9/10 (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)
One of my favourite movies, A MUST SEE
Starring Guy Pearce and Carrie-Ann Moss (from The Matrix) the film is about a man(Pearce), suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.
Memento creates a new method of presenting thriller and mystery that puts you in the position of the main character. A simple storyline made much more complex and interesting through editing and story telling.
This film is phenomenal! Superb editing technique and great casting of Pearce and Moss.
---Below may contain spoilers, do not read further if you have not seen the film-------
In science experiments you have a hypothesis, an experiment than a conclusion. This film brings a new concept to the table by presenting the film backwards. We first see the conclusion, then we see the experiment and lastly we arrive at the beginning where we see the hypothesis....
Intermingled with this backwards storyline is flashbacks, which creates another storyline for viewers to follow. The beauty of Memento is technique of joining the flashbacks and the backwards storyline together in the middle of the film. This joining of the two parts makes the film even more complex and adds more mystery to the overall plot line.
It's rare, nowadays, to have movies that asks viewers to actively participate in trying to piece the plot together because of the tendency of movies to follow the straight forward and traditional way of story telling. Memento takes you out of this chronological way of thinking and plunges you into a narrative that needs viewers to piece the puzzle back together.
Memento is a rare and fantastic achievement to filmmaking that manages to be entertaining, thought-provoking whilst keeping the atmosphere of mystery. I have seen this movie multiple times, my suggestion is if you have it on DVD try watching it backwards...you will get another perspective by doing so :)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
One of my favourite movies, A MUST SEE
Starring Guy Pearce and Carrie-Ann Moss (from The Matrix) the film is about a man(Pearce), suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.
Memento creates a new method of presenting thriller and mystery that puts you in the position of the main character. A simple storyline made much more complex and interesting through editing and story telling.
This film is phenomenal! Superb editing technique and great casting of Pearce and Moss.
---Below may contain spoilers, do not read further if you have not seen the film-------
In science experiments you have a hypothesis, an experiment than a conclusion. This film brings a new concept to the table by presenting the film backwards. We first see the conclusion, then we see the experiment and lastly we arrive at the beginning where we see the hypothesis....
Intermingled with this backwards storyline is flashbacks, which creates another storyline for viewers to follow. The beauty of Memento is technique of joining the flashbacks and the backwards storyline together in the middle of the film. This joining of the two parts makes the film even more complex and adds more mystery to the overall plot line.
It's rare, nowadays, to have movies that asks viewers to actively participate in trying to piece the plot together because of the tendency of movies to follow the straight forward and traditional way of story telling. Memento takes you out of this chronological way of thinking and plunges you into a narrative that needs viewers to piece the puzzle back together.
Memento is a rare and fantastic achievement to filmmaking that manages to be entertaining, thought-provoking whilst keeping the atmosphere of mystery. I have seen this movie multiple times, my suggestion is if you have it on DVD try watching it backwards...you will get another perspective by doing so :)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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