Just finished watching this film again. It's been quite a few months since the last time that I saw it, and I forgot how beautiful this movie is. There are only a select few "artsy" movies that I enjoy, but this is one of them. Everything about this movie attracts me: the dialogue, the camera work, the lighting, the music. There is also a certain intimacy to the writing, allowing the viewer to feel, in a way, more involved with the story. It's as if it was taken from a play, or written by a playwrite (could have been, I'm not sure. Kaufman: playwrite?).
Highly recommended. Jim Carrey does a very good job playing his role. This is not what I would call a comedy (although there are some playfully humorous parts), yet I believe that the role of Joel Barish was perfectly cast with Carrey.
"Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven."
-Walter Savage Landor
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Topic - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - TopPop 10:32:09 03/29/06 (29)
- Agreed, Carey was excellent and proved, when he's well - tinear 15:59:50 03/29/06 (27)
- Hey Clark, you'll want to read this....... - jamesgarvin 16:30:28 03/29/06 (26)
- Out of context alert, out of.... nt - tinear 06:55:58 03/30/06 (0)
- Leave the film commentary to those who have a clue, thank you very kindly. - Donald 04:34:28 03/30/06 (24)
- "Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." -- Eric Hoffer nt - clarkjohnsen 06:45:03 03/31/06 (1)
- Do you post that as an explanation for your weak missives? -nt- - Donald 20:58:36 03/31/06 (0)
- Re: Cliff, leave the film commentary to those who can read - jamesgarvin 06:00:03 03/30/06 (21)
- Re: Cliff, leave the film commentary to those who can read - Donald 07:05:40 03/30/06 (20)
- I could ask for specifics, but then... - jamesgarvin 07:38:00 03/30/06 (15)
- Sorry, I missed your stats proving Ebert the aesthetic and literary equivalent of Rosenbaum. - Donald 07:44:02 03/30/06 (14)
- Re: Sorry, I missed your stats proving Ebert the aesthetic and literary equivalent of Rosenbaum. - jamesgarvin 08:47:08 03/30/06 (13)
- "You are the Cliff Claven of these boards." But Cliff was an amusing chap... nt - clarkjohnsen 06:47:22 03/31/06 (0)
- I didn't forget your post, I never saw it to begin with. Please learn to read. - Donald 00:04:51 03/31/06 (11)
- Well, now you have another opportunity.nt - jamesgarvin 08:18:41 03/31/06 (10)
- How so? I don't see any stats or facts, just limp assertions that Ebert's as good. - Donald 20:55:47 03/31/06 (9)
- Weren't you the dork whining about others needing to learn to read? - Analog Scott 08:18:08 04/01/06 (8)
- But their views are in diametric opposition, as anyone who reads them can see. - Donald 21:41:07 04/01/06 (7)
- Indeed, you do need to learn to read. - Analog Scott 09:47:48 04/02/06 (6)
- There's no shovel big enough to haul away the amount of bullshit in James's post. - Donald 05:01:37 04/03/06 (5)
- Re: There's no shovel big enough to haul away the amount of bullshit in James's post. - jamesgarvin 06:39:06 04/03/06 (4)
- Saying they're mass market is meaningless. - Donald 06:48:12 04/03/06 (3)
- Re: Saying they're mass market is meaningless. - jamesgarvin 10:11:20 04/03/06 (2)
- I certainly do disagree with his opinions, not just with the way he writes. - Donald 12:19:12 04/03/06 (1)
- Re: I certainly do disagree with his opinions, not just with the way he writes. - jamesgarvin 15:34:30 04/03/06 (0)
- Dude, you are a joke. Is the comicbook guy your role model? - Analog Scott 07:28:52 03/30/06 (3)
- Consider changing your monicker to JGD. - tinear 04:31:47 03/31/06 (1)
- Still waiting for an intelligent reply.nt - jamesgarvin 08:19:44 03/31/06 (0)
- Worst. Flame. Ever. -nt- - Donald 00:05:32 03/31/06 (0)
- I agree on all points (nt) - Doug Otte 10:40:33 03/29/06 (0)