The film 'Into the Wild', directed by Sean Penn, is a film based on a true story about Christopher McCandless, a young man searching for life and escaping his reality only to realise that it was all really in vain.
Christopher McCandless, played by Emile Hirsch, abandons all reality, money, rejects society and home life to find a greater purpose in life and escape a family that was built on lies. McCandless gives his $24, 000 savings to charity and sets off to hitchhike all the way to Alaska alone.
Throughout the film a handwriting effect was used over the screen. I felt like this became a bit overwhelming and a bit self indulgent after a while. The film had the potential to make the audience feel some sort of hopelessness in life and even question life in general. The film felt like McCandless got caught up in his own obsession with seeking a full life. It was really his own obsession that killed him in the end.
The photographs and shots of the scenery used in the film were both inviting and appealing. Though McCandless had very little, not even the bare essentials, I still found myself wondering what it would all be like and question what life is all about. McCandless was able to shun society and his family in order to find the bigger picture of life and himself.
The film is moving and will make you question what it is you think you know about reality, the world and life.
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