Memento

[C'jais]

Anyone seen this movie?

 

I saw it a few days ago - it has got a really interesting way of telling a story I think. It's about a guy with no short term memory: The whole movie is played from end to beginning (if you can put it that way).

 

Not mention something that's really gonna wet your pants: It features Carrie Anne Moss (Trinity) and the actor who played Cypher - dudes from matrix if you don't know what I'm rambling about.

[C Shutt]

I've got the DVD, great movie.

[Reb Starblazer]

Yea, I saw it a few months ago. Absolutely loved the movie, particularly how it played. I recommend it, and "The Boondock Saints" to a lot of people. For people that haven't seen it, the story goes, that this man basically has no long term memory, unable to make new memories since an "accident" years ago. So, because he has no new memories, we see the story through his eyes, knowing nothing, just as he does. It's not one of those movies where you see everything from all perspectives, and know everything that the main character doesn't, it's the exact opposite.

 

The first scene of the movie, is in fact the last(if that makes sense). Once that finishes, it goes back to the scene right before it, and that scene ends with the very beginning of the scene that was shown just before(it's confusing to explain, but it'll make sense if you see it.) The story, in essence goes from finish to start. You see the last scene of the movie, and everything seems all fine and dandy. But as the movie progresses backwards(I know, strange:D), you see the circumstances that lead to the ending, and well, you don't see things the same way anymore... It has a very interesting ending, er, beginning, uh.. the beginning of the end, er.... oh look... I've gone cross-eyed:nutz3:

 

Anyway, great movie, check it out. That way, you'll understand what the hell I was just talking about:D

 

BTW, the guy's name is Joe Pantoliano, the one who played Cypher in "The Matrix"