best movie of 2004 by far

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2004)

(Minor plot spoilers within)
I always liked charlie kaufman. hes a smart intelligent writer who thinks outside the box more than any other writers in entertainment today. I went into eternal sunshine with an open mind and high expectations. it lived up to those expectations in ways i could never imagine. the film's plot consists of Joel having his ex-grilfriend, clementine, erased from his memory. almost the entire movie is inside of joel's head. every once in a while we see the people who are working on his mind but it's mostly joel's memories. joel procedes to relive his memories as they are being erased. this movie will confuse you, as it did me. it will all make sense at the end. it has a few funny parts. one scene comes to mind where joel is trying to take clementine into another memory so she won't be erased. he brings her back to when he was a 4-year old. shes his baby sitter. joel acts as a mixture of himself and his 4-year old self to make a very entertaining and funny scene. the little things i nthe scene like him not being able to reach the fridge handle, being bathed in the sink, wanting ice cream and cookies, make the scene worthwile. anyways, this is the best movie of the year so far and i dont expect it to be beaten. go see it. it doesnt get much better than this. it will make you sad. it will make you happy. most of all, it will warm your heart.