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This film is one of the most beautiful films that I have seen in a long time. It is not only beautiful because of being in the wild but of the connections and the friendships between Chris/Alex and the characters of the film and this film are very thought-provoking aswell. Chris/Alex has friendships with Rainey and Jan Burres, Tracy, Kevin and most of all Ron Franz. Most people would say that this film is a real inspiration to them but it was a little inspiration to me but not that much. The plot is extremely well put together from famous Oscar winning actor Sean Penn. He wrote the script and directed it ever so well. Its 1992, and straight-A graduate Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) destroys his ID, donates his savings to charity and, with no warning to friends and family, drops off the radar to bum around the US under the monicker Alexander Supertramp.
Why didnt Emile Hirsch earn an Oscar nor Golden Globe nomination in this film as Christopher McCandless? His performance is the best out of everybody even better than Hal Holbrook in his Oscar nominated performance. Hal was awesome but I dont think he was in the film long enough to earn an Oscar nomination. I would have said either Alan Rickman in Sweeney Todd or Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood. This film should have had an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Music Score, Best Song, Best Director and Best Screenplay because this film had it all. This is a film was snubbed for the Oscar Best Picture nominations. So was Sweeney Todd. I love 4 of the 5 nominees but I would say I would swap Sweeney Todd and Into The Wild for Michael Clayton (the one I dont like that much) and probably Atonement.
2007 is an amazing year for films because there have been masterpieces from various directors, outstanding performances and awesome winter and summer blockbusters. This is one film of 2007 that should have earned more credit than it earned. It has reached on my favourite films of 2007 list but not on favourite list of all time. I might watch some more Sean Penn director films like The Crossing Guard, The Indian Runner and The Pledge. Last thing I would like to say is that it can make people think about a lot of things in life like making your decisions about what you have a destiny and a great passion for like Chris had a destiny to live in the wild and experience a life of his own. It is a true story which is another reason why I really liked this film.
