Into The Wild 

Into The Wild website
I’ll admit, when I first saw the trailer for Into The Wild, I was a little hesitant. It came across as a little pretentious, preaching the sentiment “Oh look how beautiful the world is!” down my throat. And with Sean Penn behind the camera, I was skeptical about how he would bring to the screen the 1996 Jon Krakauer novel. The story of Christopher McCandless is a tricky one because people are generally divided into those who believe McCandeless was a great adventurer and those who thought he was a reckless kid who should’ve known better. Either way you look at his life, it makes for a potentially fantastic film.

Then I read a positively glowing review on Aint It Cool News by Moriarty (whom is usually right on the money) and I was confident the trailer just attempted to garner some interest in the film and wasn’t necessarily a fair representation of what Penn was trying to achieve. So now I’m pumped for the film and also its soundtrack provided by Eddie Vedder. You can hear a few samples of the score on the official movie site. The film comes out September 21st in the states, November 29th here in Australia.

 
 
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Tuesday, August 28 2007
 
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