Overrated?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Into the Wild
akgp2707 — 11 years ago(May 31, 2014 03:50 AM)
8.2? seriously
look at these other movies from the top 250 and their ratings..and tell me if this is worth 8.2 even if it isn't inspiring at all as i concluded from my viewing and from the message boards..
121. Like Stars on Earth (2007) 8.2
134. Blade Runner (1982) 8.2
137. Good Will Hunting (1997) 8.2
143. Casino (1995) 8.2
146. V for Vendetta (2005) 8.2
145. Rush (2013) 8.2
147. 12 Years a Slave (2013) 8.2
154. Gone with the Wind (1939) 8.2
Probably the most overrated movie in the ibdb.. -
simpsonment — 11 years ago(June 25, 2014 12:34 AM)
If anything, 12 Years a Slave is extremely overrated for being in the top 250.
And yes, I found it to be a near masterpiece, very inspiring and definitely worth its rating and even higher.
I Sympathize with Lars Von Trier. -
alaninho — 11 years ago(October 14, 2014 05:34 AM)
I think this film is massively overrated - particularly when you see the great films that share the same rating. I don't usually say films are over or under rated as it's all preference and you can't force taste on people. I just think this movie appeals to a certain type of person and they generally are the ones who will watch it (not many average moviegoers or even people that may dislike it will choose it on a whim).
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DreamersxDisease — 11 years ago(January 01, 2015 04:02 PM)
I understand the polarization, but I love this movieand in my neck of the woods I would say it's underrated. Most people I know don't really know of it too well or haven't seen it. Outside of that I would say it's pretty well known though and got a lot of attention when it was coming out. I know the book is taught in schools and the movie is subsequently shown as well..so it's reaching, at least, that faction of people.
I wouldn't say it's overrated at all thoughbut maybe those are the wrong terms for how I'm thinking. In my mind, maybe underappreciated is better. I certainly know that's not the case with everyone though! -
michael_k_powell — 10 years ago(April 14, 2015 06:52 PM)
EXTREMELY! This movie is a window of what is wrong with people these days. First of all, I will admit there have been times where I wanted to just leave it all behind and move into the Superior National Forrest in northeast Minnesota near Canada, (where I am from). It even looks quite like Alaska with the boreal forest. But running never solves a thing because you cannot run from yourself, your problems, or the world's. That is what being mature is all about.
Life is unfair, and you have to deal with it on it's terms, not run like a little p*ssy into a way of life you have NO IDEA how to live, as his death so perfectly proves. To hold this character up, or Holden Caulfield for that matter, is asinine. This 8th grade interpretation of Henry David Thoreau was nauseating. -
scottt-44876 — 10 years ago(October 10, 2015 05:03 PM)
Not at all overrated. I enjoyed this movie much more than all the movies you listed. No movie is perfect. In the movies on your list I enjoyed them all too I can find more to fault in them than Into the Wild. All these movies were entertaining and kept my interest.
The film was beautiful to look at. It seems to be very controversial which usually gives it a high rating too. It had very high production values. The story was true (As true as Hollywood movies get anyway) and very emotional.
A very powerful film. Great acting. -
The_TJT — 10 years ago(October 22, 2015 04:39 AM)
Yes, it's very overrated. The film itself isn't THAT bad but it's too long and quite inaccurate.
He was in wilderness during summertime, living in a damn bus, had a rifle and river full of fish nearby. He starved to death not knowing that there was a cable bridge just few minutes walk away. That's pathetic.
The film makes him as some sort of magical hipster who is smart, charismatic and has admirable back to nature philosophy but the truth was entirely different.
His 30kg weight after 3 months in nature tells it all, around same weight as average holocaust survivor. That's rather ironic since it tells us about his alienation from nature rather than the opposite.
The film is a big romanticized lie. I gave it 4/10
Here's interesting article about McCandless:
http://www.adn.com/article/20130920/beatification-chris-mccandless-thieving-poacher-saint
He had most likely robbed the nearby cabin of food and then vandalized it. -
aphrodisiaciix — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 07:07 PM)
Exactly my sentiment. Sometimes, it's tragic when a person die but, sometimes, it's not. Especially, in this case. This movie has offered a different topic with a strange subject, but that's all it is and, that's not enough to keep interest or make the grade.