I watched Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind during one of the philosophy movie nights. I have seen this movie a few times, and every time I find something new. The ever occurring theme however is the idea of humans playing god, or if a human was as powerful as god. In the movie, Joel falls in love with Clementine, however a third of the way through the movie we discover that this is not the first time, and that Joel has chosen to erase her from his memories, as has she of him. I am a firm believer that our past teaches us lessons and that everything happens for a reason. I think that god has put our lives on a certain path so that we may learn from it and grow as a person as a result of these experiences; they shape us.
However in the movie, Clementine, Joel and a few others shown, have their memories erased. If it was truly as simple as just erasing the idea or memories of a person, I do not find as much problem of erasing a person, as I do with erasing all the things you have learned and associated with that person. In the movie there is the scene where Joel sings Oh My Darling, but later on, after he erases the memories of her, the song is gone too. If we all had the power to delete people, what would be left of us? We would be fragmented humans with so many gaps in knowledge. If a parent had a tragic death and we deleted them, so too would be all the things they taught us. I think many people like to think the role of god would be fun to play, yet this movie shows a side not many have fully thought out, and that is why I appreciate this movie.
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