Thursday, August 18, 2005
"Please let me keep this memory, just this one"
Enteral Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is on HBO this month and even though I have seen it 1000 times (and own it on DVD) I couldn't resist the urge, I had to watch it again. This film is hands down one of my favorites of all time.
I remember going to see it in Union Square on a cold winter day in NYC. I sat there in a packed theater and allowed myself to fall in love with falling in love. Everything about Joel and Clementine makes sense. I cried my head off and had swollen eyes for days. I love this film!
WOW meter: 10
Hot Actor Factor: 10 (l love Jim Carrey in drama, especially when he cries)
#of Minutes I considered dying my hair blue: 5mins
Bathroom Visits: 0
#of orange sweatshirts I own: 1
# if times I've taken the train to Montauk in the dead of winter in search of my Joel: 0 (but I think I'll do that this winter- it is time)
Prediction on when Jim Carrey will finally win an Oscar: Never, the Academy is too dumb
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... that is my number 1 fav film. it is about love, yes. but it is also about therapy, self help, hypnosis and self actualization. All topics PopMuse finds lacking in mainstream Hollywood films.
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: 11:27 AM
: 11:27 AM 
I for one was initially disappointed by Eternal, but it's since improved as it's rattled around in my memory. Kind of appropriate, I guess. I still feel Gondry is mostly about surface play, but perhaps surface play serves well a script such as this ... Plus, now that there aren't fourteen simultaneous Kauffmann movies in release, I'm less tired of him.
I thought Carrey was outstanding ... much better than he is in comic roles, in fact. He was the only redeemable thing about The Truman Show, too. I'd say he ought to exclusively take on dramatic roles but that might mean more Majestic nonsense.
I thought Carrey was outstanding ... much better than he is in comic roles, in fact. He was the only redeemable thing about The Truman Show, too. I'd say he ought to exclusively take on dramatic roles but that might mean more Majestic nonsense.
# posted by : 5:10 PM
: 5:10 PM
I just saw that movie!
It's amazing and clourful and oddly enough has Elijah Wood. The movie I watched right after Spotless Mind was SinCity.
Yoikes!
It's amazing and clourful and oddly enough has Elijah Wood. The movie I watched right after Spotless Mind was SinCity.
Yoikes!
ethan-- I respect all personal musical choices and was not at all offended by your dislike of Glam or my taste--I'm confident in my music choices!
shark- I forgot about the Majestic, with good reason I am sure
aaron- you've inspired me to discuss Sin City, I must post about that one soon
danius- this is why I feel owning movies verges on being a waste of money, I always watch what I love on tv even though it lives safe and soundly on my shelf.
popmuse- agree with you, as usual.
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shark- I forgot about the Majestic, with good reason I am sure
aaron- you've inspired me to discuss Sin City, I must post about that one soon
danius- this is why I feel owning movies verges on being a waste of money, I always watch what I love on tv even though it lives safe and soundly on my shelf.
popmuse- agree with you, as usual.
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