One of the things that made this movie unique and unlike anything I have seen was the fact that it was in both black and white. The black and white series shows the events in chronological order, and then they show the other parts in color, which shows the story in reverse order which makes the movie somewhat confusing right away but as the movie went on, this made more and more sense and it started to piece together the bits and pieces of the movie to make sense. I thought that this made the movie very interesting to watch and added a very interesting twist to the movie. I didn't find color or black and white to have a difference in watching, the only reason I would have said I liked color more, is because of the way I could piece together the content as flash backs. I really enjoyed the way that this film not only used black and white, but the way they used it so that you were able to tell have was chronological and what was in reversed order.
The other thing that made this movie great was the script, like I stated earlier, I thought it made this movie that much better the way the script made you believe one thing all along, and then the way it goes in reverse order to make you agree with the main character, Leonard, and then at the very end the way the script flips in the end of the movie and how you really find out how things happen.
The setting in this story also plays a part, it may be a small one, but it still is a part. The way the story took place in somewhat of a rundown slum hotel so that they can kind of mess with you with the way the person at the front desk checks him in in multiple rooms. It kind of makes you think.
The point of view in this movie played a significant roll, because they showed the entire film in the perspective of Leonard, the man who you find out is actually the insane one, who made up the characters like Sammy. They make you think that Leonard is the innocent one who is just being as honest as he can to help his situation but in the end he is the one lying to himself and creating a puzzle that he couldn't solve. The director also makes you focus on the right points to try and subtly persuade you that he is the good guy until the very end, and in this movie he does a great job to help you focus on the points that you need too in order to persuade you in that way.
The author does a great job in creating depth in this movie. He does this by creating several characters that could potentially be the people who "murdered his wife," from Jimmy, to Teddy, and Dodd, and then the way the story led me on, the story started to make Natalie seem like a not so great person and then I really wasn't sure who to expect. Then how he talks on the phone to an unknown person who you really aren't sure who it is until you see on his arm that he shouldn't be talking to anyone over the phone.
As far as the camera work goes in this movie, I thought the director used several different techniques to help serve the purpose they set out to. First they not only used the black and white and color technique, but also just the way he would have the random flashbacks of his wife on the ground and the night of the accident.
I also thought the thing that threw me for a loop was the way that Leonard made up that character Sammy, and how his wife was actually the one that tested him because she didn't understand his condition and he was the one who ended up killing her.
The transitions in this movie were also very important, and the way they cut out from each scene with a flash back and in the beginning they seemed kind of confusing but by the middle of the movie it was all tying together, and the fact that this movie was in descending order, made the transitions that much better.
In the end aside from my opinion of this movie, even when I break it down, this movie makes even more sense and it is one of my favorite movies.
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