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Summary: I should have listened!!!!!!
Review: I read the earlier review that gave this limited edition a ONE STAR and was a bit "offended". I, too, LOVE this movie. So I ignored the reviewer and purchased the "limited edition" thinking it would be better than just the "normal" edition. How frustrating is this edition. Perhaps there is some rhyme or reason to the STUPID quiz at the beginning which EVENTUALLY will lead you to the special features, but all it ended up doing for me was PISSING ME OFF!!!!!!! It served no purpose as far as I was concerned. I returned to the store today where I bought it, who's policy is that OPENED DVD's may only be returned for the SAME item. I pleaded with the clerk to let me exchange it for the NORMAL DVD version, explaining that the price is the same or less than the LIMITED EDITION and... "it's basically the same movie". Fortunately, he agreed. I now own the NORMAL DVD and am much more content with my purchase. Stay away from this limited edition...
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Summary: They make you work to enjoy this one!
Review: This movie is outstanding! Its really a great bit of writing, directing, and acting. Though it requires the audience to focus more than some clean cut action movie, it is much more rewarding with the interesting production tools that go into it. Now, with the content of the film approved, I have to admit that this DVD does have some ups and downs. For starters, the up is that the case is very cool and unique. The menu, however, is rather confusing and can be a bit frustrating. There is nothing that says "to play movie--click here" or "special features here!" They make you go through some memory games, but, if you know how to find the easter eggs, you'll access some really cool features. The only problem is sorting out the maze-like menue in order to call on those features. Despite this somewhat annoying setback, the DVD is well worth the price and gives you a lot to look at and think about.
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Summary: .....
Review: I just finished watching "Memento", and it is definetly one of the most mindbending movies I have ever sceen. Just let me put it this way. The movies gose backwards. "Memento" seriously moves backwards. It tells the story of a man whos wife was raped and muder by the same guy who knocked him on the head and gave a disorder were he can't use his short term memorie at all. so has to find and kill the man who killed his wife using notes he takes on every little thing he dose. As well as trusting people who aren't very trust worthery. Like the guy who might have done the killing and is just trying to mess around with his poor mind.
The movie starts off with the man killing the killer who killed his wife, and then it gose backwards from there. It is pretty easy for me to see were some people would hate the very original "Memento". Just getting up to go the restroom while watching "Memento" is not a good idea. You might get lost.
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Summary: Limited edition
Review: This is probably one of the best movies in my collection but the limited edition version is simply awful. In a nutshell the special features are a mess. It's almost like being harassed by your DVD.
The DVD starts out by asking you a ton of stupid questions which, for those seeing the movie for the first time, would help to give away some of the movies mystery.
The original DVD version is much much better. It has the movie and the short story that the movie was based on. THAT IS ALL THAT IS NEEDED but I guess Christopher Nolan wanted to milk the fans for a few more bucks.
A nice special feature for this DVD would have been to have the option to play the movie in sequential order. While this would be a horrible way to first watch the film, I'm sure many fans wouldn't mind watching it that way.
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Summary: Well-Done Gimmick - That's All
Review: People went nuts for this film. Why? It's not that special. Well done, yes, well shot, certainly, well-acted, surely, but the whole film is centered around violence, shallowness, and attempts at artiness that don't quite measure up because all the main character is seeking is revenge. ... putting the film on and passing a psychological test before viewing was amusing, although I don't know how the packaging ties into the film all that much. Memento could have been about something, instead of a mere machine of surprise. Isn't time Joe Patalino played a Senator or brain surgeon instead of yet another variation on Guido the Killer Pimp he first portrayed in Risky Buisness?
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Summary: Psychological Rollercoaster Man, what a ride!
Review: Leonard Shelby has a condition of extreme short-term memory. He lives in the immediate present tense. He remembers everything that happened to him prior to "the incident" but he can't make new memories. He can only remember things for a few minutes, then everything fades. He's trying to hunt down the man who killed his wife during that horrible "incident." He takes polaroids of things and writes notes on them as reminders. He tatoos notes and various facts all over his body. He doesn't know who his friends are or who he can trust - every time he meets someone, it's for the first time. The film starts at the end and goes backwards in short spurts, revealing a little at a time - just like Leonard's memory. It'll take only one jump back for you to realize what's happening. Just go with it. When it all comes together, look out! Guy Pearce (The Time Machine, The Count of Monte Cristo) plays Leonard Shelby to perfection. Each situation Leonard finds himself in is a complete mystery. There's some slight humor in given situations, some fear and sadness. Pearce is so convincing. You find yourself really sympathizing with his condition. The two major co-stars are Joe Pantoliano and Carrie-Anne Moss, who starred together in The Matrix. My first memory of Joe Pantoliano was opposite Tom Cruise as "Guido the Killer Pimp" in Risky Business. Always a great performance.
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Summary: Is this a joke ?
Review: Worst movie ever. It tries to be different, but it's nothing. Bad acting, bad plot, really a joke.
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Summary: OK.......put it this way
Review: I really hated the movie......so i can't judge it since its all about the taste...but then again come on what happend to the dvd options??? really poor features but the movie was bad anyways ...so u would not really expect cool features
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Summary: ok i give it 2 for being an amazing movie
Review: ok dont get me wrong, this is the most brillian picture i've ever seen in my lifetime. This is beyond a doubt the most mind twisting, suspense thriller i've seen in years. The reason i gave it two was for the special edition. When i bought this i was looking forward to the special features. Then come to find out you have to take this stupid test to get to a feature.You are asked a series of questions and it just goes from one question to another basically getting you nowhere and to the point when you wish you would of bought the regular dvd.You think you get a question right and you'll get a special feature but then bam it takes you to the main menu, very pointless if you ask me. Now i know when things go too far and this is it. I got this the first day it came out and have only gotten to see 1 special feature on it. I know its probly some scheme to go along with the movie, but c'mon man too much time on your hands. I say just go ahead and get the regular version of it due to the fact of the stupid tests that are confusing as hell and its more frustrating than entertaining, great movie, bad choice for special edition
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Summary: interesting and creative but untimately unsatisfying
Review: Momento, on the one hand, is a very intriguing, very well made film. On the other hand though, I wasn't satisfied with the ending and I felt a bit cheated at having been taken for this ride that ultimately went nowhere.
This is a very well made, very creatively made movie. It holds your interest throughout, and it twists your mind in every which direction. This is achieved by showing you 5 or 10 minute snippets of the action in reverse order. Yes, it begins at the end and ends at the beginning of a very strange day for our hero, which we find out is a fairly normal day for him. The acting is very convincing and the story will keep you guessing up to the very end.
On the other hand, as I did, you might be able to figure out what is going on about halfway through if you pay careful enough attention. I won't give it away, but ever since The Sixth Sense came out, directors and screenwriters have been jumping all over each other to come up with a twist ending to top everyone else's, and if you think about it they are all just giving you a slightly different angle on the same twist. It was an engaging watch, but you have to ask yourself if it would still be as engaging had it been shown in the proper order? I realize that it was the intention all along to make the film this way and I do think it is innovative and thought-provoking, but is that the only reason that it is? Something to think about...
I can't tell my real gripe about this movie without spoiling it for those who have not seen it, and I will not do that. But despite my problems with it Momento is still worth at least a single viewing. Some people will love it, or some, like me, will be on the fence. I do not regret taking the time to watch it and do not know what I would change to satisfy my problems with it, but I do recommend at least a rental.
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