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Smokey
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07-08-2003

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smokey a private message Print Post    
Wow. This is not a "feel good" kind of movie. I didn't expect that it would be, but it still took me by surprise with the intensity it brought to me. Emile Hirsch's performance is flawless.

This is a description from Yahoo movies:
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future, 22 year-old Christopher McCandless instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people. Was Christopher McCandless a heroic adventurer or a naïve idealist, a rebellious 1990s Thoreau or another lost American.

I thought I would post and see if anyone else has seen this. Sean Penn wrote the screenplay. He wanted to do this movie for ten years and finally got McCandless's family to give their permission.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, October 22, 2007 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I will see this; I just don't know if I'll get to it before it's on PPV. I've read all of Krakauer's books, and LOVE them! The IMAX version of Into Thin Air is good too( although the movie version w/actors STINKS! LOL).

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
It finally came here- I absolutely LOVED the movie. I think they did a fair job adapting it from the book- the last half hour, the entire theater was absolutely still. I could tell a lot of the people hadn't read the book and didn't know the outcome. I read the book about 7 or 8 years ago- I picked up the book on CD from the library a week ago to relisten before watching the movie. One of my favorite books, and an excellent movie. I was obsessed after reading the book, I've become re-obsessed since seeing the movie.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Have you read Krakauer's other books, Kaili? I've got all of 'em -- he's the author I recommend for my teen boys who "don't like to read." He hooks 'em 90% of the time. Eiger Dreams is great b/c they're shorter essays, but I was most intrigued w/the Under the Banner of Heaven.

Westtexan
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07-16-2004

Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 8:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Westtexan a private message Print Post    
I read Under the Banner of Heaven. Very Fascinating. (I also read Into the Wild and anxious to see the movie. I want to see it on the big screen--got to be gorgeous scenery--but doubt it will come to my town.)

Melfie1222
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07-29-2002

Monday, April 21, 2008 - 10:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Melfie1222 a private message Print Post    
I still can't decide what bothered me most about this movie... that everyone paid money to watch Chris, and it seems like that is the last thing he would approve of... or that I just don't get why he did what he did, and Jena Malone's narrative as his sister - blaming whoever and praising him - bugged the crap out of me.

Tvfreak
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04-09-2008

Friday, April 25, 2008 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tvfreak a private message Print Post    
I think the part that bothered me most is that he spent so much time convinced that he didn't need other people, and that he only realized the importance of relationships when it was too late. If he had just waited 2 or 3 more years, he might have been mature enough to recognize that importance and not leave behind so many broken hearts.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I had the DVD here for a couple of weeks before I decided not to watch it. The older I get the more I'm into happy endings. I'm now cogitating on whether or not to watch In The Valley Of Elah.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I'm literally watching the Valley of Elah right now, OG...and putting it DVD for my dad. It's more of a "make you think" movie than a feel-good ending, but it's certainly powerful and a movie I'd highly recommend!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 3:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I watched ITW recently. Beautiful yet boring.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
I read this book and found the protagonist to be insufferably judgmental, immature, selfish and self-involved. To the extent that what happened to him didn't bother me a bit. So I haven't seen the movie even though I want to see Hal Holbrook's performance.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 7:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I watched this last night. I was surprised it kept my attention all the way through. I have never read the book.

I agree with you, GAL. Also, he may have thought he didn't need other people, but never once did it seem to have even crossed his mind other people may need him. Very selfish. To me it felt like an elaborate revenge mission on his family, or else he would have called them.

Tvfreak
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04-09-2008

Monday, August 18, 2008 - 3:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tvfreak a private message Print Post    
I have been meaning to see this movie. I just saw Eddie Veddar (of Pearl Jam) in concert this past Saturday and HE WAS AMAZING. He recorded the entire soundtrack for this film, so I know all the songs from the movie! He is great, so I can only imagine how good the movie itself is going to be.