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A Couple Of Early Reviews Of Sean Penn’s INTO THE WILD!

First by Athanatos	Jul 21st, 2007 07:27:45 AM
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This is an AWESOME BOOK! by theBigE	Jul 21st, 2007 08:34:46 AM
Seriously, if you haven't read it yet, go do so! I picked it up last month and read it in a couple days, despite a busy work schedule. I know high school kids have had this for required reading. Spoiler alert - the end of the story is on the front cover of the paperback! They spell out exactly what will happen. And yeah, I can see how point of view could be difficult, because Jon Krakuer (sp?) writes this book from his own narrative, injects himself into it, skips all over the place, fills it with flashbacks, side stories, etc. I really want to see this film. When I first heard of the book I thought that Chris (Alex) sounded like a real piece of work, but man this story just pulls you right in. Can't wait.
amazing book, read it!!!! - by gringostar	Jul 21st, 2007 09:34:57 AM
I was worried when I heard this was going to be turned into a movie... hopefully it will deliver. By the lack of mention in the reviews, it sounds as though Jon Krakauer's part in the book has been eliminated which, I am not certain was a good move. How the story of Chris McCandless unfolds is gut wrenching, but the way the narrative is handled by Krakauer, drawing from his journey following Chris's trail that leads to Alaska and combining that with his own life experience is what really anchored the story for me... I guess we'll see.
Jon Krakauer... by Avenger534	Jul 21st, 2007 09:53:09 AM
...is a great author. I was a very big fan of "Into the Wild" and "Into Thin Air". If the film of the former works out, does anybody think we'll see a film version of the latter? It could suck... or it could be shockingly amazing.
Under the Banner of Heaven also a GREAT read by CarmillaVonDoom	Jul 21st, 2007 10:25:45 AM
Let's see them make a movie of THAT lol.
Wow I didn't even know this was being made by jimmy_009	Jul 21st, 2007 12:03:36 PM
Too bad they couldn't give Into Thin Air the film treatment it deserved. Hopefully they don't include Krakauer's self indulgent personal stories in this one.
Penn goes into the wild to kill dead animals by CuervoJones	Jul 21st, 2007 12:08:35 PM
Don´t ask
Why couldn't Sean Penn stay in Iraq? by TheBloop	Jul 21st, 2007 12:34:12 PM
I loved when he came back and was made Saddam used video of his "fact fiding mission" as propaganda. What the fuck did he think Saddam was going to do with the footage? Tool,,
God I hope its not like a Malick film by Lovecraftfan	Jul 21st, 2007 01:20:02 PM
But apparently it isn't cause I certianly wouldn't want to see it then.
I am looking forward to this film by Miami Mofo	Jul 21st, 2007 01:57:58 PM
I read 'Into the Wild' last year and have been looking forward to the movie ever since. I'm quite interested to see how Sean Penn adapts Jon Krakauer's book. Sure hope you don't take too long posting your review, Moriarty as I often enjoy your reviews even more that the films that you're writing about. ***Regarding "Penn goes into the wild to kill dead animals" sorry CuervoJones but I have to ask, how can someone kill a dead animal? Isn't it already dead?
James Joyce? Naturalist? by eastertheatre	Jul 21st, 2007 03:03:58 PM
Bollocks! Try modernist, mate.
Lovecraftfan by BadMrWonka	Jul 21st, 2007 03:32:32 PM
Way to prove, once again, that people that hate Terrence Malick films, are usually the same people that can barely write a coherent sentence.
Sean pain in the ass by emeraldboy	Jul 21st, 2007 03:37:26 PM
did not deserve his oscar for that film. I hated Mystic River(clints worst) and in no way does Saying that Is that my daughter in there line over and over again constitute acting. I think however his performance in the assisination of richard Nixon did however. I am not a huge fan of penns. I cant stand him really. I wish he just would go to some remote island and scream his lungs and come back when he is done and then go away.
BadMrWonka by jimmy_009	Jul 21st, 2007 04:52:38 PM
You have an unnecessary comma between films and are.
It would be a great film. by lost.rules	Jul 21st, 2007 05:43:14 PM
Under the Banner of Heaven that is. This one...eh. Pretty good.
jimmy_009 by BadMrWonka	Jul 21st, 2007 06:59:26 PM
I also don't capitalize letters at the beginning of sentences...coherency isn't a synonym for perfect grammar and punctuation. I just like people to TRY to communicate clearly. make some effort. kids today right like this and you just have to decifer what they mean u no and its hard because they dont even think about what they right and its hard to follow or get what they mean and everything looks like a text msg from a retarded monkey u no?
rg10 you should be skull fucked by TheBloop	Jul 21st, 2007 09:03:19 PM
Then shipped off to the remote island with Sean "I run my mouth to hear myself talk" Penn and his rag-shoot wife.
I reed yue Wonka by jimmy_009	Jul 21st, 2007 10:38:26 PM
No argyoumants heer.
Who is Terrence Malick? by J-Dizzle	Jul 21st, 2007 11:00:55 PM
Have I seen any of his films?
extra in the film by kooky little elephant on beer	Jul 22nd, 2007 12:19:07 AM
i worked on this film as an extra. im so happy its rated R. pg-13 is a lame ass rating. Sean Penn was a cool person to meet. He was nice to everyone on the set. i just hope i made the cut in the graduation dinner scene.
If Sean Penn made it, I'm watching it by BringingSexyBack	Jul 22nd, 2007 12:32:48 AM
Big Penn fan. I'm going to support him no matter what, but the trailer looked real good anyway.
I guess TheBloop doesn't like articulate actors by BringingSexyBack	Jul 22nd, 2007 12:34:44 AM
Dipshit mouth-breather. Anyone who mentions skull-fucking ought to be skull-fucked.
Not sure if I would consider Sean Penn articulate by jimmy_009	Jul 22nd, 2007 02:31:53 AM
He's a mumbler. I wouldn't not see a movie he was in just because of his politics (I hate it when people do that). Still, I do think he's a bit overrated. My favorite Sean Penn movie is Bad Boys.
and for the above insult by emeraldboy	Jul 22nd, 2007 08:18:09 AM
about my gender, which I am happy to say is straight. This site has just lost a customer and as of now, I am going to do womething which I should have done along, terminate my aicn account. Screw this censorious cine-dictatorship.
'Straight' isn't a gender by jimmy_009	Jul 22nd, 2007 09:31:27 AM
It's an orientation. Jesus H.
WTF? by BigDude	Jul 22nd, 2007 12:41:57 PM
The title sounds like a Christopher Guest movie. I can already see Harry Shearer hitchhiking, being picked up by Michael McKean. Sean Penn used to be cool, not he's just an annoying know-it-all. Nobody likes a know it all. NOBODY!!
I'm with those people by tk 421	Jul 22nd, 2007 01:24:17 PM
Who really enjoyed the book. I found it very disturbing, in a good way if that's possible. Krakauer does an excellent job in framing how small humans are in relation to the forces of nature. I hope this movie comes close to the book.
this is what i like to call a by The Real MiraJeff	Jul 22nd, 2007 03:34:44 PM
must-see. That trailer was pretty impressive. Emile Hirsch doesn't get nearly enough credit as an actor. This could be a real wake-up call for a lot of people. Best case scenario it's his Half Nelson. And Sean Penn in the director's chair is always intriguing. I can't wait to see it and perhaps more importantly, I can't wait to read Mori's review. I'd be jealous but if there was ever a week to say, 'don't have a cow, man' I think it's this one.
articulate actors? by TheBloop	Jul 22nd, 2007 04:48:19 PM
You mean actors who are so delusional they think the can show up in a country ruled by sadistic thug who filled mass graves and put people in to wood chippers if he though the disagreed with him, and think their "fact finding mission" will lead to discovers that the U.N. some how missed, because you know, he is an actor? Right, I am sure Saddam's goons were so impressed that the guy from "Fast Times at Ridgemont Times" was in their country, they left him have access to everything. Sure there buddy, he is really articulate. I heard he stopping by Cancer Research Center to see if the scientist have overlooked something, because you know, he is an actor.....
am I the only one that thinks Penn is a bad actor? by Cotton McKnight	Jul 22nd, 2007 10:33:47 PM
Let me get something out of the way right off the bat- no, I don't like his politics, or his personality, for that matter. I think he is an egomaniac that has average intelligence at best- certainly not anyone who is in any position to lecture anyone else about anything. But you know what? I think that way about a LOT of actors, and yet I am able to watch their movies because I enjoy their work. Sean Penn on the other hand.. no. His acting is passable at best and absolutely absurd at worst (I am Sam, All the King's Men). He isn't an engaging peformer at all and I am stupefied as to how and why he continues to be a sought after actor in Hollywood. I think he has a BIT more range than Keanu Reeves but that's about as far as I will go.
Oh, give it up Bloop... by BurnHollywood	Jul 23rd, 2007 12:20:58 AM
Supporting Bush and his jerk-ass war at this point is about as astute as admitting that you still listen to Creed or Limp Bizkit...get wit' the fuckin' times already.
Oh come on Mirajeff by IndustryKiller!	Jul 23rd, 2007 03:42:34 AM
Emile Hirsch's Half Nelson? Thats insane. Now to be fair the jury is still out on Hirsch's talent, but I think it's safe to assume he's no Ryan Gosling, who already has proved that he is the best actor of his generation. Hirsch hasn't done anything to convince me he's above and beyond hte call of duty and in fact has some painful films (Alpha Dog anyone?) and some lame performances (Lords of Dogtown) under his belt. For Gosling level talent in other young actors you would be much better served looking for it in Joseph Gordon Levitt, Jake Gyllenhaal, or Heath Ledger.
And about Sean Penn by IndustryKiller!	Jul 23rd, 2007 03:50:47 AM
Saying Sean Penn has a bit more Range than Keanu Reeves is...I can't even think of an analogy ridiculous enough to accurately show how asinine a statement that is. Clearly you are letting your feelings for him personally get in the way of your judgement, despite your disclaimer. Ill give you ALl the Kings Men but he was great in I Am Sam. Not to mention Dead man Walking, Carlitos Way, The Assasination of Richard Nixon (for which he should have won another Oscar), Casualties of War, 21 Grams, Sweet and Lowdown, State of Grace, U-Turn, HrulyBurly, just to name a few inarguably excellent performances. The guy has the utmost respect from just about every actor alive today and on a list of best actors of that generation he is never left off the top of the list. So say what you will about the guy, but saying he's a bad actor, even if you don't particularly enjoy him, is just plain inaccurate if you know the first thing about acting. And if you have ever seen The Indian Runner or the Pledge you'll know his movies, while really hard to stomach, are also impossible to shake.
And as far as actors being political idiots by IndustryKiller!	Jul 23rd, 2007 03:54:09 AM
Look how well the cadre of never-worked-a-day-in-their-li fe rich kids, lawyers, and ex-coprorate big wigs the current political landscape is littered with has worked out. it doesn't matter what the fuck your profession is when it comes to being a good or bad politician, it has everything to do with your character. If you dont like Sean Penns politics its more than fair but it has nothing to do with what he does for a living.
TWO GUNS by Mace Tofu	Jul 23rd, 2007 05:59:43 AM
That should be Sean Penn's next movie. Two handguns were stolen from Sean Penn's car while he was out in Berkley, California. Did the police ever find the guns? Has anyone been robbed or killed by them. Did Sean buy two more to replace them. Is he now packing on his person? Now that would be a movie I'd like to see.
please in the name of God by canucklehead	Jul 23rd, 2007 10:29:46 AM
the trailer makes this guy look like some insightful visionary who finds the answers to life out there, not the bonehead who wandered in uneducated, got stuck and broke the hearts of all those close to him!

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