Memento

Memento is a movie that you may have to watch two or three times to fully appreciate the effort that was put into the making of that movie. The reason being, the movie is in reverse; meaning the last part is presented first and the first part is presented last and everything in between repeats itself. The movie is about memory; a man who is determined to find the person who murdered his wife and ultimately left him with this brain problem. Leonard can only remember certain things for a minute or two, then forgets what happened. He reminds himself with tattoos all over his body and pictures with little writings. This always helps him to identify the people around him and try to help him find the man who killed his wife.

 

This movie made me realize how important memory really is. I almost got frustrated when watching this movie cause all I wanted him to do was to remember the little things, but it wasn’t his fault. Memory is what we live off of essentially. Without it we wouldn’t know how to live. Crimes would be ok, because no one would remember. You would die, but no one would know. You would forget who your family is. I thought about a world where everyone functioned the same way Leonard did and I ultimately came to the conclusion; disaster.