Wednesday, November 12, 2008

"Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders."

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;
~Alexander Pope

I just saw Michael Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. In the first scene, you'd find Joel (Jim Carrey) waking up one morning in his bed... He is supposed to be going to work when at the last minute, he boards a train heading to Montauk. At Montauk, Joel is being followed by a lady in an orange sweatshirt, who turns out to be Clementine (Kate Winslet).

I find the movie amazing primarily because it stars Jim Carrey, and it makes me wonder how Jim Carrey is in drama movies. Because of this movie, I now think of Jim Carrey is an amazing actor because he can act in drama and comedy as well. Another great thing about this movie is that it has an all-star cast, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo etc. It was also fun seeing Kate Winslet play an impulsive, free-spirit lady. Her hair has amazing colors! :)

The movie has basically a simple plot, Clem and Joel are couples who wanted to erase each other from their memories. But it has magnificent twists as well (ooohh spoilers!) Like the part where Mary (Kirsten Dunst) finds out she has an affair with Howard (Tom Wilkinson) and has her memory erased. And the part where Mary sends out the tapes to people (including Joel and Clem) who had the memory erasing procedure done, to 'correct' the happening.

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