Surprised that I loved this film

Rating: 10/10 (4 February 2012)

I just watched this on DVD. I saw the "sequel" first--BEFORE SUNSET--a couple years ago. I'm (now) much older than the characters in this film and I thought I might find it corny or overdone--but it really got to me--but like in a natural, kind of subtle way. I guess I really believed it or identified with it. It didn't seem like just a fantasy fulfillment movie--which Hollywood is so good at doing.
All the next day it made me feel kind of high and happy--after watching this movie. And of course,every attractive female I saw all that day I thought we'd suddenly fall in love with each other.--Too bad--it did not happen!
I was in Europe with my girlfriend one summer quite a few years back, and I've had to travel alone on bus, trains and even via thumb through the US over the years. Nothing quite so dramatic or romantic ever happened to me when I was alone, but even so, I think this movie captured a lot of that feeling.