Loading ...If you haven't read Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, then do yourself a favor and go buy the book today. It is a great read for anyone who has ever dreamed of just dumping life and taking off on an adventure, not knowing where it will take you. The great news is that a film has been made based on the book. The trailer was recently released and I just caught my first glimpse today. I hope it lives up to the book, and from the trailer it seems like it could do just that.
The book is about a young man, Christopher McCandless, who comes from an upper middle-class family on the east coast. He decides he wants to do away with all his earthly possessions and take out on the road to discover the world. During his travels around the US, Mexico, and Canada. He gets into all sorts of tight situations and meets several people who try to help guide him along the way. It's a story about a young man searching for who he is. And for those of us not brave enough, or crazy enough, to set out and do what he did, it's a great way to live vicariously.
Go check out the Into the Wild trailer and see if it makes you want to go out and pick up the book.
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Thanks for the review about this trailer. I watched the trailer at myspace, after seeing an ad for it. As Sean Penn is a friend of mine at: http://www.myspace.com/kriskemp
and he seems like a straight ahead guy, I bet this movie will be very close to the original story.
I read "Into the Wild" years ago, and after reading it, was inspired to live a little different, not worry so much. Ironically, after reading the book, my car was stolen and I had to take a bus, then hitchhike, to Nevada to retrieve it. I kept a journal of this experience that you can read at: http://www.bicycledays.com. The journal is titled: Shelters are Melting.
Thanks for the review. This movie looks interesting.
Kris Kemp
http://www.passporttowealth101.com
http://www.myspace.com/kriskemp
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Just saw he movie .
Did not read the book.
How did the bus get there ???????
Good question... I don't remember if it explained that in the book.
This is simply a mind blowing movie. Will but the book asap.....
For those who havn't seen the movie, watch it with focus....it gonna be ur lifetime fav movie
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