Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Essay

As I began watching the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I started to assume that the movie would be played out as a typical love storyline. However, that all changed as the “love” story turned into a dramatic element. The writer of this movie set Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine (Kate Winslet), two individuals that dated in the past, to reconnect not knowing of their previous affairs. In this twist of a story, Charlie Kaufman cultivated this movie with reoccurring themes, which included diving into the mind and conscious. This entire story’s division of element shifts, as it is told in reverse, in a way that allows the audience to get an understanding that memories last forever and the love that you may share with someone is always …show more content…
He begins feeling frustrated and confused at how everything was going, and without knowing what else to do, Joel decides to go about doing the same procedures to erase her from his memories. However, during the time of this procedure he contemplates on whether or not he wants to hold on to the memories shared with Clementine. This film basically get involved in retelling Joel’s personal love life that he developed and how the relationship hit a dead end in a blink of an …show more content…
However, to me the ending seemed a little misunderstanding as for when Clementine brought up the point of them being wrong for each other, and how they would not make it a second round if they didn’t make it the first. After she said that, it seemed to go blank as Joel states apathetically “Okay”. Which now makes me reconsider if that okay was a way to say that he agrees they are not fit to be together or is it him saying, okay as in he doesn’t care what happened last time because of the love he still has for