The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Emile Hirsch Marcia Gay Harden William Hurt Jena Malone Brian H. Dierker Catherine Keener Vince Vaughn Kristen Stewart Hal Holbrook Thure Lindhardt Signe Egholm Olsen Cheryl Francis Harrington Zach Galifianakis Robin Mathews Steven Wiig Bryce Walters R. D. Call Haley Ramm Merritt Wever John Jabaley Leonard Knight Timothy Levine Parris Mosteller J. Nathan Simmons Haley Sweet
I cannot possibly BEGIN to describe my feelings towards this story, or perhaps the whole concept of what McCandless did. After watching the movie, I could not think of anything but a strange longing to do what he did, and it just kept going. I still feel that way, even now, as I think of it. Later, I read the book twice, and did a lot of research about McCandless, and I became more and more inspired. This is not just a movie - it is a wonder of creation. I have so much more to say, but I'll just stop here - watch the movie even if you are not inspired by what McCandless did - it is a beautiful movie in many ways.
Dirk van Eck is a geography student who does not like, probably hates, to travel. But he loves Into the Wild! With an abstract that has ‘doomed to fail’ written all over it, the movie, and its leading actor Emile Hirsch, the movie surprises beyond imagination by actually emotionally engaging its viewer. Two and a half hours long, and thus deliberately aiming to ‘be’ epic, Into the Wild leads one through a series of bittersweet, nervous, whimsical, curious, risky, banal and passionate moments between different people, sometimes mere strangers, or just between the protagonist and his surroundings. It is a film that feels much more genuine than any comparable alternative, mainly because of director Sean Penn’s - who truly outdoes…
A bit pretentious and self-important at times - though arguably this is intentional, as that's exactly what the protagonist is as well. It's definitely lacking in any significant drive or structure to propel things forward and sometimes becomes rambling and tedious because of this. All that said, I really appreciated the ultimate redemptiveness of the message, and the film contains a lot of rich truth and authentic humanity that won't be forgotten.
I’m sinking into a deeper relic of sadness and wonder within my soul.
Because I just watch something that was like a spiritual experience that put me into an emotional state deeper than before. It was an experience that shook me with all its might just to see a man who made a tragedy that maybe unnecessary at the moment, but grows into a spiritual connection within nature it’s self to where he lost everything to search his deeeper meaning in life that I just in awe that someone will dare to sacrifice everything in his life to go on a journey that will emotionally (and physically) challenge him for life that got to me on a Such deep level.
Let me sit on this film for awhile before I see it again. Wow.
A poignant true life story of a young man trying to find his true self! The journey is beautiful but like life it is filled with obstacles, challenges and tragedy!
I can't think of a time I haven't wanted to leave society behind, ditch the grid and fly under the radar as I traipse through the woods or beaches barefoot feeling the sand between my toes!
Then I realized I'd have to hunt prey, kill it, clean it, cook it and on top of that I'd have to fetch and haul wood, start a fire, haul water from a lake or river, boil it before I could drink it! Just thinking about that wears me out! Thank god for frozen…
An aesthetic voyager, his magic bus, and a tale of ultimate freedom. There is something inescapably captivating about the unknown, the unexpectedness, the authenticity of the wild. Escape is what each of us long for, it is admitting this and following through on this that takes a unique courage.
Despite an excellent lead performance by Emile Hirsch and a realistic portrayal of the true story, Into the Wild often comes across as pretentious, the protagonist’s motivations don’t always make sense despite his reasonable circumstances, and the messy storyline can make for some tedious viewing.
Going into the movie, I was honestly expecting to enjoy it quite a bit just because it seemed like the type of movie I would enjoy, but it fell flat for me in a lot of aspects (too long, a bunch of unnecessary montages, how they conveyed certain things and emotions of Chris's life, etc.). Despite the shortcomings, there were a few solid high points and it was able to evoke some emotion out of me, which is worthwhile. I'm not giving it a great rating, but it's definitely worth a watch.
The millennial dream.
I'm already filling a backpack to go to Alaska. You can call me Jonathan Coldplay from now on.
At least he achieve his goal. Banyak orang mungkin ga demen dengan endingnya, but Sean Penn maunya nyampein ceritanya apa adanya aja. Dan banyak yg protes kalo Sean Penn bukanlah Terrence Mallick. Yg tidak dimiliki Terrence Mallick dalam filmnya adalah pesan moral yg jelas. Film dengan kapasitas seperti Mallick ex : seperti sinematografi alam yg indah harus digabung dengan sebuah plot yg heartwarming, menginspirasi, dan dibalut dengan sedikit konflik. Pastinya fans so called "Kino" bakal rate film ini dengan rate rendah karena alasan yg tentunya mereka sebenerny gapunya alesan tpi cuma ngasitau kalo filmnya jelek, klo mereka bilang gw ga sreg ama filmnya its totally alright, tpi dia langsung straight bilang filmnya jelek. Well i just hate ada kata2 kino,…
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