Notice how the wilderness is portrayed as beautiful and majestic while he still had food left, which was also meant to reflect his mental state. Then almost immediately after he failed to preserve the moose's meat and his sense of desperation kicked in, the tone started to become much darker and more menacing.
He was looking for adventure and to get away from the bubble he was living in, he wasn't anti-shelter and warmth lol. That would be so cool to find a little rusted out bus and set up camp for a bit , some warm firelight and quiet just writing in your journal and looking out the window or at the fire. If you don't get how sweet a find that would be you must not have an adventurous spirit.
That's what seems eerie to me about people visiting the bus (before they moved it). A young man starved and literally decomposed in the bus. No way would I feel comfortable visiting a place like that, even if it was just a house down the street. RIP
I wonder if when he discovered the bus, and went in the first time, did he think "welp,... this is where I'm going to die. Right there on that moldy old mattress".
Of I did a thing like that, I wouldn't go until I was absolutely confident of my survival skills in the bush. I'd have all the supplies I'd need with backups for the backups. A satellite phone just in case of injury or sickness... He didn't even have boots! It's hard to admire what he did considering how suicidally unprepared he was
James P as stated in the book, he did this purposefully and usually refused any sort of material from others because that was the whole point of this trip. he even acknowledge that there was a chance hat he would not make it out alive, so he definitely was not unaware of the possible consequences. this is why there are many who see him as a respectable figure, and he wasn’t as naive as some think he was.
That bus is no longer there but it has now moved to the University of Alaska Fairbanks at their museum of the north. No matter what, Chris’s legacy will remain alive forever.
Mas por q afinal n deixaram o ônibus la? Afinal o ônibus n era um problema certo? Ele até q tinha serventia para os caçadores como moradia temporariamente. RIP Christopher Johnson mcCandless 🌟🪦
@@michaelc.6532 I thought it was 6 miles away. The water would've swept him away, but there were man built ways to cross, but he chose not to use them.
He seemed like an adventuresome man who didn't always quite think things thoroughly, which is not always that uncommon is you're bothered or troubled by something which I guess he probably was maybe? or he just lacked common sense that's all.
I had 2 friends show up and literally rush me out the door and told me we were going on a hike and that they didn’t know how long it was. Not my proudest moment
@@D00GNUKEM. Many people to survived the jungle, forest, etc, are today forgotten or almost nobody knows them, and this kid, went out there to die, and he is an idol now.
If a man walks out into the Mojave Desert with (4) 1pint bottles of water in the middle of summer to hike across it, do you call him a Brave, Free Spirit or a Fool? I can not understand why people would idolize a Fool. He was neither knowledgeable in the wilderness nor prepared for the harshness of Alaska.
Try looking at others experiences outside your weird narrow world view that can only see this as a battle for “survival”. You’re doing yourself a disservice.
@@lillonerboi504 No, I am a Realist. As someone who has experience Camping, and Hiking in places where if something went wrong, you were on your own. In other words no one was coming to save you. This was before GPS and Cell Phones. When you go into the Wilderness, it is not Disneyland, and does not suffer fools. You need to be prepared with food, water or a way to purify water, proper clothing and shelter, signaling devices like a mirror, etc. My pack was usually between 45- 50lbs. It is also a good idea to get knowledge from people familiar with the area. Also, let people know where you are going and when you expect to be back. If you do not do any of these things when you go into the wilderness you will probably end up a statistic as this person.
@@pacificdragon1 Notice how your entire comment is STILL from the perspective of survival. What if…Chris actually didn’t REALLY care if he survived the trip. He didn’t have much to go back home to. He loved his sister sure, and met some great folks on his journey. But he left in the first place because he was lost and used physical escapism as his outlet to find peace and some semblance of self understanding. Stop seeing this as a guy tryna “conquer” the wild. He wanted to experience the wild, for all the grit, roughness and beauty it had to offer. I think his mindset is summed up by his two signs he wrote for anyone who found him. His darker side, starving, alone, and instinctively desiring safety left a sign asking anyone to save him. On the flip side, he also left a note on how happy he was with his life and asked god to bless everyone. Chris wasn’t trying to be Les Stroud and incessantly picking him apart like he was trying to be Les Stroud is horribly overlooking this beautiful journey Chris had and what it means to many people.
@@lillonerboi504 paint any way want to. He was either woefully and foolishly unprepared, or he was trying to commit suicide. In my book there is no other way to look at this. Starvation is really is bad way to die for self reflection.
@@pacificdragon1 Starvation is a bad way to die for self reflection. But again. Mccandless didn’t really care. He’s admired because he did what he wanted, and in the end he learned from it. Sure, he didn’t get the best outcome, he got the worst, and sure that’s mistakes he made and should be lessons learned for others. That doesn’t make him a fool. Only makes you a fool for being so fucking narrow minded. If you can’t understand how you’re being foolish and how you’re looking at this from an entirely surface view than you’re not worth anymore of my time. I hope you wisen up and learn to appreciate all of these stories and the aspects of the human condition they tell.
Not malicious, but was nothing short of a gentrified, sanctimonious walk about that was ended by the reality of the wilderness, that it doesn’t care.(context, I still love nature and the wild, it’s amazing, I just don’t like people using it for themselves or overly romanticizing it)
Thaddeus Smith wrong he was just a suicidal idiot. Any intelligent human being with half a brain would have went out into the wilderness a hell of a lot better prepared.
ele estava correto em tirar um tempo pra si mesmo longe da correria das grandes cidades, mais por outro lado foi completamente inconsequente em suas ações ele deveria ter ido mais preparado como por exemplo com mais suprimentos rações militares, equipamentos para lhe ajudar a sobreviver armas também para caçar animais, essa sequência de decisões erradas dele levaram ele a morte. Q merda fazer oq neh RIP Christopher Johnson mcCandless 🌟 🪦
First time I watched this movie I thought he went straight to Alaska for the winter then left and went down to California and such, guess I didn’t pay much attention to the dialogue.
Someone needs to remake this movie and do it proper. Casting this movie with high profile, famous actors was a mistake in my opinion. The story is about a bunch nobodies and how their stories are intertwined. A bunch of random talented actors would have been better.
All he had to do was take the time to prepare for such a venture. Running off into the woods with very limited supplies, no understanding of the area he was in and ZERO hunting/trapping experience was a definite death sentence. I bet he wasn't feeling the romantic appeal of living free when he was starving. "Where are the fucking animals now! I'm fucking hungry". That scene perfectly captured the final desperation.
@eleven44 You seem to be the ignorant one. They did not film at the original bus, they filmed in a replica bus 50 miles south of the original in a town called Cantwell.
Sorry that I am a year late responding to this comment because I just watched this movie and am obsessed. I don't believe that he was spoiled, or wanted to be done with his city life. He had a feeling that not many people have about self discovery. He knew what he was doing was challenging, but he needed to go find himself. He actually wanted to leave his previous life and start a new chapter.This movie wasn't about him being spoiled by going out of his perfect life, but him encountering the world and truly finding the meaning of life.
wink1980 what IDIOT goes into the Alaskan wilderness so well prepared? Oh wait he wasn't. And if he had family problems like we know he had why not just get a job like normal people and get his own apartment? Why? Because he was a suicidal idiot.
