Red Box appeals to slim pocketbook
Christa Cole
Issue date: 4/9/08 Section: Entertainment
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A new movie rental company, Red Box, has a good solution, $1 movie rentals all day, every day and no late fees. While our bank accounts remain hanging by a thread, a dollar is usually something we can still part with.
Red Box, as the name implies, is a red box in which a customer can choose and pay for a film. It is available at the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market on Nova Road in Holly Hill. The latest releases are available every Tuesday.
If you're looking for an inexpensive evening with some friends, Red Box is a good deal. All you need are some munchies, a few drinks and the flick you missed in theaters because you were too busy studying.
Unfortunately, the Holly Hill location is the only local Red Box, but there are two locations in Palm Coast and seven in Orlando.
"Into the Wild," a film adapted for screen and directed by Sean Penn about an adventurist man in search of what he describes as "freedom," is just one of the many movies Red Box has to offer.
This film is adapted from the bestselling book by the same name written by Jon Krakauer and is based on a true story.
"Into the Wild" stars Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless, a young star athlete and Emory College graduate with a promising carrier in front of him. But he decides to venture off on his own, abandoning his family, car and trust fund in search of the balance between man and nature.
The story details the journey and findings McCandless (Hirsch) made along his two year path from Georgia to his final demise in Alaska. The viewer gets the chance to become absorbed in his trials and triumphs and the friendships formed in the days leading up to the final attempt to free himself as a man in nature.
It has been said in many blogs and articles pertaining to this film that this particular journey has become a metaphor for so many others lives. A quote from the film's Web site, www.intothewild.com, sums up the importance of his journey to so many others.
"This story is as much about the inside of a man, about the yearning for ineffable things and the gathering of larger wisdom through osmosis and spontaneous moments, as it is what happened to him."
The cast is made up of well known names including Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Hal Holbrook, Catherine Keener, Jena Malone, Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn, and Brian Dierker. Emile Hirsch who also starred in such films as "Lords of Dogtown" and "Alpha Dog," brings an unmistakable sense of innocence and depth to this delicate role.
The story follows the fresh-faced, all-inspired, McCandless as he gives up all wordly possessions in favor of the freedom of the open road. His adventure, which began as an attempt to embrace life, eventually claimed his life.
Most of the film is shot documentary style as opposed to an outsider looking in movie feel. There are flashbacks and memoirs' all throughout the story and the time line jumps so quickly that if you're not paying attrition you will miss something. While most of the film is narrated by McCandless's little sister Carine (Jena Malone) there are numerous references to McCandless's writings and letters, as well as quotes from his favorite authors and books. All of this helps the viewer feel as if he or she has an inside understanding to this young man's beliefs and how his life became the journey it did.
"Into the Wild" reaches out to a wide variety of viewers-documentary buffs, literary lovers, romance addicts and drama seekers-and makes a great date movie or is appropriate for a get together with friends. The conversation this tale evokes could keep you up till the wee hours of the night, so if you're on a limited time frame you might want to consider watching this one alone.
Into the Wild is rated R. The movie bears profanity, a little violence as well as some brief nudity, and a few upsetting scenes.
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