"Riding high amongst the waves I can feel like I have a soul that has been saved"

Rating: 10/10 (4 March 2010)

Giving the nature of the story the film was going to be very emotional. It's a difficult story indeed but the structure of the film makes it incredibly more effective, I think that's one of the main achievements of Sean Penn here. Since I first knew about INTO THE WILD I really wanted to watch it. The fact that one of my idols, Eddie Vedder, composed the soundtrack was a big plus.
I'm not mentioning the book the film is based on since just right now, and after watching the film last night, I'm realizing about the existence of John Krakauer's bestselling book. I didn't knew much about the film before watching it, I mean I wanted to check it out since it was brand-new but really I didn't read or hear that much about it (and sort of forget about it when every time I went to a DVD store the price of its DVD was still the same, a ridiculously high price). I even doubted in the course of the film if it was based in a real story, I recalled something of that but frankly it was until I saw the real picture of Chris McCandless (Emile Hirsch plays, in a superb way, Chris, a.k.a. Alexander Supertramp) when I was a hundred percent sure about that.
Not knowing about Chris I think was a good thing since even since always during the film the destiny of Chris was clear I still wasn't too sure about it. Like I said, I think the structure is essential for the effectiveness of this film. We have two parts: "Alaska's Magic Bus" and "The amazing journey". You're always extremely interested to find out what's behind and what happens in the "Alaska's Magic Bus" part, you want to know the why and the conclusion all the time. I'll give you a quick summary of the beginning of "The amazing journey": Chris is finally finishing college, a great achievement for him? Not really as is not important or a matter to be happy about that his parents, Walt (William Hurt) and Billie (Marcia Gay Harden), will buy him a new car since he had success in college. For Chris is time to see where the wild things are.
Once Quentin Tarantino said "", of course in reference to his masterpiece PULP FICTION. While INTO THE WILD is only about Chris' story there are many answers you just want to know immediately, you know more or less how those answers will be but still you want them immediately. Thankfully you feel safe. The storytelling is perfect, it never feels forced when it comes to find out the why
The landscapes are just to enjoy. Story takes you everywhere, and I don't mean that because Chris is in many places but because he experiments so many feelings. People, this is when you know the structure is perfect ruco, for your girlfriend and maybe even for you will be hard not to cry. Best performance Emile has done so far