One of my favorite scenes is when Maude (***SPOILER ALERT***) steals a motorcycle. I also enjoyed when Harold and Maude dance. <3

So I've finally been able to watch the one cult classic I've always wanted to watch, that tragicomical romance between an emo young man and an exuberant woman almost five times his age: Harold and Maude (directed by Hal Ashby).

The first word is always "weird".

You really get a sense of the sixties here, and yes, the sixties were weird. Harold himself is weird (his facial expressions, his odd silence, his theatrics). Maude is weird too. And yet. It's better than just weird it's--

Artistic, yes. Entertaining: definitely. Harold and his strangely repressed emotions will startle a laugh out of you. Heartwarming:

Well I cried.

And the acting is superb. I'm not sure if it's just me but shortly after Harold and Maude (continuing on my theme of forbidden romance) I watched Brokeback Mountain, and each action seems so much less precise, and careful, in the newer movie. The emotions are conveyed convincingly, to sometimes a terrible effect.

If you're a fan of romance and you have a semi-dark sense of humor (the suicides are never terribly graphic; if you can stomach a death on a stage, then you can stomach what Harold does to himself), you will love this movie.

If you're a weirdo who is seeking some deeper meaning in life, you'll love this movie.

If you like emo boys and nonstandard relationships, you'll love this movie.

Yes, yes, I recommend it. I'd love to watch it again.

Though it is by no means PERFECT (I sometimes feel like the end hospital scene contained a little less emotion for the circumstances, it fell short of completely convincing. Yes, the end could be improved), it is indeed very, very, very good and has earned its place as a cult classic. So.

If I ever find the link to the deleted kissing scene, I shall post it.