Why the did I do this to myself?

Rating: 10/10 (28 August 2014)

This is my first review(rant), having just finished the movie (a little late I know, I just didn't care enough to watch it in theaters), and I had to get this out, I don't cry easily in movies, but when I do, I'm not shy about it, because that's the whole point of fiction to evoke emotion, and if a movie/book/TV show has managed to do that to me, it just means said work of fiction has done it's job.
Now that being said, I went in to this movie sort of knowing the ending, and what to expect, having waited this long to watch it, I just couldn't completely avoid spoilers or hearing how people have reacted to it (i.e. tears), what I could not predict was turning this seething mass of tears, pain and snot.
Which brings me to my point, why in Thor's name did I do this to myself? Because stories like this add to the human condition, they enrich our mundane lives, pain however bad it might seem at the time, is better than being numb.
This an excellent film, one which I regret not watching sooner, because in spite of knowing how it was going to turn out, right from the beginning it still managed to grip me, imagine how much more I could have enjoyed it had caught me by surprise.
I guess what I'm saying is, if you're on the fence about watching this movie (as I was) because of the demographic of it's fans or the YA tag, don't be it stands on its own as just a really good story, you don't need to be a teenage girl to enjoy this.