it can go either way...

Rating: Null/10 (26 July 2004)

Alright, Memento. The idea, the plot, the approach of direction (the reverse chronological order), all that was incredibly great. But as for the ending, it just frustrates you, leaving you in a state of "okay so what just happened?"
I have actually seen this movie like a year or so back, and at the end of it I wasn't exactly its biggest fan, but I thought my opinion would have changed so I decided to watch it again. No, my opinion hasn't changed. It's actually a pain, I must have looked through a hundred or so IMDB comments on this movie looking for spoilers, just to comprehend the movie. And yes, as I looked through I found many people just as dazed and confused.
See the problem with this movie was that it was unnecessary confusing, like normally in a movie like this (don't get me wrong I think this movie is very original and unique) you're confused throughout the movie hoping to be relieved at the end, but not this movie, it just confuses you even more.

Yeah this movie is a great movie, it really shows talent on the director's part, really artist, i can go on about those aspects for some time now, but it comes down to the most important question. "Is it entertaining?" The answer is no. Unless you enjoy being confused, and don't feel that you can somehow by watching it once understand it where many could not, no its impossible, I believe this movie was made as an unsolvable puzzle.
As for a recommendation, you should definitely watch this movie just to appreciate it's masterpiece, but do not watch it hoping to be entertained as you would with other movies.
Like it says in my one line summary "it can go either way..."