Personally, I think the movie did a better job than the book on presenting who Chris McCandless was. I love his smiley faces when he wandered a lot of places. I love how he shouted to express his freedom when he got to the 'magic' bus or his calm expression when stepping into Alaska bush. I strongly agree that cinema plays an important role describing the characters, also in this case, showing the reality and drawing the romantic tragedy.
Apparently, the book did well in providing readers with a lot of details. However, it repeats over and over the same thing and unnecessary information that makes me feel the story becomes less romantic and imaginable. It talks too much about his family, people who met him, and what others thought about, not digging into the main character.
Chris was clearly shown in the movie even if there is of course less information in there than the book. In the movie, I believe the cameraman did really excellently in picturing the romantic but scary scenes of nature. Chris was so excited and happy to be out there, while we can see he was really alone during that time. The perception of reality in it was much better!
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