eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd"

i decided to see eternal sunshine of the spotless mind because my curiousity got the better of me when trixy (on our way back from our sagada trip) said it was one of the best movies she's seen. this dvd has been with me for months now and i never found the time to pop it in the dvd player.

i must admit that the movie was a bit heavy and there were actually parts of the film that bored me - but overall, i think the movie was told ingeniously you'd wonder if this has really any semblance of reality of is it just pure fiction. i think eternal sunshine is a movie not meant to depict the real world in the sense that we know it but its actually shown in a way that allows us to explore the what-ifs in life. i must admit that i found the possibility of targetted memory erasing very appealing - that if only we have that now then maybe we can forget about anything that can cause us pain. i guess i am torn however between creating my own personal utopia (read : painless, no heartache) and what pain, trials & tribulations really creates in us - a strong and more resilient person. But more than that, the movie is about LOVE and how it brings two people who elected to erase their memories of each other together for the second time. How "meant to be's" are really meant to be and how love finds a way to bring them back together.

i know there are a lot of good films like this i haven't seen yet and eternal sunshine is really a good film. if you are patient enough to sit down and watch the film in its entirety, you are bound to actually enjoy it.