Memento

Which is why this blog makes almost as little sense as one of Khany’s. This confusement has been recreated here for all you lucky readers.

He knows vaguely where he is going, but has no idea where he has been. The other reason its special is because it shows the whole film backwards to try to give you more of the confused feeling of Leonard.

Hell, why should you be allowed to, when the character living it has no idea? The point is you, as the viewer, are not suppose to know the “truth.”

After all, the movie is fake, regardless of which story you believe to be “true.” Although much debate rages on about what can be taken as fact and what can’t, the only fact available is that there are no facts. The movie is special not for the story it tells, but for the story it doesn’t.

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He is also told that his wife may not have died in the attacker. He is told that he actually killed the right man long ago, but he forgot. During the film Leonard kills two people, neither of them is the right man.

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As well as being difficult, it also proves to be fairly hazardous to those around him.

This is not an easy task for a man with no new memories.

With the attack being the last thing he remembers, his life becomes a mission to find and kill the attacker responsible. The film tells the tale of Leonard, a man who lost his ability to form short-term memories whilst confronting intruders who were raping his wife.

After just a 9 year delay he finally got round to it. Memento is rated as one of the best films of the new millennium and as such it was on Dave’s to watch list.

Where to start?