The purpose of life, the materialism and the outlook on the society is a bone of contention for the topic of spiritual, philanthropy and more than is the sustaining happiness. The story of “Into the Wild” is a story to be told and while puts a magnifying glass over those topics, it questions the inner self of humanity. It is a true story of Christopher McCandless who burned the materialistic invention like cash, social security card and any existence of his identification to grounds and started traveling. The film is based on the novel by Jon Krakuer to give those chronicles of McCandless.
Chris (Emile Hirsch) has been fighting the lies and hypocrisy of the world perpetrating into the expectations and settlement one is been pushed. It is a thought which goes in most of the people. The invention of economy and the structural societal formation is looked upon either as a cage of liberation or system of brilliance. What exactly the lives we live upon to be accomplished? Making a career, raising a family or devoting yourself to the spiritual world is some of the common agenda of every human being in the current system. The life of Chris may question it and answer it, if you are ready to explore it.
Chuck Noland in “Cast Away” never anticipated or wanted the lonely life of survival in the island for four years. But Chris thrives for it to be his life long ambition or more than a goal it is a dream. Ambition is a career word which is another thing Chris hates upon. While it is his dream, he wants to explore the life of nothingness. Nothingness of money, property and strings of relationship to be tying down and slowing him out. He has no goals as such but he knows it is time to escape from the toxic city of bricks, corridors, glass windows, traffic signals and mainly the people wearing masks.
On his travel, he meets people; he makes friends and touches their lives. He is the knowledge to the mystery of monotonous routine of boredom. While he wants to cut off all the contact with the possible human lives, he acquaints the people and immediately makes him likeable. May be it is the openness of accepting of whoever they are and lives for the person he is. Some one like that is Jan (Catherine Keener) who herself has been on the roads and asks Chris to be in touch with his mother, as she is missing her son. He works for Wayne (Vince Vaughn) who exposes him to the earning and living of hard labour. These are the people who are surprised and quite concerned for him and his adventure, and also respect it. This is this respect which adds one more layer of trust, belief and affection in their friendship. And Ron Franz (Hal Holbrook) wants to make more than that.
His journey of two years did take him to the Alaskan Adventure. He hitches and paddles, walks and climbs and catches on train to get a destination of limitless abyss. This mystery of unknown surprises and locks to be broke upon excited him I guess and took him one step closer to the real adventure of his life.
Sean Penn potentially gives an Oscar film of the year. It is a film which takes its pace, time, visual and destiny to strike on its points and vantages. It is not a monologue but a conversation of human existence and the relationships involved. Alvin Straight in “The Straight Story” embarked to repair and reinforce the lost relationship with his brother. That is a journey of new faces, places and experience. He sees good people and shares the thorns in the past. Chris meets lot of good people but the thorns he does not share, his introspection and inner analysis of existence and embracing it becomes the epicenter of this film. The fight and zeal of a man alone explored in “Cast Away”, “The Straight Story” and “Into the Wild” is the magnitude of how much humans can possibly stretch themselves which goes beyond the technology and the made up choice of routine.
To understand the nature of Chris is his sister Carine (Jena Malone) who narrates along with him in this film. Without that we would have seen the one side story of him but to acknowledge it and accept it is the difference the film makes out here. Referring to it as film kind of makes me sad as what happens in it, happened. The end is a beginning for many and may be to question one’s presence in this earth itself. The realization of this intersection of numerous points in us and others to make us operate in a condition called lifestyle and society.
Holbrook gives one of the finest supporting performances for this year and I hope to see him nominated for the Academy Award. Emile Hirsch should be proud of playing Chris and physically puts him into stringent and dying conditions of danger, passion and emotion. The cinematography of Eric Gautier plunges closes up and zooms out along with Chris to be next to him every next adventure he pursues upon. To anchor those moments are good original songs of Eddie Vedder.
While it looks like Chris runs away by the emotional tension and disappointments with his parents, it is more of him as such being an adventurer in his nature. If not then, it could have been later. The disappointment drove him fast enough but it is an eventuality as his quality is described by his sister. His life may be thought as an act of idiocy or liberation. Any one can pass judgments for which Chris will be the last person to care about. Some where in his loneliness, he found the relationship of existence. His survival unlocked the key and definition of happiness. It may not be lived upon for eternity but the fact of realizing it is worth living a moment. “Into the Wild” is the best movie of 2007 so far and one of the best of all time.
Chris (Emile Hirsch) has been fighting the lies and hypocrisy of the world perpetrating into the expectations and settlement one is been pushed. It is a thought which goes in most of the people. The invention of economy and the structural societal formation is looked upon either as a cage of liberation or system of brilliance. What exactly the lives we live upon to be accomplished? Making a career, raising a family or devoting yourself to the spiritual world is some of the common agenda of every human being in the current system. The life of Chris may question it and answer it, if you are ready to explore it.
Chuck Noland in “Cast Away” never anticipated or wanted the lonely life of survival in the island for four years. But Chris thrives for it to be his life long ambition or more than a goal it is a dream. Ambition is a career word which is another thing Chris hates upon. While it is his dream, he wants to explore the life of nothingness. Nothingness of money, property and strings of relationship to be tying down and slowing him out. He has no goals as such but he knows it is time to escape from the toxic city of bricks, corridors, glass windows, traffic signals and mainly the people wearing masks.
On his travel, he meets people; he makes friends and touches their lives. He is the knowledge to the mystery of monotonous routine of boredom. While he wants to cut off all the contact with the possible human lives, he acquaints the people and immediately makes him likeable. May be it is the openness of accepting of whoever they are and lives for the person he is. Some one like that is Jan (Catherine Keener) who herself has been on the roads and asks Chris to be in touch with his mother, as she is missing her son. He works for Wayne (Vince Vaughn) who exposes him to the earning and living of hard labour. These are the people who are surprised and quite concerned for him and his adventure, and also respect it. This is this respect which adds one more layer of trust, belief and affection in their friendship. And Ron Franz (Hal Holbrook) wants to make more than that.
His journey of two years did take him to the Alaskan Adventure. He hitches and paddles, walks and climbs and catches on train to get a destination of limitless abyss. This mystery of unknown surprises and locks to be broke upon excited him I guess and took him one step closer to the real adventure of his life.
Sean Penn potentially gives an Oscar film of the year. It is a film which takes its pace, time, visual and destiny to strike on its points and vantages. It is not a monologue but a conversation of human existence and the relationships involved. Alvin Straight in “The Straight Story” embarked to repair and reinforce the lost relationship with his brother. That is a journey of new faces, places and experience. He sees good people and shares the thorns in the past. Chris meets lot of good people but the thorns he does not share, his introspection and inner analysis of existence and embracing it becomes the epicenter of this film. The fight and zeal of a man alone explored in “Cast Away”, “The Straight Story” and “Into the Wild” is the magnitude of how much humans can possibly stretch themselves which goes beyond the technology and the made up choice of routine.
To understand the nature of Chris is his sister Carine (Jena Malone) who narrates along with him in this film. Without that we would have seen the one side story of him but to acknowledge it and accept it is the difference the film makes out here. Referring to it as film kind of makes me sad as what happens in it, happened. The end is a beginning for many and may be to question one’s presence in this earth itself. The realization of this intersection of numerous points in us and others to make us operate in a condition called lifestyle and society.
Holbrook gives one of the finest supporting performances for this year and I hope to see him nominated for the Academy Award. Emile Hirsch should be proud of playing Chris and physically puts him into stringent and dying conditions of danger, passion and emotion. The cinematography of Eric Gautier plunges closes up and zooms out along with Chris to be next to him every next adventure he pursues upon. To anchor those moments are good original songs of Eddie Vedder.
While it looks like Chris runs away by the emotional tension and disappointments with his parents, it is more of him as such being an adventurer in his nature. If not then, it could have been later. The disappointment drove him fast enough but it is an eventuality as his quality is described by his sister. His life may be thought as an act of idiocy or liberation. Any one can pass judgments for which Chris will be the last person to care about. Some where in his loneliness, he found the relationship of existence. His survival unlocked the key and definition of happiness. It may not be lived upon for eternity but the fact of realizing it is worth living a moment. “Into the Wild” is the best movie of 2007 so far and one of the best of all time.
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"One of the best of all time" - such compliments from you is quite rare.Am sure it is more than worth a watch now,as i know those words buttressing the movie enormously.A nice review as well.
Yup ! It is a great movie.
Hi Ashok
You doing a great job! :) got to know about a lot of movies from ur blog.
btw "Into the wild" s a great movie n music! Esp that song by Eddie Vedder! I got to watch it only recently. Even before seeing that, i had read the synopsis n was immediately hooked on to it and got so inspired that i wrote a post (http://sk-ism.blogspot.com/2007/11/dude-wheres-your-engine.html)
Hope to get to know about more movies ;)
Hello sk !
Thanks for the comments ! Indeed Eddie Vedder's music is great. I bought the whole album and it is worth buying it. I visited your blog and you have a simplicity in your words putting great thoughts and opinions of yours :-). Keep reading and do not hesitate to give feedback.
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