Confused Rich Kid Commits Self Righteous Act By Throwing His Life Away

Rating: 1/10 (27 November 2017)

I don't see this as a "love it or hate it" type of movie. Like many other crappy movies within the last 10 years, the high ratings and reviews given to this one is obviously the result of IMDb being saturated with paid Hollywood shills. A travesty to what initially was a very good website.
I was expecting to see a story of courage, determination and wilderness survival. Instead what I got was a spoiled rich kid that read a few books (figured he knew it all) and flushed what would have been a blessed life down the toilet. And done so out of some self righteous act against his suburbanite parents.
From beginning to end, the movie is a 2 1/2 hour struggle to watch. There is not even any character development that the viewer can latch onto for any enjoyment. All the characters are very shallow. In fact, there wasn't even very many nature scenes for the cinematography to be complimented. And I'm not a fan of Pearl Jam (or Sean Penn for that matter), so the soundtrack was a pain to stomach as well.
The only redeeming feature for me was the character played by Hal Holbrook...but the kid was too stupid to listen to his sound advice. McCandless reminded me of Timothy Treadwell from The Grizzly Man documentary. Another very confused person with no respect for nature or themselves.
Hard to believe that this waste of time movie is on nearly every list of Best Outdoor Survival Movies. The paid online shills have made a very large footprint in helping to mask the sagging movie industry.