You’d have to be completely visually illiterate to think the views of the guy at the party reflect the message of this movie. That being said, I really thought I would love this, but I guess it just wasn’t the type of story I expected. I saw the first 30 minutes in freshman year of college, and expected that the following hour would be as devastating as that. I was loving Rooney Mara’s performance, and was ready to see more. I was so hurt by the image of the ghost reaching out to her and failing to touch her. I actually thought I couldn’t bring myself to finish it at the time, and finally decided to try again today, being that this seemed like a good Fall mood to me. Once Rooney Mara leaves the house, I felt like we moved away from what made me so connected in the first place. I also remember this relationship being a lot deeper than it actually was. We only see a handful of scenes between the couple together, and, while effective, I definitely could’ve done with more. That opening 40 minutes was just so great, and it just started to fall off hard for me after that. Oh well. Guess I can just treat the opening as a short. At least the visuals were always excellent.