Understand It To Love It

Rating: 10/10 (12 June 2004)

There is a reason why this film is the most acclaimed film of 2003.
The first time I saw the film I thought "How overrated!" and "What so great about their friendship that makes the film highly-acclaimed?"
Though I thought it was overrated, I saw it again on DVD since I loved the mood/feel it gives. Then BOOM! I saw the film's greatness and beauty.
It's not about how GREAT the relationship is it's just about that having a friendship (in a place where you are LOST and LONELY). That's why it says in the trailer Friendship NEEDS NO TRANSLATION. You can just have a friendship. Period.
That's what also makes it deep: Friendship. It's not about LUST or LOVE. It's the fact that a friendship can work even without having anything in common or anything like that.
The great thing also is the fact that though they had nothing in common, or things you most commonly associate with having to be friends, they had a special bond. That's why the ending can make you cry.
Scence-wise, the best and greatest parts are the one of silence and when the characters are just staring out. That shows the film's beauty.
Excellent performances by the whole cast and PERFECT soundtrack by Phoenix and Kevin Shields.
Kudos to Coppola for making the front-runner of best film of the decade.