Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Alex · 11-18-2007, 03:14 PM

Sorry you didn't like it (especially if I was part of tipping you to see it with your limited theater time availability right now), but I probably couldn't disagree more. In fact, I'll probably go see it again in the theater because I simply need to see it again. Something which I don't know that I've ever done before (if I see a movie twice in theater it is always because I am accompanying someone who's not seen it).

Stan4dSteph · 11-18-2007, 05:58 PM

Saw Into the Wild this afternoon. I thought it was very well done. I haven't read the book, but now I will probably make an effort to do that. I'm not sure what I think of Alex as a person. He certainly seemed to have an impact on the people he came across in his travels, but ultimately he left them all behind and didn't realize what he was missing until it was too late.

Alex · 11-18-2007, 06:05 PM

I haven't seen the movie, nor read the book.

But we were up in Alaska a couple weeks before the movie opened and Penn had just announced they would premier it up in Fairbanks, so it was a pretty steady topic of conversation in the various local papers.

It was interesting to see the contrast between how it appeared the movie would portray him and the local perception. Alaskans (at least those talking about it in newspapers) seem to pretty consistently view him as an idiot of the highest order.

Still interested in the movie but at this point it looks like it will wait for DVD.

Stan4dSteph · 11-19-2007, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I haven't seen the movie, nor read the book.

But we were up in Alaska a couple weeks before the movie opened and Penn had just announced they would premier it up in Fairbanks, so it was a pretty steady topic of conversation in the various local papers.

It was interesting to see the contrast between how it appeared the movie would portray him and the local perception. Alaskans (at least those talking about it in newspapers) seem to pretty consistently view him as an idiot of the highest order.

Still interested in the movie but at this point it looks like it will wait for DVD.

I can definitely see how he would be viewed that way by locals. He was not very well prepared for what he would encounter, and in the end it was his undoing. I can imagine they see way too many of those types pass through.

11-18-2007, 03:14 PM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Sorry you didn't like it (especially if I was part of tipping you to see it with your limited theater time availability right now), but I probably couldn't disagree more. In fact, I'll probably go see it again in the theater because I simply need to see it again. Something which I don't know that I've ever done before (if I see a movie twice in theater it is always because I am accompanying someone who's not seen it).
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11-18-2007, 05:58 PM	#2
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	Saw Into the Wild this afternoon. I thought it was very well done. I haven't read the book, but now I will probably make an effort to do that. I'm not sure what I think of Alex as a person. He certainly seemed to have an impact on the people he came across in his travels, but ultimately he left them all behind and didn't realize what he was missing until it was too late.
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11-18-2007, 06:05 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I haven't seen the movie, nor read the book. But we were up in Alaska a couple weeks before the movie opened and Penn had just announced they would premier it up in Fairbanks, so it was a pretty steady topic of conversation in the various local papers. It was interesting to see the contrast between how it appeared the movie would portray him and the local perception. Alaskans (at least those talking about it in newspapers) seem to pretty consistently view him as an idiot of the highest order. Still interested in the movie but at this point it looks like it will wait for DVD.
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