Incredible-judge for yourself

Rating: 10/10 (9 September 2001)

I was fortunate to stumble into Memento accidentally-having gone to the theatre hoping to see something else. I had never heard of this film, and didnt know what to expect. When I came out, I was breathless. To the say the film was ingenious is analogous to calling Einstein "slightly intelligent." However, I dont want to give anything away-and you should not read any further if you have not seen the film. If you have a short attention span or cant follow complicated books or movies, then you might be lost and therefor board by this movie.
SPOILERS!!!!! DO NOT READ IF HAVE NOT SCENE FILM
Now lets get down to the genius of this film. First of all-the movie is backwards. The damn film goes backwards! I dont know if I've ever seen anything like it. The moral philosophy and metaphysics in this film is amazing- Ranging from, do we exist without our memories, to, does anything have a consequence if you cant remember it-is killing really wrong if you dont know you did it? Does the world stop when you close your eyes? Then there is the psychology journey into Leonard Shelby's mind. This aspect of the film is amazing. Who is the real antagonist? When you watch it again-notice how witty Carrie-Anne Moss is when she steals all of the pens before putting on her "performance" which was well planned! It makes one think-is this man simply at the mercy of everyone else? Teddy certainly has made him into his own robot (or "Terminator"). Leanord remembers love-he "cant remember to forget" his wife. All in all the acting is sensational, the script revolutionary and ingenious, and the film leaves you walking away thinking about your own life and world - "we all distort memories." If Shakespeare wrote this, it would be a literary classic. As it is, it might become a cinematic classic. 10/10