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 Originally Posted by BennyLaRue
Originally Posted by boost
you all are being horribly results oriented.
Nah, I understand his original purpose and don't feel that he was unsuccessful. His death, intentional or not, was the outcome but not the real story. Mostly I was just responding to Wuf's assertion that he was prepared and knowledgeable. He was neither, at least not specifically for the country he was in. I agree it was on purpose but it doesn't change the fact that a map probably would have saved his life.
I think my point had been that he had gathered enough knowledge to satisfy him, that he made a few mistakes that experts would have avoided (but that goes without saying), yet the entire point of the movie has nothing to do with this.
I guess I just find it a little meh that so much critical focus on this movie/story has been about his avoidable death, when that's entirely missing the point. It's kinda like watching Touching the Void and lamenting Simon or Joe's decisions. The story just simply runs much deeper than their specific decisions.
Having said that, McCandless was a dumbass for not banging that gorgeous brunette who was all into him amirite?
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