Some movies are best remembered

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2001)

When we go to the cinema we always expect something new, a film different from the rest, a movie which in some aspect is original. Unfortunately this doesn't happen very often, but sometimes it happens. This is the case of Memento, yet from the beginning we realize that we are not going to see a usual film. The first image we see after the excellent music of the opening titles by David Julyan is a man with a photograph, we don't know anything about this man or the man on the photograph, still we begin to ask questions. That is one of the main achievements of this film, yet from the beginning you are trapped in a plot which will interest you till the end of the film. With a script as brilliant as The Usual Suspects, Memento is an original film in all the aspects. The story is one of the most original ever written, and visually it's very different from the most of the films, as the action doesn't go from beginning to end. To sum up, Memento is a film that everybody who likes cinema should go to see, most of the people who have seen The Usual Suspects will leave the cinema with a very similar feeling, I want to see this film again. I have no doubt that memento will become a cult movie, and the name of John G. will remain in the consciousness of many viewers as the name of Keyser Soze did.