After watching the movie I thought that I understood Chris McCandless’ ideas and thoughts better than in the book. The movie showed Chris as this young, nice, intelligent, adventurous, and kind spoken person. He was nice and friendly to everyone he met. The movie showed his parents as cold and strict people. I thought the parents were scary because they were so cold toward Chris and his ideals. I did not think that the parents understood Chris at all.
The music was pleasant and fit the spirit well. The music lightened the mood when we saw Chris and darkened the mood when we saw Chris' family. I did not really like Chris' character in the book, but I liked his character better in the movie, because he seemed more caring and light spirited. By watching the film I think I started to understand why Chris wanted to be free from society. I saw his life with my own eyes and understood his pains. The movie definitely helped Chris' case. Chris also had a dark side though. He did not fully listen to or try to understand his family’s values and problems. He was cold at the dinner table with his parents after his graduation.
I think films do romanticize and improve life stories more than the life stories actually were. Movies have music, scenery, and nice camera shots in order to show the situation at hand as ideal or horrible. The director shows the movie the way he sees it in his eyes and not in the eyes of everyone else important. Most aspects in movies are usually too good to be true or too extreme to actually happen. The movie showed Chris as this great guy, but in reality he left many broken hearted people behind. The views and opinions of the people affected by Chris are shown better in Krakauer's book. Krakauer shows every characters point of view of Chris.
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