Into The Wild

I finally saw this movie. It was good. I felt it was a good visual representation of Jon Krakauer's book. I liked the free spirit the young man was portrayed as being. I pictured in my head this guy when I read the book. There he was now on the big screen. I certainly don't think enough investigation was made as to why the boy did what he did. Why he gave up his high education and money to hit the road to live (and die) like a hobo. The book did a better job. And I dang sure did not like the way the start of the movie glossed over the bad dream the mother had one night of her son crying out for her. This event was based on fact and, as best the then coroner could give her, about the precise time her son in fact died. Far too spiritual to make light of. I think that scene should have been at the end of the film. If done properly, it would have had HUGE impact. I also think the film should have been dedicated to the mother. If you can imagine her sitting at the screening watching her baby immortalized on film. Her baby she never saw again and could never ask him "why?".
I liked the people he met along the way and the brief connections he made with them. One actress in the film I have seen before from an old Seinfeld episode (called The Letter). She got better looking with age. FAR better looking. Wow, what a nice surprise.
The photography was good, sometimes great. It should have had more scenes of grandeur conveying just how small man is compared to the wilderness. We don't stand a chance against its vastness and extremes.
I did not like the female narration (the sister doing the talking). What the heck for? I think narration would have worked in first person only. What insight did the sister have? None. It's not like she went with him.

My favorite line in the movie: "Every man, in his heart, wants a Mexican mistress". So true.
I'll leave you to see the movie and get that line yourself.

This movie gets seven monies out of ten: $$$$$$$

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