I really wanted to like this movie, but...

Rating: 4/10 (2 January 2006)

Perhaps I am the wrong person to review this movie. I went into it with incredibly high expectations, having heard from many people as to how "unbelievably incredible" it was, and also had bought the soundtrack several weeks previously and being very impressed with it. After I actually had watched the movie, however, all I felt was disappointed and confused. I didn't understand a lot of the scenes (i.e. the knight, what was up with that?) and, well, in the long run, I just thought it'd pack more of a punch than it did.
I'm not saying it's a bad movie by any means - it has some insightful moments in its many vignettes and taps into some hidden emotions I didn't know I had. It also has some memorable characters, like Sam, who is a welcome and immensely likable change from the typical female love interest.
However...the whole movie just never fits together well as a whole. As I said above...I am the wrong person to review this movie. If you haven't already seen it, then don't walk into it with incredibly high expectations like I did. Just enjoy it for what it is. Heck, maybe even skip the movie altogether and just buy the soundtrack.
Maybe I should re-watch it. But I'll only do that if somebody I know owns it and offers to let me watch it for free at their house; I'm not willing to rush over immediately to Blockbuster and shell out $5 to rent it again.