Thursday, December 4, 2008

Screw-Ball/ Romantic Comedy


When it comes to romantic comedies and screw-ball comedies, it might as well be hell for me to tell them apart. I’ve never been a fan of romance or comedy and when some horrible twist of fate the two get thrust together in a death-heap the world is a much, much dimmer place to live in. But, for some reason I was very taken with the romantic comedy film that was shown in AOF sixth hour. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) may very well be the light at the end of the dark tunnel that is the romantic comedies. Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry, who made the screen play and directed the movie, managed to seize my attention for more than five minutes. The plot specifically had me in deep thought about many things that could very well be possible in the future. The way they created the disintegration of Joel’s memories was incredibly interesting bordering on eerie. All in all, I loved that movie.

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