Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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I haven’t seen any threads on this upcoming movie, so I decided to make one. If there WAS one and I missed it, sorry!

No links, as the all websites I checked had too many spoilers. (Doesn’t bother ME, but then again I’m weird. :mwahaha: ) Anybody who finds a website with no spoilers, please post it.

For those who don’t know, this is a new movie starring Jim Carrey, but it’s NOT a comedy, in fact I’d say it’s a romantic tragedy (with Sci-Fi elements). It’s about a guy who breaks up with his girlfriend, then finds out that she has had ALL of her memories about him removed (using a new brain-altering process)! So, he decides to forget her too. Except, he changes his mind in the middle of the operation! Unable to wake up to protest, he finds himself fighting a psychic battle to keep his memories of her…

My opinion: Unusual story, that’s good, we need more originality in movies. However: Jim Carrey in a drama? Baaad omen. I mean, yes, I KNOW he can act, but really, it’s a waste of his comic talents. And, while I do NOT know how the movie ends, something tells me this one is NOT going to have the typical hollywood happy ending. Sounds more like a social experiment than a crowd-pleaser. Don’t think I’ll see it, at least on the theaters.

But you know, what REALLY freaks me out is the possibility that mind-erasing processes like this COULD be invented someday. Imagine the potential for abuse, and not just by the government! You might think, “people would NEVER voluntarily undergo such a process!” but I’m convinced they would. We humans are control freaks, we want to change EVERYTHING to fit our tastes, and that includes our own selves. But when you start messing with memories, you start messing with the very fabric of our existences (which is probably the movie’s point.)

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Your romanticism reminds me of Manus. Targeted mind erasing isn’t possible.

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Anything with ELO in the trailer is bound to be good.

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Originally posted by Sinistral
Your romanticism reminds me of Manus. Targeted mind erasing isn’t possible.

“Romanticism”? You use the funniest terms, Sini. :mwahaha:

And certainly, targeted mind erasing isn’t possible… so far. Plenty of things possible today that weren’t even dreamed about in the past, Sin.

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Yeah and the difference between you and me right now is that I know what I’m talking about. Conceptually it isn’t impossible, but when you consider the reality of the situation it becomes a whole lot more complicated and once these things are done piling up, its not doable.

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Originally spoken by Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), a highly regarded scientist and president of the Royal Society of London, in 1888
Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.

Never say never.

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It’s not a matter of belief, it’s a matter of facts.

It was ALWAYS possible for heavier-than-air machines to fly. All that was needed was for man to find a way to do it (and to imagine it conceptually first.)

Same here: It IS a fact that the human brain can be damaged SO easily, resulting in all kinds of memory loss. Would it be possible to do it selectively? That depends on whether if it IS possible to find exactly WHERE particular memories are stored, and finding a way to remove them without harming others. This requires technological advances we don’t have yet. Then again, we’re at the edge of amazing developments like nanotechnology and genetic engineering. Would it be possible someday? I do not know, but I think the possibility is there, and certainly, THINKING about the social consequences, is never a waste of time. Hell, I wish people did that more often… especially the people who developed atomic energy (there’s another example of something undreamed of/thought impossible just a century ago, that has come to shape our world today.)

So, anybody got comments on the MOVIE itself?

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Originally posted by Sinistral
Yeah and the difference between you and me right now is that I know what I’m talking about. Conceptually it isn’t impossible, but when you consider the reality of the situation it becomes a whole lot more complicated and once these things are done piling up, its not doable.
Never doubt the powers of SCIENCE!

Anyway, I meant to make a thread on this like two weeks ago. The movie looks amazing, one of the rare dramas I really really want to see. Jim is highly capable of doing good drama (the Truman Show), and this darkly comedic one will do very well. A great supporting cast as well.

The cooler trailer can be found here: Movie Trailers - Apple TV

Another longer trailer that explains the plot more is: Yahoo er et varemerke fra Yahoo-familien

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Thanks, Merl! :cool:

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I’ve watched the trailer probably more than a dozen times, it’s so addictive to me. I especially like how many characters seem to do these looks where their eyes sort of drift away from the camera really quickly, like there’s something going on just outside our view. Carrey and Elijah Wood both do this in the trailer. And when Carrey screams just before the procedure begins, it’s so hilarious to me (and when he wigs out when the leaves are tossed).

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Originally posted by Macc Maverick
Never say never.
Macc, dont expect us to listen to the ramblings of a madman, you are a fool. The whole idea of these ‘metal birds’ of yours is PREPOSTEROUS! Next you’ll be telling me the world is spherical, HA! Good day to you, sir. I wash my hands of you.

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Originally posted by Charlemagne
Macc, dont expect us to listen to the ramblings of a madman, you are a fool. The whole idea of these ‘metal birds’ of yours is PREPOSTEROUS! Next you’ll be telling me the world is spherical, HA! Good day to you, sir. I wash my hands of you.

Yes, everyone knows the earth is roughly ellipsoidal!