Remember when you saw The Dark Knight and thought about how incredibly and darkly awesome it was? Or when you saw The Prestige and you were shocked and awed by the revealing plot twist that Christian Bale had a twin brother? (Yeah, I just ruined that movie for those who haven't seen it. If you haven't seen it, why the hell haven't you seen it?) Well, what if you couldn't remember seeing these movies at all, even though you saw them recently? It just so happens that those two movies were made by the same man responsible for Memento, a thriller-mystery starring the ridiculously handsome Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and the annoyingly talented Joe Pantoliano. A memento is something that reminds you of a person or event, and that's exactly what the main character, Leonard, needs every time he does basically anything. He has anterograde amnesia due to a blow to the skull he received during an accident involving the rape and murder of his wife. You don't know what anterograde amnesia is? Jesus Christ, have you been living underneath a rock for the entirety of your life? Well, for the idiots out there, anterograde amnesia is obviously short-term memory loss, and throughout the entire movie, Leonard depends on polaroid pictures, tattoos, and little notes he wrote to himself so he can function as soundly as he possibly can. The whole movie is told in reverse, starting with the murder of some guy and ending with...sorry, can't tell you, it might ruin it. The joint is extremely intriguing and script is unbelievably clever. If true, creative story-telling was the only reason a movie could be praised, this would be on the top of the list. See Memento, it's fantastic.
Rating: TIGHT JOINT
