The book definitely tells a better story like all books do, however the movie was easier to follow. The movie focused on Supertramp and Supertramp only. The other men who traveled down the same road as McCandless, didn't have a significance of the story. It just leads you to believe that Chris isn't as crazy as he seems to be described in the chapters. The movie shows Chris more as a normal kid: drinking in the bar, running off with the girl, swimming in the ocean. Some of the things he says just aren't quite right.
High points on the book would be the explanation. There are many details left out of the movie. I feel like the bond between the McCandless sibling are greater expressed in the movie. Also double life that was expressed of Chris's father makes more sense. In the movie I believe it was just said that his mother was cheated on. The book had a greater idea as to why Chris went on his adventure: get rid of and away from materialistic objects. I wish Chris could have lived for this day and age where everything has grown to be materialistic.
I think we all need to get away from materialism sometimes. Go camping for a weekend where there is no service. The only people you have are the ones surrounding you. It's kind of a good feeling to break free from technology. That's all vacation is really, a get away.
I think the movie played better in the aspect of emotions. For me, it was disturbing to see McCandless in pain starving, going crazy talking to himself because he was so lonely and scared. In my mind, if McCandless was so smart why didn't he come up with a plan to make some floatation device to get across the river? One part I wasn't sure what the significance of the bear was. Chris was so weak he couldn't even stand up and then some grizzly just comes out of nowhere right next to Supertramp. Why didn't he attempt to kill it for food? But the book did better express the pain and suffering that McCandless was going through in the last days of his life.
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