christopher nolan: total dumbass?

Rating: Null/10 (8 December 2002)

someone please correct me if i have overlooked something because i really want to like this movie, i think it is well made and well acted, but i can't stand what i find to be an unforgivable hole in the plot. numerous times in the movie leonard refers to his "condition" without so much as a glance at a note, a picture, or a tattoo. if his condition truly has the effect the viewer is told it has, it would be impossible for him to remember his own condition, being that he was told of it AFTER the "accident." i thought at first that nolan may be subtly trying to tell the viewer that leonard is a faker. this, i thought, would take the movie from being just great to being brilliant. but after watching the movie several more times, that doesn't add up. leonard wouldn't pretend his condition while he was alone in his hotel room. my conclusion: what could have been a great movie, even a brilliant movie, was botched by sloppy writing.