ritten directly for the screen. It is the story of a man with a condition that keeps him from making new memories, i.e. he has short term memory loss. He cannot remember anything after his accident, but still remembers everything before it. In order to keep living his life, he takes pictures and writes notes to remind himself, and tatoos messages for himself to read all over his body. I'm not ruining anything, but the beginning starts with him murdering his friend Teddy (played by Joe Pantoliano). From then on, the movie goes in backwards chronological order; each scene starting in a random place and ending the same way the scene before it began. You'll understand it when you watch the movie. It is really the editing and the way that it is presented to the audience, that makes this film really unique, and also much more tense. Each scene in this movie makes you really think deeply about what you would do in his situation, and any movie that can do that is a movie worth seeing. It is probably the best mystery movie I have seen, and it can be watched again and again, and so I recommend that anybody own it. This is definatly a 5 out of 5 stars for me, for story, screenwriting, and editing. Go out and get it and enjoy this truly amazing modern classic.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Movie Review: Memento (2000)
Memento is a film by Christopher Nolan that was released on October 11, 2000. In my opinion it is one of his best works to date, and it is one of my favorite films. This movie was nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Editing, and Best Writing-Screenplay w
ritten directly for the screen. It is the story of a man with a condition that keeps him from making new memories, i.e. he has short term memory loss. He cannot remember anything after his accident, but still remembers everything before it. In order to keep living his life, he takes pictures and writes notes to remind himself, and tatoos messages for himself to read all over his body. I'm not ruining anything, but the beginning starts with him murdering his friend Teddy (played by Joe Pantoliano). From then on, the movie goes in backwards chronological order; each scene starting in a random place and ending the same way the scene before it began. You'll understand it when you watch the movie. It is really the editing and the way that it is presented to the audience, that makes this film really unique, and also much more tense. Each scene in this movie makes you really think deeply about what you would do in his situation, and any movie that can do that is a movie worth seeing. It is probably the best mystery movie I have seen, and it can be watched again and again, and so I recommend that anybody own it. This is definatly a 5 out of 5 stars for me, for story, screenwriting, and editing. Go out and get it and enjoy this truly amazing modern classic.
ritten directly for the screen. It is the story of a man with a condition that keeps him from making new memories, i.e. he has short term memory loss. He cannot remember anything after his accident, but still remembers everything before it. In order to keep living his life, he takes pictures and writes notes to remind himself, and tatoos messages for himself to read all over his body. I'm not ruining anything, but the beginning starts with him murdering his friend Teddy (played by Joe Pantoliano). From then on, the movie goes in backwards chronological order; each scene starting in a random place and ending the same way the scene before it began. You'll understand it when you watch the movie. It is really the editing and the way that it is presented to the audience, that makes this film really unique, and also much more tense. Each scene in this movie makes you really think deeply about what you would do in his situation, and any movie that can do that is a movie worth seeing. It is probably the best mystery movie I have seen, and it can be watched again and again, and so I recommend that anybody own it. This is definatly a 5 out of 5 stars for me, for story, screenwriting, and editing. Go out and get it and enjoy this truly amazing modern classic.
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