so good

Rating: 10/10 (21 June 2004)

i am a fan of dark themes in movies. when i saw memento, it was unlike anything i have seen before, especially for its story-telling. the system, where it starts from the end, fits with the character having to cope with memory loss. his mnemonic devices are shown outright, and then we just watch as how he created or acquired them. its like an amazing puzzle that we have to solve.
Guy Pearce is a great actor, and I think he deserves to be recognized. at first i empathized with his character, until the last piece in the puzzle was placed. when that happened, i thought his character was not that likable, though i understood him.
this movie is cleverly done. its movies like these that bring us something meatier, not something that a studio sells with all that gloss that comes in many of today's movies.