22nd Mar 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Go see this movie. As my companion said, perhaps it will finally be the movie to unseat The Passion of the Christ as the biggest box office draw of the week.
I hate trying to write something thoughtful and pretentious like a real film critic about movies on my blog, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. I wouldn’t say it was one of the great movies of all time, but it has everything you want: likable odd-ball, underdog characters, an engaging narrative style, a truly clever plot conceit that builds on itself till the end, great photography, good, down-to-earth acting by big stars, laughs, tears and a bitter-sweet ending that leaves you feeling upbeat and optimistic for the characters without being sugar coated. A great date movie.
How often does a movie make you want to read a poem?
How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d;
UPDATE:
Turns out Eternal Sunshine’s weekend opening was less than stellar: $8.6 million, number six for the weekend. Good news (for evil doers) is that Dawn of the Dead displaced Passion of the Christ for the #1 spot.
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Openning is not a word, it’s opening.
2 for me.
You’ve created a monster.
Right you are, SDM. Your Aunt Sue also caught that one, but I see from the time stamp that you actually noted it first, so you’ll get one of her points.
oh, and “Go see this movie. As my companion said, perhaps it will finally be the movie to unseat The Passion of the Christ as the biggest box office draw of the week.”
Since you were quoting your companion, you should have quotation marks around “perhaps it will finally be the movie to. . .”
SDM, it wasn’t a direct quote. I was just referencing what she said. You’re taking this all a bit too seriously. Why don’t you focus on the spelling, but pace yourself. I’ve been blogging for two years. You don’t need to get all your points in the next few days. There will be many blog posts and mistakes to come.