Comments on: Review: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 31 May 2005 06:44:12 +0000

Vic,

Sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy it. I will say that if you saw only 15 minutes, you didn’t see any of it (for all practical purposes). Part of the movie (especially towards the beginning) is a little torturous, but as the movie goes on, it all starts to come together and make sense. The last part of the movie is especially well done; it blew me away.

Charlie Kaufman’s work isn’t for everybody. After all, you liked Malkovich and I didn’t (what little I saw). I think it comes down to being in the right mood to see it, as you said.

Brian

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Tue, 31 May 2005 03:44:05 +0000

Brian, FYI, I tried to watch “Eternal Sunshine” but just couldn’t get into it. I think I lasted maybe 15 minutes.

Perhaps I just wasn’t in the mood, or maybe watching the torturous path of two dysfunctional people falling in love isn’t my idea of fun. :confused:

In any case from what little I saw I can see why the screenplay was so highly acclaimed… I think it must be incredibly difficult to write down what seems like such natural, rambling conversation.

Perhaps if I’d seen it in the theater where one if more committed to finishing a movie I would have enjoyed it.

Vic

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:49:43 +0000

This movie was my favorite movie of last year. You should really give Adaptation a chance. It’s not as good, but it’s certainly worth watching.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:11:37 +0000

No worries, Simone. I actually consider it a compliment to be confused with Vic.

Brian

By: Simone

Simone — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:50:26 +0000

I knowwwwwwwwww!!! I didnt realise it wasnt you who wrote it but Brian, I am sorry. I just woke up when I logged on and wasnt paying much attention.

Sorry Brian. :blush:

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:28:32 +0000

Vic,

It’s time to stop pushing Eternal Sunshine down the list. It’s worth seeing. I didn’t have a problem with the weirdness of Malkovich; what soured me to it was how fake all the relationships seemed. They weren’t believable enough for me. I don’t know… it has been a few years since I saw it; maybe I need to watch it again and see if I appreciate it more the second time around.

Brian

By: Vic

Vic — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:15:47 +0000

Hey Simone, credit where credit is due… I didn’t write the review, my cccasional (will I *ever* be able to type that word without a spell-check?) co-contributor Brian did.

Brian, nicely written, I’ve had that in my Netflix queue for quite a while but I keep pushing it down the list. BTW, I happened to enjoy Being John Malkovich wierdness and all.

Vic

By: Simone

Simone — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:31:42 +0000

At least I know now we have something in common Vic, and that is if we dont get a movie, we hate it. I also hated “Being John MalkovichW with a passion, and that is because I really was just clueless about what the film was about. When Asaptation was released, I begged off.

I am not a big fan of Winslet and Carrey so when Eternal Sunshine came out last year you would expect me to snub the film, I didnt, I even went to see it on the first day. And I LOVED it. For the same reasons you’ve already explained. It made me think of my past relationships, that no matter how hurt you become from them, there’s a part of you that wants to just hold on to those memories, whether good or bad, especially if that’s all you have got left.

I then decided to make peace with Kaufman’s work, I watched Malkovich again (I actually own it on DVD) and bought the Adaptation DVD and I love both films now. IMHO, Adaptation is his best work so far.