Day 24- Reel

Your favorite movie and what is it about. 

Since I'm still very sick but I so want to blog, I'm just gonna borrow Jamie Talon's description of my favorite movie because at his age, he is already a very good film critic.

Charlie Kaufman and French director Michel Gondry collaborates for a heavily-stylized narration of a forgotten love affair. And oh yes, Jim Carrey could make you cry in this one.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind prances around the world of scientific weirdness. Haphazard twists are handed out from the beginning, and it depends on the viewer's mental capacity to sort these details out. If you're the kind of moron who's incessantly sticks to watching harebrained chick flicks, may I advise you to stay away from this film for it might insult your intelligence.

The story is set on a chilly month of February, when our two lovers, the indifferent Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) and the eccentric Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet), crossed paths inside a spacious train. The two held interest in each other, and eventually fell in love at the end of the day.

The relationship didn't last for that long. Things have gone astray between the two and landed on an emotional break-up. Joel was welcomed the next day by the bizarre fact that Clementine "erased" him from her memory, with the help of Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson). Enraged, Joel also enlisted the doctor's services and prepared himself to erase Clementine from his memory, just to put an end to all the emotional agonies he's been enduring since the break-up.

But it is during the whole erase-me process when Joel realizes that he just can't let go of his past love. Inside his subconscious, Joel and the disappearing memory of Clementine struggles to escape from the mind-erasing process just to preserve all the sweet memories.

And at the end, all the pieces fell perfectly on their rightful places. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind succeeds as one of the best romantic tales that the twisted minds of Hollywood could ever make up. The sweetness is unmatchable, the ever-lovable characters are truly unforgettable, and the crazed idea of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is something worth ranting about.


Watching this movie was literally an emotion roller coaster ride for me. My heart was beating really fast and my whole world was in the movie, as if I was really included in the film. It found my weakest spot and twisted it that I couldn't help but give in to the emotion brought about by it.

If you haven't watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, watch it. Now.