It was pretty cool, i think...damn I forgot

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 2006)

It's pretty rare a movie goes from being OK to brilliant in a few short minutes. "Memento" joins the short list I know of, most notably "The Usual Suspects" and "Primal Fear".
"Memento" tells the story of Leonard (Guy Pearce, in his best role since playing Mike in "Neighbours"...ok he was pretty good in "LA Confidential" and "The Count of Monte Cristo"),a man who suffers from short term memory loss. Leonard was involved in a near fatal murder attempt on he and his wife and now is on a mission to find his would be assassin. Problem is having no short term memory makes things pretty difficult. Leonard overcomes this by tattooing his body with key pieces of information and keeping photographs of key people and places.
The movie plays backwards, so we see the ending and then learn the story backwards. Because we don't get this that often it makes it really tricky to follow, and at times so confusing you want to turn off. A movie buff friend of mine says "I like movies where you don't have to think too much", and in this movie you can't afford to vague out for 5 minutes. When the movie ended I watched the last few scenes back a few times to fully piece it all together.
Excellent film, held together by an outstanding performance by Guy Pearce.