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Rating:  -
While I did list this as worth consuming, I am still only rating it with three stars (It's OK). There are a great many aspects of this film that are beautiful such as the scenery and the dialogue. I didn't feel however, that any of the character portrayals by big-name actors was particularly well done. Ironically, it was the smaller characters (e.g. Rainey, Jan, Tracy, Ron) who really emitted the most emotion and sincerity.
I watched this film having been intrigued by an article shared with me by a friend, because I am Alaskan. I happen to be of the opinion that this kid was out of his mind. Nonetheless, I thought perhaps this film would have a beautifully painted ideology I could appreciate. And ultimately it did. His (Christopher) was a tragic story, characterized by arrogance and cowardice. I was very pleased the the movie ended with a poignant epiphany: "Happiness is only real when shared."
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If anyone would dare give this heartwarming, heartrending, beautifully shot movie a bad review - they have no heart.
Sean Penn's Into The Wild is a tour-de-force in showcasing a real-life young man's desire to lose himself into the wilds of Alaska. Although he comes from a wealthy family, and is college educated, young McCandless finds a soul-searing pull that no one understands - but himself.
An unwavering desire to leave civilization behind, due in part to his families morbid background while growing up, but with a strong bond of love from his sister, young McCandless still feels the need to find his destiny in the Alaskan wilderness.
Beautifully shot in fantastic locations, Sean Penn also captures much more of the human heart in this strong, although somewhat tragic tale of the human spirit. I felt the highs and lows of this young man's journeys, from finding people to help heal, to finding first love in the strangest of places, this movie will take viewers on a journey of one young man's self-discovery, filling the vacuums of different people's hearts, and in various beautiful ways, that anyone with half a heart can't help but feel.
Sean Penn truly captured on film the raw emotions that lie within us all. The beauty, and the beast that lies just under the surface, but which few of us truly understand, nor usually act upon.
Into the Wild is a masterpiece in so many ways: from its acting to its cinematography, it is a true portrait of a young man's life that few people can truly call upon themselves to actually do that they most desire to dream about - leave the thin veneer of civilization behind and lose themselves into the beautiful but deadly landscapes of the wild.
This remarkable film deserves every penny and accolade it got. Actually, it deserved much, much more. A film like this is rarely made, actually able to capture the raw essence of numerous people's lives of all its wide varieties.
If the ending of this film doesn't draw strong emotion in you, full of its tragic but beautiful way, then you truly do not know what it means to be human.
After seeing this film, Sean Penn has proven to me he is as good - if not better - than such huge directors such as Spielberg and the like.
A must see for people who really should honor this fantastic young man's life.
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This movie is based on the story of Christopher McCandless, a young man that leaves behind the promise of his college degree, (potentially) Harvard Law School, and all the trappings of upper-middle class life for his attempt to find real life. He didn't think it could be found in contemporary America with its crass materialism, consumerism, divisions, lies, and discord. For Chris, he thought that life could be found by a return to nature, away from civilization & the trappings of society. For me, the movie was haunting and very sad. I couldn't sleep after watching it.
I believe the movie was affective, because it whet my appetite for more. I wanted to understand more fully what made Christopher McCandless tick. In perusing a few reviews this morning it seemed that most tied Chris' desire to enter the wild due to American materialism, consumerism, and the general disenfranchisement with American life. While all of this is true, I think all of this is simply the fruit of what appeared to be a terrible family life, which the materialism, consumerism, etc., was the whitewash for otherwise ugly tombs. He saw his parents, who achieved the "American Dream", and they appeared to be an absolute mess - abusive, adulterers, maybe drunks, greedy, selfishly ambitious, &, for Chris, the tipping point seemed to be learning that he and his sister were "bastard children".
In my understanding, you take that family context and a guy that was probably pretty sensitive and keenly aware of sin in the world (even if he didn't have the right categories to articulate it), and then you throw him into the 'education' of Emory University and you have a time bomb waiting to go off. I wouldn't be surprised if at the end of his education at Emory he was a bit of a misanthrop and was longing for something different. Through his readings of Thoreau and others, he thought a 'return to the wild' was the answer & shedding off of the filthy rags of hypocrisy and lies (his families story). Yet, when he got there, he learned that the 'structural' problems in society are there as well. He learned that life in a state of nature is 'short, brutish and harsh', as he started to starve and the flies, maggots and wolves didn't care about him.
In many ways, although I was blessed with good family, I am sympathetic with what I learned of Chris in the movie. Middle class morality isn't sufficient, especially when it is the veil covering hypocrisy, sin, & a want of love. A college degree, a new car, a new apartment, a good savings account, & all the other 'blessings' can't provide us with what Augustine and all of us desire - 'to love and to be loved'. In my mind, Chris is like Kafka's "Hunger Artist". Many are impressed that he could leave it all behind and starve himself, but for him it was easy. He would tell us, "I have to fast, because I couldn't find the food I liked. If I had found it, believe me, I should have made no fuss and stuffed myself like you or anyone else." Unfortunately, I have a feeling that he was still hungry when he died.
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Into the WildThis is the heartbreaking story of a very bright young man who wants to live totally on his own in the wilderness. As he bums around the country, he meets a few adults who try to advise him--which is something his parents didn't or couldn't do--but he is determined to do it alone. He isn't unprepared for his life in the wild, but he's just unbalanced enough to miss the danger signs. Emile Hirsch makes Chris such a lovely, likeable young man that I wanted to grab him, hug him and save him. Incredible wildlife and scenery footage of Alaska and more. The movie was far better than I imagined.
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First and foremost, the scenery, story, and acting in this movie is top-notch. From Sean Penn's vision of how Christopher McCandless lives his life and searched for his goal, to Emile Hirsch's protrayal of the man's life, it's very compelling.
As for the movie, Christopher (Hirsch) is a young man with the hubris of youth, the free-spirit of someone without responsibility, and the wherewithal of a privileged family.
Because of a slightly dysfuncational family life, a strong disdain for much of what contemporary society has become - something with which I can strongly related, and the desire to find the aesthetic quality in every day life, Christopher leaves it all behind. He eschews money (he actually sets fire to his last few remaining dollars), possession, and just about every other modern convenience in search of
Along the way he changes his name to Alexander Supertramp in honor of not only the lifestyle but also his desire for anonymity. His voyage to Alaska was full of adventure, finding random jobs, kayaking the entire Grand Canyon into Mexico, and meeting some interesting people along the way.
Eventually he finds an abandoned school bus and calls it home. It's just enough shelter for him to make it base-camp, where he can forage and hunt small game. He spends the rest of the time reading, writing, and reflecting.
The first major problem I have with this movie is the fact that he was so nice to so many, but had such an irrational hatred of his family. I can understand his hesitancy to be close to his father, but he tortured his mother and sister out of pure ignorance and selfishness.
The second problem I have with the movie is the message. The majority of the film is a buildup, a message, an insight into his joy and freedom. And then, in the end, the message changes. Not only was his original concept foolhardy, but the lesson he learned was that he was completely wrong. The essence of what he wanted to escape from was eventually the precise thing he craved. It's easy to picture Alexander Supertramp as the free-wheeling, nature-loving, soul on a quest for enlightenment if he didn't end up looking like a utterly naïve young man who lost his life unnecessarily.
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