"I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next."
The first time I saw this movie I thought it was fantastic. The second time, it lost some of its charm. But I stiil think it's a good story with a great thinking about time memory, and how they support our notion of experience.
Agreed; it was released during a period when there were a lot of movies examining reality released (e.g., The Matrix, The Truman Show, Dark City, eXistenz, etc.), and this one did the same, but did it not by questioning what we see, but how we see. And it chose to avoid some of the large distractions that the more fantastic elements of most of the others used to make themselves more appealing.
I wonder if those who recall this movie as 'the worst' really even understood the movie at all. Memento has been one of my all-time favorites. I love movie endings that make me mad.
Worst film i've seen. A complete hell. If I could choose one film NOT to live in, this would be it. There are no humans in this film, it's almost freightening.
While I don't think its the worst film in existence, the issue of Nolan's characters being less than human is one we can both agree with, even more so when he is trying hard to create emotional rich characters but fails. There are plenty of shlock genre films I've seen with more 'human' character in them.
On a rewatch, I admire the film's complicated structure; as a director, Nolan is a great ideas man and cinematic architect. However. the same problem with his other films exists - empathy or emotion are virtually nonexistant. Nolan is a great designer of a film's 'blueprint', a fitting metaphor considering Inception but don't expect any sort of emotional connection to the film even if its despising the characters.
Great film. The way it would periodically show the past and how each of those scenes would lead up to a segment of the past it has already shown, as in showing you what lead up to that segment, was awesome. It would keep expanding and you find out more about the past while also realizing what is happening in the present. Very well made film.
Very original, complex and thrilling. It might seems confusing at first.. but as long as you keep up to the story and get the hang of it, it's satisfying! It's actually intelligently enough that you will never get totally lost. I can't believe its actually delivers backwards! MIND BLOWING!
Will be there in my top 5 thrillers of all time.Hail Christopher,if there's one director in Hollywood to take note of currently,it would be Chris Nolan!!
a narrative about structure or lack thereof. guy pearce is magnificent here. possibly nolan's finest moment too.
"Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts."
