Into the Wild

Who: Bill and Melanie
What: Into the Wild
Where: DVD
Why: We were told this movie was “inspiring”. It isn’t.

SPOILER ALERT-- DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW HOW IT ENDS.

The good news: Into the Wild features an all-star cast including Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt and Hal Holbrook.

The bad news: Into the Wild is a seriously depressing movie which was produced, directed and co-written for the screen by Sean Penn, who used to be semi-talented before he decided to force his unsolicited political opinions on everyone.

Here is the basic plot: Christopher McCandless (played by Hirsch) becomes disillusioned with his family and society. He hikes deep into the Alaskan wilderness where he eventually dies alone. The end.


Okay, there is more substance to the movie. He meets interesting people along his journey, he actually enjoys abandoning his comfortable past and all the while plots a future move to become a world-champion Speed Racer… okay, maybe not that last part.

It doesn’t matter if many critics loved Into the Wild. We hated it.