Movies - Memento (2000) #1 - Page 2

Princess Bing · 04-01-2005, 12:14 AM

I can't find any DVDs of this movie, although I have watched it already.

I loved how this ended, very powerful and well, kind of appropriate, too, I guess. I actually found the short story version in an Esquire that I have. Anybody else read it?

Freddie · 04-02-2005, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by fetch

Because Lenny unloaded his problems onto Sammy. Remember how he kept saying in the begining Sammy didn't have a system? I think that back then, Lenny didn't have a system, and that's why the thing with his wife happened. But that forced him to find a system, even if he reppressed the reason.

I agree, I love Memento.

I think Teddy was telling the truth. Leonard is Sammy (not literally, of course), but Lenny's story is actually his that they do have similar memory problems, but he cloaks it as Sammy's since he felt guilty (or is in denial about) being the one who actually murdered his wife by injecting her with insulin. Leonard seems to have this problem of believing what he wants to be true or remember, hence the missing pages in his file. In the first few minutes, after killing Teddy, he destroys the Polaroid of a dead Teddy. It's basically his only objective in life: looking for his wife's killer is all he has, once he does find out the killer, there's really no purpose for him to do. He'll eventually find another John G to do the same.

Of course, I haven't seen this movie in awhile, so...

ROCKSTAR · 04-02-2005, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Princess Bing

I can't find any DVDs of this movie, although I have watched it already.

What do you mean you can't find the DVD? In stores? There's a loaded Special Edition DVD but it's not sold everywhere they sell DVDs, though. Online Amazon has it.

The Daywalker · 04-13-2005, 06:20 PM

I finally watched it this past weekend, really liked it.

I think watching it in order would ruin it severely. I won't do it.

**Quarterley** · 04-13-2005, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The Daywalker

I finally watched it this past weekend, really liked it.

I think watching it in order would ruin it severely. I won't do it.

Chris, you won't ruin it by watching it in order cuz you already watched the original and know what's going to happen. The original is always the best but the one in order gives you insight on how things came to be.

fetch · 04-13-2005, 10:59 PM

The one thing that doesn't really make sense is that Lenny tatooed John's car license. So after killing Teddy, who would he kill next?

satine1 · 10-11-2005, 04:21 AM

I liked the way that the story was told!!!Very original!!!!!!I enjoyed the surprise at the end too.!!!!

ROCKSTAR · 10-14-2007, 12:51 AM

I have yet to buy the DVD, so I haven't seen the movie in order. I've been thinking about this movie because I realized I had forgotten much of the small details. I only remember the ending, which is pretty difficult to forget. Heh.

Lelore · 10-14-2007, 02:23 AM

I love this movie. Even the end (or the beginning) wasn’t what I had expected. Oh, now I want to watch it again.

ROCKSTAR · 11-07-2007, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Lelore (View Post)

I love this movie. Even the end (or the beginning) wasn’t what I had expected. Oh, now I want to watch it again.

This is one of the few movies that has stunned me. Literally, like I had to stop and just go, wow, that was clever and so well done.

goodbreakingbad · 11-08-2007, 07:36 AM

I still haven't figured out how to watch it in order on my DVD.

ROCKSTAR · 11-09-2007, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by PiCkLeS4dAwSoN (View Post)

I still haven't figured out how to watch it in order on my DVD.

Wish I could help but I don't have the DVD!

Ok, I found out how from dvdtalk.com:

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SO WHERE'S THAT ELUSIVE CHRONOLOGICAL VERSION?

Soon I started feeling as if I had to solve one specific riddle: Where does the rumored "chronological order" version of the film reside? I knew (hoped?) that it was buried here somewhere, and I was determined to find it.

Although Disc 2's menu displays 24 graphic icons, only six of them get you into submenus: the compass, the clock, the book, the globe, the skull, and the binoculars. On most of the submenus, you need to answer a strange, out-of-left-field multiple-choice question before you can advance to the next question and the next submenu. Most of the answers seem to be arbitrary, but some require a correct answer to access a feature. After a significant amount of time playing around, and inevitably reading too much into each screen's question, I unearthed the chronological presentation.

If you don't want to know how to access this feature and would rather discover it for yourself, skip the following paragraph.

Spoiler:

goodbreakingbad · 11-09-2007, 07:27 AM

Spoiler:

ROCKSTAR · 11-11-2007, 12:54 AM

Wow, it sounds so difficult.

I will have to check it out if/when I get that DVD!

goodbreakingbad · 11-11-2007, 07:32 AM

Or maybe I'm just that slow.

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