izzio's Review

Summary - Really Great 4.5

Memento is quite a mesmerizing film, as the whole plot runs backwards. That’s right, Memento starts with the end, and reverses the chronoligical order that the events occured it. The movie leads up to an entirely unexpected twist ending (or beginning for that matter). While you may think that it’s an extremely confusing movie, no question gets left unanswred at the end. It’s a truly great film that everyone should see.

Acting - Perfect 5.0

Guy Pearce is an incredibly under-used actor, since his performance is Memento was fantastic. Everyone else, as well, was great.

Film - Perfect 5.0

WOW! The direction was PERFECT! Putting together this movie looks like it would have been hell for the director and editors, but they put it together amazingly.

Edge - Tame 1.3

Some violence, but nothing too bad.

Reality - Natural 1.0

Pretty realistic.

5 Comments

• Wick Sep 12, 2010 11:18AM

  Regarding moviedude’s Review
  Agreed Dude. Your review prompted me to reread mine, where I noticed that I’d dubbed Memento a modern day Citizen Kane. As it happens, I also made the same claim about Inception, for which I took some heat from a buddy on facebook.

  I don’t recall making the Citizen Kane comparison about any other director’s movies, just Christopher Nolan’s. The guy’s a genius, that’s for sure.

• MJ5K Apr 21, 2010 10:00PM

  Interestingly enough, ever time I watch Memento it gets better each time. I guess thats why I boosted it up to a Perfect 5. Heck, I think it might just be my new favorite movie.

• MJ5K Feb 17, 2010 8:12PM

  Regarding izzio’s Review
  Great review, izzio.

  I’m glad to see me and Wick aren’t the only people who think Guy Pearce is an underrated and underused actor.

• MJ5K Feb 7, 2010 1:53PM

  Thanks, Wick. I honestly didn’t mind Moss in this film, I’ve just never showed an interest in her work or acting abilities. However, I think she was pretty good in this movie.

• Wick Feb 7, 2010 12:27AM

  Regarding MetalJunky5000’s Review
  Solid review MJ. Happy to see we gave it virtually the same marks.

  My only point of disagreement is Carrie-Anne Moss, who I thought was significantly less than great. Of course, I’ve never liked her, so I may be a biased judge.

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