I was in the mood for a Moral ridden movie.

Spare me the popcorn,as I am trying to lose weight. Spare me the Scary movie 1 thru 10 versions, I want to feel smart tonight .

So here it was, Into the Wild. Screen play by my favorite real bad boy, Sean Penn.

Its based on a true story about a young man named Chris .

Chris,upon graduation is on a mission to enter wildnerness and leave the world behind,as he got lost in winter and cold and trees and mountains and animals .He ventures out on his own,intentionally cuts his parents off ;the rich,snob like,overbearing types. He gives up communication with his sister,whom he had a very close relationship with.He refuses the parents money, and their material offerings.He spurns the elite living they have provided he and his sister,in between the shows of wife beating and infidelity .

He has this obsession with being grounded and proving all he needs is the things that nature provided him.

I was liking this kid for not wanting to be like these God awful parents . I was thinking my 16 yhr old needs to see this movie about not wanting alll these matrerial things we tend to spoil our kids with.

He needed no money,no family,and no people.

Wait a minute,no family ,no people ?

We journey with Chris,and he sees only his destination,yet the viewer is seeing this journey that he is totally missing .

We see the journey of his parents,and witness the overbearing mother who cries for her son at night,imagining he has come home. Then there is the father,who embraces his broken wife and does not let her see him fall to his knees in agony for their son,who choses to be lost.

I am rethinking God awful parents . Are they any different to you or I ?

His Sister Billie,struggles with each holiday that goes by,why her brother has not let her know he is okay.

Why is he punishing her ,she loved him,he loved her . Love shouldnt hurt this much. Isnt hurt what he was doing to his folks ? She doesnt understand anymore . You punished them,and me,come home now

Chris’s journey is based solely on his desire to go into the wild in Alaska. To prove to himself that he needed nothing from his parents world to survive .

Along his journey he encountered many kind people that wanted to give him of them selves.

Irony is,he needed them to make this journey. But he thought he walked alone .

There was the girl who loved him. The couple whose son had done the same thing he was doing . He saw the grief of this couple,especially the mother,whom he adored. She wasnt a bad person,but why is her son making her cry so much,and wondering everyday he if was alive or dead. The old man who lost his wife and child ,who wanted him to be like his child. The role played by Vince Vaughn as the construction worker who offered him a job, and befriended him. But in his mission to be not like his parents and have money and material things rule his life,he missed out on real love and friendship. He missed the fact how his selfishness hurt his sister, and didn’t allow him to forgive his parents,who were just no different to that hippie couple he met whose son had left them behind . He was driven by his need to be some simple, artsy,salt of the earth soul,that he forgot to live.

He passed up on love throughout his journey .

In the cold of the Alaska wilderness Chris remembers the warmth of home,of family and of the friends he met along the way.

This is an awesome movie. It has so many lessons for parents who think they know what kids need,and kids who think they know it all.

There are lessons to be learned about how no social class divides us in love for our loved ones. We cry at loss, no matter how rich or poor we are. Some of us cry out loudly,some quietly,but we all cry and we all love.

The biggest lesson here is about not being so focused on finding fulfillment in the destination,that we miss out on this whole journey of beauty and wonder and love of human kindness along the way .

This is a 2007 movie, available in Dvd now.

I cant sell out the ending,as there is so much to gain and take away from the people and stories behind each of them . This is the story of Chris Mc Candless ,but its no story if it didnt involve all the other people.

Chris had to learn this lesson. Did he learn it ? Did he ever make it home again ? Did he want to ?

What I went into this movie with,and what I was expecting and what I finally came out with,were not the same things. I highly recommend it .

Bring out the tissues,and hug your kids .