Hiiii everyone, I just wanted to say that I really enjoy having these deeper, meaningful discussions with y’all. I know that when I make videos on more serious movies, they get fewer views than my more “fun” videos. But I do this for the love of the game!! Maybe I’m just being sentimental because it’s the holiday season or because I’m almost to 100k subs. But I am truly grateful to have fostered a community where we all love movies and can have these types of discussions (as well as have fun) 🥹🫶🏼
@@SophiaPhannn who says your videos aren't fun🤬. but for real Sophia thank you for all your hard work. Been following your channel for actual years and that love of the game really comes through. I look forward to congratulating you on 100k and happy holidays
Fun fact: She IS one of the archetypes people use for Manic Pixie Dream Girl BUT she isn't one. She's super flawed, she doesn't *fix* Joel. She uses a quirky persona as a shield to distract herself from her own issues. She spends the majority of the movie arguing with and antagonizing Joel. MPDG was meant to show how male writers create these idealized, unrealistic girls but Clementine is shown as a full person - flaws and all.
I think it’s also interesting because we don’t even know if Joel’s memories of Clementine are even accurate to her real character because it’s all from his POV! We only really see her after Joel’s procedure, so his depiction of her in his mind being flawed also shows that she isn’t a MPDG
Kate Winslet wore copious wigs in this film, and I never realised, since they all looked realistic. The colour correspond perfectly with Joel and Clementine's floundering relationship. It's green, the colour of growth and spring, when they first meet, and red during their summer of passion. It's orange when their relationship starts to "Fall" apart, and blue, invoking winter, after they've broken up.
omg you’re so right about it being just joel’s version, i want the clem memory cut!! - but also, erasing those memories does change who you are! and that’s why ultimately they decide to do it all again I think, not because they believe beyond a shadow it will work this time where it failed before, but because most people ultimately would choose to make the same mistakes again if given the choice, even if they are painful, because our lives are molded and enriched by these experiences and the people we’ve known and loved. bc in that scenario if you lose the bad stuff, that means also losing the good stuff
your mind is amazing, and idk why anyone wud wanna forget their dog, if only the end of ur dog’s life was sad and 99% of ur memories are happy why delete it all. it’s how i feel about the whole concept of mind erasing, why forget the love and lessons of a relationship ? how will u know not to repeat ur mistakes, how will u grow. love this movie
Wait I just saw your edit lol but I agree!! I think too many people are uncomfortable with sadness… it’s nice to be happy all the time, but it’s OKAY to feel sadness and grief and all the unpleasant emotions. It’s all part of the human experience, and erasing all that is such a waste ☹️
I’m impressed how fast you clocked that the beginning of the movie was the “present”. I think most people assume that that’s the start of their relationship.
Obviously there’s a lot of takes on this movie, but one I don’t see often is that, they try again because they lead each other back to themselves, Joel makes sure to remember to go to Montauk, and Clementine makes sure to do the same. Now from there the interpretation can be that they love each other deeply and both quickly regretted their decision to forget the other because they subconsciously retained feelings and memories of each other. Like you said we could not see how she went through the procedure, but with the fact that we know she ended up in the exact same spot as him, we can infer that Clementine’s experience during the procedure would have been similar to Joel’s and decided like he did to not willingly give up her memories of him.
Oooh I didn’t even think about how Clementine’s experience during the procedure could mirror Joel’s. I do think that it’s romantic that they always come back together somehow (although the same can be said about toxic relationships 😅 but I digress). Their decision to try again and how their love for one another transcends their past are very beautiful
Yeah I read reviews from ppl who watched it right after a breakup, and I feel like that would definitely impact my viewing experience. I don’t think I could’ve survived it if I was freshly heartbroken 😅 my delusional mind would’ve interpreted the end for me to be like “so I have a chance to get back together with ____ if I try again!” 🥴
@@SophiaPhannnhah but again it’s the first time, and when you are driven by love, like you said, you wouldn’t give up the experience, even if it ended. For them, they have to have the experience because they technically didn’t really have it anymore
Dr. Howard may have erased their memories of each other, but he couldn't erase the emotional journey they went on. Emotions aren't just stored in your memory, they're also stored physically in your body. And their relationships with everyone else around them would be irrevocably changed based on their influence on the other. So I believe these two crazy kids have a chance. It's a clean slate at a MUCH better starting position. And they know it ended bad, even if they don't remember the details. So they have a better chance at communicating how they feel going forward Or it ends, but maybe not so bad. Either way, I have faith in round #2
See even reading this comment, I get what you’re saying, but I still believe that they’re doomed HAHA. Because it’s hard enough for people to break out of cycles with their memories INTACT. I think that they’re bound to make the same mistakes and end up feeling bitter about each other towards the end again. But idk, I think I’m just more pessimistic 😅 it’s kind of like those books where you build your own journey. You’re at the same starting point every time, but each decision can lead to a different ending (or the same one). The beauty about this movie is that it’s ambiguous and you just never know! Just like real life
@SophiaPhannn I made this comment before I saw Editing you say final thoughts. I think you may be right. But the hope for me is not whether or not they break up in the end and are mad about it. The hope, for me, is in that they have the choice this time, knowing it will probably go up in flames, yet they get the choice, and they say, "Fuck it, le'go" I've known people who were so afraid of things ending badly that they never did anything. Like, literally anything. Get a new job, try a new relationship. Hell, even leave the house. So I find it beautiful that they decide to try it anyway, and this time retain their memories of the trash fire relationship so they can try having love again later with someone else. Either way, love your videos, love your interpretation, love you 💕
The fact is, love isn’t in your brain, it’s not in your memories, it is in your heart and your body. You have to FEEL through, and not think through the second ride they decided to go on
Giiiiiirl, I love this movie! I just love that it’s wacky and so creative. My fave part is when they go to the beach house at night and he decides not to leave, ughhhhh ❤ I cry when I rewatch the movie lol, I don’t think I cried when I first watched it.
The movie was largely naturally lit! Of course some lighting was used but that’s why it’s a bit blue and flat. And I’m glad for your final thoughts!! It is definitely one you have to rewatch
This is one of my favoriteeeee movies! I can understand on first watch why it might be hard to grasp because there’s a lot going on with the way the story’s told and just how weird the whole movie is in general but it honestly gets better with each rewatch, there’s something about it that always sucks me back in. And Kate Winslet and is everythingggg in this🥰🥰
I think some people are missing the point in hoping that Joel and Clem make it work, or that the movie is trying to say they're destined to keep trying again because they're made for each other. The point is that some relationships are worth having and remembering, even if they end in disaster. It's a coping movie for bad breakups. (Spoilers for Arrival incoming) It's very similar to Arrival, in that way. Amy Adams chooses to have a child despite knowing that she'll die young, just like Joel and Clem decide to be together despite knowing they'll break up. (Spoilers over) The good outweighs the bad. Also hope you get to 100k subs Sophia! Been following the channel since your Avatar reaction days!
Yes…& the the main story along with the side one show the procedure don’t really work 😂 it’s a coping mechanism & you really have to just move on with the memories to be freed from it.
What’s so crazy is a few days ago I thought we should suggest this to you and I was gonna wait til the next video to do it. Little did I know you already DID!!! Love your channel my girl 🤍✨
It's interesting to see if you got any rewatchability out of it, as you were correctly interpreting all of the timelines and implications as they were revealed, not at the end of the movie like most (?) of us. Yeah, it's not crying sad, but melancholy sad. About how relationships die. About how even given a complete second chance, the odds are that they still might fail. And there's some hope there, but part of it is a commentary on how we still want to try despite it only being a slim hope. One thing to keep in mind is that some of their outside life experiences were erased (all of Joel's love of Huckleberry Hound singing "Oh My Darling, Clementine"), so they're slightly different people than the ones that tried in the past. Plus they've got inside info on how the other felt about them which will definitely impact their future choices and thoughts.
This movie has GREAT rewatch ability. I think why people may cry is bc of people like me. The 1st time I watched it, my friend showed it to me bc it was their favorite movie. I also had never heard of it but paid a lot of attention but didn’t really appreciate it. The 2nd time I watched it, I was going through a tough breakup and remembered the movie. Remembered I wanted to rewatch it and decided to do so. That 2nd time watching had me a mess. I can see why people love it so and have a new appreciation for it as well
I love this movie!!! My first time watching it I didn't like it too much but rewatching years later really made a difference for me and now it is one of my fav movies
omg i had to watch this movie for a second time to understand the timeline (the beginning w them meeting again) for me i think first watch i cried when joel begs to keep his memories. something about even with all the pain , you still want to retain the happy times made me emotional haha. thank u for doing serious movies as well sophia !! i always have a good time whether its a silly movie or a sentimental one.
I love this movie! So glad you were able to go into it spoiler-free. I guess I'm one of the hopeful ones. Everything ends, and it usually ends badly. But, if you worry about that, you'll miss out on the good stuff too. Sure, their relationship will probably fail again, but there were happy times too. You have to take the downs with the ups.
@@SophiaPhannn I understood it ok. I think I was a middle schooler. My sister (who was in college) was worried that I would be traumatized by Mark Ruffalo being in his underwear.😂
This is such a good movie! And I agree it's not really sad. They're so toxic together. Also, being a huge nerd, I see this as more of a thinky scifi than anything else. Oh and you're totally right about the way memories are super subjective, and two people can have vastly different memories of the exact same event. I never thought about that with relation to this movie.
So I came back to comment because I had to mention that this book reminds me of that Proust joke in Barbie. This movie is very Proustian. When I first heard of him, it was through reading a book called "Proust was a Neuroscientist" which was written by a neuroscientist lol. It was great, and after the Barbie joke, I went and read Proust, and he writes the way this movie is shot. It's amazing. You decoded this movie so fast and so amazingly. It took me like 3 watches to get this movie lol.
I must say, I'm impressed you caught onto the twist that the opening scene actually occurs chronologically at the end of the film; most people who react to this film don't pick up on it, and in general it seems to be the sort of thing that you only really notice on rewatch when looking for the clues, so it's really cool to see someone figure it out very early. Anyway, great reaction to an absolutely amazing film, genuinely one of the best films of the 2000s and arguably one of the best sci-fi films of all-time in my opinion. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet turning in career-best performances, the offbeat quirky yet melancholy direction, the insanely trippy visuals, the highly creative and intelligent script - it all works so well. Absolute masterpiece.
✨✨✨ Guys if you like this movie’s visual aesthetic, PLEASE check out Michel Gondry’s music videos! (There are playlists all over UA-cam) He was a huge music video director in the 2000s for acts like cibo matto, Kylie Minogue, the white stripes etc. bc of his creative direction ♥️
oh as to ur point ! on whether or not you’d feel the loss of two years of time. i think thats partly why clem was freaking out with elijah wood, she was missing joel in her life. when a person becomes a big source of yr dopamine, you’ll miss that dependency even if u dont remember them
Ok so on the ending, i love your thoughts. I think that maybe they're more mature this time around? They're going into it eyes wide open, but they also heard themselves on the tapes and how they sounded saying that stuff out loud just probably gave them some insight on how to avoid repeating some mistakes.
The main thing of the movie is that if you no longer remember what brought you to the point of no return, to the point where you would willingly erase someone/something, you lose the ability to properly judge the effect that person or thing had on your life. As a concept, this could help someone with severe ptsd or other types of mental illnesses that are trauma related. But when it comes relationships, the idea is disastrous. Everything that first compels you to be attracted to someone, sometimes ends up being what repels you from them. Joel loved Clementine's sense of freedom and individuality. In the end, those were some of the things he most resented about her. It made him bitter and jealous. For Clementine, she hated his puppy dog face and called him pathetic. In the beginning, she was endeared to all of it. "Nice" became boring and overbearing. In the scene where he is talking about the last time they had sex, i find it interesting bc he really insults her on the tape, calling her unmotivated and saying it was "sad". When that memory is being erased he pleads to be able to keep it. If all the other memories went, they could. He just wanted that memory in particular. When we look back at things with the bitterness that comes from built up resentment, we can't accurately understand what made those things hurtful to lose. When we forget why things didn't work out, of course we can look at whatever it is with fresh faced optimism. "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" When we forget the proven bad, all we can see is potential good. For the other ppl, like someone voluntarily forgetting their beloved pet, grief is crazy and they probs aren't understanding the second loss of forgetting their good times. The thing i believe ppl don't understand about this movie is that it isn't leaving it up to interpretation whether they will or won't end up happy. We already saw how it will end up. It is speaking to memory and how it makes a person who they are. Yes, the relationship ended, but they can then understand what they actually want in a relationship much better. The choice to dismiss the past is inevitable if you can't remember why you felt negatively about a person you are naturally drawn to. What we are supposed to hope for them, is that they end the cycle, to accept loss and all its silver linings. That they can grow as people. Of course, there is a slim chance it could work, but that would also require self reflection. Neither seem to be willing to do that at the end of the relationship the first time around. And how would it be possible without the knowledge of what occurred? Funnily enough what they might need to actually be together, is to remember why acted the way they did, and what they needed that the other person was not providing. Without that, it just repeats. This movie is so special to me. I watched it as a young teen and it made a huge impact on the way I view film. From the cast, the editing, the directing to the music. I didn't cry the first time. I always cry rewatching. Especially at the sequence before his memory is officially wiped
I never thought about the ending loop as them erasing their memories again and again. (Also because I don't think the company continued.) I know it was like that in the original script but I think there is a reason for it to be left to interpretation. I think yes, they will fall and get up and repeat some of the same mistakes but they will also choose each other and try to get up again and again.
Love Eternal Sunshine and so glad you reacted to it, I recommend watching Closer it stars Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts it gives off the same vibe but much more dramatic
my all time favorite movie honestly surprised it's you first watch btw the main song "everybody gotta learn something" is by beck, who latter won over beyonce emmy for best album (and everyone didn't knew who he was, but for me it was peak emo singer)
Without their memories, they are just going to repeat the same patterns again. Their personalities will always stay the same if they don't have memories to reflect on, and the same thing will end up happening. Bad memories are important sometimes.
I backed flipped upstairs to come watch this react. I remember when I first watched this movie, just randomly decided to do it cause it’s like always talked about amongst Jim Carey’s roles. I was also supposed to watch what’s the other one where he’s like a one man reality tv show character. But when I watched this movie I was like oh I get it. I get it. It made me sad and I was like would I choose to do that? No cause I’m not trying to accidentally end up back with any of my ex’s. But imagine this tech gets like abused because what if only one person wipes their mind and the other just keeps putting their self with the amnesiac.
I can understand the PAAAIIINNN of a heartbreak that makes you wanna take the easy way out to forget everything, but at the same time, I would NOT go through with it. Too many things can go wrong and yeah-I definitely would not wanna go back to an ex LOL
Ha I’m laughing at your constant shock of actors popping up. Like that’s real watching older movies it honestly feels like you don’t know who worked together at some points in their career. Like so you know each other and haven’t worked together again? Put your money together and make that movie
Hiiii everyone,
I just wanted to say that I really enjoy having these deeper, meaningful discussions with y’all. I know that when I make videos on more serious movies, they get fewer views than my more “fun” videos. But I do this for the love of the game!!
Maybe I’m just being sentimental because it’s the holiday season or because I’m almost to 100k subs. But I am truly grateful to have fostered a community where we all love movies and can have these types of discussions (as well as have fun) 🥹🫶🏼
@@SophiaPhannn who says your videos aren't fun🤬. but for real Sophia thank you for all your hard work. Been following your channel for actual years and that love of the game really comes through. I look forward to congratulating you on 100k and happy holidays
Fun fact: She IS one of the archetypes people use for Manic Pixie Dream Girl BUT she isn't one. She's super flawed, she doesn't *fix* Joel. She uses a quirky persona as a shield to distract herself from her own issues. She spends the majority of the movie arguing with and antagonizing Joel. MPDG was meant to show how male writers create these idealized, unrealistic girls but Clementine is shown as a full person - flaws and all.
I think it’s also interesting because we don’t even know if Joel’s memories of Clementine are even accurate to her real character because it’s all from his POV! We only really see her after Joel’s procedure, so his depiction of her in his mind being flawed also shows that she isn’t a MPDG
You’re the first person I’ve seen who automatically figured out that the beginning is the end instead of a time jump.
I was really locked in 😤
@@SophiaPhannn and that's why you're the captain, Cap'n
Kate Winslet wore copious wigs in this film, and I never realised, since they all looked realistic. The colour correspond perfectly with Joel and Clementine's floundering relationship. It's green, the colour of growth and spring, when they first meet, and red during their summer of passion. It's orange when their relationship starts to "Fall" apart, and blue, invoking winter, after they've broken up.
I DIDN’T KNOW EITHER until I watched an interview with Kate Winslet and she mentioned that they were all wigs 🤯
omg you’re so right about it being just joel’s version, i want the clem memory cut!! - but also, erasing those memories does change who you are! and that’s why ultimately they decide to do it all again I think, not because they believe beyond a shadow it will work this time where it failed before, but because most people ultimately would choose to make the same mistakes again if given the choice, even if they are painful, because our lives are molded and enriched by these experiences and the people we’ve known and loved. bc in that scenario if you lose the bad stuff, that means also losing the good stuff
your mind is amazing, and idk why anyone wud wanna forget their dog, if only the end of ur dog’s life was sad and 99% of ur memories are happy why delete it all. it’s how i feel about the whole concept of mind erasing, why forget the love and lessons of a relationship ? how will u know not to repeat ur mistakes, how will u grow. love this movie
Omg don’t inflate my ego, my head will just grow bigger 🤭🫶🏼
Wait I just saw your edit lol but I agree!! I think too many people are uncomfortable with sadness… it’s nice to be happy all the time, but it’s OKAY to feel sadness and grief and all the unpleasant emotions. It’s all part of the human experience, and erasing all that is such a waste ☹️
This movie is impossible to spoil because no one can explain it without sounding like a drunk philosophy student reacting to a Dali painting.
I was almost worried that even knowing about the theme of memories was too much of a spoiler, but I still got confused regardless 😂
how dare the algorithm keep the QUEEN off my feed for a whole minute.
I’m impressed how fast you clocked that the beginning of the movie was the “present”. I think most people assume that that’s the start of their relationship.
Obviously there’s a lot of takes on this movie, but one I don’t see often is that, they try again because they lead each other back to themselves, Joel makes sure to remember to go to Montauk, and Clementine makes sure to do the same. Now from there the interpretation can be that they love each other deeply and both quickly regretted their decision to forget the other because they subconsciously retained feelings and memories of each other. Like you said we could not see how she went through the procedure, but with the fact that we know she ended up in the exact same spot as him, we can infer that Clementine’s experience during the procedure would have been similar to Joel’s and decided like he did to not willingly give up her memories of him.
Oooh I didn’t even think about how Clementine’s experience during the procedure could mirror Joel’s. I do think that it’s romantic that they always come back together somehow (although the same can be said about toxic relationships 😅 but I digress). Their decision to try again and how their love for one another transcends their past are very beautiful
the criers are not liars, the end loop that replays the closing scene over a few times took me out many many many times
Wait I didn’t even notice that 😭
I think this movie is really good at showing how broken heart is felt in your body. When you watch it again, you’ll feel it.
Yeah I read reviews from ppl who watched it right after a breakup, and I feel like that would definitely impact my viewing experience. I don’t think I could’ve survived it if I was freshly heartbroken 😅 my delusional mind would’ve interpreted the end for me to be like “so I have a chance to get back together with ____ if I try again!” 🥴
@@SophiaPhannnhah but again it’s the first time, and when you are driven by love, like you said, you wouldn’t give up the experience, even if it ended. For them, they have to have the experience because they technically didn’t really have it anymore
Dr. Howard may have erased their memories of each other, but he couldn't erase the emotional journey they went on. Emotions aren't just stored in your memory, they're also stored physically in your body. And their relationships with everyone else around them would be irrevocably changed based on their influence on the other.
So I believe these two crazy kids have a chance. It's a clean slate at a MUCH better starting position. And they know it ended bad, even if they don't remember the details. So they have a better chance at communicating how they feel going forward
Or it ends, but maybe not so bad. Either way, I have faith in round #2
See even reading this comment, I get what you’re saying, but I still believe that they’re doomed HAHA. Because it’s hard enough for people to break out of cycles with their memories INTACT. I think that they’re bound to make the same mistakes and end up feeling bitter about each other towards the end again. But idk, I think I’m just more pessimistic 😅 it’s kind of like those books where you build your own journey. You’re at the same starting point every time, but each decision can lead to a different ending (or the same one). The beauty about this movie is that it’s ambiguous and you just never know! Just like real life
@SophiaPhannn I made this comment before I saw Editing you say final thoughts. I think you may be right. But the hope for me is not whether or not they break up in the end and are mad about it. The hope, for me, is in that they have the choice this time, knowing it will probably go up in flames, yet they get the choice, and they say, "Fuck it, le'go"
I've known people who were so afraid of things ending badly that they never did anything. Like, literally anything. Get a new job, try a new relationship. Hell, even leave the house. So I find it beautiful that they decide to try it anyway, and this time retain their memories of the trash fire relationship so they can try having love again later with someone else.
Either way, love your videos, love your interpretation, love you 💕
in the original script, they get the procedure over and over... which is hinted at in the last scene where it's played over and over.
The fact is, love isn’t in your brain, it’s not in your memories, it is in your heart and your body. You have to FEEL through, and not think through the second ride they decided to go on
Giiiiiirl, I love this movie! I just love that it’s wacky and so creative. My fave part is when they go to the beach house at night and he decides not to leave, ughhhhh ❤
I cry when I rewatch the movie lol, I don’t think I cried when I first watched it.
This is pretty good Sci Fi Romantic Comedy Drama film
The movie was largely naturally lit! Of course some lighting was used but that’s why it’s a bit blue and flat.
And I’m glad for your final thoughts!! It is definitely one you have to rewatch
This is one of my favoriteeeee movies! I can understand on first watch why it might be hard to grasp because there’s a lot going on with the way the story’s told and just how weird the whole movie is in general but it honestly gets better with each rewatch, there’s something about it that always sucks me back in. And Kate Winslet and is everythingggg in this🥰🥰
I think some people are missing the point in hoping that Joel and Clem make it work, or that the movie is trying to say they're destined to keep trying again because they're made for each other. The point is that some relationships are worth having and remembering, even if they end in disaster. It's a coping movie for bad breakups. (Spoilers for Arrival incoming) It's very similar to Arrival, in that way. Amy Adams chooses to have a child despite knowing that she'll die young, just like Joel and Clem decide to be together despite knowing they'll break up. (Spoilers over) The good outweighs the bad.
Also hope you get to 100k subs Sophia! Been following the channel since your Avatar reaction days!
Omg it’s been so long. Thanks for sticking with me in this journey 🫶🏼
Yes…& the the main story along with the side one show the procedure don’t really work 😂 it’s a coping mechanism & you really have to just move on with the memories to be freed from it.
What’s so crazy is a few days ago I thought we should suggest this to you and I was gonna wait til the next video to do it. Little did I know you already DID!!!
Love your channel my girl 🤍✨
Hehehe we’re just in sync 🤝
It's interesting to see if you got any rewatchability out of it, as you were correctly interpreting all of the timelines and implications as they were revealed, not at the end of the movie like most (?) of us.
Yeah, it's not crying sad, but melancholy sad. About how relationships die. About how even given a complete second chance, the odds are that they still might fail. And there's some hope there, but part of it is a commentary on how we still want to try despite it only being a slim hope.
One thing to keep in mind is that some of their outside life experiences were erased (all of Joel's love of Huckleberry Hound singing "Oh My Darling, Clementine"), so they're slightly different people than the ones that tried in the past. Plus they've got inside info on how the other felt about them which will definitely impact their future choices and thoughts.
I think it’s more so just catching small details for me because some comments mentioned the ending scene being looped, and I didn’t even notice that 😅
This movie has GREAT rewatch ability. I think why people may cry is bc of people like me. The 1st time I watched it, my friend showed it to me bc it was their favorite movie. I also had never heard of it but paid a lot of attention but didn’t really appreciate it.
The 2nd time I watched it, I was going through a tough breakup and remembered the movie. Remembered I wanted to rewatch it and decided to do so. That 2nd time watching had me a mess. I can see why people love it so and have a new appreciation for it as well
NO FR because a bunch of reviews said that they watched it after a breakup and were destroyed 😭 i gotta save my rewatch for my next heartbreak 🥲
I love this movie!!! My first time watching it I didn't like it too much but rewatching years later really made a difference for me and now it is one of my fav movies
omg i had to watch this movie for a second time to understand the timeline (the beginning w them meeting again)
for me i think first watch i cried when joel begs to keep his memories. something about even with all the pain , you still want to retain the happy times made me emotional haha. thank u for doing serious movies as well sophia !! i always have a good time whether its a silly movie or a sentimental one.
I’m glad you enjoy my videos!! 🥹🫶🏼
My favorite movie, thank you for this ❤
Oooo I've heard about this movie. And Jim Carrey is in this too is so interesting. Thank you for this glorious movie reaction, Sophia.
YES! I remember suggesting this in a comment way back when (I think it was on the (500) Days of Summer video). I'm so excited for this!!
I love this movie! So glad you were able to go into it spoiler-free.
I guess I'm one of the hopeful ones. Everything ends, and it usually ends badly. But, if you worry about that, you'll miss out on the good stuff too. Sure, their relationship will probably fail again, but there were happy times too. You have to take the downs with the ups.
I saw this at an indie movie theater with college students as a kid. I felt so grown up.
Omg how was that as a kid? Were you able to understand it or did you watch it again when you were older and got it then?
@@SophiaPhannn I understood it ok. I think I was a middle schooler. My sister (who was in college) was worried that I would be traumatized by Mark Ruffalo being in his underwear.😂
This is such a good movie! And I agree it's not really sad. They're so toxic together. Also, being a huge nerd, I see this as more of a thinky scifi than anything else. Oh and you're totally right about the way memories are super subjective, and two people can have vastly different memories of the exact same event. I never thought about that with relation to this movie.
So I came back to comment because I had to mention that this book reminds me of that Proust joke in Barbie. This movie is very Proustian. When I first heard of him, it was through reading a book called "Proust was a Neuroscientist" which was written by a neuroscientist lol. It was great, and after the Barbie joke, I went and read Proust, and he writes the way this movie is shot. It's amazing. You decoded this movie so fast and so amazingly. It took me like 3 watches to get this movie lol.
I must say, I'm impressed you caught onto the twist that the opening scene actually occurs chronologically at the end of the film; most people who react to this film don't pick up on it, and in general it seems to be the sort of thing that you only really notice on rewatch when looking for the clues, so it's really cool to see someone figure it out very early.
Anyway, great reaction to an absolutely amazing film, genuinely one of the best films of the 2000s and arguably one of the best sci-fi films of all-time in my opinion. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet turning in career-best performances, the offbeat quirky yet melancholy direction, the insanely trippy visuals, the highly creative and intelligent script - it all works so well. Absolute masterpiece.
✨✨✨ Guys if you like this movie’s visual aesthetic, PLEASE check out Michel Gondry’s music videos! (There are playlists all over UA-cam)
He was a huge music video director in the 2000s for acts like cibo matto, Kylie Minogue, the white stripes etc. bc of his creative direction ♥️
And chemical brothers (let forever be too iirc)
I enjoy this movie and i was young when i watched it. I like the Hopeful ending
20:00 your reaction has me DYING 😭😭
oh as to ur point ! on whether or not you’d feel the loss of two years of time. i think thats partly why clem was freaking out with elijah wood, she was missing joel in her life. when a person becomes a big source of yr dopamine, you’ll miss that dependency even if u dont remember them
Ok so on the ending, i love your thoughts. I think that maybe they're more mature this time around? They're going into it eyes wide open, but they also heard themselves on the tapes and how they sounded saying that stuff out loud just probably gave them some insight on how to avoid repeating some mistakes.
Aahhhhh blue hair Sophia is sending me.
Love you!!!
Love you too!!!! 🫶🏼
The bit where Kate punches Jim in the arm wasn't in the script. Kate just did it.
That is so funny to me 😂
The main thing of the movie is that if you no longer remember what brought you to the point of no return, to the point where you would willingly erase someone/something, you lose the ability to properly judge the effect that person or thing had on your life.
As a concept, this could help someone with severe ptsd or other types of mental illnesses that are trauma related. But when it comes relationships, the idea is disastrous. Everything that first compels you to be attracted to someone, sometimes ends up being what repels you from them.
Joel loved Clementine's sense of freedom and individuality. In the end, those were some of the things he most resented about her. It made him bitter and jealous. For Clementine, she hated his puppy dog face and called him pathetic. In the beginning, she was endeared to all of it. "Nice" became boring and overbearing.
In the scene where he is talking about the last time they had sex, i find it interesting bc he really insults her on the tape, calling her unmotivated and saying it was "sad". When that memory is being erased he pleads to be able to keep it. If all the other memories went, they could. He just wanted that memory in particular.
When we look back at things with the bitterness that comes from built up resentment, we can't accurately understand what made those things hurtful to lose. When we forget why things didn't work out, of course we can look at whatever it is with fresh faced optimism.
"Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"
When we forget the proven bad, all we can see is potential good.
For the other ppl, like someone voluntarily forgetting their beloved pet, grief is crazy and they probs aren't understanding the second loss of forgetting their good times.
The thing i believe ppl don't understand about this movie is that it isn't leaving it up to interpretation whether they will or won't end up happy. We already saw how it will end up. It is speaking to memory and how it makes a person who they are. Yes, the relationship ended, but they can then understand what they actually want in a relationship much better. The choice to dismiss the past is inevitable if you can't remember why you felt negatively about a person you are naturally drawn to.
What we are supposed to hope for them, is that they end the cycle, to accept loss and all its silver linings. That they can grow as people.
Of course, there is a slim chance it could work, but that would also require self reflection. Neither seem to be willing to do that at the end of the relationship the first time around. And how would it be possible without the knowledge of what occurred? Funnily enough what they might need to actually be together, is to remember why acted the way they did, and what they needed that the other person was not providing. Without that, it just repeats.
This movie is so special to me. I watched it as a young teen and it made a huge impact on the way I view film. From the cast, the editing, the directing to the music. I didn't cry the first time. I always cry rewatching. Especially at the sequence before his memory is officially wiped
Love kate winslet in this movie definitely one of her best roles she felt so real
I've always interpreted the ending as them just appreciating the journey even if the destination sucks 😊
I never thought about the ending loop as them erasing their memories again and again. (Also because I don't think the company continued.) I know it was like that in the original script but I think there is a reason for it to be left to interpretation. I think yes, they will fall and get up and repeat some of the same mistakes but they will also choose each other and try to get up again and again.
This is one of my favourite films. You should also give Vanilla Sky a go if you've never seen it!
Ooh! I’ve always seen that movie poster, but I never knew what it was about. I’ll add it to my watchlist 🤩
I can't believe you've never watched this before! I manically watched this at 6 am one random morning for no particular reason and it was beautiful ❤
I never had anyone want to watch it with me 😭
Love Eternal Sunshine and so glad you reacted to it, I recommend watching Closer it stars Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts it gives off the same vibe but much more dramatic
One of my all time favorites!
I’d also suggest checking out The Science of Sleep - another visually interesting movie about dreams
Didn't really cry to this movie, but did cry a bit to Ariana's album lol
my all time favorite movie
honestly surprised it's you first watch
btw the main song "everybody gotta learn something" is by beck, who latter won over beyonce emmy for best album (and everyone didn't knew who he was, but for me it was peak emo singer)
I love this movie so much ❤
It’s so cool to see such a different Jim Carrey role 😊
I was literally just thinking about watching this movie no way 😭
Sophia you are a cold-blooded ladyyy. Idk how this movie didn't hit you in the feels. Smh/10.
Maybe next heartbreak ☝🏼
when i first saw this movie i wasn’t aware it was supposed to be sad so i was emotionally wrecked after watching.
My all-time favorite movie!💙💙💙💙
Without their memories, they are just going to repeat the same patterns again.
Their personalities will always stay the same if they don't have memories to reflect on, and the same thing will end up happening.
Bad memories are important sometimes.
I indeed did cry at the end of this movie, reminded me of the time with my ex
Aww :( maybe if I was fresh out of a breakup, it would hit different
jim carrey is such a talented actor!!
The second best Jim Carrey film of all time (after the Truman show).
Please could you react to 101 Dalmations (1996) live action? that is a classic! 😊
YO I actually love that movie, I will take this into account 👀
I backed flipped upstairs to come watch this react. I remember when I first watched this movie, just randomly decided to do it cause it’s like always talked about amongst Jim Carey’s roles. I was also supposed to watch what’s the other one where he’s like a one man reality tv show character. But when I watched this movie I was like oh I get it. I get it. It made me sad and I was like would I choose to do that? No cause I’m not trying to accidentally end up back with any of my ex’s. But imagine this tech gets like abused because what if only one person wipes their mind and the other just keeps putting their self with the amnesiac.
I can understand the PAAAIIINNN of a heartbreak that makes you wanna take the easy way out to forget everything, but at the same time, I would NOT go through with it. Too many things can go wrong and yeah-I definitely would not wanna go back to an ex LOL
@ Exactly I already naturally have a terrible memory. I’m keeping what I got to learn my lesson and move on.
Didn’t understand this movie until it happened to me with a guy, like give me this sci-fi magic lol I need it
Nah fr heartbreak and breakups suck!!! Literally so painful, I kind of don’t blame them for doing it 🥲
20:32 Girl! Suddenly?? This movie has been messy since first 10 minutes. XD
But it got even messier 😂
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I really thought this was a rom-com movie lol.
I don't understand what it means
Ha I’m laughing at your constant shock of actors popping up. Like that’s real watching older movies it honestly feels like you don’t know who worked together at some points in their career. Like so you know each other and haven’t worked together again? Put your money together and make that movie
I hope you will have a great happy 2024 Christmas.
I wish you happy holidays as well 🥰
@@SophiaPhannn Thank you.
This movie was confusing
I think it can be difficult to grasp at first 😅