Into the Wild

Last night I saw a movie directed by Sean Penn (gagging) called Into the Wild about a guy wh0 nicknamed himself Alexander Supertramp. He rebels against his parents wealth and materialism and tries to find himself relinquishing everything he has and experiencing the world as a "free spirit". His greatest desire is to go to Alaska to experience the wilderness by himself. Towards the end of the movie, just before he actually goes to Alaska, he meets this gentleman who lost his wife and child in a car accident and has been alone since, and befriends him. Alex tells the man that he needs to get out and explore the world and that (paraphrasing) " Life is not all about human relationships but it is only truly lived through new experiences " and encourages the guy to get out and live not stay cooped up in his house. This man in turn give Alex some advice about forgiveness and how you cannot love unless you forgive. Long story short, when Alex is in the wilderness in Alaska It appears as though he reconciled himself and decided to head home unfortunately he becomes trapped and ends up dying of starvation. But at least he seemed to have made his peace and in the end he wrote Some thing like "happiness is nothing unless you have some one to share it with" Which is in contrast to his earlier thought when talking to his friend.

Truth in the movie is man is a communal being ( theology of the body stuff) a profound truth

I liked the movie A-