• @ccunning@lemmy.world
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    182 years ago

    The difference between what I took away when I first read that book and the 2nd or 3rd time I watched the movie was night and day.

    • @TIEPilot@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I feel bad the kid he had a privileged shit life. But going out into the middle of the Alaskan wilderness to survive with no formal training was punching way above his weight…

    • @boogetyboo@aussie.zone
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      22 years ago

      The thing that dawned on me when I watched it as an older adult was his sheer selfishness. Smug, cliched little prick. His father’s violence aside, what about the rest of his family?