Memento

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Summary: Memento: More Than Just A Movie
Review: ...it was a movie I deeply enjoyed. The confusion of the movie added to the experience. While watching the movie I was totally confused, when I came out, everything was crystal clear. Memento is now my favorite movie. Trust me, I've seen a lot of movies. The way it was put together, the end being the beginning and the beginning being the end made it even more confusing... and better. Also, my outlook on life changed. I came out of the theater feeling light and satisfied. Memento taught me many things. Also, after Memento I became fascinated with Guy Pearce. He is now my favorite actor. If you ask me, Memento is something out of the ordinary. It's put together in a very artistic and puzzling way and it's filled with very talented actors and actresses. It's a movie worth seeing. It's definitly more than just a movie. Do I have any negative comments? OFCOURSE NOT!

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Summary: SMART MOVIE!!!
Review: Brilliantly made movie. Guy Pearce is outstanding. I've never seen a movie made the way this one was. It was a little hard to follow. You have to pay attention through the whole movie. If you miss one part, you may as well start from the beginning. It is well worth the staight attention you have to pay. This is one of those movies where every time you watch it, you discover something you didn't see before. This movie has such a great story to it. I absolutely love the way it was filmed and put together. Kind of a suspensful, who-done-it, sort of movie. Rent it when you have time to get the most out of it and no distractions.

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Summary: Stunning- absolutely the best
Review: This is my all time favorite movie. Period. it's is simply brilliant, well-acted, and makes you actually think...my friend and I have had discussion and can't find discrepancies in it yet. It's a little confusing the first time you see it, but you are left with that feeling of catharsis and it is entirely worth it! Definately a must see!!

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Summary: Great, great, great
Review: Every time you think you have this movie figured out, WHAM, something happens that blows away your conjecture. I pity the reviewer who stopped after the first hour. Like many classic movies the first half of the movie does a great job of setting up the last half - which he missed. Once you get past the set up, one revelation follows another and leave you gasping as you begin to understand the events that led up to the things you've already seen. Seldom are those events what you anticipated. One of the most enthralling movies I've seen in recent memory. Wait, what movie am I talking about...?

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Summary: Quite the memento.
Review: People simply don't like these movie because they either can't follow it, can't appreciate a different style of movie, or just love being critics. There might be some other reason, but it's all gibberish to me. Momento is great, it really does keep you guessing until the end. It's well-written, has an interesting story that is told, and it put together fantastically. If you want to watch something entertaining and intellectually-stimulating, buy this. You won't be disappointed.

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Summary: Best new movie I've seen in a loooong time.
Review: This is a good movie to have on DVD, because you'll want to watch it many times to pick up the details and nuance. Guy Pearce might be a little too pretty for the lead role as a crime victim-insurance salesman, but he's very good nevertheless. Carrie Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano are even better in key supporting roles. Telling the story backwards from the perspective of the protagonist (who sustained a brain injury that makes it impossible for him to sustain new memories more than a day) is a clever device that keeps the viewer intrigued and involved--unless you're the type who needs to have stories told in a predictable, linear fashion. You piece together the crime mystery just seconds ahead or (or behind) the protagonist. It was reassuring to see this movie sweep the Independent Spirit Awards, and it wasn't much of a surprise that the Oscars largely snubbed it--giving it just two nominations (and no wins) in the writing and editing categories. Compare this to something like "Moulin Rouge," which some think is so very "creative." Well, I like to see creativity with some substance, not just all surface flash. "Memento" satisfies on both the style and substance levels, a real rarity in the commercial film biz today.

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Summary: Number one on my list of movies of 2001
Review: This movie starts with Leonard (Guy Pearce) shooting a man you later find out is Teddy. The movie is told backwards (and I was told that at the beginning as kind of like a caution) so I thought the whole movie is going to be leading up to that scene. Little did I know about the strange plot twists and almost too thought out of a script. Christopher Nolan (Screenwriter and Director) excells in every aspect of writing a genius script. The dialogue is very real and the characters are fully developed. There isn't one reason you shouldn't see this movie, unless you're under the age of around 12 because of the violence and lots of profanity. But I warn you: Always keep an open head fre of distraction for this movie and some parts you may want to watch in slow motion.

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Summary: Really simple review
Review: This film is God. When it comes to American cinema, it scarcely gets any better than this. This film almost single-handedly renewed my faith in modern motion pictures. There was never really any realistic chance that it would win the Oscar for Best Editing that it so richly deserved...but only because the Academy, despite a FEW good calls in the past, is still Satan. See this film...NOW. Why are you still reading? Go to the video store right now. I'm serious.

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Summary: Mindblowing
Review: This is a movie for movie fans. It is a movie that does away with many conventional storyline elements and instead rewrites the rules. Its use of reversing the storyline (so it goes end, middle and beginning instead of beginning, middle and end) is as avantgarde a film technique you will find without heading down the path of film festival wierdness.

The storyline is intriguing and will hold the attention of a movie lover as they too try to work out what is going on. I don't know if this has been done before (I think I saw a film with a reverse storyline before but I can't remember it), but I doubt that the storyline relied heavily on the reversal as this movie did. It is not just a cheap gimmick; the twist in the movie is at the beginning not the end. So just sit back and enjoy it.

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Summary: Not a bubble gum movie
Review: With teen movies overflowing the movie industry it is nice to finally get an original movie. Although slow at times that is of set by its originality. The best thing about this movie is that if you can guess the ending you are the worlds greatest detective. Its a movie that glues you to your set in suspense, if you think you know what is about to happen your probably wrong. If you are tired of Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jason Biggs than watch this movie it is like nothing else.