Must see by one and all

Rating: 10/10 (22 September 2007)

Sean Penn has done what so few screen writers have been able to do; take an impeccable book, and make an impeccable movie from it, while retaining the integrity of the original story. The cinematography was first rate and Emille Hersch' performance was jaw dropping. Pay attention academy. I can say honestly, as an insider in the movie industry and as a general fan of moving pictures going back to the zoetrope, this was the best movie I have ever seen. Go. See. It. Take your family, take your friends, take you co-workers, take your yogi, fly your peace corps cousin in from Chad and take him. Just go see it. But more importantly than just sitting there and watching it; take something from it. Walk away having a new outlook. Realize thats its people like Chris McCandless that keep the human spirit alive, and that this facade we have created around us...its not real. Go, live.