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.
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.
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.
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.)
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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 😮😮!
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.
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
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
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...?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
@@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.
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.
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!
@@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.
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.
@@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???
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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.
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.
@@cgbleak You both pretty much have the same points about the film's narrative except you differ on what "device" means.
It is the most brilliant device 😅
@@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.
Perfect brain twister for these two..👍
oh boy, and it truly was!
@@MJoy4Fun
Ah, you guys are always up to the task! 😉
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.
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?
I love this movie. Perfectly written and acted.
was mind-wrecking thing!
One of the best psychological thrillers ever made!
hands down!
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.)
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
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
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.
If this was told in chronological order, there would be no surprise ending.
it would look more like a horror movie instead
Imagine watching Se7en w/ the box scene at the very beginning.
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.
How many people has Lenny killed?
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.
those type of movies are the reason why i love cinematography!!!
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.
See this film again, now, quickly. You will appreciate the 2nd watching even more.
The best Christopher Nolan film by a long shot...
if you saw this movie in order it probably would still be good but the disorder adds another element. you should watch "the prestige"
we watched the prestige!
will be adding on youtube soon!
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.
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).
Man, you guys had such impressive theories and guesses!
thank youuuuu!
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.
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 😮😮!
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.
Second, actually. Check out "Following."
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
I have to rewatch the movie just to follow along with UA-cam reactions
With this movie, “game over” happens at the beginning.
i see what you did there.
There's actually a documentary, "The Man With The Seven Second Memory", about a man with a similar condition
oh that sounds like a ''must'' to watch!
thank you for the info!
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
haha nothing beats a godd sitting, some beer and watch random stuff on Netflix or whatever
but this movie deserves a re-watch!
This is the greatest movie of all time. Nothing is better.
was too good!!
This actor was in LA Confidential - it's a great movie that you guys haven't watched.
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...?
Such an amazing movie for a first time director!
This was Nolan's second film.
Love your reaction
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this is maybe my fav from nolan ! cheers from france guys, love your reactions !
Awesome! Thank you!
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.
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.
@@andreshernandez1180 Good point!
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My favorite movie
Great reaction.
Watch Chris Nolan's The Prestige!
Listening to you 2 talk about this movie reminded me of a funnier who done it called "Guns, Girls, and Gambling" you might like.
The name of the movie that you are trying to remember at 33:55 is Angel Heart.
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.
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.
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You really need to check out Oldboy (the Korean one). A masterpiece.
Nice!
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!_ 😄
Only one other John G, James G. And the point was to steal the money, not kill 'low life baddies'.
@@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").
@@jhornacek Not the way I see it. It's only one other one. It takes a lot of depravity to commit murder.
@@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.
@@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.
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Great reaction!
23:21 Did you miss it? If you don't know what I'm talking about, watch that scene again. Otherwise n/m.
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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.
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!
@@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.
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.
@@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???
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indeed!
Now wait ‘til you watch Tenet..
Besides the Batman movies, most of his movies have serious plot twists!
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Recommendation for you to react: The Hitcher (1986), good thriller
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My friend.... watch another serious movie..."Sardar udham".....
This movie shows the reality of... Imperialism... During 1920s...not saying better than Schlinder list....but
I can say that..this movie may be slow in the few scenes....but..... U r going to remember this movie for very very very long time......
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Now...where was I?
You guys should try a movie called falling down with Michael Douglas
good job calling him killing his own wife
14:03: Watching this with you guys was presh mems
Insomnia next please. No one has reacted to that.
Breaking Bad ??? 😥
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