Into the Wild (2007) (7/10)

I had gone to Alaska a couple of years ago and loved it. It IS wild. So when I heard about this movie which is based on a real life adventure that a young man embraced knowingly, I had to see it. He just wants freedom. From everything. He is the topper at his university, but readily gives it up as well as the money to go live in Alaska - all alone. Obviously it is not a bed of roses. It is interesting to see the people he meets on his way there and what he undergoes while there. And of course the desire of his parents to have him back. The steps he takes to be not traced are very purposeful. A cross between Sinbad and Don Quixote? Yes, but only in the sense of coupling the adventure with the unforesightfulness. The movie was preceeded by an article and a book by Krakauer.

Into the Wild (2007) (7/10)