"You see... pre-valentine is our busy period..."
You thought it's the rose-selling business?
Nah...
Lacuna. Any painful memories you want to erase? We provide the service ;)
Ahhhh.... i love the movie! the sheer joy of FINALLY doing the thing u have been wanting to do in ages!
Isn't Memory such an intricate mechanism? Memorising/remembering sth tends to be a voluntary and conscious action, but the reverse process "forgetting" is involuntary. "Forget" often has a negative connotation because people who tend to forget things easily (ie absent-minded) could not help it! meaning, it is involuntary.
Who can actually make themselves forget certain things/memories/experience
completely? i mean, completely. Think abt it. i believe we can't. (unless you have Dory's illness) the whole idea of the movie is thus a manifestation of human's desire to erase certain memories.
The movie hinted that most of the people who seek that treatment are people in problematic love relationships. why? "
i hate you! i wish i never know you at all!" impulsive people.
But the treatment is not fool-proof! The strongest memory will be resistant to the erasing process! even if all resistance fails, it will still be withheld, albeit in another form..
sub-conscious mind? that is unreachable by the erasing machine? tt's probably how the male and female leads meet again :)
if such a treatment ever exists, i am dead-sure i would never be part of the treatment-seeking gang. no matter how impulsive i might ever get. The shot of a forlorn jim carrey sitting with 2 trashbags of belongings/presents associated with his gf (which await to be consficated by the clinic) and then a shot of another old woman holding a pile of objects for the same purpose -- i felt the pain for them! i'm the sort who never throws away any presents from any friends no matter how much i dislike the presents -- i can't bear to! so, i would definitely run away from the clinic by that stage.
"You can't have the procedure done 3 times a month...i'm sorry... that's our policy..." I was so tickled.
Keep erasing painful/sad memories until your whole mind is filled with only happy memories?
In my opinion, someone with only happy memories is as sad as someone with only painful memories. We define "happy" and "sad" ourselves, based on our own past experiences. "Happy" and "sad" are not absolutes; they are relative concepts: I would be "happy" to eat an nydc cheesecake if i have never eaten any cheesecakes in my life before; a spoilt brat would be "sad" to eat the same nydc cheesecake if she only eats ritz carlton cheesecake all her life. or put it another way, this spoilt brat would never know eating ritz carlton cheesecake everyday is a happy thing if she is never forced to eat an nydc cheesecake.
That's why, we need to have sad memories in order to appreciate our present happiness! That's why, i always want my memories complete and intact. losing any part of it is like losing a part of you -- that's the uneasiness the female lead felt.
All our memories -- happy and sad -- define who we are today. As we relive/reflect on our memories (like what the male lead had to do during the process) we learn more about ourselves -- our emotions, our actions, our mistakes. that's how we grow! that's why i love to do it. The female lead claimed to go for the process in order to have a new start and move on... rubbish! it's still possible, and in fact more advantageous, to move on even WITH the memories! you can trust me on that. ;)
gosh. never had any movie made me think sooooo much! anyone who sees this, please go and watch the movie! i am so going to rewatch the dvd!
what? I didn't say the movie title?? oops. i
forgot. :) it's
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
remember.
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