Memento

After watching Memento, It is now on my list of top ten movies of all time. This film stands out simply because of its never seen before way of beginning a film with the ending.( such as in the film Double Indemnity) Then the film brought the information of two story's involving the two main characters Leonard and Teddy and gave the viewers pieces of information to solve the case. I think this film was supposed to be left unsolved in a way because of Leonard's unique condition. Teddy ends up telling Leonard the truth, but the viewers have to question Teddy's honesty because of his motives in the past leading up to his revealing unanswered questions in Leonard's mind. In the end, I thought the lesson that the viewers were supposed to get out of it was that you should always try and find healthy motivation to help guide you through life.

Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly may have been one of the most random, confusing, and weird films I've ever seen. Mike Hammer plays the role of the dominate male trying to figure out and undue all the clues behind the murder of Cloris Leachman. Throughout the movie, Hammer finds himself seeking out random people for clues to this murder. In the end he is stuck with only one more clue, and that is the "Great Whatsit", a very weird, random box that is straight out of a scientific film.

Double Indeminity

A cheesy film is one thing, but a cheesy film that's interesting in another. I thought the film Double Indemnity was a interesting film that got the viewer thinking. There were many unique and surprising twists throughout the movie. Even thought Walter Neff was quit cheesy calling Phyllis Diestrichson "baby" constantly and lighting a match how no one else can do throughout the whole movie, I thought his acting was good for this movie. Also, I liked how the director began with the movie with the ending of the movie where Walter is talking on the phone to Keyes, this element of surprise gives the viewer information to think about throughout the whole film.

Groundhog day

Bill Murphy plays a successful weatherman(Phil) that dreads his Groundhog story in a little miserable town each year. However, after learning pretty much every little detail about that town by his unique way of living each day over, and over, and over again, Phil learns a lesson in life, and that's that he cant always be the hero, and he should just be himself and learn from his previous mistakes in life. An example of this is with the old man that Phil is trying to save, he is trying and trying to save him, but in the end, the old man has a destiny and Phil can't do anything about it. I thought this movie was pretty good, it had good comedy and in the end you learned what the big picture the director was trying to portray about Phil's life.