I had so many different emotional reactions to what I had just watched that I couldn't sort them all out, so that is why I liked it mostly 'cause I've not watched a movie in a long time that brought that kind of reaction from me ;)

I agree with this and it was the same for me - the film is definitely excellent (even though my own perceptions are very uneasy). The film is very close to the book (as far as I can remember)