The more you watch it the better it gets

Rating: 9/10 (26 March 2013)

This is more than a film, if it connects with you then it is an emotional journey. Depressing, devastating and powerful. This may sound like a pretentious comment to make and I almost cringe saying it but I have seen very few films with this level of depth and quality. The ending I believe is open to interpretation, are you a pessimist or an optimist. Do they meet in Montauk and live happily, is the perpetual cycle of romance then stale hostile separation the destiny of the character and all of us? The things that you love about someone when you are in the first throws of romance often tend to be the things that drive you to hate them when things slide away. Some of the scenes when Joel is fighting agains the procedure are heart wrenching. 'I wish I stayed.' To anyone who has a reflective personality I think it was easy to identify with the hopeless situation and how life could be different.
I first watched this about 7 years ago and I had to watch it the following day. The storyline is complicated at times being layered with flashbacks and the timeline can be confusing on first viewing but it pays off. It's totally original and the idea of memory removal was not what I was expecting when I first watched it but I loved the way I had no idea where it was going.
You know when Kaufman and Gondry are involved you will get something abstract and artistic and they don't disappoint here. I'm not a Jim Carey fan usually but he fits the role well, being an odd and almost irritating character. There is not a bad performance in this film. Fantastic soundtrack. This remains one of the finest films I have seen.
Avoid becoming the dining dead.