Perhaps one of the amazing movies I've ever seen..

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2001)

After hearing about this movie, some friends and I had to travel to New Orleans to see it one night, since according to the websitethat would be the only location in Louisiana where the movie would be shown. We expected it to be good, because across the net not one review implied it was a waste of time. But we had no idea what we were in for.
This movie is possibly one of the best movies I've ever seen. It's not perfect, no. It's long, involved, and forces you to think. But, in a sea of mediocre films that seem to reflect each other more and more with less and less originality and storyline, Memento is its own little tropical island. I honestly never would have imagined that a movie done the way this movie was done could have been pulled off as well as it was. You see, the secret about Memento is, you see the end at the beginning, the beginning at the end, the entire movie is told backwards, and the surprise is not where you end up, but rather where you began.
I won't say any more other than to say I find it a shame that movies such as Memento get locked away in art house theaters, rarely getting the public attention they deserve. True, those who see it get to feel all elitist a little bit, but the big bucks of the movie chains need to go to support good, unique movies like this. Go see it in theaters if you can. Then, like I will, buy the DVD. When will that release date be, anyway?