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Memento: Best Film of the Year (1 Viewer)

Tom-G

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This year has been bereft of movies in the category of great--Memento--included, however it was a very good film and probably right up there with A.I. if I were to make a list of best films of the year.
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I'm guessing this is the type of movie that will likely make more money in video release than it did in the theaters.
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It is too early to call Memento best film of the year as I expect good things to come out around Oscar time (The Royal Tenenbaums?)...and as for best film in the past 2 years? That is insane. I would rank Requiem For A Dream, Almost Famous, Wonder Boys and others before Memento. Don't get me wrong, I did like Memento. I do have a problem with it being a single gimmick turned into a movie, but other than that it was quite solid.
 

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Lawrence, there is a pretty sizable slate of Oscar-caliber movies due to come out between now and the end of the year. Although he is often overlooked by the Academy, Martin Scorsese will have another great movie in Gangs of New York.
That is one film I can foresee being better than Memento (not to take anything away from Memento--A fine film it is).
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I purchased the Memento dvd without having seen the movie previously. I must say that for once, I wasn't disappointed in doing so! It's a great movie and hopefully it'll garner at least a Best Picture nomination...
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I hope this movie gets some Oscar recognition. Memento totally deserves it.
 

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This is what I liked most about memento: During the first half hour or so, I was so totally confused I am not even sure I got the structure of the movie then. At the beguining of each segment I was totally clueless, I had to try to realise what was going on, situate the character in time and space... And then came the realisation that this guy goes through these feelings almost every minute of every day!!!
To be able to feel a character so accurately is pretty much unprecedented for me.
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Momento is easily the best movie of 2001, but unfortunatly its lack luster box office performance will cause the MPAA to overlook yet another fantastic film for a best picutre nod. Well I hope that changes this year.
Well, how much money has it made? It's a limited release film that I saw early this year...and it's still playing in the same theaters that it was in back when I first saw it. It ain't making Titanic's grosses but I can't imagine that it would be sticking around like this if it wasn't making money.
 

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quote: Momento is easily the best movie of 2001, but unfortunatly its lack luster box office performance will cause the MPAA to overlook yet another fantastic film for a best picutre nod[/quote]
A strong box office performance isn't always a prequisite for the Academy to recognize a movie. If a movie (or an actor) is the "flavor of the month" the chances of a nomination increase significantly.
In 1999, The Phantom Menace had a huge box office cume and had superior sound and visual effects to The Matrix yet the latter snagged the awards in both of those categories. Why? Because The Matrix was the in-thing (although it did have good sound and decent special effects).
Look at Julia Roberts win last year. Did she win because she was truly better than the other actresses who were nominated? Nope. Actually, she should not have even been nominated, but she ended up with the trophy because she was the in thing.
If not on its own merit, Memento should be nominated based on default. There has been almost nothing but dreck in the theaters this year. I'm pretty sure this movie was well received by the critics, so we may not be disappointed in seeing a good movie being rewarded.
[Edited last by Tom_G on September 08, 2001 at 08:54 AM]
 

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Tom G while the Phantom Menace had special effects which were highly technical the effects all looked like crud. The CGI was too cartoonish for a star wars movie.
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quote: Tom G while the Phantom Menace had special effects which were highly technical the effects all looked like crud. The CGI was too cartoonish for a star wars movie.[/quote]
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I don't believe I need to say anything else.
[Edited last by Tom_G on September 09, 2001 at 09:20 PM]
 

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