Review of Into the Wild (2007) by Joshuaw.g — 25 Sep 2007
This movie is very simple. It's a 2 hour and 20 minute glorification and romanticization of a guy who wasn't playing with a full deck, mentally speaking, who (perhaps somewhat inadvertently) committed suicide in the wild.
He died ONLY because he didn't bother to take basic provisions like a map. Sean Penn admitted on Charlie Rose that if he simply had a map, he easily could have walked out of the area where he died instead of dying.
But he was too crazy to take a map or basic survival provisions, or learn basic survival training, and thus wasted his life for no reason. His death was completely senseless, stupid and unnecessary. He was not a hero.
He was not an inspiration. Therefore this movie has no reason to exist, because glorifying and romanticizing a guy who committed suicide is bad for society and mankind as a species. If you really are desperate to see a glorification of suicide then it's much cheaper to watch the old clip of Dr.
Jack Kevorkian from the news show "60 Minutes" instead of buying a ticket to "Into the Wild".
This review of Into the Wild (2007) was written by Joshuaw.g on 25 Sep 2007.
Into the Wild has generally received very positive reviews.
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