Memento

At the beginning of Memento I was confused at what was going on, but after watching the entire movie, it's because the director tells the story from the end to beginning, which as the book explains, is also a temoral factor so in other words he does it backwards. Which, in some way is brilliant, because it keeps alot of things a mystery, and does not give things away to fast, which keeps the audience from getting bored. While watching this movie it seemed to have a subjective point of view overall, with some indirect-subjective veiwpoint, and then with a little objective point of veiw at certain times. This also kept me invested into the film while watching it, because it shows it in so many ways. The director also focused attention on the most significant objects throughtout the film, using movement, sharpness of focus, arrangement of people and objects, and foreground framing. Even after watching the entire movie I still feel that there are some things I missed, because the director lets the audience interpret things from right and wrong in this movie without ever giving up what the concrete answer is. This way individually we determine what the movie was trying to portray. This movie not only keeps you in suspense but it made me feel sorry for Leonard, because of what he had to go through, but losing his memory made it even worse to piece back together his life, and get revenge on the person that had ruined his life. The book explains that the main characters customs, moral attitudes, and codes of behavior are a big factor on the effects of conflicts or problems. I think this movie had a great intensity and passion about it, there were many different emotions I felt while watching it, because the director brought so many other elements into the film. If those elements would not have been in there it would have made the movie more boring, even though it had a great storyline. During all the different emotions that came up inthe movie the director controlled the intensity, direction, and diffusion of light, which creates spatial depth, delineate, convey emotional mood and atmosphere, and create dramatic effects. There is also high-key lighting and low-key lighting that creates different effects throughout the movie. It is crazy to think that all these little elements that they use can create such an effect on the viewer, without the viewer knowing it.