Friday, May 07, 2004

Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind. It's basically a sentimental romantic "comedy" potentially a "dark" comedy but that's not it's main focus. It's a bit like memento, but not as dark, a bit like donnie darko but not as sci-fi or dark. It does get you thinking, but not too much, ie. you don't need to watch it again to figure it out, and it doesn't really make you want to watch it again to figure it out (like the orginal matrix, or memento). One of the main reasons why she did what she did is pretty weak explanation / reason, but that's not the important bit - although I was expecting a much darker reason. It kind of makes you appreciate what you've got, and the good times you have with people rather than all the petty things. There aren't really any deep and meaningful things or views that make you go "wow" apart from the general moral: "don't mess with science to erase people's memories / history as it messes people's lives up". It's good though, Jim Carrey acts very well, as does Kate Winslett. Frodo's in it as well, which is kinda funny.

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