Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Interpretation:
I think the most simplistic interpretation is about love and relationships. At the end everything is F#@ked up, you hate this person, every little detail annoys you and you think that if you never see this person again you'd be better off.

In Joel's case he gets to relive his relationship in a retrospective manner, in which he realizes that it wasn't all bad, I did feel something at this point in time, i do feel that this (or some memories) are worth keeping, this might explain why in the middle of the procedure he decides to stop it.

When you strip it down to the core the question would be "are you better off erasing a past relationship?" i think the movie answers it by saying a big NO. You steal a bit of your significant other in every relationship and you make part of yourself (introjection). If you are blinded by the pain your going through at the moment you won't be able to see that you'd actually be killing a part of yourself it would be the emotional equivalent of committing (at least partial) suicide.

The end is very unclear, I'd like to think that they got back together (instead of the final scene being a flashback) not because of fate, not because they were destined to, but because the ride was worth it, even though chances are they'll eventually fall out of love again

Rating: 3.0 with 3 votes.