Memento violated the conventional ways of movies being told in a chronological aspect, but as far as the 5 rules that are to never be broken I believe it did do its job by the end of the movie. As a whole the exposition where we should've learned much about the characters in the first 10-20min failed. I was still very confused for at least the first hour of the movie then I started to feel like I was finally understanding what is going on. Character development was a bit rough as I never really figured out how they were developing characters when we really never knew anything really about them and the jumping around in timelines did make it confusing to me. There was unity in the movie since the audience did know what the cause and effect of Lenny's character was. He was clearly wanting revenge for his wife and we saw how he had head trauma. In conclusion I do feel that this movie walked a very fine line as far as breaking the rules in movie making.
Omar Reece
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You're right, Omar, the movie is confusing no doubt about it. I disagree that the exposition failed, particularly considering Leonard's "condition". I feel the film does not want you to fully know everything about the characters, because its put together in a "subjective" manner, to make the viewer somewhat feel like the main character does. And in that respect, it follows character identification closely, because we can feel like Leonard does at times....
ReplyDeleteWhat about unobtrusive craft? Does the film draw you in, or does it call attention to the filmmaking elements? Thanks for posting...