The Lumiere Bros are turning in graves ... from boredom

Rating: 1/10 (1 September 2011)

I should have seen it coming for I had been invited to see this movie by a friend whose taste in "cinematography" is ... let's say peculiar.
So, he tells me that there is a movie which touched him so deeply that not only has he seen it downloaded from the web but he is also planning to go to the movies. Wow, me thinks. That must be something good (knowing how cheap he is). So that alone was a pretty good recommendation, apart form the thousand of stories heard from my friend how now he wants to quit his job and go "into the wild".
Nothing more misleading. "Into the wild" is simply not a good movie. Why?
*** It is boring and inconsistent ***
Too long. Too slow (leave it to Europe). Too naive (seriously? a true story?) Too bleak ... The plot has potential, can't deny that. But not boredom makes a movie masterpiece.
*** The protagonist makes me do a self-lobotomy ***
Seriously? Leave everything to became a bum? If you want to contest the system there are plenty of options far better than harvesting or choosing the ugliest place on earth to settle. Not convincing (yes, yes I know that this is a true story - but no need to film it)
*** The nature presented in the flick is ugly ***
I blame you Sean Penn for showing your country in the worst light possible. I have seen lots of movies, pictures, images, photos depicting this part of America and it seems very harsh but beautiful. But no, my main character will choose the ugliest place possible and then he will eat something poisonous and die. Reaaaally deep. And touching. And blah, blah, blah.