When I watched this masterpiece this weekend, I couldn't explain why this movie had such a moving effect on me. It was a film that transcends mere entertainment and even just a sad story to something that was profoundly philosophical. Kauffman's piece is the story of Joel, a man hopelessly attached to a dead-end relationship with the spontaneous and emotional Clementine. Confused when he learns that Clementine had him erased from her memory after all of the things they've gone through. Joel feels like he must go through the same thing and soon falls in love with her all over again when he re-experiences the passionate early moments of their relationship. Kauffman masterfully employs effective arrangement, color, and parallelism to emphasize that you can erase memories, but you can not erase emotions, alongside a lesson that it is better not to forget, but to learn.
The movie impressed me with it's arrangement. The movie decides to take a weird timeline twist that goes from Joel and Clementine's break-up to the more intimate parts of their relationship. In that, the author shows that what Joel and Clementine had was real. He was able to show in the beginning the two had effective chemistry, despite an awkward first meeting, and by the end of the movie, shows that that wasn't the first time they met after all. It was a second chance at their relationship after their relationship had already ended and they had their minds erased. This emphasized to the audience the author's purpose because they were able to contrast the terrible ending of their relationship with the beautiful beginning and the audience was able to understand how genuine their relationship is. As movie critic Dave Sizer says, "you can't erase true love," and the audience was able to understand how deeply their bond went and how it will ultimately transcend the memories being erased.
Along the entire plot line, it is hard not to appreciate the color schemes of the movie. The movie is mainly grey and uncolorful, except for the truly beautiful things that the author must come to appreciate to understand the purpose. The bright colorful scenes of the happy memories, and also Clementine's ever-changing hair characterize Clementine's passionate, rebellious personality as well as emphasizing the beautiful parts of their relationship.
Parallelism firmly concretes the purpose of the powerfulness of emotions with additional subplots with supporting characters. These plots, such as affairs that resurface even after having memories erased and a scumbag supporting character that tries to pursue Clementine with the same things Joel had done in their relationship shows that memories are concreted with the emotions associated with them, and that emotions are overall the most important aspect of relationships and life itself. This parallels with the idea of not learning from the past.
This movie was something that was a truly effective masterpiece because of its unique theme and execution. It was beautiful not only in purpose, but in representation as well. It is unexpected and emotionally profound and sad. It also is able to give some hope to how real relationships and love can be, and can turn a cynic into a lover in an instant.
The movie impressed me with it's arrangement. The movie decides to take a weird timeline twist that goes from Joel and Clementine's break-up to the more intimate parts of their relationship. In that, the author shows that what Joel and Clementine had was real. He was able to show in the beginning the two had effective chemistry, despite an awkward first meeting, and by the end of the movie, shows that that wasn't the first time they met after all. It was a second chance at their relationship after their relationship had already ended and they had their minds erased. This emphasized to the audience the author's purpose because they were able to contrast the terrible ending of their relationship with the beautiful beginning and the audience was able to understand how genuine their relationship is. As movie critic Dave Sizer says, "you can't erase true love," and the audience was able to understand how deeply their bond went and how it will ultimately transcend the memories being erased.
Along the entire plot line, it is hard not to appreciate the color schemes of the movie. The movie is mainly grey and uncolorful, except for the truly beautiful things that the author must come to appreciate to understand the purpose. The bright colorful scenes of the happy memories, and also Clementine's ever-changing hair characterize Clementine's passionate, rebellious personality as well as emphasizing the beautiful parts of their relationship.
Parallelism firmly concretes the purpose of the powerfulness of emotions with additional subplots with supporting characters. These plots, such as affairs that resurface even after having memories erased and a scumbag supporting character that tries to pursue Clementine with the same things Joel had done in their relationship shows that memories are concreted with the emotions associated with them, and that emotions are overall the most important aspect of relationships and life itself. This parallels with the idea of not learning from the past.
This movie was something that was a truly effective masterpiece because of its unique theme and execution. It was beautiful not only in purpose, but in representation as well. It is unexpected and emotionally profound and sad. It also is able to give some hope to how real relationships and love can be, and can turn a cynic into a lover in an instant.
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