What a sad and tragic film..........

Mindy



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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 16:57

I watched a film on Digiturk Moviemax channel last night. I haven't been affected like this for a long time.



It is a true story 'In The Wild' has anyone else seen it. I won't spoil it for you but have the tissues ready.



I have ordered the book today from Amazon....... poignant, dramatic, warming and sad

smithy


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:04

Mindy I have seen it and loved it, they have shown it so many times and at first I kept getting the end of it, then once I manage to watch the whole of the film, I cried buckets.

Mindy



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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:07

Smithy

It is so sad, I am still remembering bits as the day goes on. Lots of 'If only's' don't you think

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:28

Not one for me to watch then, I cried at Bambi.

smithy


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:29

I can imagine Dee you with a tissue watching lassie )

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:33

I got kicked out of the cinema last night for bringing my own food in with me.

I was gutted. It's ages since I've had a barbecue.

Corbo



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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:33

I've heard it's good but have yet to see it. I like Sean Penn as well; he's a deep thinker and will direct some 'serious' quality films I reckon

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:39

Sheila I am dreadful, I cry at the drop of a hat..

smithy


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 17:41

Bill that was funny,

Dee I weep at every sad event,

Dont every take me to the Cinema i would show you up )

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 18:22

I fainted when I went to see the godfather,the horses head in the bed with all that blood in colour, the exorcist scared me to death and I left early, now I think it is quite silly, but I dont do horror.



What is this film about, can someone tell me please

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 18:28

dee. You shouldn't watch it - it's really sad. My wife started crying as soon as the opening credits started. )

notthereyet


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 18:30

Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, 22-year-old Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people. Was Christopher McCandless a heroic adventurer or a naïve idealist, a rebellious 1990s Thoreau or another lost American son, a fearless risk-taker or a tragic figure who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature?



Each strand of his journey is woven into Sean Penn's screen adaptation of Jon Krakauer's acclaimed best-seller, Into the Wild, which is as much about the insatiable yearning for family, home and connection as it is the search for truth and happiness.



McCandless' quest took him from the wheat fields of South Dakota to a renegade trip down the Colorado River to the non-conformists' refuge of Slab City, California, and beyond. Along the way, he encountered

notthereyet


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 18:34

McCandless' quest took him from the wheat fields of South Dakota to a renegade trip down the Colorado River to the non-conformists' refuge of Slab City, California, and beyond. Along the way, he encountered a series of colourful characters at the very edges of American society who shaped his understanding of life and whose lives he, in turn, changed. In the end, he tested himself by heading alone into the wilds of the great North, where everything he had seen and learned and felt came to a head in ways he never could have expected.

Mindy



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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 18:47

Nothereyet



You have described it so well.

I look forward to the book

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 18:56

Now I will have to watch the film and have a big box of tissues with me, oh bugger lol.

come_on_aylin


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Message Posted:
09/12/2009 22:36

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/sep/28/movie-review-wild/

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
10/12/2009 01:16

Not sure whether to read the book or watch the film first. I have been known (on many occasions) to cry at books, let alone films/sporting events/game shows, etc. etc.



J

taraspring


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Message Posted:
10/12/2009 01:48

"who shaped his understanding of life and whose lives he, in turn, changed"

Wow!



Can someone do that for me, perhaps I should audition for the movies?

loulou



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Message Posted:
10/12/2009 09:26

yea watched it last year on dvd very sad

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
10/12/2009 10:02

Why don't all you women get the dvd and get Lilli to show it one evening in her restaurant. You can all have a good cry together. ))

Navek



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Message Posted:
10/12/2009 10:12

Was reading about this film the other day...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless

Hope to see the film.

Navek

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
10/12/2009 10:16

Bill you naughty boy lol, can you imagine it, all of us together, we could solve the island water shortage

Mindy



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Message Posted:
10/12/2009 10:52

I ordered the book from Amazon, so will have it when I get back to UK in a couple of weeks, I read the first 10 pages online last night, great!!! Must say Emile Hirsch who plays Chris is a brilliant actor.

adagirl


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Message Posted:
10/12/2009 11:00

Saw it too, but couldn't help feeling a bit angry as well (from a parental point of view). Anyone else feel that?

Mindy



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Message Posted:
10/12/2009 11:06

Adagirl



Yes most definitely I felt that but mainly at such a waste of a fine young mans life and having 4 sons myself it makes you so very sad for his parents.