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Just to add my two cents, I saw this on opening night and have been thinking about it ever since. It definitely gets four stars from me. Kaufman is by far my favorite screenwriter of today, and one of my favorites of all time.
I don't think I could decide between Eternal Sunshine and Adaptation. See, Kaufman's genius is that he has enough creativity to come up with a truly unique story, but he's also a good enough writer to include little details that absolutely make the movie. Both films have that, for me.
There's a line from Adaptation that has always stuck with me: "You are what you love, not what loves you. That's what I decided a long time ago." The fact that I still think about that line two years later seems to me evidence of Kaufman's talent.
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That's a great line from Adaptation saxon. it stuck with me too.
I agree that i have a tough time choosing between those two which i like better. i feel that Eternal Sunshine is more entertaining, has more interesting and likable characters. But adaptation makes me "think" more. Adaptation has more "great lines" and thought provoking moments for me. And i saw flashes of those in Eternal Sunshine, but not as much as Adaptation. Adaptation may be a smarter script than Eternal Sunshine in my opinion.
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I think Adaptation is a more intellectual film, but Eternal Sunshine gets a much stronger emotional response from me.
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Well, it rocked. Kaufman strikes again. Hell, so does everybody else involved in the making of this movie. It hit all the right notes.
Better than Adaptation? Hmmm... I think I'll have to rent them and watch them side by side, and count the perfect moments. I don't know which movie had more, and that's probably the only way I'll be able to decide between the two.
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BJM was quite smart. I found it even more delicious on subsequent viewings after being blown-away at the cinema.
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The DVD proved to be an unexpected hit, so they just came out with a 2-disk collector's edition.
Of all the movies I saw last year, this one I truly loved. I'm not sure I can see it again, though - I identified with it so strongly that I'm not sure I want to put myself through the experience. It's going on my wish list, though.
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I have a confession- I had called the store to see if they were still having a "sale" on video rentals and they said they were. But when I got there it was not what I was thinking. I had driven quite a ways to go to this shop and I broke down and decided to rent R rated movies.
But I really liked this movie. And I finally saw Matrix Revolutions.
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I loved this movie. I've been wanting to buy it for a while now but keep forgetting. However, now that I know there's a collector's edition, I'll be sure to pick it up. Thanks for the link!
How was Matrix Revolutions by the way? I have yet to seen that one mostly because I really disliked the second one.
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I just saw this movie for the first time. I love the way that bits and pieces of the memories slowly dissolve as the scene goes along. The bookstore scene toward the end was amazing.
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All I can say about that movie is it was just so GOOD. I watched it twice. If I had the money I'd buy it on DVD. The directing (It's directed by the guy who does a lot of cool Bjork videos and I love Bjork) the plot (Spoiler-the wa dispite it all, they get drawn to each other all over again, almost for the same reasons as before, but, at least they learn more about each other in the process) Then I got to thinking about how I wouldn't want even my worse memories taken away... I should go watch that movie again sometime.
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I wonder what I missed in the movie? I thought it was technically fine. It was actually tightly written, it had the beauty of a well-formed geometry proof, but it lacked emotional depth. There was something kind of simple about "Adaptation" and "Eternal Sunshine." And maybe that can work if you hit on something really true, but *shrugs* I wasn't feeling it. It was like an M. Night Shyamalan that played on goofiness instead of suspense. *chuckles* I may be the only one who liked National Treasure more, and that movie lacked the technique.
*thinks* ESOSM hit on some important themes, I just don't know how well it did it, but I may have missed something. At the end, I didn't feel moved or dignified or anything.
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I don't really have anything to add beyond "I loved this movie" but: I loved this movie.
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Only thing I didn't like, I thought the ending was, well I thought it ended when his last memory dissapeared and then we'd just have to reflect on what his meeting her the next day would mean in the future, I didn't care for having anything after that, but what do I know? Not as much as Kaufman.
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