To sum this movie up in one word...Amazing! I loved Emile Hursch in this movie. His character was inspiring. This is based on a true story about a young man,fresh out of college who embarks on an epic journey to Alaska to live in the wild. There are many solid actors in this movie like: Catherine Turner, Vince Vaughn, William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden. All giving near great performances. Sean Penn as a director does a great job of capturing the essence of nature and what it is like to live and surive in the wild. This is a story of passion and defintely not to be missed.
Ron Franz: I'm going to miss you when you go.
Christopher McCandless: I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things.
Ron Franz: Yeah. I am going to take stock of that. You know I am. I want to tell you something. From bits and pieces of what you have told me about your family, your mother and your dad... And I know you have problems with the church too... But there is some kind of bigger thing that we can all appreciate and it sounds to me you don't mind calling it God. But when you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines through you.
Christopher McCandless: Holy shit