Eternal Sunshine

Yesterday in my half-awakened stupor, I saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In addition to me being sick, feeling like crap, insomniatic (is that even a word), I felt high. Watching Eternal Sunshine was like WTF. Seriously I felt like I was in a trance or a dream. Anyway, the movie was great. Basically the plot was about a couple who tried to erase each other from their memories. The plot wasn’t just centered on them, but the implications of erasing someone from your memories. Before this movie came out, a lot of people would’ve wondered how it would be to erase someone from their memories and how it could actually make their lives better. This movie goes through the implications of erasing someone from your memory and how difficult and painful it can be. Even though it’s not possible to erase someone from your memory, the movie goes through many of the different circumstances and effects of it. As if it isn’t enough to create confusion, not only does Clementine try to erase Joel from her memory, but Joel tries to erase Clementine from his memory. Also, one of the technicians who does the procedure on Clementine tries to make her fall in love with him from the belongings of Joel. The doctor who does this type of practice also falls in love with his secretary and they rediscover their –lack of a better term- spark for each other. And it’s all just so confusing. Finally at the end of the movie, it begs the question: If you had the chance to do it all over again, would you? Let me rephrase that: If you had the chance, would you do it all over again, even if you knew it wouldn’t work out? Watching Eternal Sunshine made me greatly appreciate the times I’ve shared with people and how –even though sometimes I want to forget about them- I’d rather keep those memories, the good ones and the bad ones.