I don't think a movie has ever touched me this much.

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2004)

Movies make me cry quite often, especially when the main character dies. But, I didn't think I would cry after seeing this. At the beginning of the movie, I didn't like any of the characters. They were all so messed up, all so strange...I couldn't really connect with any of them. Lester (whose name must have some meaning..though I'm not sure what) is just a pervy-middle-aged man, and his wife is a cheating perfectionist...but their daughter seems relatively normal. And his next door neighbors are really creepy. But, in the end..it all makes sense! I JUST turned 17, and suddenly I feel much younger. And even though I'm young and haven't experienced much at all, I somehow have new hope and I feel bad for not appreciating life as I should. This movie has so much power. It really makes you...think...think about who you are. I cried when Lester died...after all those years of hating life, he finally loves it, and then he's dead.
I really enjoyed reading some of these comments. Some of them made me realize parts that I didn't understand, and other comments confused me. Why would people hate this masterpiece? It really hurts me when people call this movie "shallow" and "over-rated." Sure, Titanic SUCKED, but not all things that win Oscars suck, for God's sake! This movie was pure art and SO deep, something that many movies try to do and fail miserably. So why do people hate this movie? How can they not be touched by it? (just another mystery of life I guess) It's...genius, it really is. I can't even describe it.