Memento

Before watching Memento in class, I had never heard of it before and I didn’t really know what to expect, but I really enjoyed it. I had never seen a movie that went backwards, but I had seen movies that switched between grey-scale and color sequences. Memento was really interesting, though, because there were color sequences that went backwards, and grey-scale sequences that went forwards. The movie would switch between color and grey-scale until the end when the two sequences met in time. While I thought this was extremely interesting and engaging, it was also confusing. It’s one of those movies that I am definitely going to need to watch a second and maybe a third time so I can notice details that I didn’t the first time.

Throughout the movie, I never knew who to and I questioned everything that happened and all that was being said. Even after watching the movie, I am confused as to what was real or not. To an extent I could understand how frustrated Leonard must have felt. I don’t think the movie would have been the same if I didn’t. The movie was good because I was able to empathize with the main character. If the movie was played in chronological order, the audience probably wouldn’t feel frustrated and confused. It would have been harder to understand Leonard’s condition.

This movie kind of reminded me of Total Recall because, like in Memento, I questioned what I should believe. My dad and I still argue about whether it was reality or just a dream. I do kind of like when a movie leaves things up for the audience to decide, but at the same time I hate it. I want to know the explicit answer, but I also think that not everything has one. It’s always interesting when a movie leaves me questioning things, though.