Director: Michel Gondry
This was one of those films you want to see ever since you saw the trailer or commercial on tv. I was not so lucky because every time it was shown it was either too late, I had to go to bed (I was rather young then) or I simply did not have the opportunity to see this film. Now I can say that really good things come to those who wait. I have no regrets that I could not watch it until now because maybe I was not grown enough and would not understand everything at that time.
Clem and Joel, Joel and Clem... Who would have thought that such a shy person like him could fall in love with such a spontaneous and crazy person like her.
It was hard to understand the plot in the very beginning of the film. I did not understand why Joel was so sad about breaking up with Clementine if had just met her. And then everything became clearer. I am not sure whether it is possible in real life or not, but, you know, in films nothing is impossible, so maybe you can erase memories from your brain. Oh well. Clem did it first, Joel did it afterwards. What a strange feeling has to be waking up in the morning and not remembering a part of your life. They both wanted to change something, one of them more then the other (one - 100%, other- 10%?).
Joel could not live without Clementine, but what do to do if she does not remember him and flirts with another guy?
Flashbacks helped me to understand the whole story and made me realize that Clem was really happy living together with Joel, she was just a way too impatient and wanting to solve each problem as fast as possible. (If that was not true, why would then Clem help Joel to run away from the memory cleaners?)
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is one of the best romantic - drama films I have seen and clearly one of the extraordinary ones. (Something like Camille) You will definitely like it if you believe in true love and the fact that you can erase a person from your brain but not from your heart.
