Tom and I saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind this afternoon. It's maybe in my top 5 romances I reckon. With High Fidelity, In the Mood for Love and Lost in Translation. It reminded me a lot of High Fidelity because it was so real. And because they are both films that every person who ever plans to go out with anyone, should have to see. I'll bet that if we lived it a cool autocratic country like Switzerland, we'd all have to watch them.
So it was very good. Kate Winslet was so fun. I love her more with every film I see her in. Starting with Holy Smoke I should add - or at least after Titanic. And Jim Carrey is pretty great too. Good acting all round.
It made me chuckle all through. Lots of little funny bits, and good lines, and nice moments. Tom said that it was very honest for a romance. And it was. It used some time-jumping, Total Recall-like stuff to add another dimension to the crappy make-up break-up cycle that seems to happen sometimes.
And the characters were screwed up in real ways. They weren't sexy or endearing foibles like romance characters normally have.
And how about that. It's #44 in the IMDB Top 250". I reckon I'd put it about there too. Maybe even higher.
You’ve Got Mail. You forgot to put that in your top 5.
Tom / 11:46pm / 19 April 2004
Wat abt Harry met Sally or sleepless in seattle – would u call that something in related 2 all these movies.
Anmol / 2:29am / 20 April 2004
Did you see Adaptation? I think that was probably the best screenplay I’ve ever seen – though I haven’t seen Spotless Mind yet….
Allyson / 4:19am / 20 April 2004
Adaptation is one of the best films ever. Loved it. Although perhaps not as much as You’ve Got Mail.
I didn’t know Confessions of a Dangerous Mind was by Charlie too. I’ve passed up on chances to see that film. He’s deceptively brilliant I reckon.
I didn’t mind Harry Met Sally. But Sleepless in Seattle makes me shudder. I can’t really put my finger on why, but when I think of bad romantic comedies, I’ll always think of Sleepless in Seattle. Although I’m sure there are far, far worse ones. Like Just Married. Oh the pain.
Ryan / 7:38am / 20 April 2004
My friend Maura wrote a play about the levels of Gen X Filmmaker Hell, a la the Inferno…something like level five was the Romantic Comedy level. It was just two empty chairs waiting for Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Allyson / 9:47am / 20 April 2004