Into or out of the wild, go to pursue

Rating: 9/10 (21 March 2013)

Into or out of the wild, go to pursue
Into The Wild is produced basing on a true story happened in the beginning of 1990's. The simple fact is a graduated young man named Christopher McCandless with high honor from Emory University abandoned his conventionally parental life, and left home without uttering a single word. McCandless was found dead for two weeks in an abandoned bus in Alaska. People including Jon Krakauer (the original writer), Sean Penn (both the editor and director), and Emile Hirsch (play McCandless) added their own ideas and understandings.
Sean Penn regarded the end of McCandless as the point of mature, and he filmed this growth into five phases: my own birth, adolescence, manhood, family and getting of wisdom. There're two main lines: one is McCandless' life in Alaska with the wild, and the other is the super tramp of Alexander Supertramp (that McCandless called himself) with her sister's narratives of his ever life. I have to admit I hate conflicts in real life but have a crush in conflicts in movie, so I'd like to pick up some fragments to share here in this movie. I'm writing this for recording my moods and feelings.
"Why would I want a new car?"
In the beginning, McCandless' parents want to make a graduation present for him. Most young Americans and Chinese would accept this kind of gifts with much pleasure. However, McCandless responses by asking "why would I need a new car?" and that's what makes our hero different. He's happy with what he owns by himself, and he owns his own thoughts and personality which is the most important thing.
McCandless is not a geek, nor lunatic, nor anti-social, nor an extremist, nor an aesthetic voyager, he just knows what he needs, at least he knows he wants to pursue. "I've got to figure out what I'm going to do. I've got a lot of things to pack and organize here first."
Yang Mu, a Taiwanese poet, who teaches creation, said "there are 3 phases about creation: to feel, to pursue and to express." Now most of people, especially in China Mainland, omit the phase of pursuing. They choose to express quickly just after feel. It's like most kids will accept the new car once parents offer. It's like most students will digest what school chews. It's like most net citizens transmit one piece of twitter once see one. For my part, that's one reason why less dynamics in the society and more fakes now. And that's why McCandless chooses to go to Alaska and names himself Alexander SUPERTRAMP. "The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences."
This is the first direct conflict between McCandless and his parents in the movie. I appreciate this part very much because you could see flawless performance by these players. And if you compare parents now with them in the end of the movie, you'll feel much sorry for them.
"Society".
It impressed me a lot that Alex and a farmer from Eastern South Dakota roared "society" in a bar. I'm not sure Alex was understood right by others including that farmer or me, but I am sure we are all bonded by the society somehow, and the society is the same somehow.
Karl Marks distinguishes human in two attributes: natural and social. I say these two are so contrary that you have to sacrifice one for the other. Like Alex says, "I don't understand why people, is so bad to each other so f**king often. It doesn't make sense to me. Judgement. Control. All that, the whole spectrumÂ…"And by people he means "parents, hypocrites, politicians, pricks". These people will never choose natural than social attribute, even just for once.
"You are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from human relationships. God placed it all around us. It's in everything. People just need to change the way they look at those things."
As for me, I revere the power of society, and I'll say, I may have the guts to ask for truth, but never dare to leave the damned society.
"Happiness is only real when shared."
After experiencing alone and away from society, Alex left "Happiness is only real when shared." in his notebook. Whether he's regretful or he finds the truth finally is out of our knowledge. Different people comment differently. The director chooses to believe Alex never regrets maybe because Sean Penn has the same enthusiasm or he has to consider more of commercial and social issues.
I believe what Alex's done is worthy. Some could say it's stupid to risk one's life only to get a truth of "Happiness is only real when shared." I say you're too stupid to see the happiness pursued by Alex. It's not the point that one knows the truth, but that one pursues it.
I like Alexander SUPERTRAMP for his wisdom, admire him for his courage, agree him for his pursuing truth, and happy for him for his discovery of happiness.
All in all, my point is that it's hard to tell it's good or not into or out of the wild, but it's certain that everyone has the right to go to pursue! And I hope go right now!! Because Some may ask, "why act now? Why not wait?" The answer is clear: the world could wait no longer.