Into the Wild
On Thursday, after my ultrasound (which Michael will post about) we went and saw “Into the Wild”. It is a drama based on the 1996 non-fiction book by Jon Krakauer about the cross country trek of Christopher McCandless “Supertramp”.
Christopher abandons his possessions and gives his savings account to charity without the knowledge of his wealthy but loveless parents after her graduating university as a top student. He then hitchhikes for two years across North American, finally ending up to Alaska. This movie is a fascinating glimpse into the life of someone my own age but wise beyond his years.
“Into the Wild” stays quite true to the book and was made with the cooperation of Christopher’s family. I can see shades of all the characters reflected in myself and the people who have influenced my life’s path. The main message that resonated with me through the movie is that happiness is only real when shared, but to reach that point of enlightenment you must awaken and live in complete honesty with yourself.
I really loved the movie and really strongly recommend it.
November 11th, 2007 at 1:23 am
I’ve heard really great things about that movie and I look forward to
seeing it when it comes out on DVD. It hasn’t played in the theatre here
as I think Alaska may be considered a foreign country in these parts.
Glad to hear that the film lived up to the rep.
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November 12th, 2007 at 5:32 am
I read the book a year or so ago, but the trailer did not appear to be true to the book. hm
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