First of
all, kudos to Sean Penn who did a wonderful job as a director. He was able to deeply explore Jon Krakauer’s
book and make it into a captivating film.
Also, I would like to highlight Eddie Vedder’s beautiful
soundtrack. The Pearl Jam’s lead singer
went further into Christopher McCandless’ feelings, connecting the facts read
on the book to the music he wrote, in order to bring up the deepest within one’s
heart.
Even though
the movie was based on real events, as the previous post mentioned, we’ll never
know exactly what was on Chris’ mind during his years on the road. We can be sure of the reasons that made him
choose such a risky and “lonely” path:
society.
Freud would
definitely blame it on Mr. and Mrs. McCandless.
His relationship with his parents was far from friendly. Chris himself (in the movie at least) many
times repeated how the parents were to blame.
And you can also spot some of Mr. McCandless on Sean Penn’s portrait of
Chris.
Some say he
was spoiled and selfish, but the kid had balls to live what he thought was
right. Inspired by the American’s
romantics, such as Thoreau, and others, Chris believed in the purest connection
between humans and nature. He believed
in the communion of life into the wild.
Being the story entirely true or not, it makes us think about our lives nowadays and how the pressure of society can lead people to take unexpected paths. While some people may consider the boy "spoiled" and "naive", others may consider he had a pure soul, and was just one more dreamer trying to reach his fantasies in the cruel real world we live in. I think no one has the right to blame him and call him "an idiot", because nobody will ever know his true reasons, and the movie itself may have just made some assumptions in regards to Chris' true feelings. It's a good reflection, after all.
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