Never Cinever

  ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator, is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife (Jorja Fox) with the help of Teddy (Joe Pantoliano) and Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss). However, Leonard suffers from anterograde amnesia, meaning he has short-term memory loss and cannot remember anything from after the accident. Therefore, he completely relies on Polaroids he's taken and the tattoo memos covering his body. Spoilers ahead. I honestly think I need to watch this movie a few more times just to properly process anything. Christopher Nolan's 2000 neo-noir directorial breakout film, Memento (based on Christopher Nolan's brother Jonathan's short story Memento Mori), absolutely lives up to the hype I've always seen about it. And yes, this was the first time I've ever seen it. I figured it was an obligatory watch for anybody who loves cinema (which, mind you, it absolutely is). I knew the basic summary and a few actors and that...