Stunned. Speechless.

Rating: 10/10 (29 February 2008)

I have a review to write, but i have to tell you it's been a while since i've been so overwhelmed when the credits roll. I can't say i would be a fan of Sean Penn the man, but i've always admired his skills both on a off the camera. I think, with 'Into The Wild' he truly finds his level, and it's fair to say this is his masterpiece.
'Into The Wild' is a gripping real life story about a young man who had it all coming to him, speaking in terms 'the normal world' suggests. Yet, he chose something else. His dreams and ambitions striked me as eerily familiar, i've had similar thoughts about my life. This story could've been a turkey if it would've headed to the familiar Hollywood direction where the adventure is romanticized. Fortunately, truth is stranger than fiction.
This is a film about love, happiness, loneliness, passion, and the road to wisdom. For all these emotions you need more than one person, and that's what the main character finally understands, when he is deep in the wilderness. For those of you who dismissed this film as being bad moral guidance, bad influence for teenagers, you have missed the message, OK? You can read all the Thoreau and London you want, but if you are blind and deaf, it won't help you. The bible is a good example.. Chris finally understands what he's reading, when he answers the question 'what else is there?'
An astonishing film in every way, story, direction, acting, cinematography...best of the decade so far, and naturally, ignored by the academy.