In Reply to: Into the Wild posted by jamesgarvin on July 26, 2009 at 19:59:34:
I didn't think it was a very good film because it was played a little too cool. I never thought much was revealed about him so it just seemed a self-indulgent, drifting kid: nothing exceptional about him except he died during one of his "stunts." Kind of a slow-motion "Jackass" stunt.
Hirsch I found unobjectionable and that was the problem. Sure, perhaps that's what the guy was like but this is not a documentary: it's got to have some drama. It didn't have enough, if any.
Keener, as usual, is magnificent.
What a national treasure and it's a crime of the first magnitude that she's so underutilized.
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- Spoilers galore! - tinear 21:29:21 07/26/09 (7)
- RE: Spoilers galore! - Daryl Zero 11:08:48 07/27/09 (0)
- RE: Spoilers galore! - jamesgarvin 08:37:27 07/27/09 (2)
- I think the death knell of any art is fear of upsetting someone. In this case, - tinear 09:04:48 07/27/09 (1)
- Huh? - jamesgarvin 08:34:16 07/29/09 (0)
- RE: Spoilers galore! - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 03:37:55 07/27/09 (2)
- Well, Chris, it's (SPOILERS!) about a guy - tinear 09:07:36 07/27/09 (1)
- RE: Well, Chris, it's (SPOILERS!) about a guy - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 09:55:49 07/27/09 (0)