Analysis of the Film, Into the Wild, Directed by Sean Penn

When people read a book that they like they cant wait to see the movie that is based on the book. Many people criticize the movie or are not satisfied. While you watch this movie it is visually breathtaking and easily relatable. Chris McCandless is played by Emile Hirsch who does an outstanding job of portraying McCandless. McCandless’s parents are Walt and Billie McCandless. In the book they are portrayed as a little stuck up and snobbish. Sean Penn is a screenwriter and director for the movie adaptation of Into the Wild by John Krakauer. Sean Penn portrays Chris’s parents in a negative way in order to show that they were essentially responsible for him breaking away from society. When Walt has his birthday in the movie and†¦show more content†¦The opening scene to the movie is Billie waking up from a nightmare screaming and hysterical that she heard McCandless say he wanted his mom. This shows that she also blames herself for not stopping him. Carine knew tha t if she stopped her brother he wouldn’t be the same person and needed this journey to prove to himself that he could survive in the wild. Although they all knew deep inside that they needed to let him go they never did get to say there goodbye. In the movie there is a fight scene where Walt and Billie are arguing he threatens to cancel Christmas he also said that he was God. Walt views himself so highly that he believes that he can cancel Christmas. Another form of narcissism is that they believe they have fantasy expectations towards impossible things like ideal love or beauty, unlimited power, unlimited success etc(Psychological Personality Disorders). He believed that he was God. Which Walt believed that he was so amazing that he was at the same level of importance and influential to the world just like God. Many people believe this is a psychological disorder. He also was so mad at his wife that he wanted his children to watch them fight. He wanted his children to view this fight to show that he can control everything in their lives including holidays. During this scene he tries to blame it all on Billie and control her. People often try to blame their problem on others, which could be considered