Love ...?

Rating: Null/10 (29 September 2005)

I have to say that I did not like this movie ... the first time I saw it. I found the plot lackluster and and too simplistic, while at the same time too chaotic. If you have seen this movie one time and agree with me, I suggest you see it again. The second time I saw the movie I'm afraid I have to admit it was for Keira Knightly. The girl's a good actress and has a sweet, yet subtle, smile, and her eyes portray a good amount. One should watch for such things in her movies. So I began the movie again, anticipating seeing the same things I saw the first time. To my utter delight, the movie changed. Like I said, the first time I saw it I thought it was too simplistic, and I realized upon a second look my detrimental and arrogant opinion was wrong:
This movie is for those who want to look a bit deeper to find meaning in a movie. If you're just looking for a good love story without substance, you'll have to continue looking, but for those of you who want to look deeper inside yourself to find your own definition of love, this one's for you. I believe that everyone who sees this film will walk away from it with a totally different opinion than all the others that have seen it. It's a movie to relate to, a movie to relate to in such a way that it can only be seen in a personal way. The concept is hard to grasp, unless of course your concept of love is easy to come to.
Although each person will walk away with a different idea of what this movie is about, I shall nonetheless offer you what my opinion was. Love is not a simple thing to uncover. It's not something that will just happen and it's not something that, once found, will continually stay the same. The movie strings facts together, and since everyone has some concept of what love is we give that value to what each character feels. Love is something that everyone understands, but no one can explain, more so than any other emotion. This movie demonstrates that.