Memento is another movie that I hesitated to discuss here because I just assume everyone has seen it. I don't know why I feel that way, and it probably isn't true. My advice...if you haven't seen Memento you should see it. Very soon. I enjoyed it much more on second viewing because I spent most of the first viewing pretty confused. Everything makes much more sense the second time around, like Donny Darko.
The basic plot, and you can read more summaries at IMDB here, is of a man named Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) who has no short term memory, and no ability to form new memories (he does recall long-term memories via flashback). Interesting, but not that interesting, right? But WAIT, this guy is trying to hunt down his wife's killer! Nut's...how does he do it? Basically, he forgets anything that happened 10 minutes after, but if he can write himself a note quick enough or take a polaroid he can create a false memory. The notes he feels are most important to his wife's murder he tattoos on his body, which startle him every time he wakes up because he doesn't remember a thing about them. The plot is strong, and the way Christopher Nolan lays out the story line you get a good impression of what Leonard Shelby is going through because you feel just as confused and clueless as he does. According to wikipedia, medical experts have cited Memento as one of the most realistic and accurate depictions of aterograde amnesia in any motion picture.
Perhaps the most interesting element of the movie is the sequence of events and how they are presented to the viewer. The film is split up into scenes in black-and-white and scenes in color. The scenes in black-and-white follow the normal chronological sequence, but the color scenes are in reverse chronological order right from the get go. This sounds like it might not work, but it's executed really well and the twist ending (which is technically the twist beginning because it is a color scene) ties the whole thing together. This one gets an A+ from me, and the users at IMDB agree by voting it to number 27 on the top 250 movies of all-time list. Here is the awesome opening sequence:
5 comments:
You're welcome for that softball that I just lobbed to you.
Just when I thought this blog was getting gross, you had to go and bring actual shit into it.
i didn't like this movie, I thought it was over-acted. i guess is should see it again.
another classic comment from ricksterb
that is the most boring clip i've ever seen... honestly adam... let's get some action or at least a nipple in there.
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