Can't decide whether I liked it or hated it...

Watched it yesterday with my girlfriend, had no idea what it was about, it was just hanging on my watchlist for years. My girlfriend fell asleep after the first hour and told me she hated it in the morning, I still haven't quite made up my mind.

Of course the cast was excellent and the sets were stunning. But I couldn't relate to the story. Or sympatise with Cayden. I thought he was a pretentious, self-absorbed prick. Perhaps it was the director projecting his own self-image image onto the character, maybe a bit too much. I mean it was a very peculiar type of self-loathing combined with adoration from everyone around. I don't think his story was really that big and I don't think any of the ideas or supposed revelations in the movie were particularly profound.

At the same time I thought it was a funny movie and life-affirming in a way. Maybe the director wasn't trying to encompass the full scale of human suffering and existential issues. Maybe it was indeed a movie about a depressed, self-absorbed prick and how he sees the world around him, losing his touch with reality to the point of finding someone else to play his role. Then it's actually pretty good.