Into the Wild

Pros: Hirsch, Holbrook, Keener, Dierker; Eric Gauthier's photography; locations
Cons: songs

Emile Hirsch (Cleve Jones to Sean Penn's Harvey Milk in "Milk"; Jay in "Lords of Dogtown", "The Mudge Boy") is onscreen for more than two hours (not quite in every shot, but close) playing the ascetic adventurer ...

Pros: story; cast; presentation
Cons: nothing special on DVD

The 2007 film, Into The Wild, shoulda been an Oscar contenda, folks. Sean Penn has brilliantly and sensitively adapted Jon Krakauer’s book of the same name that tells the tragic, real-life story of a ‘bright, young man’ as an elderly character in ...

Pros: Hirsch is great, beautiful scenery
Cons: None

Into the Wild tells the tragic true story of a young man named Christopher McCandless who decided to break away from society and try living alone in the mountains for a time. He kept a journal of his adventure into voluntary solitude, and this was ...

Pros: can prove to leave quite an impact, interesting story, thought-provoking, great cinematography
Cons: Not quite as good as the written word of his story

If you are looking for a film based on a real life adventurer, then this is certainly a must-see on the list of really good films about a true story. Into The Wild is a film brought about by a novel on Chris McCandless, a kid who had just ...

Pros: Very well done adaptation of the Book. Scenery was stunning of the wilderness
Cons: None..

Into The Wild was a difficult movie for me to watch since I had read the book and knew how it ended…My hubby though, had no idea, so I had to keep my mouth shut which sometimes is a hard thing for me to do… It didn't take me long ...

Pros: Well adapted from the book. Incredible natural background. Narrated from a different point of view.
Cons: A few side stories incomplete.

I first read the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer earlier this week and saw the film this weekend. Book or Film; Which is Better? There are many times when the book is far more entertaining and fulfilling than the movie but in this case ...

Pros: Terrific acting. Cinematography.
Cons: Overly symapthetic portrayal of main character.

It took a decade but Jon Krakauer's wildly successful book Into the Wild was finally brought to film in 2007. Like the book, the film version is about Christopher Mc Candless, a young man who abandoned his family and friends to live as a ...

Pros: Acting. Realism. Cinematography & soundtrack. Character development. Thought-provoking.
Cons: It's a bit long, but shortening would've marred it.

I Now Walk..."Into the Wild."BACKGROUNDDuring the course of this movie, I paused to go get something from the refrigerator--but then it occurred to me how odd that was. I had just watched a man shoot and gut a moose, in the Alaskan ...

Pros: Penn's Direction, Script, Narration, Locations, Cinematography, Music, Sound, Editing, & Cast.
Cons: Penn's Approach to The Ending.

Jon Krakauer's 1996 novel Into the Wild about the late Christopher McCandless and his exploration into the Alaskan wilderness. The story of a young man who came from a wealthy suburb in West Virginia and to rebel against his upbringing by taking ...

Pros: Great acting, direction, screenplay, cinematography, music, photography
Cons: Somewhat drawn out and erratic at times

Quick Facts: Genre: Drama Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Hal Holbrook Screenplay and Directed By: Sean Penn Run Time: 148 Minutes Special ...

Pros: -Great Acting -Great Production -Beautiful Scenes -Story is excellent
Cons: -None

Cast/Characters: Emile Hirsch – Christopher McCandless William Hurt – Walt McCandless Marcia Gay Harden – Billie McCandless Jena Malone – Carine McCandless Vince Vaughn – Wayne Westerberg Kirsten Stewart – Tracy Tatro Catherine Keener – Jan ...

Pros: acting above all, scenery, production, soundtrack
Cons: none

After reading Jon Krakauer’s book, I hesitated watching this movie. I wondered if it would explain some things I questioned after the reading and I also wondered if it would be treated with the ...

Pros: About Christopher McCandless, true story, Alaska trip
Cons: Unnecessary cursing and nudity. Portrayal of Chris as insane

After I read the book Into the Wild and reviewed it here h ttp://www.epinions.com/content _430948716164, I desired to learn more about the young man who traveled to Alaska. I never expected to like the movie less than ...

Pros: Emile Hirsch; Catherine Keener; Hal Holbrook; great directing and beautifully photographed
Cons: Character's motivations may not be ample enough for some

"As long as possible live free and uncommitted." No, this isn't some credo for bachelors, but advice to future generations from Thoreau's "Walden." It's a romantic summons to set enough time aside to carve your own identity into the rugged, open abyss ...

Pros: Emile Hirsch, entire cast.
Cons: None.

A few years ago, my youngest son told me about a book he was reading that was a true story of a young man who gave away all his money after he finished college and pursued his dream to be an adventurer in the Alaskan wilderness, more or less. He seemed ...