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Summary: I love this DVD, and yet I hate it!
Review: I love this movie! It's one of the best movies I've seen in years. I'm glad I waited awhile to buy it, because I hate buying a DVD and then having to buy a special edition with cooler features (like what happened with the Dogma DVD) But before you buy this hear what I have to say! IF YOU HATE PUZZLES DON'T BUY THIS DVD! Both discs are set up like a psychological test! The first DVD is easy to figure out! However the 2nd disc is flat out CONFUSING! Depending on how you answer the questions is how you get to your features! If you answer one question wrong you can get sent right back to the main menu. But to make matters WORSE NONE OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS! I'd advise everyone that wants this DVD to wait until someone on an
Easter Eggs site figures out the answers because you'll enjoy it alot more I promise. However the movie [is excellent] so if you enjoy watching Indy films at their best then this is one for you! The movie in my opinion is 5 stars, but due to the difficulty of the DVD I'm giving it a 3. Thank you for your time!
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Summary: one of the best of all time
Review: this is one of the best movies ever. althouh when it first came out i rented it and watched half of it and thought that it was really stupid. But for the next few days i thought about it, so I ran all over town looking for a copy of the dvd and finilly find it at a grocery store. I watchedit five or six times since and can't wait to buy the new limited edtion that is choked full of goodies inbcluding a commentery by nolan and rumored altrenate version that unfolds chornilogiclly. If you don't like thinking movies your wasting your time you need atleast 110 to understand this, movie so everyone else go watch bubble boy again. The best and most underrated movie of last year. I have to love it am buying it twice and not even mad about it like i was with Almost Famous which is another great movie with a crummy and great version.
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Summary: Clever. Certainly clever.
Review: May 18, 2002'Memento', were it the forty minute film project of an
UCLA sophomore, would've been hailed as the best student
movie ever made. Had it been produced for a television
anthology program (were there any anthology programs to
be found on television, alas), it would've blown its
viewers away presented at the length of fifty minutes.
As a feature film, however, it is nothing more than a
diverting, clever, but mostly mechanical exercise often
stretched beyond its means to entertain. You'll spend the first ten minute or so becoming
acclimated to the inverted nature of the film. From
there you'll spend another ten or twenty guessing the
surprise climax you know is coming (by the halfway mark
I had concocted five possible resolutions, one of which
proved true). But from thence on, as you might expect,
you become not a little impatient for the film to play
out. Tightened and cut by thirty percent, 'Memento'
would moved at such a breakneck pace that its relatively
familiar crime-story situations and characters would not
have hurt it any. The actors involved in 'Memento' are
fair to excellent, but there's only so much you can do
with detective fiction archetypes. In these days of media-hype, DVDs, video releases, and
cable channels, movie buffs and professional movie critics
might be suffering from burn-out. After all, there's
only so many wise-cracking family pets and rule-breaking
cops a person can take. As a result of this, clever
movies--not particularly great movies, but anything with
a properly screwball delivery--have graduated above
themselves in critical attention. So it seemed with
'Fargo' and 'Being John Malkovich' and 'The Usual
Suspects' . . . . . . and so it is with 'Memento', a pastiche of Jim
Thompson-esque crime cliches complicated, but not
deepened, by a fairly original cinematic device. A
neat little film, but only if approached without expectations. It's worth your time. Just be prepared to spend most of
that time remarking to yourself how clever the film is,
rather than truly falling into the story.
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Summary: One of the best ever...
Review: It's my second fav. movie ever. It's simply beautiful, flawless, confusing, scary, perfect,...
This one isn't for narrow-minded people.
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Summary: Are we supposed to understand this movie?
Review: This movie along with Mulholland Dr., is one of the most confusing movies of the year. When I say confusing, I mean confusing. The plot centers around the life of a man named Leonard Shelby, who's wife was raped and murdered. During the attack he lost his ability to make new memories. But the mind twister is that the movie moves backwards. Don't get me wrong this is a very good movie, it takes a couple of viewings to understand it, but it's very , very good. This movie is suitable for audiences 14+, due to strong language, strong violence and drug content. The rape and murder scene is shown very briefly, but no nudity is shown. This is intense and if your memory span is short, don't bother watching.
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Summary: An original concept grabs & keeps our attention.
Review: This is a thoroughly original movie. This movie would be right at home in the Twilight Zone or on Playhouse 90. Guy Pierce was convincing as the "guy with the memory thing" and Carrie Ann Moss was sweet with a hint of something you can't quite put your finger on. Joe Pantoliano was great as the "good cop - bad cop" dual personality. This movie kept me guessing right up to an ending that could have easily come from a John Carpenter flick. A little twisted but nothing that should offend anyone. There are lots worse on commercial TV. I intend to watch it again with friends who couldn't make the first screening.
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Summary: Unforgettable
Review: Chris Nolan's mesmeric thriller, Memento, is a dazzlingly original piece of filmmaking the likes of which Hollywood rarely produces. Each element of the film - from the acting to the editing - is flawless, but Memento's genius is largely based on it's unique style of narrative. Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) is suffering from a rare condition which has erased his short-term memory - or as he succinctly puts it, his ability to make new memories. The film attempts - and succeeds - in recreating the world from Leonard's point of view. Thus, the first scene shows us what actually occurs at the end of the sequence of events that the film depicts - a polaroid of a dead man fading, then the event itself in reverse, a gun swallowing bullets, suddenly the man brought back to life. From then on we start at the beginning of a series of short scenes, each one starting where the next (previous) scene ends. In this way we are able to gain an insight into the bewildering, disorienting view of the world that Leonard is faced with, the only certainty, that his wife was brutally raped and murdered (he sustained brain damage trying to defend her) and that he must find her killer and exact vengeance. Leonard is able to make some sense of the world by writing things down, taking photographs of the people he becomes involved with, and for the really important "facts", tattooing them onto his body. Yet each time he wakes up, the only thing he remembers is that his wife is still alive, and the ways in which he is forced to realise what happened are heart-rending. A tremendous central performance from Pearce allied to a fine supporting cast (Joe Pantoliano, Carrie Ann Moss), taut script, evocative photography and brilliantly paced direction make Memento a truly memorable film, and one you won't want to miss.
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Summary: IT is bad.
Review: THis is not about originality. It's about bad taste. Another bad movie featuring Guy Pearce, after the atrocious RAVENOUS. Simply dislike it.
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Summary: the ultimate brain buster!!
Review: man, i tell you. i love the weirdo flics. seriously, and im pretty good at keeping up with them. bu this bad boy here...i swear, i was lost after thirty minutes. i you gotta watch it to know what i mean. cuz me, i gotta like a movie enough to buy it. i only buy movies ill watch over and over. and this is it if youre like me. not only that, but youll have to watch it over and over! its too trippy. any hoot. a man cant remember new things, or creat new memories. he doesnt know a thing about his life from the near past. and the only way to keep track is through a pitiful but impressively clever way of reminding himself of what and where and who he is doing, going, and seing. you cant watch this once and be satisfied. you leave this movie with a smile when you get it because you have to respect and truly tip your hat to the concept. momento.i applaude you.
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Summary: Originality is not dead
Review:
After seeing an ungodly number of movies in my time, I sometimes think I've absorbed every plot twist and storytelling gimmick known to the worldwide viewing audience. Thankfully, I'm sometimes proved, to my delight, to be wrong. Not to sound too highbrow, but I've watched a lot of movies.
Memento was the most refreshing movie I've seen since <i>The Matrix</i>, which is pretty funny when you consider it has both Carrie-Ann Moss and Joe Pantalione in it.
This movie will entertain you, but more importantly it will make you think. Think about who you are, what defines you, how people perceive you, and how you perceive yourself.
If you're IQ is higher than 13, you should be able to get some enjoyment out of this movie. However, if you ever thought Rocky was in danger of losing against Ivan Drago, avoid this movie.
-- JJ Timmins
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