Unforgettable

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2001)

I had read quite a bit about this movie before I saw it finally last weekend at a local second-run theater, so I knew what to expect to a certain degree. But certainly reading about it and seeing it are two different things.
I was captured and intrigued from the start. Memento had me thinking and trying to analyze every scene, and how it fit into the scene before it. (What a concept ~ running the movie from end to beginning.) Guy Pearce was totally smooth yet with a creepy edge to him. Joe Pantoliano turned in a wily performance, and you just never knew where they were coming from (including Carrie-Ann Moss, who I hope gets some recognition for her work) until the end. Even then, I had to come home and check out the Memento website to gain a little bit more understanding of what I'd just seen.
I appreciate this effort for the fact that it made me think and left me fascinated.