i love thinking movies where you aren't sure who to trust and what to believe, truly breaks conventions of a pure trustworthy protagonist. although like his memory the movie was choppy and unclear but that's what made it fun. not a movie you can sit and fall asleep watching you want to understand what happened.
sort of reminded me of the show N.C.I.S. how each time they come back from commercial they start the section off with what is going to be the last frame of the section, and then start the show and how they get there. adds suspense. in the movie they showed many things before they happened sort of doing things nearly completely in reverse chronology.
I've heard of the movie before but didn't know what it was about, I'm glad we got to watch it it really was a masterpiece, anyone can make a movie with a protagonist, an antagonist, and a straight forward plot, but to do a piece like this takes skill, and Mr. Nolan did a great job on this one.
and as i said in class i think the movie was designed so that there is no trust, there is no straight answers. his mind works in a way he can not be absolutely be sure of, and it shows us a thing about memory, how we remember things we want, and sometime fuse memories and stories together and cannot distinguish what is real, and what isn't
i've been wanting to write a comic similar to this idea of either memory or time travel, with the main character not knowing if he is doing the right thing or being used. this gives more fuel for my idea!
great movie
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If you end up writing about Memento for your next paper, you may want to take a look at the post on the main class blog about Film Noir. The issues of complete paranoia/unstable identities are central to those genre conventions and something Nolan is playing with in this film.
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