Well...I guess this is going to sound negative... I haven't seen the movie, but I've known about the "real life" event since "day one"...
A work colleague saw the movie on the weekend and his response was ...well, typically "northern" ....sympathy for the McCandless, but viewing the whole event as rather "stupid" and "careless" ...He also made the comment that while McCandless might have been prepared to go into the "wilds" of California and Oregon, Alaska is an entirely different thing...
Perhaps for "northerners", this is "real life" and going into the "deep woods" is something you don't do without some planning... I remember on a few occasions...particularly in the "flat wilderness" of northeastern British Columbia...stopping at the side of a bush road, and casually walking a few hundred metres into the forest...and suddenly becoming aware that my sense of direction was gone...

...I hadn't properly noted things such as the direction (using the sun if it is out and time of day), or tall trees and whatever other "landmarks" the flat terrain might offer... After the initial wave of panic...I would carefully walk back in a sort of circular manner and would eventually find the road, and, perhaps, be some distance from the car...
But I think I will go to see the movie, anyway...
And, as well, I'd be interested in what a typical rural Finn might think of this event...
