Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

As you might know from reading earlier posts, I am on a mission to eventually watch all of the movies on the IMdB Top 250 list. 

I wanted a quiet night in so I watched the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (number 76 on the list). It had quite a star studded cast, with Jim Carey and Kate Winslet as the protagonists. 

It is about two people in a rocky relationship who try to erase each other from their memory. It was a very unusual movie and at times it took some time to get my head around what was happening. I think that the concept of the movie was a pretty good one. I've definitely never seen a movie quite like it, and maybe that's why it is on the top 250 list; because it certainly is memorable. 

It was a sweet movie. I like how they didn't sugar coat the idea of romance and love too much. I give it 6/10. 

Here is my updated IMdB Top 250 list. Since my last post (here), I have been able to tick off two more movies from the list: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Life of Pi. Getting there slowly. 

IMdB Top 250 movies (15/02/13)

Rank	Title
1.	The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	✓
2.	The Godfather (1972)
3.	The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4.	Pulp Fiction (1994)	✓
5.	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
6.	12 Angry Men (1957)
7.	The Dark Knight (2008)	✓
8.	Schindler's List (1993)	✓
9.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	✓
10.	Fight Club (1999)	✓
11.	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	✓
12.	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	✓
13.	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	✓
14.	Inception (2010)	✓
15.	Goodfellas (1990)
16.	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)	✓
17.	Seven Samurai (1954)
18.	Forrest Gump (1994)	✓
19.	The Matrix (1999)	✓
20.	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	✓
21.	City of God (2002)
22.	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
23.	Se7en (1995)	✓
24.	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	✓
25.	Casablanca (1942)	✓
26.	The Usual Suspects (1995)
27.	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
28.	Rear Window (1954)	✓
29.	Psycho (1960)	✓
30.	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)	✓
31.	Leon: The Professional (1994)	✓
32.	Sunset Blvd. (1950)	✓
33.	Memento (2000)	✓
34.	American History X (1998)	✓
35.	Apocalypse Now (1979)
36.	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	✓
37.	Django Unchained (2012)	✓
38.	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
39.	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	✓
40.	Alien (1979)	✓
41.	City Lights (1931)
42.	North by Northwest (1959)
43.	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	✓
44.	Spirited Away (2001)	✓
45.	Modern Times (1936)
46.	Citizen Kane (1941)
47.	The Shining (1980)
48.	Back to the Future (1985)	✓
49.	The Pianist (2002)
50.	Vertigo (1958)	✓
51.	The Departed (2006)
52.	M (1931)
53.	American Beauty (1999)	✓
54.	Taxi Driver (1976)
55.	Life Is Beautiful (1997)	✓
56.	Paths of Glory (1957)
57.	Toy Story 3 (2010)	✓
58.	Double Indemnity (1944)
59.	Aliens (1986)
60.	WALL·E (2008)	✓
61.	The Lives of Others (2006)
62.	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
63.	Intouchables (2011)
64.	Gladiator (2000)	✓
65.	The Green Mile (1999)	✓
66.	Amelie (2001)	✓
67.	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
68.	The Great Dictator (1940)
69.	The Prestige (2006)	✓
70.	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)	✓
71.	Reservoir Dogs (1992)	✓
72.	Das Boot (1981)
73.	The Third Man (1949)
74.	Requiem for a Dream (2000)
75.	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
76.	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)	✓
77.	Cinema Paradiso (1988)
78.	Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
79.	The Lion King (1994)	✓
80.	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	✓
81.	Chinatown (1974)
82.	L.A. Confidential (1997)
83.	Full Metal Jacket (1987)
84.	Braveheart (1995)	✓
85.	Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	✓
86.	Oldboy (2003)	✓
87.	Singin' in the Rain (1952)	✓
88.	Some Like It Hot (1959)	✓
89.	Amadeus (1984)
90.	Metropolis (1927)
91.	Rashômon (1950)
92.	Bicycle Thieves (1948)
93.	Princess Mononoke (1997)	✓
94.	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
95.	Unforgiven (1992)
96.	All About Eve (1950)
97.	The Apartment (1960)
98.	The Sting (1973)
99.	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
100.	Raging Bull (1980)
101.	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
102.	Die Hard (1988)	✓
103.	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
104.	Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
105.	Batman Begins (2005)	✓
106.	A Separation (2011)
107.	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	✓
108.	Downfall (2004)
109.	Yojimbo (1961)
110.	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
111.	For a Few Dollars More (1965)
112.	Snatch. (2000)
113.	The Great Escape (1963)
114.	Inglourious Basterds (2009)	✓
115.	Up (2009)	✓
116.	On the Waterfront (1954)
117.	The Elephant Man (1980)	✓
118.	Toy Story (1995)	✓
119.	The Seventh Seal (1957)
120.	Heat (1995)
121.	The General (1926)
122.	The Maltese Falcon (1941)
123.	Blade Runner (1982)
124.	Rebecca (1940)	✓
125.	Gran Torino (2008)	✓
126.	Wild Strawberries (1957)
127.	Fargo (1996)	✓
128.	The Kid (1921)
129.	Scarface (1983)
130.	The Big Lebowski (1998)
131.	Touch of Evil (1958)
132.	Ran (1985)
133.	The Deer Hunter (1978)
134.	The Avengers (2012)	✓
135.	Cool Hand Luke (1967)
136.	The Gold Rush (1925)
137.	Sin City (2005)	✓
138.	Strangers on a Train (1951)	✓
139.	No Country for Old Men (2007)	✓
140.	It Happened One Night (1934)
141.	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
142.	Jaws (1975)	✓
143.	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)	✓
144.	The Sixth Sense (1999)	✓
145.	Platoon (1986)
146.	The Thing (1982)
147.	Hotel Rwanda (2004)	✓
148.	High Noon (1952)
149.	Casino (1995)
150.	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
151.	Trainspotting (1996)
152.	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	✓
153.	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)	✓
154.	Warrior (2011)
155.	Annie Hall (1977)
156.	Good Will Hunting (1997)
157.	The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
158.	Notorious (1946)	✓
159.	Gone with the Wind (1939)
160.	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
161.	Into the Wild (2007)
162.	The King's Speech (2010)
163.	Life of Brian (1979)
164.	My Neighbor Totoro (1988)	✓
165.	V for Vendetta (2005)	✓
166.	Finding Nemo (2003)	✓
167.	How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
168.	Dial M for Murder (1954)	✓
169.	The Big Sleep (1946)
170.	The Terminator (1984)	✓
171.	Network (1976)
172.	Ben-Hur (1959)
173.	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	✓
174.	There Will Be Blood (2007)
175.	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
176.	Stand by Me (1986)	✓
177.	Donnie Darko (2001)	✓
178.	Black Swan (2010)
179.	Life of Pi (2012)	✓
180.	Groundhog Day (1993)	✓
181.	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
182.	Twelve Monkeys (1995)
183.	Amores perros (2000)
184.	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
185.	Mary and Max (2009)
186.	The 400 Blows (1959)
187.	Persona (1966)
188.	Gandhi (1982)
189.	The Graduate (1967)
190.	The Killing (1956)
191.	Howl's Moving Castle (2004)	✓
192.	The Princess Bride (1987)	✓
193.	8½ (1963)
194.	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)	✓
195.	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	✓
196.	The Artist (2011/I)
197.	The Hustler (1961)
198.	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
199.	La strada (1954)
200.	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
201.	Rocky (1976)
202.	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
203.	The Wild Bunch (1969)
204.	The Exorcist (1973)
205.	Stalag 17 (1953)
206.	Rope (1948)	✓
207.	Sleuth (1972)
208.	Barry Lyndon (1975)
209.	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
210.	The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)	✓
211.	Salinui chueok (2003)
212.	District 9 (2009)	✓
213.	Infernal Affairs (2002)
214.	Argo (2012)
215.	Stalker (1979)
216.	Roman Holiday (1953)
217.	The Truman Show (1998)
218.	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
219.	In the Name of the Father (1993)
220.	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
221.	Ip Man (2008)
222.	Ratatouille (2007)
223.	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	✓
224.	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)	✓
225.	A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
226.	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
227.	Star Trek (2009)	✓
228.	Like Stars on Earth (2007)
229.	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	✓
230.	Rosemary's Baby (1968)
231.	Harvey (1950)
232.	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
233.	La haine (1995)
234.	Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
235.	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
236.	Shutter Island (2010)	✓
237.	Rain Man (1988)
238.	Incendies (2010)
239.	The Wrestler (2008)
240.	Nosferatu (1922)
241.	Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003)
242.	Mystic River (2003)
243.	Manhattan (1979)
244.	3 Idiots (2009)
245.	Jurassic Park (1993)	✓
246.	Papillon (1973)
247.	Big Fish (2003)	✓
248.	Castle in the Sky (1986)	✓
249.	The Untouchables (1987)
250.	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)