As profound as it gets!

Rating: 9/10 (14 March 2012)

Michael Gondry's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" is hands down, the best film that came out in the 2000s (or let's call it a tie, with LOTR and Dark Knight sharing the title).
The real credit goes to the screenwriter, who gives us a remarkable motion picture that is so profound in its ideas and allegory that one realizes that there can, and will, never be a film like this EVER again.
"Eternal Sunshine..." is the story of a couple Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine (Kate Winslet) who erase each other from their respective minds, thus losing all their memories of being together.
What follows is a narrative, a very non-linear one at that, that takes place almost entirely in Joel's mind, as he goes through the many moments of his not-so-perfect yet beautiful relationship with Clementine for one last time and also tries desperately to somehow retain a few happy memories.
But what ensues is just a confused, futile goose-chase that, quite obviously, ends in Clementine being erased from Joel's brain.
The real intention of this film is brought about after this. Joel and Clementine, who meet again, come off as total strangers to each other and are once again forced into a fresh relationship.
And as an outcome of a few supporting events, when they learn of their past, they are at first in disbelief, but then, they decide to still try to make it work, some how, even though they know it would probably end in another break up.
Here is a movie that tells us how memories are the prime elements that make us human beings what we are. The whole idea of a human personality is based on the foundations laid by them. And these memories have made us what we are, and these memories will also be responsible for what we turn out to be in the future.
The human mind cannot afford to simply lose the bad memories, because they are as essential and integral a part of our lives as the good ones. Human beings must understand the concept of learning from a bad memory and moving on, realizing that life works that way.
No matter how Clementine and Joel want to forget each other, or in this case "erase", it is impossible for them to. This is because, of two reasons, one: that's how life works, we eventually end up encountering the things we've lost, and two: Fate.
Simply putting it, "Eternal Sunshine of the Sptoless Mind" is an amazing, deep and beautiful film!