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has anyone seen Memeto the movie (pg. 2)
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| cbxzcm |
| If you like Memento, then I'd like to recommend the movie "Donnie Darko". |
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| erin_the_angel |
watch the following!!!!
but still my fave movies are run lola run, the princess and the warrior and way down town |
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| CortexBomb |
| quote: | Originally posted by DCaff
i pretty sure this movie flopped at the theatres, too bad hah. |
Actually, this movie wasn't even released to many theatres, like maybe one in each mid-sized town.
I agree that it's brilliant though, a very original directing idea, I bought the DVD as soon as it came out...the only disappointment being that it's very difficult, if not impossible to program it backwards (so you can watch it in actual linear order) because of the B+W cut scenes which are progressing in normal time while the colour sections all run backwards...I need to get a video copy of it so I can do it by hand...seeing this film forward would just be interesting IMHO. |
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| Hoss |
omg....one of my all time favorite movies. if you haven't seen it, you've gotta watch it. absolutely brilliant. i've seen it quite a few times and i think i've finally figured out everything in it.
on another forum that i regularyly read we had a long discussion about this and i wanna see what you guys think. are leonard and sammy jenkins the same person? ( watch the hospital clip closely ;) ) Did he kill his wife or was she murdered? Teddy...good or bad cop? |
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| CortexBomb |
I think the difficult thing about asking questions like that is that in watching the film you're essentially taking the perspective of Leonard. Everying you see is coloured by *his* perspective, thus, you can take a guess that yes, what he thinks is correct, or no, what *that* person said is correct, but you'll never really know because the objective reality doesn't exist; only the subjective one that Leonard is experiencing.
All that said, IMO yes, Leonard was Sammy, and killed his wife. The movie seems to paint the picture that way, so I'd be inclined to think that that's what the author's intent was.
As for Teddy, he was really a shade of grey IMO. He was manipulating Leonard for his own ends, but he also thought he was justified because in his opinion, the people that Leonard was killing were deserving of death, and he additionally could justify it all to himself by thinking that Leonard would eventualy remember, and be able to come to terms with his wife's death.
Teddy wasn't a good guy, but I also think the character was a fairly accurate portrayal of the mindset that a lot of police have as well. He wasn't flat out evil, just very misguided. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| Hey, here's a suggestion for you guys; Next time you feel like talking about the plot publicly, DON'T! Or give a in warning. |
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| DJ Lac |
| Talk about bombing a movie lol |
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| CortexBomb |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Hey, here's a suggestion for you guys; Next time you feel like talking about the plot publicly, DON'T! Or give a in warning. |
Christ man, sorry to offend, but no need to jump all over us either.
I can understand your point, but on the other hand, if you don't want to read about a movie, then why click a link into a discussion about said flick?
It's been out for ages now...it's one thing to have spoiler warnings on discussions about *brand new* or *not yet released* films, it's another thing entirely when you're dealing with a two year old one IMO. |
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| TranceSeeker |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Hey, here's a suggestion for you guys; Next time you feel like talking about the plot publicly, DON'T! Or give a in warning. |
Its ok mate, if u know the plot or not have to watch it 2-3 times to really understand the movie, its just so amazing.
Now from what u read u will still be blown away after u watched it.
Take my word! |
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| Trancewave |
well, i just finished watching the movie and all I have to say is good thing I held off on reading this thread before watching because I would be royally pissed off :mad:
just my 0.02
But yeah I have heard reviews before about how this movie rocked! and it did not disapppoint. Definately thrown for a loop. The ending (or beginning rather) was absolutely shocking and I'll definately have to watch it again to get all the details right. IMO Sammy is Leonard, but then why did Teddy say that Sammy was a fraud and his wife didn't exist? was he refering to Leonard? (scratch noggin')
Another question I have is, what was Natalie's motive? I got a little lost there. |
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| Tranzlucent |
| Memento OWNZ. I have the DVD, even the packaging is genius. Anyways... why would u want to watch it backwards? Takes the creativity away from the movie. What's a matter? XTC burn all the braincells, so you forget the beginning, or do I mean ending??? Hmmm.... |
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| mr. poopyhead |
i saw it when i was super-drunk and i didn't get it, =P.
gonna watch it again though... |
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