Into the Wild or Wild

“May be i wanted to sleep with all those men..May be Heroine taught me something.” – Cheryl Strayed.

Some films are not just films to be watched and pass them by as weekend releases. They are messages, some signs and some points to ponder. “Wild” is one of them.

We watched this movie last night, only to come out thinking too much.

So much so, that it became a craving to blog about it. There is really no point in talking about the performance and direction and any film related stuff.

It’s what she goes through in her journey and the lines that she mutters in her head that stays with you.

Her line “I am more lonely in my real life then here” kinda resonates with a lot of us in some ways. How busy are we trying to establish our social connections and being in touch with the world. Internet just about all the time. And we freak out the moment 3G goes down.

But Cheryl Strayed actually spent over three months being alone and waiting for any kind of interaction with life at the next corner. Even if it was with a fox or a horse...I have been thinking how she would have cherished every single relation of hers after this hike.

So does that mean that we need to pack our bags and leave the lives we are leading in order to redeem ourselves?? I am guessing not. Because we don’t live in Minneapolis. But what I take back from this movie is only that there is a way to redeem oneself only if we have the realisation. Everybody comes with their own shit and do their own shit...so everybody needs to figure out their own PCT.

Strangely, while I watching this film, there was another film running in circles through my mind.

‘Into the Wild’. Christopher McCandless...was no Cheryl Strayed. He was a good boy.  He gives up his decent life by choice. But he had a sad end. His heart wrenching SOS message was unbearable.

“	Attention Possible Visitors. S.O.S. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out. I am all alone, this is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless. August?

Strangely, I have been drawing inspiration from McCandless for a very long time. And in walked, Cheryl Strayed.

 

Who is more of a hero? The one who makes it and redeems herself or the one who doesn’t and seeks redemption in death.

Question that plagues me. Well, just one more thing...Into the Wild had that owner of haunting voice 

Eddie Vedder and his unbelievable music. Society... Society, you're a crazy breed
I hope you're not lonely without me