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"F**k!"
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 Posted - 04/03/2008 : 18:30:48
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Originally posted by MisterBadIdea
An instant classic, one of the greatest films of all time. Whippersnapper couldn't be more wrong about this.
There is honestly very little I find confusing or ambiguous about this movie, except for the part at the beginning where you have to figure out that you're going backward. It honestly seems pretty straightforward to me, this isn't Mulholland Dr. or anything.
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This movie is not really about whether or not it would be a good idea to remove those unpleasant memories we carry around, although it sort of pretends to be...and it's a little boring in that vein. ...this film is about how futile it is to go against your heart - even when it's wrong - and how even if you could you'd just end up miserable anyway.
Downtown is also wrong. It's about both, and in fact, both are the same thing. They've erased their memories and they've learned nothing from the experience and since they hit reset on their life, they have to go through all of it again.
Okay, here, Mister Bad, we agree. I didn't find this movie confusing in the least. And I enjoyed it very much.
There are many problems with wiping one's memory of a lover. As shown in the film, you are likely to repeat that same behavior. (This happened with both Jim Carey and Kirsten Dunst's characters). But also, you don't just lose the bad memories. You lose all of them. And love and relationships, even bad ones, are about the good times. There is a reason you fall for someone. And there are good times there. So, just erasing all, leaves you with nothing -- reset button, as you said.
Also, you lose other vital information, like what a Clementine is (tasty fruit) or the song from Huckleberry Hound (useful information when playing Trivial Pursuit).
I got the message clear. Life is ups and downs. Good and bad. You don't want to erase your memories, because you would lose both. And when you are losing memories of someone you once loved (or possibly still do love) even the bad memories are worth holding onto.
I've taken that advice and not wiped my memory once since seeing the film. 
Although, I would like to wipe it of that The Mist movie. 
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Posted - 04/04/2008 : 23:25:19
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Definitely a favourite movie of mine. Just a brilliant idea, expertly done. Makes me wish Gondry would work with Kaufman again and stop directing his own competent, but inferior, scripts.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
