I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Jim Carrey last night. Hmm...that sounds weird, but you know what I mean. The movie itself was kinda strange. Not Adam Sandler- "Punch Drunk Love"- strange, but strange nonetheless.
For those who aren't familiar with the flick, Jim Carrey plays a nerdy stick in the mud guy who falls in love with a real "live each day as if it was your last" type of woman. They have an interesting relationship and then break up. On a whim, she has a procedure that erases her memories of him. When he finds out what she's done, he tries to get the same procedure. Then he decides he wants to keep some memories after all.
I'd give it about 3 stars out of 5... maybe 3 and a half for the actual movie. But the concept definitely got me thinking.
What if it were that simple to erase a person from your life? Would you do it?
While I was watching, I thought "yeah, there's a couple people I'd like to erase". On second thought, I changed my mind. After all, for better or worse, we are the sum of our experiences. Even though some experiences may have been unpleasant and the people were just plain poo poo, they all happened for a reason. So I guess I'll stick with whatI've got (not like I had a choice anyway)
Lifestyles of the poor and nameless
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 at 4:14 PM
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dee's two cents:
funny you should mention. I've been trying to erase people and things from my mind on my own. When I remember them, I just fight remembering their names by either thinking of a hundred things at once, or trying to replace the information with bad info. It actually works to some extent. Like that awful job I used to have. Yeah I remember my boss's name but not the company's. That awful guy I was talking to for a minute, for a second I managed to rename him something like "Jason Brown"--totally forgettable--not like the name he really has.
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