Memento

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Summary: Didn't think they made them like this anymore!!!
Review: This movie is a pure delight. The acting, especially Guy Pearce (who plays the main character-Lenny) is topnotch. The story is told in reverse and if you like a mystery with a challenging way of figuring out whodunit this is it! I have never been more intrigued with a movie. It's so different! Kudos to the director, screenwriter and actors for having the guts to bring such a mind boggling, one of a kind movie like "Memento" and not bowing down to the pressure to churn out the same old garbage Hollywoods chugs out yearly. Thank you-Chrisopher Nolan! You deserve an Oscar for best screenplay! Guy Pearce should definitely rate a nod for Best Actor too.

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Summary: Great movie!!, great DVD!!
Review: Original Plot, great acting (Pantoliano was awesome). The twist at the ending still remains on my mind. Great editing, and eerie music, What a classic!!. The best thriller of recent years!. The final line of Pearce character was the best of the year!!

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Summary: One of the best of the suspense film noir genre
Review: I just had to see this movie. A critic I greatly respect-Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine, named it his number 1 choice of Indie films of 2001. I can definitely see why now. This is a very good movie and will doubtless go down as one of the best in the film noir genre because of it's unique way of laying out the plot-in reverse order! I was spellbound throughout watching the main character-Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) search for his wife's rapist and murderer even though he can't remember events after 5 or 10 minutes pass. The acting and screenplay were topnotch, and Guy Pearce gets my vote as the Best Actor of 2001. Christopher Nolan took a chance making this movie without backing of a major studio and that took guts. The result is well worth the effort. I rate it a resounding 5.

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Summary: What in the #@%!
Review: I believe that the individuals that gave this movie a high rating only wants us to think that they knew what (...) was going on. No one is THAT intellegent. I think that movie started from the end and continued in reverse was because the writer and directer didn't have an ending for this puzzle. It was just a distration from the typical movie about a wife who really committed suicide and the husband went nuts...

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Summary: Pointless. Dreary. Over-rated.
Review: This movie isn't a "whodunit", it's a "whydunit". We know how everything turns out, but it's the sequence of events that interests us. And to this extent, the movie is a success in that it's really interesting to see how things came to that conclusion.

But it's not a happy movie -- it's about a guy hunting the killer of his wife -- and aside from a couple of darkly funny moments, there isn't much positive emotion from this movie. In fact it gets darker as it goes on. I can appreciate that if it's a means to end, like in Blade Runner, or if at least there's a big emotional payoff. As it turns out it's neither.

The somewhat ambigious ending makes it even worse. ...But why would I care what happened to these characters? ALL of the characters are evil manipulative losers. ...The whole experience for me was mild interest dropping into mild disgust.

And finally, the "theme" of the movie,... seems to be reminicent of "The Matrix" -- can you really trust your memories/senses? Can you be sure of anything? Pseudo-intellectuals love to parrot this garbage, because it's right -- you can't be sure of anything. ...How is this knowledge going to affect your life? ...Meditate for days on your enlightment? No, you're going to keep going about life exactly the same as before, because odds are, the world around you is probably pretty much what it looks like, the past is probably pretty much how you remember, and in all likelihood there IS a spoon.

...If you need a puzzle to solve and some lite philosophy to think about, you could have a winner here.

Final verdict: If I could not remember watching this movie, I'd be cool with that.

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Summary: So very dark
Review: My wife and I rented this movie and were really engrossed by the story. The writing, directing and acting are superb. However, I gave the movie two stars.

Why? There is no representation of good in this film.

Just when I felt that one of the characters was trying to be helpful and selfless the story flips back a scene and their motivations are painted more clearly. Everyone is exploiting everyone else. I'm not bothered by this from a moral point of view so much. What bothered me was that I found it difficult to sleep after watching this film.

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Summary: wow
Review: what a wicked, keep-you-on-your-toes dvd (you HAVE to see it on dvd, so you can go back and look at specific scenes, and the extra stuff is amazing) i was enthralled all throughout this movie, by the cinematography, the directing, and backwards storyline. not to mention guy's body, ouch, literally made me swoon. . .in case you cant tell, i loved this movie, and everyone should definetely own this.

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Summary: Hold on to your hat!
Review: A wild ride of a movie, done is a calm methodical way.
The main character "Guy Pierce" was injured when somebody broke into his house, raped and murdered his wife. He now has a condition that gives him no short term memory. He will forget a face after a minute. cannot watch TV. because he will not remember the begining of the show when it finally ends, nor when on the phone will he remember who he is talking to. However he remembers everything up to the time his wife was killed. That is what fuels his life, he wants to find her killer.
He gets through the smaller things in his life by looking at polaroids labled "My Car" or with peoples names. the more important things in his life he tatoos on himself.
All of this can make for a thrilling suspensefull movie as when one scene begins with him on the phone, he, while talking is slowly pulling off a bandage from a new tatoo, as the bandage comes off the words "Do NOT answer the phone" are revealed. Then he asks, "Who is this?" and the other line goes dead.
This is just an example of what you are in for. For an added thrill the movie shows scenes from the most recent back to the begining so in a way you are like the main character, you don't know what went on before. Highly recomended.

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Summary: One of the best films of 2001! (If not the best!)
Review: This film really impressed me! I hope this film gets the oscar nominations it deserves.I think the film will at least walk away with a Best Original Screenplay nod. To anybody out there skip "Harry Potter" and rent this soon to be classic!!! This would without a doubt be considered my favorite film of 2001!!(...)

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Summary: don't read this
Review: If you haven't seen this (stunning, brilliant, wonderful) movie yet, don't read anything else about it. Just go see it. With as little prior knowledge as possible. Really. Trust me on this.
That said, I know I'm basically just adding, with little consequence, to the near-universal (and quite well-documented) breathless praise that's already been showered on Memento. But so what? It's that good. I'll make it simple: This is one of the most fascinating films to come around in recent times (perhaps ever?). One of the few that I could describe as "mind-blowing" with a straight face. One that can be watched over and over--in fact it practically demands it--without getting dull. The script is snappy and the cast is top-notch. The backwards storytelling may be just a gimmick, but it's quite a clever one, especially in the context of this story. Not only does it raise the classic suspense/noir tactics to another level, but it puts the viewer in Leonard's head, forcing us at first to see things as fractured and stilted as he does. It's quite an experience.
Just see it. Really. This is the kind of movie that makes you feel like part of a secret club after watching it. The kind you get into heated discussions with strangers over. The kind you implore all your friends to see. The kind that'll haunt you--and you won't mind.