Living w/ Uncertainty

I saw the movie "Into the Wild" where boy meets nature and dies due to poor planning and bad luck.

There's alot more to it, but it made me think.. (and movies that can make you think are what I am after).. there's a common theme amongst guy movies which is the guy renunion like Hangover and Hot-Tub time machine where guys want to let loose and go nuts. Its not about banging chicks, its about the adventure of living life without everyday rules and with uncertainty/abandon and creating some memories. Thats the theme of Vegas come to think and that should be premise of AAC.

In Into the Wild, some criticized the guy for going into the woods w/o a compass, map, and enough preparation. Some called it a death march/suicide. On a more tame tangent, its like me going to China w/o a plan/map/preparation, I just go, walk around and see whats going on. I don't necessarily like the idea of a complete plan because the adventure aspect is then lost.

My thought is.. I think guys want to get into trouble. When I meet up w/ the boyz I think part of the hope is that we have some drama and do something memorable like in the Hangover.. something you can look back at and say damn that was crazy shit. Obviously you run the risk of death if you are too far over the edge, so its again back to the basics of risk management.

For Into the Wild -- if he came out alive, he'd say damn I really lived life. Living without fear is not possible (it'd mean u feel nothing). Living with abandon.. now thats living. Or is it ?