Your life starts when you say...

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2008)

I have films that I can watch numerous times. I have films that I can watch and turn away until I find the scene I am waiting for. Then there are films I don't have to see again because they became real, in a way.
I love films that I can watch over and over again...who doesn't? That is what makes them great in our own eyes. There is just something about them that we love and cannot get rid of.
If a film makes me want to see only a set number of scenes, that is fine. It means that these scenes are memorable in their own way. For me, they are usually based on the dialogue.
"Into the Wild" does not produce either of these traits. It produces the most important part of storytelling. It sucks the listener into the story so much that they lose track of what is real and what is not. The listener may forget they are watching, instead of living, the life of Chris McCandless. With every fall, you fall with him. You feel the gratitude and love he has for everyone he comes across on his arduous journey to find himself and his own vision of reality.
Personally, I do not have to watch this movie again because it feels like I lived it. Will I watch it again? I am on my way to buy it right now.
This film will touch everyone in a different way. Whether it be a family situation, an earning for a better society, or a struggle within themselves to find out what they are made of.