"Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind"

I had some time to kill before going to work, so I decided to watch one of my favorite movies, an older one which came out 2004, and won an Oscar, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." To give an idea of my taste in movies, another favorite is "American Beauty." Two years ago my Psychology professor recommended "Eternal Sunshine" to me , and I decided to watch it and see if it was as great as she said it was. To my astonishment it turned into a movie I force my friends and family to watch, even though they might complain because, "I've seen it a million times." I don't remember seeing much about the movie when it came out in 2004, and I feel like there should have been more of a fuss about it. There are a couple great actors in this movie but the main two, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet play such fantastic roles. Both, taking a much darker approach in this movie than what I normally see in their other ones.
A brief synopsis of the movie (if you haven't seen it)-
Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) is an emotionally withdrawn man and Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet) is his girlfriend who is a dysfunctional free spirited woman. They are inexplicably attracted to each other despite their different personalities.They do not realize it at the time, but they are former lovers now separated after two years together. After a nasty fight, Clementine has had her memories of their relationship erased from her mind. Upon learning this, Joel is devastated and goes to the doctor to have the same procedure of erasing her memories done. However, while unconscious, Joel has second thoughts and decides he wants to keep his memories of Clementine. Their love and courtship go in reverse, and the memories are slowly erased while Joel tries his best to resist the procedure and hide inside his mind.
Opposites attract, there's no question about that! I am a perfect example, I seem to butt heads with a lot of the men I have dated. Think about what if you could erase memories of not only past relationships, but anything you wanted, would you? I cant help but think how painful that would be if the procedure to didn't work! I guess that would be the same as being attracted to someone so unhealthy for yourself and not caring...been there done that! I think the movie had such an impact on me because I am glad I can't erase anything in my life, whether it is amazing or appalling.I believe that circumstances make us who we are, but whose to say if I did have the option,I wouldn't want to try it?

"Blessed Are the forgetful for they get the better even of their blunders."
-Friedrich NIetzsche