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Memento (2001)
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Introduction and Humorous Host Banter
00:00:21
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Remember hazardous opinions. I am your first co-host, Eric here with Hunter.
00:00:31
Speaker
Hey, everyone. You don't actually remember who we are, why you're here and what you're doing. What you do know is that you're going to sit back and relax and listen to a podcast. Honestly, couldn't tell you why I'm here right now.
Tattoos and Identity Humor
00:00:50
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I'm not sure. If you, if you take off your shirt and look at the numerous tattoos that you tattooed on yourself.
00:00:59
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Oh, oh yeah. Okay. I'm a host on hazardous opinions with Andy and Eric. Okay. Okay. I'm good. Yeah. He, he has this condition.
00:01:11
Speaker
What condition? Oh, jinx.
Mind-Bending Memento
00:01:15
Speaker
Yeah, they were covering Memento, released in the great year of 01, directed by Christopher Nolan, who does all these mind fucky movies. And this movie falls definitely in that genre. So we get our wonderful stars, Guy Pearce, as our main character, Leonard. And then we have supporting actors,
00:01:38
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Carrie Anne Moss and Joe Panto Liana and you can find this movie on Hulu and FX now if you want to stream it and Watch this after so
00:01:52
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Yeah, so for those of you that have not seen this movie in a while or completely forgot about it as soon as you finish watching, it stars Guy Pearce as our main character Leonard, who has a short-term memory because of an incident.
Non-linear Storytelling Appreciation
00:02:09
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and attempts to find his wife's killer while struggling with this condition and he has a whole lot of people in his life that are kind of fucking him over while he's trying to find his killer so it's a very interesting movie not really shown in chronological order and a great time what do you guys give this movie? Eric you want to go first or? I will go and say this movie
00:02:40
Speaker
is a great movie. If I were smarter and able to keep up with the changing timelines, it is interesting in how it does this, and I really enjoy that fact, but it actually confuses me as if I was also the main character in this movie, also confused in the situations he's in because he keeps forgetting.
00:03:07
Speaker
By that effect, I'm gonna say it's a solid eight out of 10.
Nolan's Filmography Admiration
00:03:13
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Very nice, very nice. Okay. Eight out of 10. To follow that up, I'd say this is actually a Christopher Nolan movie that I do really enjoy. I know I've discussed that. I've been up and down on him and recently have loved the crap out of Oppenheimer, honestly.
00:03:37
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one of my favorite movies already.
Memento's Early Significance
00:03:38
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So I got to give him credit for, you know, a couple there that I really enjoy. And this one, it definitely wasn't one of the first movies that I've seen from him. Like when it came out in 2000 in chronological order, it was one of his first, or was it the very first? I'm not sure. It might have been his first. I forgot to check up on that.
00:04:06
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for notes but yeah i think he was another one of those um movie what do you call them short short movies and stuff oh yeah some short films okay yeah he has one other movie that he directed before this one called following
00:04:23
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But that's actually like the full, uh, full length movie, the, his first full length movie. So this makes it his second full length movie. Second. Okay. Perfect. Okay. So going off of that though, um, thank you guys for clarifying. I'm glad I have you as co-hosts, but I'd say seven out of 10.
00:04:45
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only because I do really enjoy the structure of the story, like one end, the color part of the story going backwards and the black and white going forwards and they just, you know, hit each other in the middle. I really do appreciate that storytelling structure. I've never seen it really in many things. So props to Christopher Nolan.
00:05:12
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And really enjoyed hanging with Guy Pearce this whole time. But, you know, there are a couple of things like this isn't a movie that I would watch once and then never watch again. I have seen it twice now to get ready for the pod. I saw it a couple of years ago, just watched it last night, but.
00:05:34
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Yeah, it's also not a movie. I would rewatch rewatch over and over. Because it it really it hurts your head too. It does. Yeah. I was like when I was watching it, I was I I said out loud. I'm like, you know, if I was smarter, I'd probably enjoy this movie a lot more.
Guy Pearce and Film Noir Praise
00:05:54
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Oh, yeah. It's just not sticking with me.
00:05:59
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Yeah, yeah, just just like tenant like Christopher Nolan knows he's smarter than us But Andy what do you think Yeah with with those reasons I'd give this movie like an 8.5 out of 10 and I also really like the film noir aspect of this movie and
00:06:25
Speaker
Mainly, I like Guy Pearce's acting and how well he portrays this character and the non-chronological storytelling of this. I'm getting too confused to do this rating backwards. I really like Guy Pearce's. The way he does this, I don't know a lot of Guy Pearce movies, but he absolutely kills this role and I think it's perfect for him. Carrie Anne Moss does well in her supporting actress role.
00:06:53
Speaker
Teddy is well played by Joe Pantoliano is good. I don't know him for much. Um, but yeah, this, this might be one of my, my, uh, top Nolan movies. This is, uh, only my second rewatch of this, but I'm picking it more. Uh, when I watched this one and I'm sure if I watch it again and again, I will continue to pick up stuff and it's, it's always a really fun time for me. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed. Definitely.
Opening Scene and Symbolism Discussion
00:07:23
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So yeah, I kind of want to jump in right away to the little intro of this movie with the credit scenes with maybe one of the most, not like most unique, but like most memorable credit scenes for me.
00:07:40
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uh with him shaking the Polaroid over and over with the music going and the intro credits going and just each time he shakes the Polaroid it gets a little uh more faded and this it just feels like a video game intro like like i'm playing an old 90s video game and i just it's a great way to bring yourself into the uh the vibe of this movie
00:08:05
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It really does set up what we're going to get into for the whole movie's runtime, right? Like with the Polaroid kind of going backwards. And I did put it down in my notes too, Andy. Funny you brought it up. It does stick in my head too, because right away to myself, I said it's giving really big early 2000s feel with the intro already, the font, the music.
00:08:31
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And the like the bloody wall photograph already catches your eye and you're wondering why is everything in the beginning scene going backwards? You know, it kind of really makes you question already and you're like, okay, okay. You know. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Go ahead, Eric. No, I, I was just gonna say like, uh, that it gave it like a whole.
00:09:00
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tone for it, him just like shaking it every once in a while and you're just staring at this photo that like has like a picture of a dude's brains blown out. And it's like, you know, you're just wondering like, what, like if he's like contemplating on something or whatever, but then it just starts like, and then as soon as it starts, it starts going backwards.
00:09:27
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And that's what it's just like, you think about it, but yeah, it's not till later on or to the end, you actually understand anything. You're wondering, isn't it the normal thing to do to shake a Polaroid and it gets more, it gets more clear and it gets clear, but it's going the opposite way. And you're just, you're really throwing it off. Yeah. Yeah. That too. Yeah. It was like, just like, yeah. Seamless. Yeah.
00:09:59
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Yeah, I kept waiting for like a plant to be added to your inventory or something. It gave me like huge PS2 era vibes of like Dino crisis and like the older some evils. He was taking such a gap in between shaking each time. Then like, it was just like a character just idling, doing their animation. That's a good point. I like that idle character.
00:10:23
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Yeah. And then you get guy pierces, uh, like film new art goes black and white. He's doing his little narration and stuff. And he's like, I don't know what I'm doing in this hotel room. It's a Bible drawer noted. Yeah. Yeah. You're right away. You're wondering, okay, is this the guy we're going to follow the whole time? And is he a confused person or what is going on in his mind to where he's common? He's commenting on his surroundings in the hotel room.
00:10:52
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Like something's up, right? Yeah, yeah. I did think his voiceover was really good. Guy Pierce's tone, you know, like you said, Andy, he really does fit the mold of a, you know, crime noir narrator. And, you know, going along with the main character usually in those, that's going to be the narrator. It's not really somebody else, like,
00:11:21
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totally separate from the story or the screen. So yeah, Guy Pearce does a really good job and already wraps you and Leonard's mind is already very interesting because you could easily guess memory loss, but the notes and the tattoos to add onto that condition are very fascinating. Yeah.
00:11:46
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That's a whole other issue with all the tattoos and stuff. He goes over Sammy Jenkins' story, someone who may or may not have been just Guy Pearce himself, Leonard, and how his note system didn't work. And so he's like, I'm going to try tattoos. And then this guy's got tattoos everywhere and forgets what says what until
Complex Timeline and Leonard's Condition
00:12:08
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other people have to remind him what his tattoos say all the time.
00:12:13
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It's really interesting seeing how he tries to work through all this. And it'd be cool to see like a modern take on this as well. Like, how could you do this with a cell phone now? You just have a bunch of photos in your camera roll. And social media. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that could be interesting. Hey, chat, where are we at right now? Yeah, where are we at? Well, could he remember to ask chat, I suppose? I don't know.
00:12:43
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Hopefully, AI could help this guy or something. Every morning, he wakes up, he has to have... Well, then again, he forgets everything throughout the day too. I don't know how long this story takes place, but it's got to be two days.
00:13:04
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Cause with everything that happens, like it is hard to follow because with everything going in back and forth, back and forth, but it's gotta be like a couple of days. Cause I only seen him sleep once or maybe twice. No, I don't know. Once with, um, Carrie and Moss. Um, and then, yeah, maybe only, maybe only one or three days somewhere around there.
00:13:34
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Yeah, I don't think it's a huge span of time, honestly. Enough where they keep charging him for different rooms, so probably less than a week, but a couple days at least. Yeah, and he also wouldn't need to worry about where his money is going because he could check his bank app, hopefully, and see his transactions.
00:13:58
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Yeah. If we were to do a modern take on it, right? Yeah. There will be a lot of avenues for him to try to backtrack what he's been doing or what he is doing currently, especially with apps and social media and stuff.
00:14:20
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Yeah. And on that, that money aspect, not to get into the end or rather the beginning as much, but like, uh, he's paying cash for everything. Um, cause we find out at the end that like, Oh, he wasn't actually rich. This is all stolen money. Yeah. It was like 20 grand, 200 grand. Yeah. I think so. Yeah. It was big time drug money. Holy lot of money. Yeah. Especially at that point in time, you know,
00:14:49
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right now with how expensive things are, you could consider it pocket change, but, you know. Yeah, it was interesting to see like, I never understood why Natalie hated his gut so much on like why she was doing the things to him that she was. I know. I know he's like, he's like a pretty vulnerable guy.
00:15:19
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I just found it sad that she was doing stuff like that.
00:15:24
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Yeah, same. I on the first watch through thought Teddy was the good guy of the story who was actually trying to help out Leonard. And Natalie is just this person who's like taking advantage of him like everyone else around him. And I came to realize on my second watch through I'm like, oh, wait, she's like she's actually justified in what she's doing to him because of the beginning or the ending.
00:15:53
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Yeah. He did kill Jimmy, her boyfriend. So. Oh, yeah. I did not piece that together. Yeah. What name did she keep saying that like beat her up and everything? Dodd. Dodd. Yeah, that.
00:16:11
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that Leonard beat up and had in the hotel closet. Okay. Yeah. And I, I didn't even realize until looking more into stuff after the second watch, I'm like, wait, he stole the guy's suit and car. So like she recognized right away that like you probably killed her boyfriend. He's wearing her boyfriend's suit and driving his car. And yeah.
00:16:36
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Oh, yeah, because he was helping out Teddy, who was an officer. Like he was just like trying to get like a drug dealer, but we did know his, her boyfriend like was a drug dealer. So yeah, that does make sense. And why she hates him so much. Yep. Yeah. Everyone's kind of like crooked in their own way, but like, yeah, a whole lot of people just hurting people in this one.
00:17:07
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Oh yeah. Yeah. The only one like I found like to be like at least decent was the, the hotel clerk Bert. I thought so too, even though like he was kind of taken advantage of him. I mean, it was, it was a funny moment and it wasn't too like dire. So, yeah. I mean, yeah, he's financially taken advantage of him, but he's charging bucks every time a comedic way. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I kind of added some levity to the.
00:17:37
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memory loss and the whole tone of the movie. Cause really it's a psychological crime revenge film. So it really adds a little bit of levity to it. And I was going to ask you guys too, would you guys tattoo yourselves if you were in Leonard's situation? Like what would you do? If I was in Leonard's situation,
00:18:06
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Maybe. I mean, probably. I don't know. How could I know? Like if I'm like hell bent on finding my wife's murderer, I probably would try anything possible to, you know, remember what my goal is. But yeah, I don't know. It's like, yeah, he convinced himself that. He was tracking down his wife's murderer. I mean, because like anybody could have
00:18:36
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Like he could have had somebody else tattoo that on him. Maybe I wouldn't because like now that I'm like processing it and thinking it through, I could be easily manipulated in things like that because I mean, we obviously saw that too, but, uh, yeah. Yeah. I don't, I don't think that's a good play at all.
00:18:56
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I also agree. I'm also saying this from a modern perspective where we have much better note taking devices than taking up your body space that you require a mirror to see. But like knowing the end of the movie and stuff and obviously Leonard does not want to move on.
00:19:15
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Because he's totally willing to continue to write down names and continue this cycle of John G's and not move on. I feel like the best course is just letting yourself go to a assisted living, honestly. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, even though.
00:19:41
Speaker
I mean, let's say the cops were not putting in the effort that they could have liked what happened with Leonard's situation with his wife being raped and murdered. Allegedly. Would you guys? Allegedly. Allegedly. Like, cause there's things where it's like they're made of, may have only actually been one killer and that Leonard killed him.
00:20:06
Speaker
And like, there's a, I dunno, there's a whole lot of other stuff that drops in that. I don't know. A lot of people theorize online that maybe he is Sammy as well and stuff like that. Yeah. Yeah. Since you're on that right now, another question for you guys. Do you think he was actually Sammy or was Teddy lying about that? I don't think he's Sammy just because he, it's something that he remembers as a through line. So that wouldn't make sense with his condition. Yeah.
00:20:37
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But I don't know, I do think that there's a lot of stuff from his story that he's willingly choosing to forget, like ripping up his police report for information that would show who the killer was, stuff like that. Okay, yeah, definitely. Yeah, I was kind of just thinking on it from a perspective of
00:21:00
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You know, what if, uh, something bad like that happened to Nell? What would I do about it? You know, like, I mean, you could go the extreme way and be kind of in fictional land there with, with the revenge type thriller, psychological, you know, crime, but yeah. Yeah. Also with the technology we do have, I would say. I could definitely, I love using my notes on my iPhone.
00:21:30
Speaker
And especially before he hits his head and gets this condition, you would be able to know your passcode on your phone. That's true. Yeah. And like you should, right? You should. Yeah. Yeah. Or before. Yeah. Yeah. Or face recognition, something like that. So the security features that we have on our phone, it could really help this kind of situation without having to ink your body.
00:21:59
Speaker
Yeah, you could just have a note that says important or something that catches your eye every time or clear out all the rest of your freaking notes. Just have one. Yeah. Yeah. Or like the constant people burning his notes or like writing over his photos and stuff in the movie or making him write different stuff.
Memory Manipulation and Natalie
00:22:21
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Like that fucked him up a lot. It did. Yeah. I really avoid it with the, with the phone as well.
00:22:28
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Yeah. Like I remember when he wrote down something on Natalie's photo and he wrote it in a different like handwriting style. And so next time he looked at it, he saw it and it wasn't the same handwriting as what he usually writes. So he just scratched it out.
00:22:55
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So I don't know if he was like, he knew to write it in a different way. So later he would not recognize it as his own handwriting because he pretty much trusts like recognizing his own handwriting. And yeah, so he pretty much.
00:23:14
Speaker
Yeah, I think at the time he was just thinking like, yeah, I'm going to scratch this out later, so I'm just going to, you know, write it in a different way. I guess. Yeah. And then he almost ran to a similar situation like he crossed that one off before he forgot it. But I think his handwriting would have clued him in later, even if he forgot. But yeah, Natalie fucks with him a little bit by leaving the house waiting for him to reset, so to say. And then she came back in.
00:23:43
Speaker
Yeah. And played with him. Yeah. And that could have been a void as well by having a better note taking system, not requiring pens. Yeah. I mean, there's voice to text, you know, you'd be like, you know, Hey, Siri, what, you know, what's going on? Uh, this, this crazy lady wants to, you know, manipulate me. Here's everything she said and just repeat everything she said. Yeah.
00:24:08
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Definitely. By the time she walks in, you're probably going to have to remember to pull your phone out and listen to that message, which you're probably not going to do. I'm pretty sure you couldn't have won that situation unless you had something directly in front of them saying it, but who knows?
00:24:31
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he immediately like asks what's wrong and stuff when she walks in, whereas he doesn't know Natalie. Like this is just some girl that just walked in now. Yeah. You reset. So it goes back to his point about Sammy's story where he's like, sometimes you just fake remembering people just because that's, that's the normal thing to do. Yeah. So when she walks in and he's like,
00:24:55
Speaker
oh what's wrong are you okay and stuff and like wait but you don't know her so yeah that part like clicked for me too very good point i like that i actually didn't think about that andy so like thank you for that that really does add a bit to the story for me and i'm almost wondering in my head guys like re-watching a movie like this must be super rewarding because i already feel the same way andy does he really enjoyed his second viewing even more than his first viewing
00:25:25
Speaker
And so did I. Thankfully, going into it, you know how the story is structured so you can analyze it just a bit more because God, it
00:25:34
Speaker
the first time I watched it felt like a mind reset for me. I was like, okay, wait. I couldn't totally wrap my hand around it. And that, those things, like ever since I was a kid and watching movies, I wanted to know every detail. I wanted to know every answer to every question. And I would like, I'd even ask my parents and stuff because they were like much older than me, experienced, more intelligent, obviously.
00:26:02
Speaker
And I just wanted to know what they thought or if they had the answer or if an article had an answer. I just needed to know every bit of the movie. So with a movie like this, that being said, really messes with me. There's a lot to dig into. It makes me frustrated. It does that I don't have a clear answer on all these things that we're talking about so far. We haven't even gotten through the whole movie.
00:26:29
Speaker
Yeah, you know, so like think so many things in the movie could go either way It could be a different reason that we're not even thinking about Yeah
00:26:40
Speaker
I think the complexity just multiplies as well. When you add Sammy story interwoven into this and then it's not exactly backwards. Like if there's a little bit of back and forth in the timeline. So it's like, it's not super easy to comprehend. There's a lot of mental note-taking as you're going through like, wait, this person's going to do this later on. This is them setting up for that. Yeah. Yeah. It's mind bending. Like Nolan.
00:27:10
Speaker
wanted it to be, intended it to be for sure. I agree. Uh, I got a question for you guys. Yeah. So there is people, and I think even on the DVD version, I seen that there's a chronological version of this where you can watch it in order.
Chronological Version Impact
00:27:27
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Do you think you guys would watch and enjoy that? I think so. Honestly, I think, uh, yeah, go ahead, Eric. Yeah. It wouldn't be.
00:27:38
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as confusing and be a lot more simple. But I don't know. Honestly, seeing it the way I have already like twice now, I feel like I'd be more weirded out by seeing it in chronological order than not, I guess. So yeah, I think I'm intrigued. I would like to see that. Even if I loved the structuring of the original,
00:28:08
Speaker
I might find more clarity and ease if I watched that one. So I would totally be down to watch that version too. Yeah. I wonder if it would be as good of a story watched normally, but yeah, I think I would watch it too. I think a lot of the fun is piecing it all together.
00:28:32
Speaker
Yes, it is. I think it's just adding more complexity to a regular crime revenge story. So, I mean, even that, I think it still is a good crime thriller.
00:28:49
Speaker
on its own, even if you didn't add those timeline aspects and the two different structures coming and meeting in the middle, I think it'd still be decent, but yes, it does add something to it when you put in that timeline stuff. Yeah. Yeah. I think it adds like more immersion to it because like, I remember sometimes we're like, we'll, we'll be at one part of the movie and then like,
00:29:20
Speaker
You'll know what I'm talking about, but it'll jump to a part where it's like in the middle of the action, right?
Humor in Memento's Chase Scene
00:29:25
Speaker
He's running through this trailer park with a gun. And then there's this other guy and you're just wondering, like, how did we get here? But then he asks himself is like, what am I doing right now? It's like, oh, I'm chasing this guy. And then he's like, start shooting him. He's like, no, he's chasing me. So it's like it makes you like puts you in the place of this this guy's shoes. It's like, OK, this would be absolute chaos to be in this kind of situation.
00:29:50
Speaker
to be like chased by somebody, but you think you're chasing them and then getting shot at like, you have no idea how you got there. What's going on? Like, I just think it's so immersive in that way. Good point, Eric. I think it does add a yet another layer to this will be having you be put into Leonard shoes, even apart from the timeline stuff that makes it interesting.
00:30:20
Speaker
that then the timeline makes you hop in his shoes, really. Yeah. And yeah, like exactly. I like, I like how Leonard said that like, Oh, I'm chasing this guy. Oh no, he's chasing me. Like it's like, Oh, okay. I'm like realizing in real time. And so are you. Yeah. There's some good humor in this movie. There is, there is for sure.
00:30:45
Speaker
Uh, I think my favorite like humorous part was, uh, when he was like checking the hotel room that he knocked on the door, waited for the guy to come up and then he kicks the door. The guy is just instantly out. He's passed out on the ground. He found out he was in the wrong room. He's like, sorry, close the door. Yeah. He held it upside down. I can't believe it.
00:31:11
Speaker
I really like a little bit later in the chronology where he gets to Dodd's actual room and he's sitting in the bathroom waiting for the guy to come home and then he forgets, he resets there and he's like looking at the bottle and he's like, wait, I don't feel drunk. What am I doing here?
00:31:29
Speaker
Yeah. And then he showers and that's when Dodd shows up. Like that's what I have in my notes to guys. Like that fight. Damn. This Leonard's just butt ass naked taking this guy on. He doesn't even give a shit. Yeah. It's just crazy. Crazy. Doesn't even make sure it's his own room before he starts showering and stuff.
00:31:48
Speaker
I mean, how could you know, you know, like, if you're in this position, like, I don't know. Like, why are you in this hotel room? Well, I must have rented this. Yeah, right. Yeah. I must have stayed in a hotel room. I just forgot. And the.
00:32:03
Speaker
A lot more comedy for me was his exchanges every time between the front desk man at the hotel and himself. Like, like I'm backing up a little bit, but there, when we first see the front desk man and he like tells him about Teddy and stuff, which is he's actually one of, even though he scammed him a little bit, he's one of the better people and better characters in this story. Like you, you don't find a lot of good people in this story.
00:32:34
Speaker
And even Leonard, he's not a perfect protagonist and he did make some mistakes and he has faults, but at the same time, he is, he's generally good, I would say.
00:32:52
Speaker
Yeah, you know, this, this condition is really messing with him. Like you don't know what you would do. Like it, it's a very confusing thing. The mind is a very complex thing. And if you're not in the right mindset, you know, but when they first met each other, like from our perspective,
00:33:11
Speaker
There wasn't too much of explanation on his condition. It was really short and sweet. He just kind of wrapped it off to him. And the, like he's the front desk man is so chill about it. It's just crazy. Yeah. Yeah. He's just like perplexed. He's like fucking with him a little bit. And he's like, wait, you really don't remember me? Like he lets them go on a little bit.
00:33:35
Speaker
Right. He's like, dude, we've had like several conversations. Yeah. And like, then right away that gets you thinking as a audience member, even more like, Oh man. Okay. He's met this guy so many times, but he can't recall.
00:33:51
Speaker
you know yeah yeah yeah i like there's a little bit of that in teddy's relationship that i really like where i don't i haven't realized until the second viewing here now but i'm like oh there's almost like little things you could pick up that they have known each other for a lot longer than just one tracking down one guy to kill
00:34:13
Speaker
because of like how Teddy portrays jokes like he's been his friend for a long time, where he's like, hey, try and roll up your window, bro. And he's trying to trick him with the, like, this one's your car. And I don't know, he just messes with him throughout the movie and he's comedic and he does it in a way where he's like known Leonard for a while.
00:34:36
Speaker
Roll up your window. He does it. I was wondering the whole time, like what happened to that window? And it's, it's really satisfying when you find out, actually, it's such a little thing, but it's like, okay. Yup. Yeah.
00:34:56
Speaker
And that's, that almost, uh, tells you where you're at in the movie too. When you see like different shots and you're like, wait, the windows back or like his scratches are gone or something like that. I was paying attention to that too. Yeah, especially with the window. And I was wondering about the scratches on his face. Like, I think that's a question that really pops in your head right away when you see Leonard like, all right, why does he have scratches on his face? This man has some.
00:35:24
Speaker
memory issues. So what, what would have happened, you know? Yeah. Yeah. I, uh, I also wonder why Leonard does not wear a watch. Uh, I think he asked once or twice in the movie what the time was, uh, like when he was running late for his meeting with Natalie and like, this guy resets every minute or so, I think it is. And he doesn't wear a watch to like, keep track of where he's at. Mm-hmm.
00:35:52
Speaker
It wouldn't matter, would it? Like, I think your sense of time would just be disappeared at that point. Yeah, but if you like wrote down a note, like we got to meet this person at 1 p.m. or something. But do you like time? He should like have something to reference. Yeah.
00:36:12
Speaker
Yeah, it also really freaked me out like looking at the time and it being a time that is foreign to me, you know, like, Oh, it was just one o'clock, but now it's eight PM, you know, that it was really kind of mess with me. And I think for the movie's sake as well, it's like, uh, I think Teddy makes this comment near the end. It's like, do you even know how long it's been since we started doing this?
00:36:39
Speaker
And it's like not having an actual set of time or days throughout the movie. It starts to make you like blurred all together like Leonard sees it.
00:36:48
Speaker
Right. Yeah. Definitely. I do. I think Christopher Nolan found the right person also in Guy Ritchie, like, or Guy Ritchie. Sorry. He's a director. Guy Ritchie. Guy Pierce. Sorry. I don't know many guys named Guy. So, you know, a couple just stick in my heads. My bad.
00:37:10
Speaker
But yeah, I think he found the right person and guide peers to lead us through the story and almost be the only thing slash person we're following. Honestly, because I did see a couple of what ifs for actors that did audition. And I should have wrote that in my notes, but I wrote down other
00:37:31
Speaker
fun facts from IMDB. Yeah. But there were a couple like pretty big names that you almost wonder. All right. Yeah. Like what could have been, what would have been different in this movie, you know, with that.
00:37:45
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. Uh, I'd be curious to see like who else would have done well in this movie. I can't see anyone doing it better than, than guy appears. And it's obviously biased because I'm, he's the one we watched, but, uh, I don't know. He does really good with it. I think Leo has a really good relationship with Nolan. So he, he might've been a good casting, but I don't know. I think he's also just too.
00:38:13
Speaker
I don't know. I guess he does Shutter Island. So I don't know. I was just about to bring up that is the perfect example on how he could have also done this. I think because it's very convincing in that movie. He had to be for the plot. So I think he could. I think he could. Yeah. I think Leo actually could have done as well. Maybe maybe Red Pit as well. I think he could have done a more comedic version of Leonard as well.
00:38:38
Speaker
I think Brad Pitt would have done well as well. Yeah. Yeah. I need to look up those names. I'm really curious now. Cause they were pretty big, but since I don't have those names down, I can do one fun fact. Thank you again, IMDB, but like the medical, since we've been talking about Leonard's medical condition or, you know, mental health condition, however you want to say it.
00:39:02
Speaker
It's actually a real condition called anterograde amnesia, and it's the inability to form new memories after damage to the hippocampus. And it was during the 1950s that doctors treated some forms of epilepsy by removing parts of the hippocampus, resulting in the same memory problems.
Real Memory Disorder Insight
00:39:26
Speaker
So I thought that was interesting. You know, okay.
00:39:31
Speaker
Yeah, that is interesting, but it made me think, if he knows he has this condition, he has everything of memory before the accident, he would have to have formed a new memory after the accident that he has this condition, right? I mean, because knowing he has this condition is probably the only thing that keeps him sane, right? But if he didn't know he had this condition, things would be a lot different.
00:40:00
Speaker
Yeah, and he found out about the condition after, obviously after he hit his head, so.
00:40:07
Speaker
how does he keep remembering that? Because do you guys remember seeing a note, like a tattoo, anything on him that says? I have this condition. Yeah. No. No, I don't think he has any reminders for that. That's a really good point. I didn't think of that. Yeah, no. Now it's making my head spin even more. Thanks, Eric. Yeah. Maybe is that a plot hole or are we just not getting it?
00:40:34
Speaker
It might be a plot hole because Sammy Jenkins, he had no idea he had the condition. No, no. And even looking at his note of Sammy's name, how would he know what condition Sammy had when it just said Sammy's name? Yeah. You know, it would be like, Oh yeah. Okay. This is Sammy. He has this. I have this.
00:40:59
Speaker
Like that's, he can remember everything before the accident. So before the act, he was like an insurance, uh, investigator, right? Yes. So he's investigating Sammy Jenkins's case in case he should be covered for insurance. And like with all of that.
00:41:18
Speaker
I don't know like why he tattooed himself. Remember there has to be some sort of context that happened before the movie or something. We don't know about, maybe he's planning on making a sequel. I think with the point of the Sammy Jenkins thing, you brought up the note on his wrist.
00:41:39
Speaker
I think that could be his constant reminder that, hey, you have this condition. Cause we find out of Sammy's story by the end of the movie that Leonard kind of felt guilt and realized that like, maybe he did believe him. Uh, if, if Sammy was a different person. So I don't know, maybe it's just a reminder saying like, Hey, remember this guy actually doesn't form new memories or something. You'd be like, Oh, that's why I keep ending up on all these weird places.
00:42:08
Speaker
Okay. And I totally get, I totally get what you're saying because he knew about Sammy before he hit his head. Yeah. He probably would have had a lot of like knowledge. Oh, Sammy had this. And then he, he does probably realize like in the present moment. Okay. Something's up with my head and it kind of sounds a lot like what Sammy went through. Right. So.
00:42:31
Speaker
I could see that connection now. I do.
Sammy's Storyline Depth
00:42:33
Speaker
I didn't really think that far. See, guys, it really messes with my head. It makes me so...
00:42:41
Speaker
flustered. Yeah, like an onion. Yeah, it's got to be. That's got to be it, because like he's got to be thinking to himself, like, why would I tattoo on my wrist? Remember Sammy Jenkins? And it's like, oh, well, OK, I must have a condition. Yeah, that that does it. That makes a lot of sense. And definitely.
00:43:03
Speaker
Yeah, I do think there's some plot holes with that still though. Cause obviously I think it's like a minute or two minutes. I didn't tie many of his, his resets, but, uh, Remembering that he's looking for his wife's killer as well. I feel like there's sometimes he remembered it without being reminded. Okay. But yeah.
00:43:25
Speaker
There's a lot of weirdness with it. And I was almost wondering, like, does he reset fully? Like there's the bathroom scene with him thinking he was drunk. All of a sudden he just reset, completely forgot his whole thing for being there. And I'm like, do you remember?
00:43:42
Speaker
Like all of your cached memory or something just flushes at a certain time or is it like the oldest stuff disappears first and Then the new stuff gets old and then that disappears. So you'd like remember the sequence of events Enough to pair together while you're there
00:44:00
Speaker
My head hurts so bad right now. Andy, very good point. You're not the cause of this movie, yes. Like, oh man, my head hurts trying to think. I like your point there, I do. Yeah, they make it seem like all of his memory flushes as soon as that timeline hits. But I'm like, you'd remember some of the sequence to there, like what they just said before. Yeah.
00:44:25
Speaker
Right. Yeah. Yeah. Because that makes me think of that that chase scene where he comes in and then he's like he's like running. He's like, well, what am I doing? And then I don't know how he could like piece together that he's like he has a gun in his hand and he's running like I couldn't imagine like imagine popping into your body and you're just sprinting through a trailer park with a gun in your hand. And then there's like some other guy on like the other side of the
00:44:52
Speaker
The trailers running with you like what do you even piece together with that lake. It could be no context it could be some context i don't know if he had any context of what was going on.
00:45:06
Speaker
he would at least know who that guy was and like why he was running. But like, it felt like he just had no context to what was going on. He just pops in. Why are you running? Why are you running? Yeah. Exactly. Like in that context, like you'd continuously be looking over at the guy chasing you with a gun and constantly reminding yourself within that reset time. So like you shouldn't forget it during the chase.
00:45:33
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. It makes me wonder if his mind resets as soon as he starts thinking about something else. Because remember that one time when he was trying to remember what Natalie just said and he was trying to look for a pen, he was so focused on trying to find a pen while also remembering what just happened that he completely forgot about what just happened.
00:45:58
Speaker
Yeah. You know, it's cause he wasn't like actually in the moment thinking about like the thing that is happening. I guess. Yeah. I got onto a different thought and he was hyper focused on finding the pen so he could write down exactly what, yeah.
Significance of Leonard's Tattoos
00:46:13
Speaker
Oh my God. Yeah. Layers, layers. Like you said, Eric, like, ah, I can't. He's also just an ADD. So he just looks over at something else and he's like, wait, what am I doing? Yeah. I do that all the time though.
00:46:28
Speaker
Well, and also like kind of about the tattoos and the reminders for himself. Speaking of that, like the reveal at first, like when you do see all those tattoos on his body and the notes, it's really sad, especially learning of his wife's fate and why he's on this mission. Yeah. Just that written across his chest. And it's like the most prominent thing. And it's just like your, your heart really sinks. It's like, Oh, all right.
00:46:58
Speaker
Imagine being that prostitute though, and you're sleeping with him and, or I don't know, you're in the dark, you hook up with this guy, Leonard, and then all of a sudden you wake up and he's got this tattoo across his chest. John G raped and murdered my wife. Oh yeah.
00:47:17
Speaker
Yeah, I thought about that. Kill him, kill him all over your chest. This guy's some weird shit, man. Yeah, this guy's up to something no good. Yeah. I mean, what would be your excuse be if somebody asked about the tattoos, be like.
00:47:33
Speaker
I don't even think you could tell. I don't know. Ahoy, matey. Ahoy, matey. It's like, where's your anchor tattoo? It's like, oh, I'm working on it. Oh, also like a scene we haven't really touched on yet. When Leonard first meets Natalie in the cafe, like in the colored, going backwards.
00:48:01
Speaker
you know, and she does have that like bruise on her lip, bruise on her eye, the cut. Like I'm really happy that like usually stories that aren't fully cooked like this with people with mental health stuff going on and like memory loss, something like that. They're always just that confused person in the room and don't have too much
00:48:27
Speaker
depth to that. Does that kind of make sense? It does. But like, Leonard talking to Natalie, he had some very insightful and wonderful quotes, actually, that I really latched on to and like, kind of just held on to my heart, you know? There's some really good quotes in this.
00:48:49
Speaker
Like there are the ones where he's like, your actions don't just disappear because you forget them. Yes. Yes. That's what I have written down in my notes. Thank you. Yeah. That really good, insightful quotes actually. And like they all stem from him going through his situation right now. So that's what I also appreciate. They're not just random quotes. It's like, yeah, well.
00:49:13
Speaker
You know, what would you say and think if you were in Leonard's position with these memories and stuff, just, you know, slip in your mind. It just, it's a horrible situation and it probably makes you think and look inward more.
00:49:31
Speaker
Yeah, for those few minutes that you get, it's yeah, it's gotta be like its own special hell. Like they said they said it's very rare in the movie. I don't know what the actual cases in real life are. I know it is sort of like a real thing.
00:49:48
Speaker
Yeah, just I don't know. There's a bad Adam Sandler movie called like Fifty First Eights. Oh, yeah. Got like short term amnesia. That was actually pretty good. I love that movie to death. That is close to my heart. You want to like just stomp?
00:50:03
Speaker
on my heart again i know you love to do that andy but there's an ad and adam sandler movie called 50 first aids it exists i will say nothing about its goodness or badness you better not it touches on similar things of memory and uh they had like a videotape in that one that she had to like watch daily i think it was something like that yes daily the mental toll that like for daily that that took and
00:50:34
Speaker
I can't imagine only having a few minutes of memory. A few minutes, yeah. Instead of just at least one whole day, and then it resets from night to day. Yeah, at least it's a whole day. Yeah.
00:50:50
Speaker
That's a great-ass movie, Andy. I don't know what the hell you're talking about. It brings up my last thing for his, I guess, not really like plot holes. I'm sure it is explained somewhere, but like what the actual time of reset is. I think it's somewhere around a few minutes, but it feels like there's some conversations that go on a while with him being fine. And then there's somewhere it's like he forgets mid conversation.
00:51:19
Speaker
So I kept wondering throughout this movie, I'm like, where do I stop the timer? Like, when is he going to forget? Yeah. Yeah. Good. Good point. And I think that's okay. So I think that's when we jump to another scene is when he forgets, if that makes sense, usually, except that one, uh, that one scene with Natalie.
00:51:44
Speaker
Only because to give reference to, cause we've already seen that scene before. It was showing what happened and what led into it. Yep. Yep. Yeah. So when that happens, that's, that's when, you know, he's like, he forgets all everything that happened in that scene.
00:52:00
Speaker
What I also wanted to add that I usually really like little intricate details about a film that really like if they add to the story and aren't so random and out there. So with the little nods.
00:52:15
Speaker
to Leonard's condition, like forgetting how the door to the discount in opens when he's probably been there so many times already. It's like, I picked that up, especially on my second watch. And that's why I'm saying the second watch is pretty rewarding when you notice little details like that. And I usually appreciate a movie.
00:52:33
Speaker
for being able to be rewatchable, pick up new points, perspectives. So yeah, just those little details. And I think he tried to push it in when it's supposed to pull out or something like that. If I tried to pull when it was a push door or something. I thought that was a little good bit of comedy too.
00:52:51
Speaker
That yeah, comedy and it's like, Oh, that makes sense because he doesn't know the correct way. He wouldn't just be like automatic, like, uh, mindlessly thinking. Okay. Yeah. Push it in or, you know, pull it out. It's one of those little things where you don't realize how many corrections you make in your life of like learning from things, even just the smallest things repetition. Yeah. You would continuously do things wrong for the rest of your life is Leonard.
00:53:22
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely. Also, like I wanted to touch on Sammy, obviously, because it is a big, it's a big point, even though it's a little like, he's Sammy's a side character, he doesn't talk much in the movie, but his presence is really felt with Leonard, our narrator and the person we're following, he keeps going back to that point before the incident happened.
Sammy Jenkins' Emotional Impact
00:53:48
Speaker
and that he still feels guilty about it. That's why I said Leonard has made mistakes and isn't a perfect protagonist.
00:53:57
Speaker
And it's really sad. It's actually a meaningful story plot device to have Sammy in there. And I love those ironic moments when a character goes through something that they've already kind of crossed paths with. He crossed paths with a condition of the mind that Sammy had. And now Leonard's in the same situation and Leonard really
00:54:28
Speaker
He did affect Sammy and his wife, you know? I mean, yeah, you can almost say like directly led to the outcome that came out there because he instilled that doubt in his wife's mind that Sammy could remember if Bush hard enough.
00:54:49
Speaker
Exactly. If he would have said one different thing to her in their little meeting before her going home and you know, what happened happened could have been different. Yeah. And like that's that is in Leonard's hands. He could have been that authoritative figure that could have told her a better thing, right? And it wouldn't have led to this fateful
00:55:18
Speaker
situation and I mean wasn't it so sad guys like it was kind of a creative I don't want to say creative like in such a cool and awesome way it was creative in a sad devastating way how how like his wife had him
00:55:42
Speaker
put her shots in her how many times just to see, just to prove to herself because of that doubt. That was so sad. Yeah. And Sammy literally killing his wife without any knowledge that he was doing that. Yeah. Didn't mean to at all. And she knew what was happening. And it's just, Oh, it's heartbreaking. Actually a little like heartbreaking scene there. It is.
00:56:12
Speaker
One thing I found interesting too is that what he told her was technically true. Well, not technically true. Okay. Let me explain why I'm thinking of this technicality. So he like was talking about this test that they were doing on Sammy, right? Where he, they were picking up the.
00:56:37
Speaker
the middle objects and one of them was electrified. Yep. And he would pick up the electrified one every time, assuming that his instincts would kick in to not pick up that one. But then if, if his memory was actually wiping, he would, you know, he would pick up that thing every time if he was told to pick them all up. So.
00:57:04
Speaker
Here's the thing. And then when he told her, he's like, he should be physically capable of recovering his, or wait, he should be something physical, right? He should be physically able, forming new memories. Yeah. He should be physically capable of forming new memories. But then he said what his condition was, it wasn't physical. It was psychological. Yeah. Yeah. So. I mean, what he's saying is like, he physically should be able to, but he,
00:57:34
Speaker
wasn't psychologically able to, if that makes sense. It probably doesn't even make sense because like physical and psychological are like kind of one in the same in most aspects anyways. So. I see what you mean though. Like there's nothing wrong with the pink mushy stuff in his head. There's something wrong with, you know, more microscopic level of everything going on in there.
00:57:57
Speaker
Right. Yeah, because everything like he has a healthy brain other than his just like ability to form new memories. So I don't know. Definitely. Yeah. Just wanted to touch on Sammy like a little bit there. So like, thank you guys for your input there. Yeah. Yeah. Because the best line in the movie is like, test this, you fucking quack.
00:58:25
Speaker
Okay. Since you said a quote from Sammy, a funny one, I want to go with a heartbreaking quote from Leonard. And, uh, do you guys remember when he said, how am I supposed to heal when I can't feel time? Yeah. Like time heals all wounds. That really hits. That's a really good line. It is. He's basically real reliving right after he finds out his wife died every time.
00:58:52
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, like he can't ever heal from that. That's like just such a sad fate to be in that cycle. You know, and also like I never thought a movie or story could do this working backwards way of structuring a story it's seamless and you can follow along for the most part like I would like we've discussed it is complex and complicated and like layered but for the most part you can kind of follow along like Oh, okay, this
00:59:23
Speaker
point, the color works to the black and white part and they meet in the middle. And that's where our ending is. Right. But like, yeah, it's very hard to wrap your mind around it because we're always so used to stories moving forward, you know, and just kind of just progressing from there.
00:59:42
Speaker
Yeah, I think even, uh, like, like you say, if, if you're not fully comprehending all the backwards stuff in this movie, I think it's still a really enjoyable watch. Uh, obviously it's much heightened to the great movie status with picking up all the pieces and putting it together. But, uh, I think you still get enough of it watching through, even if you're confused. Definitely. Yeah. Agreed.
01:00:10
Speaker
And well, now like kind of get into the ending, I suppose, which is the middle of the movie, pretty confusing. But like by the time it gets a couple scenes in, you're really curious, like with the black and white structure, who the hell is on the other end of that phone?
01:00:31
Speaker
I was just gonna bring that up. So I like the little reveal of the never answer the phone, new tattoo, just as he's on the phone. He's like, oh, I gotta hang it up. But I'm like, if it's Teddy that's fucking with him, why do you hang up? Like, doesn't Teddy have that relationship enough where he should just tell him that it's him? Like Leonard wouldn't know. You think so, but he doesn't trust anybody.
01:00:58
Speaker
but that's because of anybody because if he doesn't know them actually then he can't trust them but he doesn't really know anybody but he's always like he's reading people's faces as if he's met them before but he doesn't know anything about them so
01:01:18
Speaker
And he knows he could be easily manipulated too. And he tries his best to not be manipulated, but it, you know, it ends up happening, unfortunately. There's not much you can do about it. But I think that's why.
01:01:31
Speaker
Yeah, I just was a little confused about that why he hung up, because I thought Teddy was the one instilling him to not trust anyone. So I wondered why Teddy would also like, be fucking with him on the phone, or if it was actually another cop like Teddy was saying. But I think it was the one one and the same. It's just Teddy messing with him. Yeah, yeah. And
01:01:54
Speaker
then, you know, leading to Leonard's kind of memory and revealing of that night when his wife is murdered and
Revelation of Leonard's Wife's Murder
01:02:03
Speaker
raped. Wow, that was a harrowing sequence, really, because we just got those peaks of him waking up and there's noise in the house and it always cuts before
01:02:17
Speaker
really revealing the result. And it's, it's very sad. And I'm glad that was saved towards the end when more things are becoming more clear to us. Cause it's just kind of like clearing it up for the audience too. Like with, with that aspect of the story and it was done very well.
01:02:41
Speaker
Yeah. One, one thing I've seen said very well online is you just do not want to be a wife in a Christopher Nolan film. Yes. He has a thing with dead wives. Yeah. Especially dealing like with inception. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely.
01:03:02
Speaker
So yeah, this is an amazing movie and a high recommend for anyone that gets the chance to go, go see it. It holds up really well still today. Yeah, it does. Yeah. And that is Memento. Do you remember anything we just said? I'd replay it every 30 seconds or so, but yeah.
01:03:25
Speaker
Did I say anything of importance or like? I think we were talking about a movie. Today, we're covering Memento, released in 2001. Oh, right. Yeah, we haven't started yet. Okay. Why is the name Sammy familiar? Hello, this is Hazardous Opinions. I'm Eric with my co-hosts, Hunter.
01:03:50
Speaker
Hey, everyone. Andy. Hello. And today we're covering Memento from 2001. All right. So let's get right into it, guys. Yeah. So I think we were like doing now playing or something like that. What have you guys been watching lately? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. If I can remember what I've seen in the past couple of days.
01:04:19
Speaker
So I'll just have one recommend for now. I'd say I checked out. So to preface this, horror movies are always in season for me, guys. Audience members will learn about this and so will you, Andy and Eric, but
01:04:37
Speaker
Yeah, horror movies are one of my favorites to watch all year long. And I just checked out a new horror movie that just came on Prime. It's from 2023. I can't really pin down when it released or why I'm just hearing of it now and seeing it on Prime. Because I don't know if it's a Prime original. I don't think it was. But Dead Harvest,
01:05:04
Speaker
No, wait, wait, sorry, not dead harvest. I always see my memory's gone guys. No, it is. Dark harvest. Yes. And I'll sum up the plot. It's, it's a monster movie, not a slasher. Like, uh, maybe the poster would indicate, but yeah, it's more of a monster movie and it's set in the fifties.
01:05:32
Speaker
And there's a deadly annual ritual that has a mythical nightmare of a creature come out of a cornfield of a small town. Every year at the same time, I can't remember if it's Halloween, but it's a certain day. And the creature is called Sawtooth Jack. And all the boys in the town, all the high school boys,
01:06:00
Speaker
they are set to track down the Sawtooth Jack and murder him before the clock strikes midnight and before he gets to the church like before that time. The church like the only church in their town. If he makes if Sawtooth Jack makes it to the church in like the middle of town or wherever it is then
01:06:26
Speaker
Really bad things happen to the town. So the last time it happened, it kind of gets brought up, but like years ago and years ago, it happened where sawtooth Jack made it to the church and they were late on killing sawtooth Jack. There was a huge dust storm that plagued the town. The crops were bad, even though they usually have amazing crops. So yeah.
01:06:54
Speaker
whoever, whichever boy is the winner, they get a shit ton of money and they get to like leave town. So that's, that's all I'm going to say about it. All right.
01:07:07
Speaker
Intrigued. It's a very intriguing, interesting movie, actually. It was very surprising for me. And I love when that happens because I looked at it and I saw that reviews weren't amazing, but they weren't terrible. So I'm like, okay, let me check this out. And actually like, it just really surprised me and that you always love to see that, right? Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, that's, that's all I have. So check it out guys. Yeah. Very nice. Free on Prime.
01:07:35
Speaker
I'm going to tell you guys about another Guy Pearce film that I've been watching lately called LA Confidential. It's a movie back from 97 and it's got a lot of my favorite actors like Russell Crowe and Kevin Spacey and a little bit of Danny DeVito in there as well.
01:07:55
Speaker
great movie Guy Pearce is a little bit of a like uptight lieutenant at a police station and Kevin Spacey is also kind of like a
01:08:10
Speaker
another policeman but uh it follows Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, and Russell Crowe kind of like as our main characters all following this one trail of crime and corruption within their police department and stuff and they all have very different ways of of dealing with crime uh Guy Pearce in the movie is very like uptight hard following the rules kind of guy and yeah this is
01:08:37
Speaker
Really good crime movie, uh, little long. I think the first hours will slow, but like last half hour of the movie is amazing and makes it worth your time. So if you want a good, uh, nineties cop film, it's it's top one. Really good crime movie. I agree. And I watched it about like a year or two ago. Yep. Really liked it a lot.
01:09:03
Speaker
Yeah, good pick. All right. I might have to rewatch that honestly, after hearing you talk about it again too. It was good. I was late to the game. I only saw it recently this year. I know. Yeah. I feel like I was late to the game because it was on my top 100 movies poster that I've mentioned to you guys before. And I'm like, okay. Yeah. Like I like quite a bit of these actors, actresses, and, and I love, you know, crime, noir type. So like, let's go. And yeah, it fulfilled my expectations.
01:09:33
Speaker
What you got, Eric? I have another horror movie that I seen recently. It's called Talk to Me. I think it's one of the latest horror films in that like A24 vein. But yeah, it's a movie about like this
01:09:55
Speaker
hand that's been like, ceramified. And when people grab it, they see dead people. And it first appears in like this high school party that everybody's just like messing around with it, but they end up messing around with it a little too much. And it gets a little, a little crazy after that. And yeah.
01:10:26
Speaker
Pretty spooky. Okay. Yeah. This one on my list for awhile. And I think I did mention it on one of our episodes. I can't remember which episode it was, but I, I think, like, what did you think about it, Eric? I liked it. I mean, it was, uh, it was a little off-putting at first with how cavalier everybody was acting towards this.
01:10:56
Speaker
Obviously terrifying experience that some people were having But uh, then like yeah, I I thought it was cool the way they they told like the Like the how like the demon possession it had like some exorcist vibes in it in that aspect I guess so I don't know. Have you seen it? I
01:11:22
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Yes, yep, that's why I mentioned it in one of our pods because a couple buddies of mine and myself, we went to it at the Grand here in town. And I was really, really looking forward to it. And I do respect a lot of A24 films. And I was excited to hear about like these new up and comers, the directors that did this, the pair, the pair of directors and
01:11:50
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I believe they used to make really good YouTube videos, and then they wanted to become filmmakers, they started to do this, and they're from Australia or New Zealand.
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01:12:04
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Don't quote me on which one, but one of them. And I was just really excited that somebody new was coming into the horror game like that, and especially an A24 film. I'm glad A24 gives people chances.
01:12:21
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All that being said, I want to say I half liked it, half didn't like it. Okay. There's a lot of good aspects. It was really freaky when the freaky shit was going on.
01:12:36
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At the same time, I feel like they could have capitalized more on the scares, especially with a story like this. I was kind of just left a little empty and I felt like I have felt during movies that were supposed to be scary, but they were like really let me down and didn't like make me feel anything. But like some of the sequences were top tier, very good. Some of them were not. I felt like it was,
01:13:06
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Just there's more potential left on the floor. And especially the characters. I didn't grab onto any character. Uh, I like to do that in horror movies. So we have somebody to root for whether the horror movie totally throws our expectations out the window and kills that person. Or if they do live, like most horror movie, like protagonists that you're rooting for go through, you know, and do, but yeah.
01:13:35
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The main character, I think her name was Mia. Yeah. Right. It's not the actress's fault. I really enjoyed the actress. She killed it, but the writing I was disappointed with. She was annoying to me. Oh, like I'm sorry to be that blunt. I usually am not. It just, uh, it really irked me. I don't know if that was the writer's intention or not.
01:14:02
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but I think she was like more of a gray area type character yeah there was things that I didn't like about her was I mean like but then again she was the main character obviously she didn't deserve anything that happened to her yeah that happened to her so
01:14:23
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I mean, I guess there's that, but yeah, I can see where you're coming from, but you know, I mean, either way, it's like, I thought it was a pretty, pretty good, like overall, like it's, it's not like the, the scariest horror movie.
01:14:40
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I've ever seen by any means, but like I thought it was like a good watch. Sure, sure. Yeah, no, quite a bit of it was creative. But yeah, I was just I was left wanting more. And even the buddies that came with me to the movie said the same thing. Actually, they had
01:14:58
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lesser opinions on it even than I did. They were just disappointed. They thought some of it was freaky. They said the same thing, like the story. Just didn't connect with them a lot.
01:15:14
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Yeah, and I was right with you too. I was super excited about this movie before it came out. I ended up not seeing it until later on, until recently even, you know what I mean? Because it came out last year. I remember it was in my head because
01:15:37
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A friend of mine was like really hype about it. It's like, oh man, this new movie's coming out. Yeah. Cold Talk to me is by A24. And I'm like, oh man, I got put that on my watch list. And I put it on there. I didn't see it when it came out. But then I saw it recently. And yeah, there's definitely, I think it was the hype that really, really
01:15:59
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Like if you're not like super hyped about it, you'd probably enjoy it more. I mean, that's what I'm trying to say. I think the hype kind of killed it.
01:16:07
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I think hearing from everybody because it was a couple of weeks in when we did go to it in theaters, it wasn't right away. So yeah, seeing all that buzz around it, maybe it did affect me. I don't know. And I try not to watch trailers anymore because I feel like, especially in the horror genre, the trailers give too much away of the story. Don't like it. I want to go in fresh, ready to go.
01:16:36
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And it sucks to me because I wish trailers...
01:16:40
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like didn't we talk about trailers the other day where they should just like show like what we did? Yes, like one major scene to just hook the audience, be done with it. Just a teaser trailer, that's it. Like something to lock the audiences in and like make them excited, that's it. Don't show the whole, like basically the whole thing. It's just those special movies like if you guys remember,
01:17:07
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infinity war endgame those trailers didn't give like the second half of the movie away really at all infinity war was enough of a trailer for endgame yeah yeah yeah definitely yeah i just i almost wish i could be a trailer person to just fix this shit
01:17:29
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Right? Yeah, we need to have a new standard. It's like you got to have them way shorter and just popularize teaser trailers. That's pretty much all you need, right? Yeah, I get an idea of what the what the hell you're getting into. And that's pretty much it. Yeah, you can make just really one good sequence be done with it. Don't flip through the whole movie, please. Yeah, exactly. You know, yeah, I'll usually just watch the teasers. I don't like the full trailers.
01:17:59
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Yep, exactly. I am with you. That Deadpool 2 trailer during the Super Bowl, that's definitely enough. That's enough. Mm-hmm. But yeah, we're gonna wrap up here because we got some Dune to watch today. We do. Yep. Dune Part 2, let's go!
01:18:19
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But if you guys want to join us next time, we're going to be covering some more horror movies because we are horror fanatics. So this one's my pick and I want to cover classics. So we're going back to Alien, the original from 79. Very excited to cover that. A sci-fi movie we can all three agree on.
01:18:38
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Chest bursers and face huggers. Here we go. Let's go. So disturbing shit. Uh, if you guys like horror movies or you guys just like movies in general, uh, you should hit us up on Instagram, discord, or even email if that's your preferred method of communication.
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01:19:27
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Alrighty, we will see you guys next time on the Enos Dromo. Yeah, see you next time, or whenever I see you again. If I remember who you are. Maybe we'll come out with another episode if we remember to record, but sometimes I don't know what I'm doing. Exactly. Yeah. Do I know you? I kind of can place your voice. Remind me, your name? I'm Teddy.
01:20:02
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Thank you everyone! See you next time! Bye!