As good as it could have been, given the nature of the plot

Rating: Null/10 (9 March 2008)

This movie was as good as it could have been, given the limited nature of the plot - man wanders around, meets a series of people, then goes into the wilds and die. That sort of 'plot' is going to be so absorbing.
But I thought 2 scenes were especially noteworthy
The first was when the old man asked Chris if he could adopt him. How sad and touching.
The other was when Chris declined to have sex with the 16 year old girl because of her age. Given the morals of Hollywood, that was almost unprecedented. Just consider the types of pairings of lovers in movies:
1) the most common is 2 singles, followed by
2) one married, the other single, followed by
3) two people, each married, but to others, then lastly, almost non-existent...
4) a married couple.