True to life cynicism and irony against hopeless romanticism (spoilers)

One of the more interesting things about this movie is the subtle, yet brutal cynicism and irony of life that Walter has to deal with throughout it.

He enchantingly follows his dreams like the romantic tales of great writers tell him to do and ends up in cold harsh reality, broke and in hellish circumstances.

Finally, he gets a chance to fix everything and his target even does the job for him, but then it all goes to hell in a handbasket.

Again, he thinks his time has come when he survives and that his true mission is justice, but it turns out he's kind of a problem, not the solution.

Some would see this amount of coincidences and cynicism as unrealistic and forced by the writer, but the one scene that rings true to life the most is the moment when the girl asks Walter not to touch her. He's been creating this romantic image of a perfect woman in his mind for god knows how long when in fact he had no idea if the girl he saw as the embodiment of these qualities is even remotely like his fantasy.

Now that's one very true to life cynical moment that underlines Walter's romanticized look on life in general that partially got him into this mess.

But, in the end, that's still what keeps him going, so at least his spirit remains unbroken, even if his body and dreams are.