Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Movies like this are those you have to watch twice in order to understand.  They are not my favorite at times when I want to “kick back and enjoy the show”, but they make you think beyond the plot.  You must piece the story together.  The story is presented to the audience the way the characters understand it themselves.  Joel is confused.  He doesn't understand what's happening because his reality is being erased, and he's being left with gaps in his story. 

He realizes the he's lost his girlfriend.  He can't understand why she's gone.  She did it as a joke because she probably thought it wouldn't work.  Now she's lost her best friend and gained someone who's using her.  Patrick is being the very person she had erased from her mind.  He takes Joel’s information and uses it to please Clementine.  

Joel is fighting to regain the relationship he had with Clementine.  This is the epitome of not knowing what you have until it’s gone.  Joel desperately wants to regain his relationship.  He is fighting against the process that is erasing his memories.  He is reliving the memories of their relationship, and in his mind, he knows he is losing something precious.

I think that Joel will go after Clementine.  Even if she doesn’t regain her memory of him, he can get Patrick away from her and win her back.  He can date her all over again.  Clementine may even remember things and have déjà vu.  But I think Joel will win her back and not make the same mistakes he made before.  He loves Clementine and they will live happily ever after.