Into the Wild is a movie based on a real-life novel by John Krakauer. It was written and directed by Sean Penn. It stars Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden and William Hunt among others. It's the story of Christopher McCandless, a young man that after graduating leaves everything behind to go living in the wilderness in Alaska. Christopher feels the need to go on an adventure traumatized by his parents' bad marriage. Through the whole film we watch him trying to prove how much different he is from them, rebelling against what they had planned for his life. During his journey he meets different people that not only help him but teach him many valuable lessons about life and relationships.
Christopher McCandless decides to leave in order to defend his freedom, to decide for himself what he was going to do for the rest of his life. And he decides to go live into the wild. Sean Penn shows us his character’s story in a very objective and unbiased way. Some people may think that McCandless was an idealist who could have survived if he just measured the consequences of his trip to Alaska. Others may feel that he’s just a spoiled and selfish kid that ran away with no reason to find death in an avoidable way. Instead of that he lets us decide for ourselves and get lost in his character that’s truly hypnotic.
What’s interesting about this movie it’s not only that the main character actually existed and experienced what’s shown in this film, but also the relationship between Men and nature. I got the feeling that we’re so small and insignificant in front of Nature and wilderness. McCandless went to Alaska looking for answers, something to prove he didn’t need anything or anyone. However, at the very end he’s wrong. He realizes that happiness and life itself is better when you can share it, and even if it’s heartbreaking to see that he realizes when he’s about to die, we know he’s happy. We know (or at least I felt it that way) that he doesn’t regret anything but eating that poisonous fruit by mistake. Actually, the title of this post was found on a note written by the real McCandless.
The film is just beautiful, not only because of its’ message, but the images shown are gorgeous. The mountains, rivers, plains, skies are breath-taking. The acting are very good, especially the main character that surprisingly resembles a lot to the real-life person. I personally got very emotional watching this film because it makes you experience so many different emotions and realize of many things about life. People surrounding McCandless, the way he talked and saw life, everything he had to go through was really inspiring to me. Even though it is a very long film it’s totally worth watching.
If you want to learn more about the film go to www.intothewild.com
You can also watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LAuzT_x8Ek
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