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Posted by MTB416 on March 8, 2008 at 12:39:51 pm EST
In reply to Into The Wild posted by mikekey on February 8, 2008 at 12:03:25 am EST

For the most part he just wandered in to the wilderness and came upon this beat up old bus, which he decided would get him adequate shelter. He could have walked out, had he realized how poor his situation actually was, but once he decided to leave the river had grown to many times its size due to run-off. In the book it states there was a nearby ranger station. Although I believe it was unmanned, these places generally to stock supplies. If I also remember correctly, a few miles downstream was a sort of pulley system with a cart ( not sure of technical name) erected to help cross the river when too wide.

The film itself, which was directed by Sean Penn, was quite good. I was unsure of how Penn would approach this film, fearing he would represent McCandless as a modern day philosopher living in a world that does not understand him. Although this way of thinking can be applied to him, I have always pictured him as more of a common man. The "common" man who thinks up great ideas but ultimately succumbs to the realities of modern life, of which McCandless aggressively fought back and ultimately culminated in his death. The book ,of course, is better, but the movie should definitely be on your list of movies to see. All people, especially the ones who frequent this website, will find a part of McCandless that is very much themselves.

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