Eternal love to this film

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2011)

Out of the thousands of movies I've seen, THIS is my favourite one.
Why? Where shall I begin?
All in all, because this movie touches me and give me emotions and moods I thought were never possible. I've never felt so melancholic, sentimental and almost nostalgic at the same time, but in an oddly good way.
This is thanks to the strange and almost humorous effects used when Joel's memory erasing procedure is displayed. In addition, almost the entire movie is happening during winter months - a season which reinforces the down feeling, joined by the brilliant music of Jon Brion. Every time I see the start of the movie where Joel is awakening and the music plays, I can't get that song out of my head. If I whistle on it a day or two after, I feel a bit sentimental in some ways. That is how much power both the music and the film itself has on me.
Jim Carrey can be proud of proving critics wrong with this performance. Every time I see the man, I can only think of hyperactive actions and quotes from Dumb & Dumber and Ace Ventura, every time EXCEPT in this movie. He has proved that you CAN take him seriously! Kate Winslet's performance is not going unnoticed either. The characters of shy, quiet and 'sissy' Joel and ballsy, 'speak my mind' Clementine makes it a good contrast which works very well.
I also think this movie comment on two subjects in today's society and people - if memory erasing was as available as in this movie, you bet people would use it! With today's pressure on looks and everything, And second, it raises a question of ethics and morality, almost in the same way as plastic surgery or an even stronger example; abortion. How would people react to this availability of memory erasing?
It seems that no matter how many times Clementine and Joel is going to erase each other from their memories, they will always SOMEHOW meet again (which is being hinted at the end of the movie where they repeat the same two second scene over and over), which raises question of the philosophical kind - does faith or an unknown power exist, that makes them meet no matter what?