. Although I thought the performances and the directing were amazing, I really disliked self-righteous, heedless Chris McCandless and felt bad for all the people he hurt along his journey.
Kevin - Apr 09, 2008 2:18:37 pm PDT #4923 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I didn't know anything about that film going in. It really, really upset me. I'm an idiot like McCandless in many ways, it turned out.
juliana - Apr 09, 2008 2:20:49 pm PDT #4924 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Although I thought the performances and the directing were amazing, I really disliked self-righteous, heedless Chris McCandless and felt bad for all the people he hurt along his journey.
That's why I can't watch that movie (or Grizzly Man, for that matter).
Kevin - Apr 09, 2008 2:24:19 pm PDT #4925 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Unsurprisingly, Grizzly Man is on my list of favourite movies.
tiggy - Apr 09, 2008 2:52:11 pm PDT #4926 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I don't necessarily think he was self-righteous. he never expected to change anyone's minds about the way they lived their life. he just did things the way he wanted to do them.
I do agree about the heedless part though. he seemed pretty oblivious to the affect he had on others.
Kevin - Apr 10, 2008 3:53:37 am PDT #4927 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Yeah, the bits in the movie I found upsetting were his sisters comments.
lisah - Apr 10, 2008 6:15:11 am PDT #4928 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
That's why I can't watch that movie (or Grizzly Man, for that matter).
Me too. Hate that kind of selfish stupidity so much.