Ok. I saw Synecdoche tonight. I have to say that it was actually uplifting for me as odd as that may sound - even though I wanted to turn it off in the middle just because it seemed to be spinning its wheels forever. My favorite line was near the end when the lady plays him, she directs the cast, and the priest wraps it all up tightly by saying, "Fuck everyone." That may come as a surprise to most but it was my favorite part. I wasn't overly pleased with the movie just because it really is like a Rohrshak in that it didn't make any real statements. Everyone already interprets shit (existentialism et al.) their own way. Who cares? Really what annoyed me most was the voice in his ear at the end. It was like God directing his will. Gay. The thing that I really took from it and the reason that I found it motivating is that throughout the movie, he seems to be trying to come to grips with his past. His life became one giant pile of regret before it passed him by. If anything, I think that's the most important lesson in life. Think and act forward. Learn from the past but don't dwell on it.