Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Just this past week, I watched the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". It was really late at night and I had nothing else to do, and so I went out on a whim and ended up staying up for most of the night because of the movie. This was a movie where I didn't look at my phone once because it was so engaging; it was slightly humorous, emotionally perplexing, and extremely thought-provoking. The main question I came up with after the end of the movie was if I would ever have someone's being literally erased from my mind so that I would have no memories of them ever again.

Just like everyone else, I've been through a lot, and to think of erasing certain people from my life would seem logical, right? After a long while of thinking, I decided that no one should ever erase anyone from their life because memories should be learned from and cherished, because you only have ONE past and ONE future. There are obviously some embarrassing, upsetting, or even emotionally hurting memories, but those should never be erased because there is something to be learned of them.

There were a lot of twist and turns in the movie involving emotional conflict, but I feel that the main theme that the movie tries to portray is that it is just better to go on with your life living and accepting your past. You can only get better, you know?  Since I am wanting to pursue psychology in my future studies, I found that this movie was really important for me to see, and I'm happy that I randomly decided to plop down on the couch and spend the night watching the movie. I see that it's important, in psychology, if I happen to be a therapist, to make sure that the patient forgives but does not forget. Forgiving is one thing, but forgetting is another...

I would somehow like to connect this to Frankenstein but I honestly can't. Either way, the movie was quite enjoyable and I see myself watching it many more times with the convenience of Netflix...

If you haven't seen the movie, here's the IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/