Different to what I expected, I was hoping they would make more of what the boys were actually doing which was the selling point of the film for me, instead it turned into a menage a trois and generation gap/ class conflict. Plus as I've already admitted, I fell asleep during "Hallelujah" but not for long.

It's a shame about the pacing, it may have benefitted from a touch of tightening up.

"-- In fact, the conversation between the old man and the three young people was food for thought it makes me think 
has everyone walked through the youth of idealism once ?"

Not everyone but definitely a large number, at least in the parts of the world where basic survival is not a worry!

"can we really change the world?"

Ask Mr Bush.

has age and time, society and realism set in to make people resign to fate ?

For a great many yes but I hope I never fall into that category.

An enjoyable film that I had far too much expectations for, looking forward to catching it on DVD when it's released.

Cheers Trev.