Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind today, which was taken from this poem: Eloisa to Abelard (by Alexander Pope). Check out the poem's historical background to have a better understanding of the poem. Enjoy!

This is a part I like:
How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said,
Curse on all laws but those which love has made!
Love, free as air, at sight of human ties,
Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.

About the movie:
Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had her memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. Out of desperation, he contracts the inventor of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwaik (Tom Wilkinson), to have Clementine removed from his own memory. But as Joel's memories progressively disappear, he begins to rediscover their earlier passion. From deep within the recesses of his brain, Joel attempts to escape the procedure. As Dr. Mierzwiak and his crew (Kristen Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood) chase him through the maze of his memories, it's clear that Joel just can't get her out of his head. The film, which takes place mostly within Joel's mind, follows his memories of Clementine backwards in time as each recent memory is replaced, and the procedure then goes on to the previous one, which is likewise seen, and then erased. Once the process starts, however, Joel realizes he doesn't really want to forget Clementine, so he starts smuggling her away into parts of his memory where she doesn't belong which alters other things about his memories as well...

It's been quite a long while since I last seen a movie that worked my brain up so much, like Being John Malkovich, Memento, Fight Club, 12 Monkeys etc. For the record, Jim Carrey CAN act serious roles, though there's still some slapstick moments in the film. I think the love portrayed in the film is very sweet. I especially like the effect when his memory is being erased bit by bit. Houses torn down, books labels wiped out, humans blipped out. It's cheap camera and editing trick, but it's effective. Now who says good movies need big money? Sadly, I think this film will be hugely ignored here, judging by the taste of local movie-goers.

Which is why film gems like these hardly have any effect on the community... which is what movies were meant to do...