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There are movies that we hear about as traversing the passages of time, those films that defy odds, or that are difficult to make, some even that never get made at all Terry Gilliams Don Quixote movie for example. Into The Wild was a movie that was ten years in the making; Director Sean Penn first encountering the story of Christopher McCandless in the 90's, and desperately wanted to turn its story to the big screen, however disputes with the family, and proximity of time to the actual events prevented this from happening.. Into The Wild is a mildly fictionalised account of a true story about a young man's rite of passage through America, finally heading for Alaska.

Christopher (Emile Hirsch) is a very talented young man, passing all his college exams with flying colours, events of the world around him (both home and away) suddenly and seemingly from nowhere takes Christopher off on an adventure. His journey begins with the disposal of his car, and the burning of his last remaining dollars; his life savings already donated to charity. The next part the forming of a new identity Christopher Candless died the day he turned his back on society and Alexander Supertramp was born. Into The Wild takes Alexander on a trip of America, he sees the good things in life, he sees the bad things; but what he does along the way is touch the hearts of everyone he meets.

I'm a little challenged by my thoughts on Into The Wild, visually its one of the most beautiful looking movies I have seen since Casino Royale, but rather like Casino Royale I was left a little less impressed with the movie than the average movie reviewer, I should elaborate that I was less impressed for a major portion of the movie.

Into The Wild is one of those movies where my interest drifts in and out, one minute I'm fixated by the story, the next I'm wishing for a conclusion so I can get on to the next film. Any passing movie viewer may also be challenged by this movie, if only because they have lost the understanding of where the movie is. The film is told from four standpoints: The past when Christopher and his Sister were young, The near past in which Christopher reflects on his journey, The near past where his sister reflects on the story, and how her and her family feel about the disappearance of Christopher, the final strand is I guess the present, or as near to it as you can get with Alexander (formally Christopher) living in what is described as "The Magic Bus" in Alaska. The fault with these points

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