eternal sunshine de l'mind spotless..

[modage]

There were a lot of people in the (mainstream) theater I saw it in, and they all seemed to like it...judging from the talking that ensued as soon as the credits hit. It gave me hope...but then again, it was an early afternoon show.

i saw it at 5 and the theatre was filled with old people who were heard talking about how the film was terrible and were trying to disuade others afterwards from going to see it.  plus, you dont know philadelphia.  the general audiences here are quite different from the general audience in a respectable city.

[Ghostboy]

Yikes. Flashbacks to opening night of PDL at the megaplexes.

[El Duderino]

i just got back from the 7 o'clock show, and i thought it was so brilliant. jim carrey was great and kate winslet was at the top of her game and she was so beautiful. the only thing that bothered me was that i went to a multiplex, but the movie was in one of the smaller theatres. but whatever. great movie.

[md]

just came back from a 950 showing and thought it was great, a little hesitant about gondry's directing capability but he pulled through, the script at times seemed a little forced in my opinion, i guess you could call them cheap tricks, but it is all over shadowed by the brilliancy and depth of each characters performance...the movie is somewhat hard to follow in the beginning but yes it does get into a nice groove...the showing is somewhat packed and everyone seemed to really enjoy it (granted i think majority of them were college kids who actually dug this shit)

[82]

9:35 show in omaha

Wow.. Really really great.  Charlie Kaufman scores again.


Brilliant

[Ghostboy]

I forgot to mention earlier, but every problem I had with the screenplay was fixed in the finished film (particularly the absence of the bookends). A sure sign of an intelligent writer-director combo.

[Ravi]

Wow, what a film.  I liked it a lot.

[Bethie]

Saw a show at 12:25am. Had to travel a little over an hour away, well worth it though.

[Stefen]

Saw a show at 12:25am. Had to travel a little over an hour away, well worth it though.

An hour away? Where the hell do you live?

[Bethie]

I stay at my friends house.






Edit- Nah, I'll tell the whole story. The movie is not playing at the theatre near me. I planned on going to see a 7:15 showing in a city that is 45 min away. We left late, got there and it was SOLD OUT.

Came home a friend called and I got to see it at 12:25am.


I didn't even have to do any of the driving. People are too nice to me.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

Sweet...Jesus...

I was completely amazed at this movie.

I was in awe at many times as Joel was pretty much...me.  His mannerisms, everything.  I've never connected with a character like that before.

It was all perfect.

I had plans to go hang out with other friends, but my girlfriend and I were so blown away by the film we diteched the original plans to go to Denny's and talk about the movie.

I saw it opening day, but at 5:05.  (Wanted to go to 2:45, but I'd have had to haul ass from school to the theater, probably leave early).

It was a small crowd, and those who saw it seemed to be a bit displeased.

[cine]

Another Oscar nod for Best Writing please?

No spoilers so read on for those cautious.
Saw this at 1:10pm on Friday. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Well, aside from the projectionist fuck-ups at the beginning. I was forced to get up and let them know how bad it looked. So it was a rough start. About an hour and 35-40 minutes into the movie, the film decided to melt and the movie stopped, lights went up. Needless to say, everyone was pissed. I quipped to the people I was with, "Okay, I thought the bubbling and melting was apart of the movie until the lights came up." A couple agreed. It reminded me of Bergman's Persona. But in any event, we waited a few minutes until a worker got off their ass and came in to tell us that they're trying to get it up and running and that we'd all get passes to come back. Fine. I'll wait. So the film starts up again and then, less than a minute later, stops again. I shouted out loud for fun: "Two passes!" And everyone seemed to enjoy that. Funnily enough, the worker came back out and handed out two passes each. I was pleasantly surprised. Then the film went BACK up right at the part when Ruffalo is talking to Dunst as she's leaving with all of her boxes to go home.
Again, what an inventive film. Does anybody know how many other routes Kaufman could've went down? I was expecting a Being John Malkovich twist where the boss, Howard, gets his own memory erased of Lacuna or something like that. But, wow, this was one hell of a great film. One of the best of this year for sure. For those of you who are expecting a comedy, you're in for a surprise. The performances were great (and I always love Mark Ruffalo) and this cast itself was perfect. I think they are little minor things I could question with the writing but honestly - with a film of this magnitude, why question Charlie Kaufman? I would like to think that this film is his opus. And I say that only because it's his most poignant film to me. But I guess the level of poignancy depends on how strange the moviegoer is. Either way, this is one of my favourite films this year.

[El Duderino]

yeah, the sound fucked up in my show towards the middles, but it was managable. plus, they gave us free passes, so i might go back today.

[82]

**SPOILER SPOILER**
Anyone notice nearing the confrontation with Harold's wife that the "C" in Lacuna on the side of the van outside had fallen off, leaving "La una"...  Otherwise known as "the one" in spanish.
**SPOILER SPOILER**

[SiliasRuby]

Saw it last night and was Blown away....Very Beautiful Ending...