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Memento

I rather ashamedly have to admit I watched this film purely because Adam, an old sgw player, changed his name to Memento years ago, and was curious why.

It is an amazing film...it takes you on a ride, drip feeding you bits of information as it goes along. The basic premise is that the lead character has the reverse of amnesia: he remembers everything that happened to him in the past, but cannot form new long term memories. This is a character-driven film with a great plot, and the way the story unfolds makes you empathise with the lead role: you truly don't find out what is going on until the curtain drops.

One of my favourite films ;)
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indeed its good, not the best for me though
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RepliMagni wrote:I rather ashamedly have to admit I watched this film purely because Adam, an old sgw player, changed his name to Memento years ago, and was curious why.

It is an amazing film...it takes you on a ride, drip feeding you bits of information as it goes along. The basic premise is that the lead character has the reverse of amnesia: he remembers everything that happened to him in the past, but cannot form new long term memories. This is a character-driven film with a great plot, and the way the story unfolds makes you empathise with the lead role: you truly don't find out what is going on until the curtain drops.

One of my favourite films ;)

I'd have to agree, one of my.. if not my favorite film. The ending had me thinking for a few days, trying to play it backwards.. forwards in my head.
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Another great movie, but not one you can watch again or after spoilers, its the twists and original plot that make it great.
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Re: Memento

RepliMagni wrote:I rather ashamedly have to admit I watched this film purely because Adam, an old sgw player, changed his name to Memento years ago, and was curious why.

It is an amazing film...it takes you on a ride, drip feeding you bits of information as it goes along. The basic premise is that the lead character has the reverse of amnesia: he remembers everything that happened to him in the past, but cannot form new long term memories. This is a character-driven film with a great plot, and the way the story unfolds makes you empathise with the lead role: you truly don't find out what is going on until the curtain drops.

One of my favourite films ;)


Yeah I also wanted to see if because of the SGW player, I think I have it on some sort of Box set I got with Fight Club but never got round to watching it. I guess there another film I need to watch thanks to Repli lol
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Bad Wolf wrote:
RepliMagni wrote:I rather ashamedly have to admit I watched this film purely because Adam, an old sgw player, changed his name to Memento years ago, and was curious why.

It is an amazing film...it takes you on a ride, drip feeding you bits of information as it goes along. The basic premise is that the lead character has the reverse of amnesia: he remembers everything that happened to him in the past, but cannot form new long term memories. This is a character-driven film with a great plot, and the way the story unfolds makes you empathise with the lead role: you truly don't find out what is going on until the curtain drops.

One of my favourite films ;)


Yeah I also wanted to see if because of the SGW player, I think I have it on some sort of Box set I got with Fight Club but never got round to watching it. I guess there another film I need to watch thanks to Repli lol
Thanks mate

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You've never seen Fight Club ?????

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Attack Soldiers Killed(60) 12,677,958
Defence Soldiers Killed(20) 226,236,488
Attack Super Soldiers Killed(300) 490,627,262
Defence Super Soldiers Killed(100) 4,131,482,551
Spies Killed(50) 4,256,505,842
Spy Killers Killed(50) 651,022,448
Mothership Weapons Destroyed(300) 35,583,034
Mothership Shields Destroyed(300) 39,498,511
Mothership Fleets Destroyed(200) 2,413,254
Planet Defences Destroyed(300) 358,539
Planets Taken(5000) 411
Naquadah Stolen(0.0001) 2,355,738,435,154,805
Untrained Kidnapped(50) 5,943,886,456
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Attack Turns Used(1) 1,731,971
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I think he meant he bought it in a boxset with Fightclub and had never watched Memento (but presumably did watch Fightclub).....either that or it was one waste of a boxset :lol:

But I agree, the power of the film is in not knowing what happens, so spoilers really would ruin it. Although Mez I'd recommend re-watching it sometime....I always like watching things again when I know what is going to happen in the end - to see how the director built up to moments or led false trails....

No worries BW.....hopefully you'll enjoy it ;)
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MEZZANINE wrote:
Bad Wolf wrote:
RepliMagni wrote:I rather ashamedly have to admit I watched this film purely because Adam, an old sgw player, changed his name to Memento years ago, and was curious why.

It is an amazing film...it takes you on a ride, drip feeding you bits of information as it goes along. The basic premise is that the lead character has the reverse of amnesia: he remembers everything that happened to him in the past, but cannot form new long term memories. This is a character-driven film with a great plot, and the way the story unfolds makes you empathise with the lead role: you truly don't find out what is going on until the curtain drops.

One of my favourite films ;)


Yeah I also wanted to see if because of the SGW player, I think I have it on some sort of Box set I got with Fight Club but never got round to watching it. I guess there another film I need to watch thanks to Repli lol
Thanks mate

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You've never seen Fight Club ?????

OMG, go away now and dont come back until you've watched it


No I HAVE seen Fight Club, don't worry lol.

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The first rule of Fight Club is never to mention how inherently homoerotic it is.

The second rule is no girls.
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