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Into the Wild | 
| Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 34.65
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 735
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
UPC: 097363481263
EAN: 0097363481263
ASIN: B000ZOT8F4
Release Date: March 4, 2008
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 An ugly look at our species' stupidity... November 15, 2008
James Sifert (Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada)
I read the novel years ago and, like all of Krakauer's work, it is more about the twisted interpretations of the novelist than it is about the people involved. Only Krakauer can twist stupidity into heroics and turn a self-absorbed spoiled brat into a heartfelt character that we are laugh and cry with. Where was Chris McCandless's concern for all those people that loved him and he, in turn, simply walked out on time and time again. br / br /Don't be fooled by Krakauer's pagentry, McCandless was no everyman and he was certainly no hero to mourn. The true tragedy is how many others he inspired to not take responsibility for those they touch. My respect for Sean Penn would increase if he were to eschew his material vices and disappear into the Alaskan "Wilderness" with a bag of rice (oh, man . . . a bag of rice).
A Disturbingly Sad Tale September 11, 2008
Ian Gordon Malcomson (Smithers, Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This recently-released film is based on the true story of Chris McCandless, as described in Jon Krakauer's original story, "Into the Wild". In this film version, the audience is treated to the haunting tale of a young college graduate who, for a variety of personal reasons, decides to breakout from his mundane existence and start life over again. The issues and demons that beseige a rather emotionally-fragile Chris are not ordinary: an unhappy family environment, a domineering father and a petulant mother, and the realization that he and his sisters are really only bastards after all. The film follows the course of Chris's escape into the Alaskan wilderness over a three-year period, as he abandons a career, a need for money, and any association with his old life. His journey is a troubled one because it is based on the dangerous assumption that all one has to do to start over again is to live alone in nature. All the way along the road to the top of the of world, this passion for living in the pristine wilderness by himself drives him to drop friends as quickly as he makes them. Naively, he thinks that all he has to do to enjoy a new lease on life, disencumbered of any worldly impediments, is to move out into the great beyond where there is no human contact from his past. However, the problem, as the movie shows, is not the initial attempting of a such an undertaking so much as the low chances of surviving it. Chris, with all his Walden-type idealism, could prove to be his own worst enemy. The film does a great job in capturing the natural beauty of the Lower 48 and Alaska itself. Chris's sister plays an effective role as background narrator in helping to fill the audience with pertinent pieces of his earlier life. Well worth seeing!
 Great movie about the meaning of life April 15, 2008
Matthew King
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Into the Wild follows the real-life story of an early-20's recent grad who gives up his middle-class life, his car and all his money and sets off on a hitchiker journey through America, finally settling in Alaska. br / br /This movie really struck a chord with me on an emotional level, I've also often thought of eschewing all material things before, realizing it can never be the true source of happiness. But as the main character tragically realizes, neither is loneliness and isolation. Great movie with a powerful, haunting music score by Eddie Vedder.
Well told story. Great soundtrack. Powerful acting. December 24, 2007
J. Stiller (Montreal, Quebec Canada)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Penn does a lovingly beautiful job in retelling Chris' story. The research by both author and film maker must have been difficult. Superb casting. But don't misunderstand our 'hero'. Hubris has spoiled many. Chris was certainly an angry, self-centered fellow, and hurt, but what good did his journey do? (Perhaps as another reminder for us.) It is only when he is facing death that his vision is clear. Is this what Tolstoy and other writers who Chris admired meant? He was a rebel, but what was his cause? Still, we certainly feel for him, and those lives he touched.
Poignant Movie deserving an Oscar! December 10, 2007
Kay (B.C. Canada)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I watched this movie in the theatre recently. It's a poignant movie about a young carefree man embarking on a journey. The acting and the scenery are superb! Director Sean Penn deserves an oscar as does the movie! br /I hope the movie makes people with similar aspirations to think carefully and do alot of research before heading out into the wild.
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