Memento (2000) Movie Reaction [ First Time Watching ]

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Memento (2000) Movie Reaction [ First Time Watching ]

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Жыл бұрын

this film has twisted our brains! We tried our best to follow the plot😂 we did our best and we hope you will enjoy our reaction to Memento (2000)! another amazing film by Christopher Nolan
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@rpg7287 Жыл бұрын

The going backward was not just a device. It’s a clever way of putting the audience in Lenny’s shoes. It’s as if the audience can’t make new memories; so we see the movie from Lenny’s point of view.

@cgbleak Жыл бұрын

I disagree. In "regular" chronology, it's not a very interesting story because we'd know who the "bad guy" is from the beginning. And the Sammy Jenkins material would become pretty irrelevant (but without it, the movie would only be an hour long). Don't get me wrong, it's a brilliant device. But it is indeed... a device. Most versions of the dvd allow you to watch it in correct chronological order. You might watch it once that way to answer any lingering questions (why is Teddy so interested in taking the car?), but I don't think you'll watch it twice that way.

@jp3813 Жыл бұрын

@@cgbleak You both pretty much have the same points about the film's narrative except you differ on what "device" means.

@bronzewand Жыл бұрын

It is the most brilliant device 😅

@jhornacek Жыл бұрын

@@cgbleak You can figure out the first time you watch this film why Teddy is so interested in the car - he wants the $200,000 in the trunk.

@DSmith264 Жыл бұрын

Perfect brain twister for these two..👍

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

oh boy, and it truly was!

@DSmith264 Жыл бұрын

@@MJoy4Fun Ah, you guys are always up to the task! 😉

@gluuuuue Жыл бұрын

Yup. This story is essentially Lenny found his keys. But didn’t remember, because he couldn’t. So he just kept looking for them, over and over. Except it wasn’t his keys. (Maybe. Lenny is an unreliable narrator, but all the other characters, from Natalie to Teddy, are ultimately unreliable too and demonstrably so. All admitted at various points to using Lenny’s disability in some way. So Lenny does it too and uses himself.)

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

is that type of movie that u need to talk about after u get a little drunk... or just daydreaming about it, and say no word

@truevulgarian Жыл бұрын

Teddy's full name is John Edward Gammel. Edward is often shortened as Ted or Teddy. Another possibility is that he is actually Sammy Jenkis. If you watch the scene in the care home when a person walks between Sammy and the camera, It's his face after the person passes suggesting Sammy's story is actually his story.

@craigireland5629 10 ай бұрын

I have watched a number of reactors FAIL to pick up on the Edward/Teddy connection. I don't understand why. Surely this is common knowledge?

@brightize2651 Жыл бұрын

How many people has Lenny killed?

@shainewhite2781 Жыл бұрын

One of the best psychological thrillers ever made!

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

hands down!

@sharonh9239 Жыл бұрын

I love this movie. Perfectly written and acted.

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

was mind-wrecking thing!

@philmullineaux5405 Жыл бұрын

Basically, healed up his own truths, to have a life, and to avoid responsibility for being responsible for his wife dying. And he repeats killing guys, over and over. I think this was Nolan's first, non indy big production movie, and i still say his best! So in essence, he is the perfect serial killer, who purposely forgets his life, to start over, and relive it over and over, to give himself purpose, and to forget that he accidentally killed his wife! By the way, his brother writes a bunch of his scripts!😮😮. Pro tip....the black and white is forward, the color is backwards. Theirs only 1 scene where the two meet. With him in the nursing home as Sammy 😮😮!

@MrGpschmidt Жыл бұрын

DeepCut Guys - yesterday was Guy Pearce's birthday - I remember (no pun intended) seeing this and had no clue prior to what was about to unfold and was mesmerized and confused (the kicker is the 'who am I chasing/he's chasing me' moment).

@ollietsb1704 Жыл бұрын

See this film again, now, quickly. You will appreciate the 2nd watching even more.

@PrimeCircuit Жыл бұрын

Great movie. There are a couple of directors who did amazing stories before they got big budgets and started to favour effects over script. Christopher Nolan and James Cameron are two of them. I like their early stuff so much better.

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

those type of movies are the reason why i love cinematography!!!

@jp3813 Жыл бұрын

In Cameron's case, it's effects over script. In Nolan's case, it's effects AND script. Writing issues don't automatically mean less effort.

@jhornacek Жыл бұрын

Teddy's main goal for the color scenes of this film is to get the car away from Leonard because he wants the $200,000 in the trunk (the money Jimmy brought to the drug deal). Teddy offers to take the car to get the broken window fixed, he offers to drive, he asked Leonard for the keys, etc. Because he knows if he can get the car away from Leonard he can get the money. That's why he keeps showing up around Leonard.

@kennycooper294 Жыл бұрын

if you saw this movie in order it probably would still be good but the disorder adds another element. you should watch "the prestige"

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

we watched the prestige! will be adding on youtube soon!

@jp3813 Жыл бұрын

Imagine watching The Prestige in backwards order. It would ruin the narrative just as watching this movie in chronological order would defeat the purpose of the story. It would create a disconnect w/ Leonard's thought process in every scene b/c we already know what he doesn't.

@cmgianaras1 Жыл бұрын

If this was told in chronological order, there would be no surprise ending.

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

it would look more like a horror movie instead

@jp3813 Жыл бұрын

Imagine watching Se7en w/ the box scene at the very beginning.

@jhornacek Жыл бұрын

There is a feature on the DVD that lets you watch the film in chronological order - starting with the black & white scenes until he kills Jimmy, then all the color scenes until he kills Teddy. It's helpful when you've already seen the movie, but not great to watch if you haven't. Otherwise you're watching someone talking on the phone and getting help with finding his wife's killer, he finds him and kills him, realizes that he killed the wrong guy and he was the one that killed his wife, then watch him try to find the killer again and ultimately kill the only person that's actually helping him.

@mindime1499 Жыл бұрын

Man, you guys had such impressive theories and guesses!

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

thank youuuuu!

@bronzewand Жыл бұрын

The best Christopher Nolan film by a long shot...

@rxtsec1 Жыл бұрын

There is a scene where you see the guy peace character in the mental institution. His wife survived the attack but because of his memory loss he doesn't know this. She was in denial & had him give her insulin shots that killed her which is why he ended up in institution. Some how he gets out & teddy helps him fine his attacker however since he can't remember he still thinks he's looking for him. Teddy uses this to have him kill people he wants to die not knowing it will backfire on him

@andreshernandez1180 Жыл бұрын

Is Sammy maybe someone else though? After all Teddy says that Sammy was a con-man who didn't have a wife and it was Lenny's wife who had diabetes, so maybe Sammy was a real unmarried man who was faking a condition and Lenny mixed things up in his mind later, because if Sammy is Lenny, how can Lenny remember what happened to Sammy's wife? Lenny should only be able to remember whatever story he learned or heard about BEFORE his head injury, so if he can remember the story of Sammy's wife going into a coma he must've heard it before he got his brain injury which is when his own wife was attacked, this would mean Sammy is real and he's NOT Lenny, but if it was Lenny's wife, Lenny shouldn't be able to remember whatever happened to her after the attack because of his brain injury. So if it's Lenny's wife who died, maybe he CAN remember some things after the incident but he's getting them all mixed up, that would explain why he knows about "Sammy's" wife's coma but not who he and/or she really are and who Sammy really was.

@krissiep1317 Жыл бұрын

I have to rewatch the movie just to follow along with KZfaq reactions

@brucelee5620 Жыл бұрын

Christopher Nolan's first movie ! I watched over 20 times and everytime I find a new detail its crazy. Please check his second film from 2002 Insomnia with Al Pacino and Robin Williams.

@antonfaro9464 Жыл бұрын

Second, actually. Check out "Following."

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

was soo good!! i did the same thing with Matrix and never gets old there is those type of movies that they cannot be touched! a re-make will just ruin them

@mikemath9508 Жыл бұрын

Was getting off a 10~ day drinking binge. All I could do was lie down, it was my first time feeling like that. It's 4 AM, I think water will help, I lie out in the recliner I never use with a jug of water, put on Netflix and just put on a movie I've never heard of. Watch it all the way through still felt bad afterwards but memento is still good the 2nd time

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

haha nothing beats a godd sitting, some beer and watch random stuff on Netflix or whatever but this movie deserves a re-watch!

@whade62000 Жыл бұрын

There's actually a documentary, "The Man With The Seven Second Memory", about a man with a similar condition

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

oh that sounds like a ''must'' to watch! thank you for the info!

@philmullineaux5405 Жыл бұрын

Such an amazing movie for a first time director!

@jhornacek Жыл бұрын

This was Nolan's second film.

@gregstephens Жыл бұрын

With this movie, “game over” happens at the beginning.

@TeZapeo Жыл бұрын

i see what you did there.

@GSA-32 Жыл бұрын

Love your reaction

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

thank youuu!

@markiv2942 Жыл бұрын

This movie just BREAKS everybody. Like everybody at the end. Even if you figure it out somehow that Lenny just doesn't remember how everything is, at the end you're still amazed how it goes.

@RustinChole Жыл бұрын

Great reaction.

@javiermonarrez8666 Жыл бұрын

Watch Chris Nolan's The Prestige!

@trentondhuggins Жыл бұрын

I’m from Tennessee (USA), and I love you guys so much!!!! Y’all are adorable. Your reactions are the best.

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! we salute u from Romania ^_^

@iamandynewton Жыл бұрын

this is maybe my fav from nolan ! cheers from france guys, love your reactions !

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@lancourt 11 ай бұрын

My favorite movie

@2Thessalonians1_7 Жыл бұрын

This is the greatest movie of all time. Nothing is better.

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

was too good!!

@kennethcalderon1987 Жыл бұрын

Love ❤️ you guys!

@TBCreek Жыл бұрын

Listening to you 2 talk about this movie reminded me of a funnier who done it called "Guns, Girls, and Gambling" you might like.

@johnserpo9267 Жыл бұрын

This actor was in LA Confidential - it's a great movie that you guys haven't watched.

@cgbleak Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, if you guys haven't already watched LA Confidential outside of the channel, I hope you'll prioritize sharing a reaction. It was the American film debut of both Guy Pearce and Russel Crowe. If Titanic hadn't been released the same year, I think it would have swept the Oscars. And probably deserved to anyway. Capsule summary of LA Confidential: there's never been a smarter movie with a higher body count. Intrigued...?

@woobbryant Жыл бұрын

The name of the movie that you are trying to remember at 33:55 is Angel Heart.

@stonepasta5296 Жыл бұрын

You really need to check out Oldboy (the Korean one). A masterpiece.

@anthonyzarate9807 Жыл бұрын

P.S. I actually think Marian was right when he predicted that Lenny killed his wife. It just happened in a different way (insulin overdose) than he thought.

@andreshernandez1180 Жыл бұрын

@anthonyzarate9807 Жыл бұрын

@@andreshernandez1180 Good point!

@donniedarko3259 Жыл бұрын

Lenny!❤

@browniewin4121 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating movie and this one, and also The Adventures of Pricilla Queen of the Desert (1994), and L.A. confidential (1997) are my favorite Guy Pierce movies.

@blakerh Жыл бұрын

Great reaction!

@DeBlessisBellier Жыл бұрын

Hello you two. Would be cool if you could react to the movie "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" :). It's just a suggestion from me.

@kevinporter7065 Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@colinwoonsue Жыл бұрын

Love you two ❤😅

@warrenphilbert6856 6 ай бұрын

✌️❤️❤️! ....

@gluuuuue Жыл бұрын

Now wait ‘til you watch Tenet..

@lmcgregoruk Жыл бұрын

23:21 Did you miss it? If you don't know what I'm talking about, watch that scene again. Otherwise n/m.

@vicabramov8983 Жыл бұрын

please watch the korean horror movie " The Wailing" you will love it .

@b.a.j5168 Жыл бұрын

such a great movie❤

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

indeed!

@Wash869 Жыл бұрын

Recommendation for you to react: The Hitcher (1986), good thriller

@user-hf6wr8hu8w Жыл бұрын

Hey guys, I really like your content. I have a request for next reaction video. Can you react “From dusk till dawn” created by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino? I think you’ll like it. It’s cool movie. There are George Clooney, Salma Hayek, Danny Trejo and even Tom Savini. You won’t regret it, I swear. (Watch it, please)

@shainewhite2781 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.

@CaesiusX Жыл бұрын

I believe Teddy was tellng the truth at the end. Lenny's wife survived the attack, but Lenny ended up with brain damage from it. And so, Sammy's story was Lenny's story. Lenny killed his wife by overdosing her on insulin. Teddy helped Lenny get the attacker a year ago. And ever since then Teddy has been using Lenny to kill _other_ John G's that happen to be low life baddies. That's what I got out of it anyhow. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Wonderful reaction, _as always!_ 😄

@annaclarafenyo8185 Жыл бұрын

Only one other John G, James G. And the point was to steal the money, not kill 'low life baddies'.

@jhornacek Жыл бұрын

@@annaclarafenyo8185 Leonard has killed more John G's than just the original attacker and Jimmy Grants. Teddy says that he helped Leonard find the real John G "over a year ago". There is no way Leonard has been doing nothing that entire year. Teddy has been helping him find other "John G"s during that time, but making sure they were criminals (and as Teddy put it, to "make a little money on the side").

@annaclarafenyo8185 Жыл бұрын

@@jhornacek Not the way I see it. It's only one other one. It takes a lot of depravity to commit murder.

@andreshernandez1180 Жыл бұрын

@@annaclarafenyo8185 then you see it differently, I believe it's implied that Teddy has used Lenny to kill other guys and like he said, make a few dollars on the side, which is why he keeps trying the entire movie to get the car from Lenny, to get the money in the trunk which is why he lured Jimmy there to begin with, he also says there's plenty more John G's for them to find, so clearly he plans to keep on doing it. The fact that it takes depravity to commit murder is irrelevant, Teddy is a dirty cop who uses Lenny so he doesn't have to get his own hands dirty and Lenny thinks he's killing his wife's killer every time he kills someone and after that he just forgets, so to him he's never killed anyone other than the one guy he shot in his bathroom during the attack.

@annaclarafenyo8185 Жыл бұрын

@@andreshernandez1180 The movie implies that this is Teddy's future plans, but that they just got started with the first non-personal murder. The point of the movie is the way the 'divine retribution' for the murder rains down on Teddy's head, DESPITE there being no permanent memory source for it to happen through. This is vastly less effective as a story element if this is even the SECOND murder they committed.

@anthonyzarate9807 Жыл бұрын

Hey Joy (that is what I call the Mrs., not sure if it is her name or not) and Marian, I've seen this movie over a dozen times. My theory is that Lenny's wife had diabetes (she survived the attack) and was never able to accept what happened to Lenny as a result. She ended up giving Lenny the "final exam" and Lenny killed her with an overdose of insulin. Lenny is in denial, so uses the "Sammy Jenkis" story in order to not blame himself. So Lenny can feel in control and have a purpose going forward, he always needs to find a new "John G." or "James G." to kill. Anyways, this is a movie that you should watch a minimum of 3x, but can watch it again and again and still not be 100% sure of everything. Everytime I watch it, I come up with something else to rack my brain. This is Nolan's best movie IMO, and never seen a movie like it before or since. P.S. Teddy (probably my favorite character) was the only person who actually tried to help Lenny, but also wanted to use him for financial gain when he realized that Lenny would never remember getting revenge. Natalie was definitely a user and the villian in this movie.

@MJoy4Fun Жыл бұрын

i was thinking the same! i think Lenny's brain shutdown after he put it in his head that his wife is gone.. by his hand or by the attacker so instead of healing from trauma he uses the revenge to have a reason to live... furthermore his brain being unable to remember anything makes it worse, but in fact that's what helps him feel only the need for revenge.. like he said ''how can i heal when i dont feel time'' in other words.. his memory of loosing his wife is still fresh.. making him unable to forgive, move forward.. or accept but his pal used him for other things.. people used him without thinking how dangerous he can be... truly mind blowing movie!

@NoelleMar Жыл бұрын

@@MJoy4Fun I don’t see Teddy as the only one trying to help and Natalie as a true villain. Teddy also toyed with Lenny, laughed at him, and manipulated him into committing how many crimes. From Natalie’s perspective, a man just showed up wearing her *lover’s clothes* and driving his car. She has to assume that he killed him. That said, she IS incredibly ruthless and vicious, and I think Teddy had wanted to help him before. At this point, I think he’s ok with his company, but is using him, justifying it by telling himself he’s helping him find purpose.

@jhornacek Жыл бұрын

Natalie is definitely not a user and a villain - she's actually one of the most sympathetic characters in the film, but you don't realize this until the end of the movie. Let's look at things from her perspective. Her boyfriend, Jimmy, is a drug dealer. He goes off to meet someone named Teddy and never comes back. Then this guy shows up at her bar driving Jimmy's car and wearing his clothes. She suspects that Leonard killed Jimmy, and is sure of it when he shows her the coaster with the "COME BY LATER - NATALIE" note on the back of it, which Leonard found in "his" pocket. This was a note that Natalie wrote for Jimmy, so she knows for a fact that Leonard took Jimmy's clothes, meaning that he killed him. Yes, she is brutal and vicious when she torments Leonard, but this guy killed her boyfriend. She's entirely justified in using him to kill Teddy, who set up the drug deal that got Jimmy killed.

@anthonyzarate9807 Жыл бұрын

@@jhornacek I couldn't disagree more. She was using Leonard to eliminate other criminals! Also, we all know that Leonard was generally a decent guy before the "incident", and because of the STM loss, he cannot trust anyone but his own hand writing. Natalie however, does several things that are pure evil IMO. In fact, the things she says about Lenny's wife alone are some of the most awful things you can say about another human being. Let's say Lenny was an evil POS criminal (for sake of argument) why would Natalie say so many eveil things about his wife, when she would have been a victim (to Lenny's evilness, manipulation, and murderous ways) as well??? P.S. Based on the flashbacks that Lenny does remember, their is nothing to show that his wife was anything but a good and honest person. In contrast, everything Natalie says and does is cold and calculated, unless she is lying to manipulate Lenny into murdering for her. Finally, if Natalie was this fine upstanding citizen, what would she be doing dating a dangerous drug dealing criminal and working at a shady bar???

@prfifty518 Жыл бұрын

You guys should try a movie called falling down with Michael Douglas

@philmullineaux5405 Жыл бұрын

Besides the Batman movies, most of his movies have serious plot twists!

@deogiriyadav8399 Жыл бұрын

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