eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Prolly the longest movie title i've ever come across. It was shown on Ch 5 yesterday night. I don't have scv, so i live on whatever entertainment aired on local channels. I'm more of a plot person, which is prolly why i didn't like transformers, and why i'd pay to watch inde/artistic films. I enjoy movies that gives you ideas to chew upon for a long time after.
Synopsis:
(edited from wikipedia.com)
Emotionally withdrawn Joel Barish (Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Winslet), a dysfunctional free spirit, strike up a relationship on a Long Island Rail Road train. They are inexplicably drawn to each other, despite their radically different personalities.
Although they do not realize it at the time, they are former lovers now separated after two years together. After a nasty fight, Clementine stormed out of Joel's apartment and impulsively hired a New York firm – Lacuna, Inc. – to erase all memories of their relationship. Upon learning of this, Joel was devastated and decided to undergo the procedure himself. However, while unconscious and having these same memories erased, he rebelled, realizing he wanted to hold on to his memories of Clementine after all.
Much of the film takes place in Joel's mind as he struggles to preserve at least some memory of his love for Clementine. We watch their love and courtship go in reverse. The memories are slowly erased while Joel tries his best to resist the procedure and hide inside his own mind.
In separate and related story arcs, the employees of Lacuna are revealed to be more than peripheral characters in scenes which further demonstrate the harm caused by the memory-altering procedure. Patrick (Wood), lonely and socially inept, became fixated on Clementine and uses the personal mementos that Joel gave to Lacuna, as part of the procedure, in order to seduce Clementine. These romantic entanglements turn out to have a critical effect on the main story-line of Joel and Clementine's relationship.
Mary (Dunst) turns out to have had an affair with the married doctor who heads the company (Wilkinson), a relationship which she agreed to have erased from her memory when his wife discovered the relationship. Once she learns of this, she steals the company's records and sends them to all of its clients, including Joel and Clementine.
At the end of the movie, Joel and Clementine were faced with the decision as to whether they should give their relationship another try. Would it turn out the same way as it did previously?
Alrights, give yourself a pat on the back if you actually read the whole synopsis. The main question in this movie is "If given a choice, would you erase any of your memories?" Memories aren't always pleasant. Some haunt you for life, and some hurt you so deep you never seem to be able to bury them. Yet they are your memories, phases in your life which constitutes to who you are now.
Another question posed is as to whether erasing memories actually help. Because eventually Mary falls for the same doctor she had an affair with, and Joel and Clementine were attracted to each other again when they met after having their memories erased. So the thing is, even though they had their memories erased once, they are liable to do the exact same thing all over again, because ultimately they're still themselves, with their personalities and preferences.
Lastly, if you found out that you had your memories of someone erased, would you choose to know this person all over again? Would it reap the same results as before? Can we actually change anything?
The whole movie is mind-boggling to me, as to what i can do and what i can't about everything i encounter. Even though i say that i regret doing X, given the same circumstances again, i think i'd choose to do X again. So, is regret only a privilege of the aftermath?
Okay, enough thinking.
Btw, my ratings: 9/10. COOL.
Prolly the longest movie title i've ever come across. It was shown on Ch 5 yesterday night. I don't have scv, so i live on whatever entertainment aired on local channels. I'm more of a plot person, which is prolly why i didn't like transformers, and why i'd pay to watch inde/artistic films. I enjoy movies that gives you ideas to chew upon for a long time after.
Synopsis:
(edited from wikipedia.com)
Emotionally withdrawn Joel Barish (Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Winslet), a dysfunctional free spirit, strike up a relationship on a Long Island Rail Road train. They are inexplicably drawn to each other, despite their radically different personalities.
Although they do not realize it at the time, they are former lovers now separated after two years together. After a nasty fight, Clementine stormed out of Joel's apartment and impulsively hired a New York firm – Lacuna, Inc. – to erase all memories of their relationship. Upon learning of this, Joel was devastated and decided to undergo the procedure himself. However, while unconscious and having these same memories erased, he rebelled, realizing he wanted to hold on to his memories of Clementine after all.
Much of the film takes place in Joel's mind as he struggles to preserve at least some memory of his love for Clementine. We watch their love and courtship go in reverse. The memories are slowly erased while Joel tries his best to resist the procedure and hide inside his own mind.
In separate and related story arcs, the employees of Lacuna are revealed to be more than peripheral characters in scenes which further demonstrate the harm caused by the memory-altering procedure. Patrick (Wood), lonely and socially inept, became fixated on Clementine and uses the personal mementos that Joel gave to Lacuna, as part of the procedure, in order to seduce Clementine. These romantic entanglements turn out to have a critical effect on the main story-line of Joel and Clementine's relationship.
Mary (Dunst) turns out to have had an affair with the married doctor who heads the company (Wilkinson), a relationship which she agreed to have erased from her memory when his wife discovered the relationship. Once she learns of this, she steals the company's records and sends them to all of its clients, including Joel and Clementine.
At the end of the movie, Joel and Clementine were faced with the decision as to whether they should give their relationship another try. Would it turn out the same way as it did previously?
Alrights, give yourself a pat on the back if you actually read the whole synopsis. The main question in this movie is "If given a choice, would you erase any of your memories?" Memories aren't always pleasant. Some haunt you for life, and some hurt you so deep you never seem to be able to bury them. Yet they are your memories, phases in your life which constitutes to who you are now.
Another question posed is as to whether erasing memories actually help. Because eventually Mary falls for the same doctor she had an affair with, and Joel and Clementine were attracted to each other again when they met after having their memories erased. So the thing is, even though they had their memories erased once, they are liable to do the exact same thing all over again, because ultimately they're still themselves, with their personalities and preferences.
Lastly, if you found out that you had your memories of someone erased, would you choose to know this person all over again? Would it reap the same results as before? Can we actually change anything?
The whole movie is mind-boggling to me, as to what i can do and what i can't about everything i encounter. Even though i say that i regret doing X, given the same circumstances again, i think i'd choose to do X again. So, is regret only a privilege of the aftermath?
Okay, enough thinking.
Btw, my ratings: 9/10. COOL.
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