How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd!
yes you guessed that one right, instead of studying (again), I've bargained my time tonight to watch a dvd rip of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind I've downloaded last week.
the plot was really excellent, except for the fact that the film was a bit bland (I don't know if that is the appropriate term to use) that had me confused at one point because there were scenes in the film that made the whole movie look like it was a thriller. so, that was a big let down, for me. because I was expecting less of the sci-fi thing going on and more of the Jack-and-Rose kind of romance, although Rose (Kate Winslet) was in fact casted in the film as the female lead Clementine, who was the utter exact opposite of Rose DeWitt Bukater of Titanic in terms of social grace and seduction.
but the movie, as a whole, is so good that it still had me pondering at this moment about the hypothetical concept about instant memory erasure. if such psych-related innovation were to exist, would I openly take the opportunity to erase my memory if (hypothetically speaking) I wanted to get over someone?
the climactic twists in the last quarter of the film were concretely visual of what could have been in a situation wherein one was told that he has had his memories erased before. during one of these twists, Mary (Kirsten Dunst), who was stoned and partially drunk, rendered an Alexander Pope poem to Dr. Howard while Joel (Jim Carrey) was under a memory-erasure procedure. until Mary suddenly kissed Dr. Howard while simultaneously being caught off-guard by Dr. Howard's wife.
so the two tried to explain, but Dr. Howard's wife revealed that their cheating scenario have already happened in the past--only to find out that Mary had her memories (of being a mistress to Dr. Howard prior) erased. what's worse is that the man she fell in love with was also the same man who erased those memories. fucker, isn't it?
then again, I haven't yet answered the question of embracing or not embracing that opportunity of having my memories erased just so I could move on with my life and be happy alone and single. hypothetically.
obviously, no. although how much pain the advent of a moving-on process would bring, this emotional pain mends the weak heart to become stronger, as well as condition the mind to become wiser. because eventually, (almost) everyone survives this heartbreaking phase. each one of us has the capacity to forego memories that cause too much anhedonia and sadness to bear. it is a matter of letting go and not holding on because although how painful these memories are, they are still a wonderful repository of the past from which we can learn and better understand ourselves, and create smarter decisions in the future.
moving on is and will always be a state of mind. then can we realize that there is no eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, after all.
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