INTO THE WILD

Finally, got to see this movie I have wanted to see since it came out in theaters. Unfortunately, it was a limited release movie and limited means it never came to the South Bend area. Oh well, not a big deal.

It's quite the amazing story of a young man (Christopher McCandless) who is extremely adventurous but in many ways fairly stupid. I applaud his efforts and resourceful-ness for making it from Atlanta, GA to the middle of Alaska via hitch-hiking and other various means.

Yet, the kid was running. Running from problems from his childhood, running from forgiveness and running just to get away from all the "crap" of life. Unfortunately, in the end, he paid the ultimate price for all his running.

At the end of the movie he is journaling some final thoughts and this is what he finally concludes:

"Happiness only real when shared"

Rather unfortunate that his adventure took him all over the country and interacted with all types of amazing people but his running kept him from realizing the important things in life. He just thought he could run and never forgive.

It is an absolute brilliant movie that you can think and mull over for quite some time.