Eternal Sunshine...(wouldn't that be nice) of the Spotless Mind

I really liked this movie and was excited to see it. This was my first time seeing the film but I heard good things from a number of different people. I liked it for many different reasons, I liked seeing Jim Carrey play a different role, I liked the way it was shot and how the story brought the audience along for the "trip". This was a very artistic movie, although confusing at times the end of the film seemed to tie everything together pretty well. I really enjoyed the use of light throughout the film, the "real world" was very bright and vibrant whereas deep inside Joel's memories and thoughts things were often in shadow or darkness. By using the lighting in this manner, we can see how Joel is confused and running through his mind. The real world is bright clear, unfazed by any intruding "memory erasers". The darkness throughout the film shows a sense of fear and anger towards these intruders of the mind. One scene I really liked was when Joel and Clementine were talking in the library and all around them books were losing their color and fading away. This was a cool way to show that Joel's mind and memories are slowly being erased. I liked how this choice a lot because it wasn't too obvious, it was just happening in the background. This was a cool movie because it was mysterious yet engaging at the same time. I liked how the film showed that erasing any memory no matter how terrible is almost like erasing who you are. Your memories are what make you you, and if you erase them you are erasing part of yourself in the process. The film also touched base on how love prevails. I think that both of these ideas are important and this film portrays them both accurately and in a good light. This has been my favorite film of the year and I intend to see the film "The Science of Sleep" soon because I believe that Michel Gondry worked on that project as well. I really like Gondry's style and look forward to seeing his work with a different story.