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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Troy

This is the best movie I've seen in years.

Really.

I was a huge fan of the excruciating clever and bizarre "Being Malkovich" as well as the more confusing and cynical, but no less clever "Adaptation", but this new movie really takes the Kaufman weirdness to a different, more humane level. By far, it's his most fully realized and complete script.

Alternately funny, heart-wrenching, philosophically provocative and romantic with a dash of fantasy and sci-fi. It's an adult story with the ultimately classic and basic message that it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.

It's a real tour-de-force for Jim Carrey. Normally I CAN'T STAND Carrey and his incessant mugging and overwrought "Firemarshall Bill" B.S. When he tried his hand at more serious roles like Truman or Majestic, he failed miserably, over-acting like a fool and nauseatingly maudlin, but here, he's right on the mark. He's a shy, introverted artist who crawls out of his shell as the story evolves and he fights to save his memories. And Winslet was a revelation here as well. The perfect sexy and shallow extrovert with insanely dyed hair to draw this poor repressed nerd out of his shell.

I loved the surreality of the movie. It's gritty boho urban banality on the edge of madness feel really kept me involved. The scenes where he keeps looking over his shoulder to find the same scene with his crashed car while the store fronts and signs go more blank with each look were horrifyingly disorienting and just fabulous film making. When the I realized how the front end of the story ties into the back end (without spoiling it), I was extremely satisfied and bemused. The scenes with him trying to plant Winslet into his most repressed memories where she wasn't supposed to be so the stunningly inept scientists couldn't find them to erase them were a riot. The subplot of Kirsten Dunst's relationship with the doctor and how it ties into the Winslet / Carrey relationship was truly inspired.

This is a great, great film.

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Topic - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Troy 18:17:12 03/21/04 (17)

No offense Troy, but I beg to differ; at it's best this is an "okay" film. - Audiophilander 07:12:24 03/23/04 (11)

No offense taken, but you're wrong - Troy 11:23:14 03/23/04 (8)

93% on Rotten Tomatoes...highest I have seen FWIW. (nt - dennzio 11:38:36 03/24/04 (1)

There are 6 films with higher ratings just on the current list. - sjb 08:34:28 03/25/04 (0)

Well, it isn't necessarily a matter of right or wrong here, it's differing tastes. - Audiophilander 13:51:43 03/23/04 (5)

Re: Disagree - rico 15:32:14 03/23/04 (2)

I came closer on Being John Malkovich than Adaptation or Sunshine. - Audiophilander 17:09:04 03/23/04 (1)

Eternal Sunshine ..... I walked out after an hour. - Elmo 05:56:34 03/25/04 (0)

Well, cheers to differeing tastes - Troy 15:07:41 03/23/04 (1)

LOL! Wasabi peas I can handle; anchovies are another kettle of fish! (nt) - Audiophilander 16:32:45 03/23/04 (0)

Re: No offense Troy, but I beg to differ; at it's best this is an "okay" film. - rico 07:23:44 03/23/04 (1)

Naw, I'm pretty much of my own mind on these things, but I see your point. - Audiophilander 08:11:24 03/23/04 (0)

I've been called "shallow". Do you think I'll get it?... nt - clarkjohnsen 11:40:01 03/22/04 (4)

Like a puddle - Troy 12:30:40 03/22/04 (3)

Was *which* me?... Huh... I don't get it... But, no. nt - clarkjohnsen 07:39:57 03/23/04 (2)

Were you them - Troy 11:06:59 03/23/04 (1)

Still a good line. nt - clarkjohnsen 14:01:15 03/23/04 (0)

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