I'm not so sure.

Rating: Null/10 (24 October 2004)

Seems everyone is jumping on the bandwagon for this movie. Oh my, it's a Kaufman film! Let's all show our "O-Face!" Who are we kidding? I mean, was "Being John Malcovich" really that good? No. I mean, who in their right mind writes a movie about a movie actor? Are we celebrating the amazing career of John?
Anyhow, I'm not going to get into that movie. I'll talk about ESoTSM. What a stupid acronym. Sort of like NKoTB. First off, the title itself oozes "I'm a pretentious French film maker". The sad thing being, I actually thought I was going to get a good film out of the 5.99 I paid to rent this movie. (Yes, I rented it.)
Okay, anyone want to say I'm not intellectual enough to watch this film? Bite me. I'm schooled, career oriented, and an avid movie buff. This film was terrible. Haven't we all had enough of these "artsy" film makers using the "shaky camera" until it gives us, the viewers, a headache? I mean, I thought we had gotten enough of that when Woody Allen started making films.
Aside from the migraine inducing camera operation (which could have been equaled by a five year old), the plot was utter crud. Okay, we start with a fairly regular story of a man who suddenly decides to make a difference in his life and meets an outlandishly pretentious "weird" girl. Later in the film we learn that this memory is actually the future, and these two have only met once at a beach barbecue. Que the flaws. They only met that one time, huh? So they only met that one time, Jim Carrey walked out, and suddenly they want to erase their memories of each other. BUT WAIT! It seems they haven't only met once. It seems that they have had their memories of each other erased before. Jeez. Strike two, huh?
Then, when all else seems to be going wrong, it only gets worse. The film maker introduces a sub plot! Oh my. It seems heir docter actually erased the memory of a young assistant he had an affair with. Okay, does anyone else not really care about this? I sure didn't. In truth, I saw it as an excuse to introduce a plot twist in order to save an already bombing film.
The commentary on my DVD was hilarious. Speaking of Elijah Wood and Ruffalo as testosterone times ten? The two biggest fruits in the film industry being spoken of as the manliest of men? Dancing around in their underwear? Sorry, but on this one I'd have to take Vin Diesel over these two goof balls.
All in all, the film was a let down. A bunch of untied knots trying very hard to meet somewhere in the middle of something which poorly tries to come together as a story. It's basically trying to tell the world that people who will NEVER get along can still fall in love, even if they constantly want to forget they even knew one another. Is it a glorification of the one night stand? I don't know.
If you're bored, watch it. If you want an entertaining movie, rent "Bubba Ho-Tep". I can assure you it won't be as disappointing.