Thursday 29 March 2012

Memento

Tali: Memento follows the story of Leonard Shelby as he tries to piece together the events surrounding his wife's mysterious rape and death. Trouble is Leonard suffers from a form of amnesia - he is unable to make new memories. As a result, he has set up a system for himself on how to "remember" his clues to solve the murder. The film is set-up in reverse chronological order. This creates the world's biggest mind fuck, leaving you more and more confused with less and less understanding as to what in gods name is happening. Brilliantly written and executed, you find yourself wanting to watch this film for hours, because you never know when it will end (err.. begin?). Don't expect to have a full understanding of the story when you are finished; only expect to be entertained and intrigued.

Leo: When I first saw the movie I was just completely baffled by, well, how baffled I was from simply trying to piece the movie together. You make a judgment about one of the characters but then realize you had it backwards....or did you? The characters in the movie fuck with you and the protagonist in the same sort of way. Who is who? Who's intentions are what? Who's on the phone? You never fully understand any of it and it's almost better to accept that. It's one of the smartest and most entertaining movies I've ever seen. If Christopher Nolan wasn't Christopher Nolan, I'd say this was hands down his best movie, but it was only the beginning of his streak of amazing movies.

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