Did I miss something? What is all the buzz about this Easy Rider redux? It bothered me all night that, after reading the book - which I liked - I felt the movie was scattershot and long. Correct me oh literate film watchers. Or am I just getting old enough to be annoyed by an Eddie Vedder sound track? Should I see it again?

GOt through half the book, and lost interest......I couldn't come to grips with his irrational way of thinking....

you're not alone, rk. walked out about halfway through the pretentious, long-winded movie.

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Originally posted by t.a. superette:
you're not alone, rk. walked out about halfway through the pretentious, long-winded movie.

As my wife as my witness, the movie got to chapter 4, and I let out a sigh of exasperation.

Thanks for the review. I had thought I might want to see this. The book was interesting, although, like IMJ, I kept thinking - this guy's a complete idiot. But I'm a sucker for beautiful scenery - all I need is a thin plot.

Krakauer (sp??) seemed to want the reader to sympathize with the kid's idealism. But his stupidity was too overwhelming. It could be a cautionary tale, but the kid makes such obvious mistakes that someone contemplating something similar would just figure "Well this knucklehead didn't know his *** from a hole in the wall, so if I just get a little bit of survival knowledge, I'll be fine."

Fortunately, the book is short and breezy so you don't feel you've wasted too much time. Into thin Air is much better.

I think the Krakauer focused on his mistakes. Penn doesn't get to that until the end.

The scenery, without doubt, is incredible.

Listened to the audio book of "Into Thin Air" while my husband was on Everest. It was an excellent "read" and didn't scare me since I knew hubby wouldn't be summitting. I wanted to see "Into the Wild" but maybe I will re-consider....

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Originally posted by Amy:
Listened to the audio book of "Into Thin Air" while my husband was on Everest. It was an excellent "read" and didn't scare me since I knew hubby wouldn't be summitting. I wanted to see "Into the Wild" but maybe I will re-consider....

Into Thin Air was a great read. I remember telling you not to read that while the husband was over there. Into the Wild was not as good. Did anyone read Under the Banner of Heaven? I think that was one of his books. I started it but lost it.

"Into the wild" Fish and my family's were swimming with bats in dark caves today in the middle of a jungle. It's a far cry from being in GE right now.

Heard there is a "naked" fashion show tomorrow at our favorite beach. What's wrong with that statement?

I loved Into Thin Air and it's why I gave Under The Banner of Heaven a chance. Definitely an interesting read. He took a true-crime story and intertwined it with some real insight on the history of Mormonism in this country.

I think my husband read Under the Banner of Heaven and liked it. I'll have to ask him...and yes, Fish, you did recommend that I wait on Into Thin Air. I didn't listen to it until he made his last satellite call as he was heading back down from near Base Camp. In retrospect, I think I could have read it sooner but then again, maybe it's a good thing I didn't. There were a few times, when I hadn't heard from him for 6 days, that I started to worry. Luckily, he realized I'd probably start to worry and called. He was there during that Pakistan earthquake that was so devastating and I didn't know how far the tremors would be felt - it was the same mountain range but far away. He didn't feel a thing and didn't know about it thanks to the glut of news when one is on a barren mountain. If you haven't watched the Everest series on Discovery Channel, I recommend it. You will see how insane most of the summit-ers are.