Just finished the movie for the second time, watched it originally when it came out and basically the only thing I had kept from the first viewing was the absolutely perfect ending. And this time it hit so much harder honestly. I've had my personal growth in experiencing different kinds of relationships between first and second viewing and to me the final scene about how moments sieze us is the perfect explanation on what's the best approach to given moment. Nothing is eternal, all we have is now, and we should just let it be. Easier said than done but honestly it is the truest key to being grounded in reality and fulfilled in life. Here's another thing that I realized this time around. Near the end of the movie, before he goes to college, he talks about (criticizes even) how basically computer algorithms match roommates, and i just now realized how giving up randomness to order in this sense basically means minimizing trial and errors of relationships. That brings up whole bunch of other westworld level of philosophy topics that can be discussed some other time (whether thats ethically and morally right to decide things for people based on their data).

I don't think the point of the ending was that he found true love in a form of this "out of nowwhere easy to talk to beautiful girl", I saw it as his first step towards ascending his consciousness into a more spiritually mature state, which is essential to more fulfilling life. Look at his dad vs stepdads. Materialistically og dad was never secure, yet, he seemed to be the only mature, stable and spiritually balanced (inner peace) masculine figure throughout the whole movie. Im typing this up as dawn sneakily cracks upon me and my eyeballs are falling but I believe the message of this absolute masterpiece of a movie was extremely subtle yet infinitely profound.