Oh, before I forget

So Jim Carrey is the king of comedy. He hasn't done too much great comedy since Yes Man which was three years ago...also not his greatest work. However, he proved that he's still got it on SNL some weeks ago:

And there was the Black Swan parody, but I prefer the last one. The Black Swan one is a better showcase of Carrey, but this sketch is funnier overall. Plus his (and the others') face is sooo hilarious, plus the robotic motions are spot on.

But, as I probably previously mentioned, Jim Carrey is actually a great drama actor, as proved as well as my favorite movie of all time

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)-

Jim Carrey plays Joel Barish, who finds out his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet) has gotten him erased from her memory, so he decides he might as well do the same to her. Then we take a journey, where Joel travels through his subconscious on a backwards sorta timeline. It also features a "present" reality timeline with Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood. (Fun fact: It seems, to me at least, that Mark Ruffalo became popular after this film. It was after this that he started being in more mainstream movies: Collateral, Zodiac (eventually The Kids Are All Right and Shutter Island) though he was in a bunch of stuff before)
So the plot is somewhat complex. If you don't pay attention at the beginning you can get a bit lost. It's not a dream within a dream within a dream type of deal, but it still has the subconscious involved. It has some warping things going on (visuals, special effects n junk)

It is a romance movie with comedic elements (not a romantic comedy; the drama dominates). This movie asks the age old qestion: is it  better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all? It also provides a sorta answer at the end.

Jim Carrey is great
He goes from this

to this

This movie really does fill out the entire range.

throughout the film. Of course Kate Winslet is also fantastic and was even nominated for an Oscar.


Why is it my favorite? Features one of my favorite actors, is a beautiful love story with a unique of presenting the plot (via sci-fi-ish elements), has parallel stories, and also has some comedy. *The funniest line/moment  actually doesn't belong to Carrey, rather a very minor character, though Carrey does have a very funny scene later in the movie, but I don't want to spoil theses two scenes. ESotSM also has some great lines like
"Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. Plus the ending....well sort of ending. It is actually 20 min before the end. Anyway, there is one scene which I think is the most beautifully sad thing in cinema ever.
Also, it takes place in the greatest place on Earth: New Jersey. w00t!

And for those of you wondering about where the title comes from:

IMDB: 8.5
RT: 93%