Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind!

The film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind directed by Michel Gondry is a pretty fun film to watch. I think it is the best film we have seen so far, I really liked it. It was a nice mix between sci-fi and reality, science and love. My favorite scene in the film is probably at the end of the film where Joel Barish, played by Jim Carrey, tells Clementine, played by Kate Winslet, that he didn't care if things were going to repeat. I think this is a good ending because humans know how to learn from their mistakes, and if they don't then they would just repeat them. That is why we study history and keep records of the past. If they know that the other doesn't like some of the things that they do, then they will probably try to change and not do those things for each other. Then there was also the fact that it wasn't exactly over when Clementine had Joel erased from her memory. Joel bought a gift for her and wanted to get back together, a question arises. What would have happened if Clementine didn't spontaneously get her memory erased and Joel gave her the gift? It might have been a happy ending right then and there, but then there wouldn't be much of a story. Maybe everything that happened to them will happen again, but now without the memory erasing, Joel may be able to have a chance to give Clementine his gift and get back together. Overall I really liked this film, and highly recommend it.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

yea i think it's one of the best we've seen so far too and i also really liked the ending

Anonymous said...

That's a really good description Waylan: "It was a nice mix between sci-fi and reality, science and love."
I liked it a lot too, then again most everything Charlie Kaufman writes is very good.

Anonymous said...

I liked this film along with many others. I thought the ending was very nice as humans know how to learn from their mistakes, and take them to their advantage for the future. good ideas.