I watched my second Michel Gondry's film "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind". The first one was "the science of sleep". Both are really good. Good enough to keep me up past midnight to type. This one is also the staple of Gondry's works of using surreal visuals to depict the non-linear and intertwining connection of memory (eternal) and dream (the science). So watching them in reverse of their release dates actually makes more sense.
But the basic story in 'eternal' is closer to my heart. It is about an incidental meeting of an introvert man with an impulsive woman. The introvert man got attracted to the out-going approach of the woman. The woman curious with the quiet but thoughtful and humorous man. The man didn't find anything that "he doesn't like". So did the woman. Life became beautiful for both. Until the proportion of their differences piled up and surpassed those early beautiful moments. The woman then would get bored with the bookish man and feel trapped in the relationship. The man will get tired of the impulsiveness and insecurity of the woman. Relationship grew cold and became tiresome. The woman would call it off. The man would let it go. Their live would go on and continue to diverge. However, both would now live in a new realm constantly under the gravity of their memories. That's the underlying story line in "eternal". A universal human romance problem indeed. Merci Michel.