Unapologetic Performance

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2015)

This movie is so well acted and -crafted that it does not deserve ten stars of excellence. It may seem contradictory at first but allow me to elaborate: The acting of Ronald Franz, the old man in this motion picture, who had no family of his own and who, lonesome and vulnerable, wished to adopt Chris McCandless; it was the most unapologetically true and striking performance I have yet to experience. His tears were my tears, his grief so. The left-back and never-to-see-again feeling all mine, too. So the quality of the acting turned out to be on the whole lineup. Steady and contrastive, but seamless. The craftsmanship was so well done that one forgets what these actors really are - that is - actors. The unapologetic performance and the true feeling turned only truer with their acting entirely. They acted so well that I came to judge them not on the performance criterion - as do I usually when rating movies from a range of criteria and then averaging to my final vote - no all criteria were at their maximum. They acted so well that I came to judge these actors not on their performance, but on whom they portrayed. And the parents with all their misdemeanours, and Chris McCandless - leaving behind his sister and Rob, and those homely and welcoming camping people with the woman who herself had not seen her child for years. It was heartbreaking. And it felt soulless and empty. Simply put: While this movie cannot be said to salvage what Chris McCandless did - but it may - and while it does nothing to defy this view, I cannot but assert that the people and the sort of true, erratic behaviour that led to this motion picture altogether, do not deserve the unapologetic and true ten of ten stars of excellence. That's how good this movie was. The honest truth of the narrative that led Chris McCandless to live an inane life was grieving and dull and I feel it nought to celebrate. Therefore only nine stars. Be it as it may, there need be many more of this sort of motion picture in the future.