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BEG4MPG (Saturday 15th of November 2008 03:04:18 PM)

illness is like the mob in this movie with all the kills it has

SaintMOVIES (Friday 14th of November 2008 11:05:03 PM)

i can't believe i get it. at least i think i do. the last scence of the movie gave it away. he told himself to look for john G. who was teddy. teddy wasn't even the killer but he made his own self believe that he was the killer. so therefore sammy jenkis was not real, he just made himself believe that he was real. he was really sammy jenkis. he made himself go on a wild goose chase to make himself find the killer of his wife. he didn't want to remember the truth. he was the one who killed her.

shackelfrdace69 (Tuesday 18th of November 2008 04:19:46 PM)

no, he already killed the killer of his wife.. teddy said it in the end (or beginning) but he didn't want to live without a sense of purpose or drive.. that's why he lied to himself

d0cToRaRoN (Friday 21st of November 2008 11:07:55 PM)

lenoard killed his own wife, they both survived the attack the killed the guy that attacked them but he lied to himself to believe that the criminals did it.

DoctorFist (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 08:18:04 PM)

i think in the end of the movie where you see the picture teddy took of lenny after he "did it", there's some definite proof you can believe that lenny accomplished something, probably getting revenge (since there aren't many other goals on his mind). He was even pointing to the area on his chest where in his flashbacks he tattooed "i did it" - I think this refers to solving the crime rather than being the criminal (i don't think he'd kill his wife) remember- for sammy his wife committed suicide

DoctorFist (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 08:21:44 PM)

But its also confusing to tell whether teddy is telling the truth or lying in the end. BUT I've noticed that there is this stretch of dialogue where it seems that Teddy just lets go of his manipulation schemes and tells him the truth (including the picture part). So I think Teddy is right...Lenny did get revenge, but he wouldn't believe it after the fact (Teddy was sure it would stick). Then teddy went wrong by controlling him, and received justice for all the people he got lenny to kill.

DoctorFist (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 08:27:23 PM)

But now I'm having trouble summing up the whole "moral" of the story with the ending line..we all need mirrors to remind ourselves of who we are. What was the point of the movie? Maybe to show how people don't realize what they've become until its too late (jail?) . I'm not sure..but I'll definately wonder about that & watch memento again, one of the best movies ever made! GO christopher nolan!!!

DoctorFist (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 08:33:24 PM)

wait a minute! It could be: while Lenny has lost his memory of physical events, he has a constant awareness of what he is doing and the kind of person he wants to be. For other people, it may be the reverse - they forget who they are for power (control of lenny?) which is much worse than anterior grade memory loss, because they can become evil in their lust for control/money (teddy?). So really Lenny has the advantage of knowing himself

ultima118 (Sunday 9th of November 2008 12:04:34 PM)

The only thing i didn't understand about the movie is how come he knows his has this memory disorder cause clearly he was diagnosed after he got it, and then shouldn't he forget he has it or i guess he just logically creates the idea each time that he has it.

213Rugrat13 (Thursday 16th of October 2008 07:26:39 PM)

yeah i watched it a few times as well to make sure i had it right.