Greatmento

Rating: Null/10 (19 March 2013)

Though this movie felt slow to some, I felt it was paced perfectly. From the telling of his past through flashbacks and explanation of his condition, information was conveyed well and cleverly.
Also well done was the sequence of alternating scenes. I felt this was truly genius, as it gave some sense to what otherwise could have been a convoluted mess.
I felt the tone, feeling, loss, and sorrow in the movie were portrayed well and you could really get a feel of his emotions.
Lastly, I felt the twist at the end where we find out his wife survived and he actually killed her with insulin was great and made sense. The overarching theme of rather living a meaningful lie than a sad truth rings true to many people - it is the choice of a happy lie instead of a sad truth. The Matrix explored this a bit, but I felt Memento gave a much more stark, realistic, and sad telling of this in where a man chooses a lie instead of the truth.