Spot On
Was able to watch DVDs today, after letting my home theater lie idle the past few months. Brought out two big guns from my collection: Jarhead and Rocknrolla and mustered enough effort to distance myself from my son and escape in cinema. After a short stint at the supermarket and a brief dinner, I rolled out my new addition: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I should have watched this a long time ago, having heard of its charm, but lack of availability until today prevented me from doing so. It was total mindfuck. I was completely immersed in the film, wondering whether this scene was all in the mind, a real occurrence, or a fantasy projection. And it had me thinking if ever such technologies existed, would you dare to wipe your memory of certain persons completely to erase the bitter taste in your mouth of previous bad experiences? Of course wiping out the bad means also wiping out the good. It turned out in the movie that wiping out memories of one person is not a guarantee of p