Train Dreams

One of the most beautiful films I've seen this year. It's hard to even pitch this movie to someone who hasn't seen it. The film is kind of more about looking at universal human themes and experiences by focusing on the life of one individual. That retrospective feeling we sometimes get whenever we look back at a chapter in our lives and realize the things that mattered so much to us back then maybe didn't define that time and those memories when looking back on it now. And that our lives are only given meaning when we are able to look back and see what truly mattered. Meaning only exists in the retrospective. That's pretty much what this film is and it may not be for everyone but it had the intended emotional effect on me for sure.