Perfection for the Profound Soul.

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2009)

This film can either be understood and loved, or it can be utterly misunderstood and disliked.
I am a person who enjoys all the great works of literature, who thinks deeply over the many joys and sorrows of life, and who sheds tears in almost all situations because, although I am sensible, I am also emotional and find no fault in expressing what I feel. When watching this film, everything depends on how you think of life and what you believe is of greatest value.
To explain what I mean, allow me to give you an example: my father is a computer engineer and his reaction to this film was, "I don't think he would have continued playing the game once he reached 10 million if he wasn't certain of the answer." To those who value material things more than the love and devotion of one person for another, even if they do not fully realize it or do not wish to admit it to themselves, this kind of a reaction is bound to spring up. However, those who are entirely cognizant, completely aware of the significance of love will reply, "He did it because he loved her." And yet, the cynics will not understand.
This film is a roller coaster without a single pause. Not one second of it bores you, not one second will you be able to say, "I know what's gonna happen now." Certain emotions ascend, only to be overcome by different and even stronger emotions; this cycle goes on from beginning to end and as credits begin rolling, you will either label this film as pessimistic, or as fantastically optimistic.
For those with personality traits similar to mine, for those with a mind of feeling and sentiment stronger than anything else, for those who have the ability to search for the meaning of things, no matter how bizarre the exterior, this film will be remembered for a very long time as the most beautifully written, breathtakingly optimistic masterpiece of the past years.