Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Can Only Be Described As Beautiful, Profound And....Nice

A lot has happened in the past six months for me but perhaps one of the most formative things that have transpired is that my opinion of Jim Carrey as an actor has been completely altered by watching movies like I Love You, Phillip Morris, The Truman Show and now Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind for the first time. Carrey is a truly talented individual with an incredible amount of range and I'd wager no other motion picture (despite Morris and Truman Show containing some top-notch work from Carrey) so eloquently shows off the level of talent Carrey is capable of commanding as Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, a 2004 Michel Gondry effort that's really...well, something else.

Synecdoche, New York And The Futile Pursuit Of Control

SPOILERS FOR SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK AHEAD

There are some movies that, once they conclude, leave me with the inescapable feeling of euphoria over seeing something incredible. Others leave me with a stormy cloud hovering over my head, with certain films being so absolutely dreadful that the only proper response to such movies existing seems to be tracking down all existing Blu-Rays of the motion picture and smashing them to dust. And then there's a film like Synecdoche, New York, which, upon ending, left me more perplexed than anything else. I couldn't figure this one out; had I watched something transcendent or a noble misfire?