Love!

[teenonfire4evil]

A good while back I wrote up a post where I justifiably claimed that you could learn everything you'd ever need to know about a person based on their favorite Beatles album.  The poll included in the post seemed to fare pretty well, so I thought id write up another.

Now, many would argue against this, but I tend to think that the modern romantic

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[awatchfuleye]

I think mine is in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Are one of these movies that I haven't seen like that?

[teenonfire4evil]

isn't that movie about a failed relationship he was trying to forget? Doesn't really sound like it fits the theme... unless you are trying to express some kind of materialism regarding the transient nature of love. In that case, Conan the Barbarian is definitely your movie.

[beeporama]

What I get from ESotSM is "relationships can have problems and you can fight and be really mad, but if you can get past your problems and give them another chance they can still work and you can recapture the magic."

Of the movies I've seen, Natural Born Killers is closest, although it's a very different movie...

[teenonfire4evil]

I guess what I was saying was that eternal sunshine seemed to be more the model of a breakup/recovery.... the relationship itself was pretty trivial... all that was shown was fleeting moments of random cuteness followed by increasing disinterest. Unless she was trying to say that she believes that all relationships are basically fleeting moments of random cuteness followed by increasing disinterest, in which case she actually makes a good point. I suppose the movie did bring up some philosophical topics regarding memory and the biochemical nature of affection.

[beeporama]

Since the movie doesn't focus on the relationship much, I agree, and just tried to extrapolate what I could from it.

Digging a little, this might be a "pro-soulmate" movie, since I recall the suggestion that you're bound to fall in love with the same person regardless of circumstances.

I'm curious to see her clarify.

[awatchfuleye]

I should also point out on the note that both of the characters are in love despite having completely different surface level personalities, that I've never found love to be about how similar two people are. Two people with opposing character traits can balance eachother out quite nicely. In the movie, he needs someone like her to pull him outside of his box and teach to him to go with the flow a bit more and to enjoy life. She needs someone help her see the potential consquences of her flighty actions.

The film also emphasizes that there is no "ideal love." Because they fall in love but then have A LOT of kinks to work through, and initially they don't. Upon later review though, in a sort of don't know what you got til it's gone way, they each decide that the trivial personality quirks are worth dealing with, instigated by the realization that nothing is perfect...i think.

[beeporama]

Based on this, maybe I should change my vote!

[awatchfuleye]

No, that movie was about two people who fell in love at ease despite their fundamental character differences because underneath it all they actually complemented eachother quite well. When they break up the girl has her memory erased and then so does the guy when he finds out, but they end up meeting again and really liking eachother. Coincidentally they discover what happened and hear what they said about eachother when consulting for their erasing process but decide to say "fuck it" and accept eachother again, all flaws considered. Other point being: they were innately drawn to eachother on some fundamental level after being erased, hinting at the fact that two people who fall in love to the extent that they did have some sort of inseverable bond and that it might still take some work, but it can be successful.