A complex journey to a man's erased memory!

Rating: 9/10 (25 October 2001)

It is very hard to totally agree on how brilliant "Memento" really is. It is not your average Hollywood movie. This is by all means an intense & horrific ride. A complex journey to a man's erased memory! If that all is not enough... make sure you fasten your seat belts ... because you are going to experience it backwards!
Guy Pearce (Leonard) is more than just a shattered man grieving the loss of his wife. He is man with a memory that gets erased in seconds, and all he is left with is his old memory. Therefore, his dilemma is clear, The last things he always remember is the raping and killing of his wife. His is faced with that, due to a case of absence of short-term memory. How can such a person with enormous rage and little ruse face his life?
He tries greatly, but does he succeed? I will not give it away. You will live with him his case ( The movie starts from the end, and you have no idea what happened before, same as Leonard ). This is one beauty of this movie, because its totally unpredictable. There are many twists to keep you eyebrows raised! Leonard is taking control, just follow him. You will learn on the way everything about his Tattoos & Polaroid's. You will be amazed with how good the script is.
The script is the star here. Very original, and very twisted. Now this can be a problem. Quite honestly, Its not easy to make sense of the ending, you might be left confused. I wasn't, I made a conclusion that made sense to me and I told myself: This is it. Then minutes after that, I thought again, and I realized: Well maybe this is the ongoing creativity about this movie, it continues to surprise you even after its finished. So maybe the ending was planned not to make sense!
The music is something I really liked about this movie. The tune that kept repeating did add another dimension and was quite brilliant. The Director did a great Job. Guy Pearce was actually quite good, even though I thought at times ... Bruce Willis? Anyhow, give Guy the credit he deserves. Writer and Director Christopher Nolan takes full marks from me.
Live it backwards for once, You will be surprised with the results! 9/10