I was saying that, while I liked the movie, I was unable to find its theme. She said she thought it was just supposed to be about memory. I wanted it to say something about memory.
I thought the movie had more to say about love than about memory. Then again, I don't necessarily believe that a movie needs to have an overarching message or theme that can be stated baldly; that's not terribly interesting to me. (Sorry if I'm misrepresenting your point.) I love
Eternal Sunshine
because it's sad and hopeful and beautiful and weird, because I love the characters, because their last scene together in the hallway makes me ache. Everything about that movie works for me: the structure, the acting, the music, the lighting, the writing. What more would you have wanted, Nonian? (Not trying to be confrontational, just asking.)
OK, if JF were lying in my bed with only a container of Ben & Jerry's cappucino heath bar crunch and a smile to his name, I probably wouldn't kick him out.
I'd take the ice cream, and then kick him out.
James Franco annoyed me almost as much as Anakin Skywalker.
I'd agree, except that Hayden Christensen has been really good in everything else he's ever been in, whereas I have yet to see proof that James Franco can fully open either his eyes or his mouth.
Kate P. is me in this thread too.
Ouch, that's a pretty high-level of annoyance. At least we're not likely to have to sit through watching a cloyingly cute 10 year old version of Harry saying "I get to be a jedi? Yipee!"
Oops, I was actually thinking of Aanakin, teen padawan. Not that annoying kid.
I would love JarJar forever if only he'd kicked little Annie into the intake of a pod-racer engine.
we're not likely to have to sit through watching a cloyingly cute 10 year old version of Harry saying "I get to be a jedi? Yipee!"
"I get to be a villian? A retread villian? Yipee!"
Yeah. The threesome scene was brilliantly gratutious (and is, as far as I'm concerned, the only excuse for Denise Richard's presence in ANY movie), but chicks should have had something to ogle, too.
I wouldn't say Kevin Bacon's shower scene was entirely bereft of something for the ladies to ogle, even if Dillon didn't join in. But the scene as shown still read very much as if that's where they were headed (though of course I too would have liked seeing it onscreen). Guys aren't generally that comfortable walking in on each other's showers in a private setting unless they've had some back scrubbing experience in the past.
<high-fives Polter-Cow>
I really wanted to defend the movie, but I couldn't find the right words. So thanks.
RE:
Eternal Sunshine
Actually, I really liked the movie for many of the reasons Kate mentioned. I had actually forgotten that I was watching Jim Carrey until he made that funny face when trying to wake up. Also, I'm having trouble coming up with the rights words exactly, but I liked the feel/look of the film.
What I was trying to say was that the movie seemed to me like it had some sort of theme, but I couldn't find it. I wasn't trying to say the movie was not good because it didn't have a theme - I was just wondering if anyone else had some insight that I had missed. Kate, it wasn't so much that I thought the movie needed something as much as I was wondering if I missed the something.
I once had to write a paper on the uses of pink and green in
Lord of the Flies.
That's not the sort of thing I'm looking for. I'm just wondering if the director had an idea in the back of his head that he wanted to get across and maybe I missed it.
I loved Pulp Fiction as a very original exercise in creative storytelling. But I would have liked it better if I had walked away thinking that it had shown me something about life that I hadn't seen before. That's my only point/question.
editted to explain what I'm talking about.
Ah, to heck with it. Styling a link as hidden is too hard.
