![]() I found quite upsetting to changing Chris’ really story.įurthermore, what would have been an extremely interesting ending was left out. This scene was so completely unnecessary. Somehow it seems absolutely impossible to shoot a hollywood movie without squashing in some romance. The film shows him as lucky not to die any five minutes because of his lack of knowledge in the book you see that he was perfectly aware of what he was doing.Īnother point that really frustrated me was the love story they simply had to force in for the movie. I was very disappointed that he was presented this way. ![]() In the movie it felt like the closest thing to getting ready for the wilderness was buying a book on edible plants. He informed himself, he planned, he rationed his food. He wasn’t just running around like a headless chicken. In the book on the other hand you see that indeed he did know what he was doing. He just goes through the world without a plan, without knowing or preparing. Sean Penn constructed Chris who was played by Emile Hirsch as a rather clueless boy who actually hasn’t much of an idea what he is doing. In John Krakauer’s portrayal he comes off as a really smart young man whereas in the movie he seems rather foolish. I was fascinated by the book and the ideas Chris McCandless had. Recently I finally got around checking out the film – and ended up very disappointed. There was no chance I’d watch it without reading the book beforehand. I was really excited to watch the movie and already had the DVD on my shelf for quite some time. After 119 days alone in the north he dies as it later turned by starvation. ![]() Arriving there he comes across an old abandoned bus somewhere in the wilderness which becomes his new home. His journey leads him through the United States down to Mexico before he ends where he always intended to go: Alaska. He abandons his belongings, donates his money and starts travelling the country. Christopher McCandles is a bright young man who just finished college when he decides to leave everything behind and sort of drop out of society. Three years later an expanded version was published as book. Originally John Krakauer wrote an article for “Outside” on him. The story basically tells the life of a young man named Christopher McCandless. The non-fiction piece was turned into a movie in 2007 with Sean Penn directing the film. In 1996 the book “Into the Wild” by John Krakauer was published.
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