Amazing

Rating: 9/10 (8 July 2008)

Memento is one of my favorite movies. Acting, story and direction at its peak.
Leonard suffers from short term memory loss. To be able to remember he takes pictures of everything, his car, the place he is staying at and the people he meets. He also tattoos notes onto himself to help him remember what his purpose it. His purpose, to find the man he believes killed his wife. As you can imagine this is an almost impossible task in Leonards position. Along with this comes deception and betrayal. During the story leonard become somewhat friends with two other complex characters. Throughout the movie the other characters continually ask what's the point in finding this man that killed his wife if he won't be able to remember just a short time after. Leonard responds with it's the only thing that keeps him alive and gives him purpose after the short term memory loss. Not remembering every word and action these characters do leads to leonard being used.
There are two different perspectives in this movie. Colored and black and white. The colored scenes are of the present and the black and white are of leonard having a telephone conversation about a client he once had when he was an insurance investigator. These two stories intertwined makes for an eventful, confusing and satisfying movie.
Memento is one of a kind. You won't see anything else like it. It is a definite must see.