Not THAT great

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2002)

OK, it's a good movie, and it's creative, but it's not THAT great. It's original, in that the movie is presented in reverse chronological order to emphasize the confusion of having no memory. But that's not the most creative thing in the world. The makers of Seinfeld did it a few years ago very well in a sit-com episode. Is something that has been done on a TV sitcom really that innovative in a film? The acting is good, the concept is interesting, but the main reason you will hear a lot of people say this movie is good is because it is complex. If you say you didn't like this movie, it is because you didn't UNDERSTAND this movie. If you were smarter, you would like it. Do you think I'm going to admit to people face to face that I didn't think it was that great? Of course not! Because they would think, "oh, he must not be that smart". Don't get me wrong, I did like it (read - I am smart!), but not as much as the commenters here did who are falling over each other to praise the movie. It's pretty good and it's different, but that's about it. The complex stuff that you're supposed to be smart to figure out is also kind of annoying and gets in the way of the acting and the story. If you can figure out how to market a product like this you are bound to succeed. It's like Trivial Pursuit. It was wildly successful game because it allowed 40% of people make the other 60% look dumb. If you liked the game, you must be smart. If you didn't, you must be dumb. So, smart or dumb, go see the movie because it's pretty good, but don't go out of your way to brag about how much you liked it. Just do something smart and brag about that.