Unforgettable!

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2009)

The mind is a terrible thing to waste, it can play tricks with us, it controls who we know and recognize, what we are doing and how we feel. What if you had a rare condition that does not allow you to make new memories and you start back with a clean slate after every little bit? Well that is precisely what Leonard (Guy Pearce) has to live with. He is on a mission to find and exact revenge on the man who killed his wife. He only remembers what he has tattooed on his body to remind him of the path he is on and not to stray.
What makes this movie unlike any other ever before? It is the way it was shot and edited. The entire movie is being played backwards, no not exactly the way you are thinking, it is Chronologically in order how ever the black and white parts are before and colour parts are after, and it is going forward just not in order of which they happen. This may sound confusing and this was a main factor into why this movie has created not only a splash but a tidal wave across all other movies. The amount of debate about the movie, the story and plot, the actual disease and how things turn out create for discussions that still go on till today. A thing of beauty of this film is that some could have different interpretations of roles and story lines however it could go both ways and Nolan's beauty was the ability to keep the secrets to himself so this debate goes on and on.
Guy Pearce did a wonderful job however this was the brainchild of Christopher Nolan and this not only sky rocketed him onto the big name movies that he later directed such as Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, it created a new style of films. The unique style that he brought to this film and the ever confusing and debates that ravaged on after the movie with internet junkies and friends and the replay able factor of it has made this fall into 1 of the top movies of the decade, don't miss your chance to watch this, it is a thing of beauty.
10/10 ~XTC