I’ve had to suffer through Memento a few times in the past, and the experience was no different this time. Before I detail my thoughts on the film, I need to provide an explanation of the story. The film concerns the adventures of Leonard, a man who suffers from a condition we learned about in class called anterograde amnesia, meaning he can’t form any new memories. To counteract this, he tattoos important information on his arm and keeps photographs of the people he knows. Leonard writes captions on these photographs so as to know who is who, and what their motivation or reason for knowing him is. Leonard’s condition is what drives the film, and the film itself is told in both chronological and backwards chronological order to reflect his …show more content…
Of his photographs, of most importance are those of Teddy and Natalie, of which a caption on Teddy’s photograph warns Leonard not to trust him. This drives Leonard to trust Natalie, who takes advantage of Leonard’s memory and the fact that she can abuse Leonard’s distrust of Teddy for her own goals. Disregarding the whole Jimmy Grantz subplot and other plot details that are uninteresting and irrelevant, we finally arrive at the ending, where Teddy tells Leonard that what Leonard is looking for already happened, and to give up on his escapades. Leonard, in denial at what Teddy says, contemplates whether his amnesia really caused him to mess up, or whether Teddy is a liar. Regardless of what the truth really is, Leonard believes Teddy to be a liar, and writes him as such on the photograph of him, therefore setting off the events of the entire film again and restarting the chain of events of the film …show more content…
It’s not an awful film, but why would you ever watch it ever again? It’s a film that you forget soon after watching it. Everything is just so tame. The characters can’t even be called flat, they really just have no personality to them. If you tried to describe the characters, you’d fail, as there’s just nothing to be said about anyone. The cinematography is lackluster as well, since the framing of every shot is just so predictable. The only reason anyone really talks about the film is because of the way the story is told, which is told forwards and backwards until the story points meet. It really contributes nothing to the film, and it’s laughable when people try to analyze the film and try to find a deeper meaning where there is none. I suppose the ambiguous ending is talked about as well, but why talk about an ending when nothing else in the movie either matters or is interesting? I feel too much acclaim is given to the film because it’s Christopher Nolan, who went on to make the recent Batman films and Inception, another film that tries to push boundaries. With those films, his directorial style has clearly evolved from this film, which convinces me that people that like those films just like to highly rate Memento so as to make Christopher Nolan’s filmography look more impressive. But there just isn’t enough in the film to warrant such acclaim. Overall, I didn’t like the film upon rewatching it, and I hope I
The book had a lot of thought put into it by the author and it appeals to many audiences of different ages. The book put me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole book, and it was one of those books that you never want to put down. The way the author wrote it had quite a suspenseful, eerie, dramatic feel to it and that is what made the book so great, on top of the plot. The plot of the book was also very well thought out and put together, and I enjoyed reading it. Although the movie was great, I don’t think that it did the book enough justice. There were so many great aspects of the book that they left out, that would’ve made the movie just that much better. They should have put in some of the missing scenes and still portrayed the characters the same as they were in the book. However, I think that it would be hard to create the same feel as Ray Bradbury did in writing the book. It was the way that he connected with his audience that made the book appealing. Both the book and the movie were fantastic ways of portraying the story. If they had kept all of the scenes and properties of characters as they did in the book, the movie would have appealed to me more. But, the movie version of the story could appeal to others more than the book
I think that the opening of the film was not as good as the opening of
In my opinion, this movie is boring and confusing for the first time but, from the second time, this movie starts reveal the fascination. At the first time, I do not like this movie so much but after I watched second time, I became to like this movie. If I asked
This is an ironic and unfortunate example of a film that would have really been considered a lot better than it is if it were not for the book upon which it is based. It is clear that the film is strong and that it is well made, but when compared to Shelley's novel, it's really a pretty sad mess. The film by itself is more than able to captivate and impress, but to someone who knows the original story, it is a weak attempt to bring the story of Frankenstein and his monster to the big screen.
Director Christopher Nolan′s film Memento (2000), is loosely based from the concept of a short story named Memento Mori written by his brother Jonathan. This story is about a man named Leonard Shelby who is suffering from anterograde amnesia, which is a loss of ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long term memories from before the event remain intact. Leonard was hit over the head during an attack which resulted in his wife being raped and murdered. With the help of contact named Teddy and a bartender named Natalie, Leonard set out for revenge. Since the attack Leonard has set out to exact revenge on the man who has caused him suffering. He helps himself by writing notes, taking photographs, and tattooing himself with important notes and facts. An analysis of the film Memento reveals the use of film techniques such as editing, non-linear storytelling, symbolism, director's style, musical score, color, and cinematography that creates an intellectual stimulant that has the viewer deciphering a puzzle in a reversed chronological order.
Although the film plays out in non-linear progression and is somewhat confusing at times, the audience quickly catches on to the plot. Joel and Clementine are in a relationship for two years before finally deciding to break it off. Like most couples, the two shared a lot of good memories but the fights that lead to their breakup were too emotionally heavy for free-spirited Clementine to bear any more. She pays some futuristic company ...
Leonard Shelby suffers from a condition known as anterograde amnesia. This is a type of short-term memory loss that hinders a person to hold and keep new memories. Most often this type of amnesia is caused by damage to the brain. Leonard was unable to keep any his memories after the injury he sustained. There was irreparable damage to his hippocampus. The hippocampus is the part of the brain associated with the formation of new episodic memories. Episodic memories are at type of long-term memory that involved the recalling of specific events and the experiences tied to them. Anterograde amnesia basically means that a person, such as Leonard Shelby, will not be able to turn his short-term memories into long-term memories. This is why it was
was a spectacular film there were some things that I did not enjoy like, the
Trainspotting presents an ostensible image of fractured society. The 1996 film opens, famously, with a series of postulated choicesvariables, essentially, in the delineation of identity and opposition. Significant here is the tone in which these options are deliveredit might be considered the rhetorical voice of society, a playful exposition of the pressure placed on individuals to make the "correct" choices, to conform to expectation.
I have to disagree with both these reviews. I believed that the story was brilliantly written and the cinematography was beautiful. This movie touched me and had me in tears which believe me is hard to do. I do agree with the New York Times and New Yorker that it was a little dragged out and that Kiera Knightly acting was over rated. Other than that I would defiantly recommend this movie.
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
In this film the viewer only find out facts, as Linda the main character does, leaving us most of the time in the dark. We have restricted knowledge and an objective view on the story. We also gain some mental subjectivity as we go into Linda’s state of mind and what she firstly perceives as dreams.
Hidden Figures is a movie based on the true story of three pioneering African American women whose calculations for NASA were helpful to several historic space missions, including John Glenn’s successful orbit of the Earth. The Movie was set in 1960, where a lot of historical events were happening, such as the Space race between two initial rivals of the Cold War (The United States, and Russia). Also, Women and African-Americans were discriminated Against during the 60’s, but that did not stop Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan from advancing and accomplishing what they accomplished. After all they did not only help themselves advance, they helped America advance. Hidden Figures was a very accurate film of how it was in the 1960 and how these three women went with their intelligence rather than their ego.
In my own opinion I think this film is great. I think this because it
Interstellar, directed by Christopher Nolan, was a very complex and interesting sci-fi movie. This movie in particular has a lot of factors playing into the movie. Everyone is able to find their favorite part about the movie, and various people can watch this movie and connect with it. This movie came out in 2014, and shocked millions of people by its intense ending. Interstellar was awarded for best visual effects, and then nominated for many other things including, best original score, best sound mixing, and best sound effects which played a huge role in making the movie. The image and sound complement each other, but I thought that image dominated over sound because there were so many silent moments throughout the movie. I thought the plot