Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind

Genius. Completely and utterly amazing.  I have no other words for the work the director did. He is amazing, and my mind is so blown from this movie. I can’t imagine how he thought of the idea, and the placement was all spectacular. I also really enjoyed how the love story was more of a realistic love. I personally am such a romantic, but I am also (somehow) a realist. I believe in the snapshot date with the music playing and the golden glow filter were everything seems perfect, but aren’t those just the moments that we hold on to, to make the rest worth it. I am in a long term relationship where fighting and making up are definitely not foreign to either of us, but no matter our arguments aren’t the good memories what make it all worth it. The simple “paying the bills” or choosing who will take the kids home is one of my favorite parts. It’s all about the little things, the simple unique jewelry that makes a great relationship. Like Malone has said so frequently it’s not just the kissing in the rain, constantly exciting or dramatic love because there is no such thing. I like that at the end they realize and acknowledge that this thing wouldn’t last forever, but they would do it all again for the good times. And I think that anyone that has experienced a real love, even with a sad break up, would do the same.

Fortunately, that’s not the only thing that was great about the movie. I loved how they created this alternate world for him as his memories were being taken away from him. It was awesome the way  things slowly became less detailed as his memory proceeded to be taken away from him. Like the street signs changing or people not having a face.  Another intriguing part of the movie was how he was able to take control of it in a way. He and Tangerine fought through memories to try and keep theirs alive and it was interesting how it went from memory to memory. I liked that it was a thing that they were able to do together. I was also surprised that he made it so Tangerine was able to play along and he didn’t focus on trying to get Joel to convince her they were together, rather it was more about the loss of memories.

Next, I loved the placement of the credits. It was so great how it took nearly 10 minutes for them to role as if it was a short film, and then the movie proceeded. It held my attention the whole time because I was slightly confused and wanted so many questions to be answered constantly. It didn’t make any sense for a while how  they met for the first time at a beach party when we thought it was on the random trip Joel took. In the end we realize both were true because of their memory loss, and the credits rolled at such an odd time because what we thought was the beginning was truly the end. Mind equals blown.