Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind....Ok...It rocked..It affected me...

[JanMichael]

I rented it last weekend and watched it with my sister and her fiance and I have to say it was amazing.

I actually felt those weird emotional things that chicks, like my wife for instance (Or maybe not, you never know), might feel. I kept imagining losing all recollection of her, having all memories wiped out like in the movie, and it was truly upsetting.

Jim Carrey was at his ultimate best, no goof, all ability. The character he played demanded sincerity and he produced. And that chick from Titanic, which I hated (The movie), Kate Winslet was magnificent. It was sci-fi meeting of real life (Facimilies I know) characters. I absolutely loved it.

Plus David Cross played an important role in setting the stort straight, he was his usual self but it worked, the whole movie "worked".

Anyone else love this flick?


Edit: Or was that it "effected me" not "affected me"? Sorry my copy of Strunk & White is downstairs...

[fluffernutter]

1. i totally loved it!

i know just what you are saying, i felt the same way.

Kate was great in this one, i really liked her cool character, and Jim was awesome.

i had to laugh that you even mentioned David Cross because i love him too. even the whole side story about the secretary and the doctor was cool.

it affected me too. :thumbsup: great flick

[JanMichael]

5. I started thinking about the movie when i was driving home...

...from my parent's house. how weird is that? The characters, and their distress, kept running through my head. The movie was looped, and I guess my recollection was too?

It was weird, like I had lost something but in actuality I hadn't.

It was seriously good. Glad you liked it too.

[fluffernutter]

11. i love movies that do that.

make you think and make you feel. that is so rare.

[JanMichael]

14. How sadly true. Most are all mouth and no trousers.

All bang and no residual.

The movie "Trust" by Hal Hartley is another one of those gems.

[Guaranteed]

2. Yeah, I felt it too.

Watched it with my girlfriend. It was a real experience- more than a movie.

I felt like starting a thread about it, just like you did....wasn't really sure what to say, though, it affected me so much.

I gained a LOT of respect for Winslet as an actress- she was really great, especially toward the middle and end. She got better and better.

[JanMichael]

7. I know what you mean, it took me 4 days.

I'd forget about it then BLAM, there it was again.

And I'll be frank here, I don't think that I described the real feelings that it invoked, they're rather ambiguous to me.

[Guaranteed]

8. It was so philosophical- without being philosophical.

So many of these movies come out trying to appeal to our demographic with all this philosophical stuff, but they never really hit any ideas. This movie demonstrated a philosophy of life without really "discussing" it. It was really beautiful.

[JanMichael]

12. You nailed it. It was beautiful. In a non-beautiful manner.

Philosophically speaking it was somewhat Existentialist now that I think about it. Existence being essence and all. Their existence together had the opportunity to vanish then re-appear.

We never get those chances.

[Guaranteed]

13. Kind of an enlightened existentialism.

It gave real meaning to life- on an existential level. Even the bad stuff.

I guess that was the biggest point of the movie.

[JanMichael]

15. Very good. The bad is worth as much as the good.

And both are worth everthing.

And often times we can't tell the difference.

[unblock]

3. affected

[JanMichael]

18. Strunk & White or memory?

I write bad fiction and that one always gets me...

[unblock]

20. memory

to "affect" something means to change or alter.
"the senator's amendment affected the bill."

to "effect" something means to bring about or create.
"the president's signature effected the law."

[SarahB]

4. Another tear-fest for me last Spring.

Good movie.

[JanMichael]

9. Why do all the adds say "Comedy"? It's not a comedy.

Is that just the marketing "masters" at work?

[SarahB]

16. Trying to appeal to the masses of Carrey fans.

He's a very good actor, but a lot of what I so snobbishly refer to as "least common denominator types" :P seem to head to movies only for the potential fart jokes and calling it a comedy likely reals them in.

(Not that fart jokes can't have their place at times, but I'm digressing there.) :D

[Misunderestimator]

6. I just saw that myself... and I agree.

Jim Carrey was fantastic as was every other actor in the film. (Affected) :hi:

[wellstone dem]

10. Great movie

though have had a tough time figuring out why I liked it so much.

[JanMichael]

17. I agree. It's a tough one. I think that I liked the brutal honesty...

...even when unintended.

Then people can make truly free decisions:-)

[JanMichael]

19. Kick because it's truly a "GOOD" movie.

:kick:

Now I'm off to bed with my one great love, my wife...