First Time Watching Memento (2000) Movie Reaction & Commentary
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2022
- This was a complete mind-effer.
I need to watch this again and again.
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Storyline
A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's...
Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line moves forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time.
Christopher Nolan
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So I'm 4 minutes in and you ALREADY understand that this piece of art is shown backwards to put the audience in the same situation as the protagonist.
You earned a sub and I get a sharp reactor.
Appreciate it man!
I was realising that as I was speaking 😅
This film had my brain going into overdrive! Loved it though.
Great reaction! I will say, as well-intentioned as Teddy might've been on some level, he WAS also turning Leonard into a mass-murderer (even if Leonard didn't realize it most of the time). Teddy was using Lenny as his own personal hitman to take people out - and was manipulating Lenny's rage and grief over his dead wife to compel him to kill again and again. So Lenny kinda did have a decent reason to want Teddy dead, beyond just not wanting to face reality.
Yeah, I knew Teddy wasn't a great guy on my first watch, but I definitely didn't realise the extent of what he was doing at that point 😅
I've watch it again since this watch but I still think I'll be catching stuff in my future watches.
Thanks for watching along with me! 👊
I think a big part of his decision to kill Teddy was because Teddy was the only person who knew what Leonard had actually done. He was the only person who could tell Leonard those truths about himself, and he wanted them buried forever.
Yes, Teddy was using Leonard to kill drug dealers, but he legitimately wanted to help him too. Leonard was going to hunt down a John G no matter Teddy did, so at least Teddy made sure that the John G's he killed were criminals.
Dude,best psychological thriller ever! You have to rewatch it over and over again to find out what really happened and look for any clues you missed.
It was like a different movie as I was editing this down.
I can't wait to sit down and watch this again.
Something tells me i'll be putting this on a lot!
Nolan is a genius filmmaker, to be sure.
There are so many things to pick up on in this movie but the one that really got me is right at the end when he gets in the car. When he goes to write down the tattoo he immediately writes fact 6, there’s no way he could’ve remembered he was on number 6 at that point unless he’s not fully telling the truth about his condition. Great movie. Still have so many questions
THIS WAS CRAZY! One of my favourite watches on the channel to date.
Such a shame I had to edit it down so much for RUclips.
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My head was spun!
The entire film Teddy is trying to get the Jaguar away from Leonard. He offers to take it to get the window fixed, he asks to drive it, he ask Leonard for the keys, etc. At the end of the film you realize that he wants to get the car away from Leonard because he wants the $200,000 in the trunk (which Leonard has no idea is there).
Whenever people ask me for movie recommendations I *always* suggest Memento first. I don't give away any details about the story but I explain the structure of the film because that's more important. The first scene is the end of the story and the second scene is the beginning of the story. The film zigzags back and forth between the monochromatic first half and the colored second half with the monochromatic scenes going forward and the colored scenes going backward until the end of the film, which is the middle of the story, where the last monochromatic scene becomes the first colored scene. That explanation alone is enough to get people intrigued, confused and excited about Memento. I love watching RUclips reactions to Memento because they are how I imagine my friends and coworkers seeing it!
I love this movie, and I love Guy Pearce, he always does an excellent job.
That scene when she sits outside waiting for him to forget is haunting.
I know right?!
whenever you wanna find out what REALLY happened, you have to watch the scenes in chronological order. To do that, watch all the black & white scenes from the beginning of the movie to the end, then watch all the color ones from the end to the beginning. That will be the story in chronoligacl order.
Great film and probably one of my all time favourites, such a unique film that gets you thinking.
Great film and great reaction, as always. The DVD had an option to watch this in true chronological order, which was an interesting watch, although obviously not as good. Love this film and love watching people viewing it for the first time.
Yeah, this was a great first time watch!
I'd love to check it out in chronological order. Might have to seek that out.
Thanks for watching 🤙
My girl and I talked for a LONG time after watching this and we both just loved it. We figured with all the crazy anime, books and foreign films we watch this wouldn't live up to the hype we had heard but holy hells did it ever. Great stuff. I'm not sure if this is true but I've heard the blu-ray has it so you can watch it in proper order? After seeing it many times I probably would, but I'd never want a first time watcher to see it that way, you miss out on the joy of the WTH? of it. 🍻🍻
Yeah, I did the same when my girlfriend got home! Yeah, I'm hearing about this chronological version that's around. I definitely want to check it out but I agree you wouldn't want to start with it. That would ruin the magic of this movie 🤙
Having seen the movie a couple of times, my sense is that Leonard's memory resets the moment his mind fully wanders. If he can hold the thought in his head for long enough the he could keep it long enough to accomplish a task. But the moment he stops thinking about something, even for a second, it disappears.
I would also say that the end of the movie makes Natalie a more complex character. Natalie seems like she's awful to Leonard, but in the end you learn that Leonard murdered Natalie's boyfriend, and left her at the mercy of Jimmy's associates. She does manipulate him to get what she wants, but what she wants is to be free of the problems that Leonard created for her, so I think that moves her into more of a gray area. I think ultimately Leonard correctly identifies that she helps him out of pity -- she hates him for killing Jimmy, but understands his condition is real and ultimately buys his story about getting justice for his wife's murder.
I'm looking forward to sitting down and watching it again this weekend 🤙
@@RyanCarrington Looking forward to "Memento (2000) Second-Time Reaction and Commentary"
"If he can hold the thought in his head for long enough the he could keep it long enough to accomplish a task."
This isn't true because you see Leonard after Natalie tricks him into hitting her - he's trying to remember what she did, but like everything else, it fades.
@@jhornacek I mean, what I said and what you said aren't mutually exclusive. I think it's literally as simple as the *moment* Leonard lets go of a thought, even for a second, it disappears. So in the scene where Natalie has goaded him into hitting her, the way Nolan stages it, it's like the slamming of the car door is the moment that, just for a spilt second, out of reflex, Leonard stops thinking "I hit Natalie" and thinks "what was that?" and the first thought disappears. He really has to *stay focused.*
OMG your 'EFF OFF' at the ending was hilarious! I've never seen this but now need to watch it fully...
😂
I didn't even include all the F-bombs haha
@@RyanCarrington 😁 My brother has been recommending this to me for years! Watching your reaction I Angel Heart vibes (love Angel Heart, when Mickey Rourke was cool) but I'm probably wrong. Definitely need to watch Memento now though
This movie is just a crazy concept to actually execute into a great movie
I think a big part of his decision to kill Teddy, was to bury the only person who knew the truth about Leonard. This movie is basically about an escaped mental patient from the POV of the metal patient. By the time we learn the truth the audience relates to Leonard so they don’t want to believe Teddy. But he was telling the truth.
Fab reaction. I've loved this film since 2000. Remember Sammy Jankis.
2:36 Hahaha, that gf is a keeper.
Great Reaction as always!!! I was so confused by this film I watched it three times in one day just to try and figure it out. Not a single person in the film is reliable, not even the "cop" trying to help him so.... anything is possible!!!
Thank you!
It was making my brain overheat haha
I'm planning on watching it again over the weekend 😀
“I’ve never been so blown away by an ending.” You mean the beginning, right? 😃
Now you have to check out THE PRESTIGE (2006) starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Also directed by Nolan
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This film is brilliant. I am so glad you saw this! There is an interview of Chris Nolan about creating this film, I watched some months ago. I don't remember (lol) what the title of the documentary, but it shouldn't be hard to find, I imagine, and I highly recommend watching it.
I'll definitely be looking into this film more so I'm sure I'll stumble upon it haha
You should definitely take some time to sort out the story in your head first and appreciate it yourself and then check out the interview, which is a great watch and should be easy to find on RUclips, here's the link anyway though: ruclips.net/video/tYScJZWhaHA/видео.html&ab_channel=TheLordLouisShow
Now you are ready to take on Primer, Shane Carruth’s mind-bender, made for like $7K. An inspiring, and very confusing time-travel masterpiece.
Can't say I've even heard of that one!
@@RyanCarrington Primer definitely deserves a watch.
@@RyanCarrington oh, it’s right up your alley… and it is an inspiration to go make one yourself. The quality of production is amazing, you won’t even be able to tell he made it for almost literal peanuts. And the story, oh boy.
Primer will melt your brain.
Have you seen Cube? That one is a real hidden gem. Blew me away.
FINALLY… only been asking you to do this since before you recorded your first reaction. Knew you’d love it 🥰😘
Thank you! 🖤
I know this is a bit late, but you mentioned wanting to see this in order. I don’t know if you’ve been told, but there’s an Easter egg on the special edition where you can. There’s a screen with drawings of someone changing a tire. If you put the pictures in backwards order, the movie will play in chronological order. I’ve watched it several times both ways.
This is the movie I think of first when I think of Christopher Nolan! It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I can say that my reaction was similar to yours, except I think most people knew going in that it was told backwards . That was in all the articles, reviews and marketing, it was the "hook" that got me into the theatre. Good to see it still holds up!
Ah I see! Yeah I had no idea about that.
Other than the memory thing (which wasn't entirely correct) I hardly knew anything. So glad I got to watch this without having any spoilers. Definitely holds up.
Yessssss🙌🏻
My favorite movie. Truly amazing. Oh! You should review Memento next! That movie is amazing!
This was Nolan's first major movie, and with one like this, it's why so many expect so much out of every movie he does. His fascination with time obviously shows up here, and has carried through all the way to Tenet, which is almost like Memento and Inception put together. I enjoyed your reaction video, and your observations! I'll have to watch some more of yours.
He's such a talented filmmaker. It's incredible that he was able to take on such a complex idea and execute it so well, so early on in his career.
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoy my other reactions 🤙
An early Nolan film that most gloss over. Glad you watched it and enjoyed it. Definitely worth a second or third watch. Lol. And yeah, 24:21 gave me so many questions my first watch and then the reveal was indeed mind blowing. Helps explain “The Prestige” a bit too. But yeah, for having such a short career as of yet, Nolan is steadily creeping in on my top five best writers/directors. I mean everything he has made is good. Seriously.
Also, this was right before Guy Pearce was in one of my favorite film adaptations of “The Count of Monte Cristo” with Jim Caviezel. If you haven’t seen that one yet, put it on your list.
a classic, though forgotten.
Memento was the first DVD I ever bought.
I watched it. Watched it again. I watched the other movie I'd bought. It was a Tarantino - either True Romance or Pulp Fiction, I forget which as sort of a palate cleanser.. (Hah! An inadvertent meata joke!)
Watched it a third time. Each time blew me away.
Have been a Nolan fan boi ever since. Guy Pierce, too. He killed so hard.
Nolan always plays with time. Even in Batman movies.
Interstellar is a classic example. I love so many individual bits of the movie, but I cannot love the whole. I like it a lot. The young woman who played young Murph blew me away. So was so great she made Jessica Chastain and all time great Ellen Burstyn look comparatively pedestrian in contrast. Mini Murph rocked so hard!
I love scenes from Interstellar. Almost all of them, actually. But, as a whole it doesn't cohere correctly. There's a bit too much deus ex machina at the end. Some wonky sci-fi hand waving about how black holes work.
Tenet, had I been able to actually hear the dialog, might have been good. I'm not sure. The sound design buried it. Extremely well shot; no idea what happened or why.
BTW, Insomnia is very under-rated.
I haven’t seen this in years but I do remember I think that it goes two scenes forward then goes back one or something like that, epic!
Was like a workout for my brain haha
The color scenes are in reverse order. The black & white scenes are in proper order. They alternate - 1 color, then 1 b&w, then 1 color, etc.
@@jhornacek ah ok thanks I should watch again it’s been years and definitely need a rewatch
in the film Tenet by Christopher Nolan, the blue color denoted the movement back in time.
Ahhh!
All of Nolan’s movies I have to watch at least 3 times to believe in my mind I understand everything especially timelines, thanks again enjoyed your reaction! And waiting for Super Troopers 2 unless you already did it , in my opinion alot funnier than the first one thanks
Yeah, this is definitely gonna take some repeat viewings. Gonna watch it again this weekend.
Haven't done Super Troopers yet but I haven't forgotten about it. Lots to get through 😊
Have you seen Insomnia with Al Pachnio and Robin Williams? Excellent excellent thriller.
Actually, I think you may have it backwards. One of the things I love and appreciate about this film so much is that while we as the audience are watching the action unfold backwards, the writing itself is actually very linear. If you think about it from the perspective of the what, when, and how of the information Chris Nolan is presenting to us, as the audience, it's extremely well structured, and actually quite traditional from a story point of view. It's just because he's delivering it to us alternatively than we'd be accustomed to, that it feels non linear form our point of view, but that's the misinterpretation of our perspective. He's deliberately using our own preconceptions and expectations as a tool for effect. The story itself is actually quite straight forward. It's beautiful filmmaking. He's using us as unknowing participants in the story telling process, as opposed to passive voyeurs. Brilliant!
Apparently there's a linear version knocking about. It won't be nearly as good as the original cut as that's what makes this film special, but I'd still like to check it out to see what I catch.
@@RyanCarrington I saw that in one of the other comments. I am pretty sure that I own the DVD of this somewhere, but it's been a while. I can't remember if I ever watched that. I agree with you though. I think it would defeat the purpose of everything in my comment above, wasn't what he has intended, and just wouldn't be as good.
Also, off topic, don't know how familiar you are with Guy Pearce, the Aussie actor that played Leonard, or if you've already seen it yet, but you should check out "L.A. Confidential". Nothing like this, but a good flick!
@@richiecabral3602 Cronological cut is good after watching the original cut and getting as much out of it as you can, as a way to make things more clear if you can't quite understand everything. It's definitely not a replacement for the original though.
I highly recommend the movie Prestige (also by Nolan)
I fully acknowledge that by now Chris Nolan has earned the right to have outrageous budgets for his movies but quite often I find myself wishing he'd go back and give us a smaller, more intimate and focused movie like this. There isn't an ounce of fat in this film.
Natalie starts as a sympathetic character, then we hate her when we see how she manipulates Leonard. But lets look at the events from her point of view.
Her boyfriend Jimmy goes to meet someone named Teddy for a drug deal. Jimmy disappears, and some guy shows up at Natalie's bar wearing Jimmy's clothes and driving Jimmy's car - he even has a coaster in his pocket with a "COME SEE ME - NATALIE" message that she wrote to Jimmy on it. She realizes that Leonard and Teddy killed Jimmy, so she tries to trick Leonard into killing Teddy, getting revenge for her murdered boyfriend.
one of christopher nolan's masterpiece movie
Agreed! I'm gonna sit down and watch it again this weekend.
2 movies that are *VERY* different, but influenced Momento a bunch:
1: The Thin Blue Line (crime doc from Errol Morris, not the Rowan Atkinson show.)
2: How to Get Ahead in Advertising (Monty Python + boring soap opera + 1984... kinda?)
The degree to which Teddy was actually manipulating Leonard (or whether he was acting out of some twisted form of 'friendship') is ambiguous.
- Teddy points out that a large section of Leonard's police file is missing and that Leonard did that himself but there's no way to know whether or not Teddy was responsible for it, either.
- If Leonard really has been killing John Gs for so long, he probably should have police and investigators all over him by now. The fact that Leonard never sees any other cops except Teddy seems to indicate that Teddy is covering for him but whether he's doing that out of kindness to Leonard or to protect himself is unclear.
- There's no indication that Teddy had set any other murders for profit apart from the one involving Jimmy but it's also entirely possible that sending Leonard to kill drug dealers then steal their money afterward is business as usual for Teddy. It's impossible to know either way.
Also, I think the ending is open to interpretation - in the final scene where he's headed to the tattoo shop, there's a quick flash where we see Leonard lying on a bed with his wife and a new tattoo that reads "I did it". It could mean that he's finally going to get some form of closure for the last however many years of searching/killing, or it could just as easily mean that Leonard is simply free to continue killing random John Gs forever, only without the boundaries set by Teddy. It's entirely up to you to decide.
The cops aren't after Leonard for all of the John G's he's killed because he's basically a serial killer with no pattern. His crimes have no motives that the police can determine. There is no reason for the police to suspect Leonard.
the first night I saw the movie Memento I went to sleep afterwards and had a dream that I was tattooing the inside of my skull leaving messages for myself when I'm awake......
and when I woke up someone had graffitied all the walls in my apartment.
While you were in it?!
@@RyanCarrington another time I had a dream I was eating giant marshmallows and when I woke up all my pillows were gone.
@@JuandeFucaU hahaa been there, buddy.
Great film. Along the same lines you should see "The Machinist".
Thanks for the recommendation! 🤙
Watch LA confidential. It has guy pearce and russel crowe Great cop thriller
24:21 - Nice catch.
I feel like Fight Club trained me for this haha
13:51 - Obviously none of you have been to Texas! 😂
Me after watching Memento 🤯
funny how many people watch this and think of teddy as "the good guy"...he's a dirty cop who is also using someone with memory loss to commit murders for him lol
Collateral with Tom Cruise!
Seen it! Was years ago, but definitely watched it.
When this came out on dvd one of the extras was the whole film in the right order, it's a totally different movie but I prefer the original.
Definitely need to try and find that after I've watched this a few more times
Only the UK version. The limited edition DVD allows you to see the film in chronological order (after choosing certain words, objects, and multiple choice answers on the psychological tests on the DVD menu.
When I got to the end I was so annoyed I didn't catch it because it's so obvious he's Sammy. What are the chances that he would research a guy with a rare form of amnesia and then get the same rare form of amnesia? It's absurd. But they did such a great job of throwing so many questions at you youngest focus on the little details.
When I was editing this down I could see myself trying to work something out but then something else would grab my focus. That combined with the time aspect, it really doesn't leave you much breathing room to think it through on a first time watch. That's my excuse anyway haha
You don't know how long ago it was that he met Sammy, so it could've been years ago (Leonard has a different hairstyle). And as an insurance investigator he would meet lots of people with various injuries making insurance claims, so him investigating someone with this type of injury and then him receiving the same injury is a coincidence but not that far fetched.
Where did you stream this tho? I can't find it anywhere at the moment
There was a small moment in time where it was on BBC Iplayer but prior to that, I couldnt find it anywhere !
When Callum Kieth Rennie is chasing him, but he thinks he’s chasing Callum.. so good. Nolan peaked early imo.
Making something like this would've scared the hell out of me. I can't believe he did it so early on. Amazing.
Yeah, same for me. Same for everyone who sees it cold. This was one of the big watercolor movies for smart people. 😄
If anyone tells you they figured it all out in the first five minutes, DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR LIES. 😉
There's too many moving parts to figure this out right away haha
@@RyanCarrington Did you ever see Stanley Kubrick’s “The Killing”? One of his very early ones. He aggressively played with fractured time in that fifty years before “Memento.” It’s fun! Word is Kubrick always intended to make the movie that way, scripted and shot it with that in mind, but his producers got cold feet during post production and prevailed on him to at least try and structure the movie chronologically as an “experiment.” The story goes that Kubrick did as he was asked, decided he was right the first time, and reverted to his preferred way of doing it. Somehow Kubrick won that fight - any time a producer or exec asks for something ‘just as an experiment’ it tends to be a hill that they’re gonna die on, or at least make sure everyone else dies on.
I was countin' on you to help figure this out for me. Bad choice. Ha.
I bought this when it was released onto DVD, years ago. I've watched it bunches of times. I'm still lost.
Frickin' movie. It's like somebody whose name you can never remember and you're always uncomfortable being around them 'cause you're afraid a friend will show up and say: "well, aren't you going to introduce us?" Uh, no...
Hahaa I'm sorryyy 😅
@@RyanCarrington
No, it's fine - actually i'm happy. I don't feel like quite as much of a dummy. Stupified loves company.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😉
Thanks for watching 🤙
I feel like it was a twist too many. Doesn't ruin it, but I wanted more reasonable roots. Not a snake eating its tale
Yo just some advice man, dont feel beholden and stressed to so many people. Just watch some funny shit and have fun. Do it YOUR WAY. I feel like 1,000 people always have 1,000 different recommendations.. Fuck em man.... Just watch some shit u think is gonna be funny and thats it
Note To Self: Rent Memento
Do it! 😀
@@RyanCarrington I’ve actually seen it. I was making a reference to the memory joke in the TV show, Community.
Please record your reaction on the second watchthrough. I would love to see that!
I think this may be why I do not enjoy many contemproary films. Sorry.
I'm the opposite, I love having my brain scrambled 😂
I wouldn’t consider Teddy a friend if he was the one using me as a dumb muscle by lying to me that his enemies killed my wife.
Yeah, really poor choice of words. My head was still all over the place haha
Teddy is the most heroic character in the film. He's the only cop that believed Leonard's story about the incident, and he helped him find the original John G. But when Leonard didn't remember that, he helped Leonard by assisting with his investigations to find "John G", and he made sure that the John G's Leonard found were criminals so he wasn't accidentally killing random law-abiding citizens.
I still hate your outro music
Need a hug?
yeah...... to word it positively, definitely one of my least liked pieces of royalty free music
My most hated movie of all time.
😲 why?
@@RyanCarrington just personal preference. I can't stand when you have to figure out if something is real or a dream or a flashback, etc. He's an awesome actor though.
@@Samhain606 oh yeah, definitely got a few family members who wouldn't get on with this movie for the same reason.
I'm the opposite though, I like a movie that almost reboots my brain haha 😂
@@Samhain606 but there is no ambiguety..... by the end of the movie, you know all the information to answer pretty much all the questions you could have while watching
This was great! Would definitely recommend The Prestige (2006), also a Christopher Nolan mindfuck movie with tons of twists and that requires multiple watches (also my alltime favorite movie)