The book, "Into the Wild" tells the story of a young man named Christohper McCandless who ventures off into the wild after graduating from college. The reason why he decides to abandon life and explore the pacific northwest, mostly Alaska is that he becomes sick of society and what it has to offer. He believes he can solve all of his life problems and conflicts if he just goes off to explore the wild. Sadly while on his exploration he perished in a bus that he called "magic bus" where moose hunters discovered his dead body, and test results found that he had died of poisonous plants in 1992.

After his exploration, a book was later published titled "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer.

But I'm here to discuss the movie that was released in September. It is directed by Sean Penn who was able to turn the book into an exciting film which tells the story of Chris' journey from the East Coast to Alaska and the many people and events he runs into . When I saw this film, I knew what to expect after reading the book in high school, but while watching the film I was blown away with first the soundtrack, which might I add is addicting for me so far. The film is backed up with Pearl Jam's front man Eddie Vedder who provides songs that match the music to the feeling of McCandless in the film. The cast of this film was well put together with Emile Hirsch playing McCandless, Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt playing his parents, Vince Vaughn playing the grain elevator boss Wayne Westerberg, and veteran Hal Holbrook playing Ron Franz. As for my review for this film, I strongly recommend this movie for anyone who read the book, and for those who have not, it dosen't hurt to watch unless you are a sensitive person who can not handle death or the cutting up of an animal. Returning back to the soundtrack, the music of Vedder indeed keeps you part of the film, and especially now since he won a Golden Globe award for the song "Guarenteed" in the film. After all that it does indeed deserve all of the Oscar buzz, (even though it might not win best picture) it is an emotional movie that will have you thinking about Mccandless and what he decided to do with his life after college.

Review: 10 out of 10