Quotes by Leornard Shelby: (Guy Pearce; he did brilliant in this movie <3)1) Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts. [couldn't have put it better myself]
2)I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my actions still have meaning, even if I can't remember them. I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. Do I believe the world's still there? Is it still out there? … Yeah. We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. I'm no different … now … where was I? [nice end. A moment of self knowledge and self realisation..and that memory wiped clean once again. Really,are we so sure that this guy is different from us?]
3) I don't even know how long she's been gone. It's like I've woken up in bed and she's not here … because she's gone to the bathroom or something. But somehow, I know she's never gonna come back to bed. If I could just … reach over and touch … her side of the bed, I would know that it was cold, but I can't. I know I can't have her back … but I don't want to wake up in the morning, thinking she's still here. I lie here not knowing … how long I've been alone. So how … how can I heal? How am I supposed to heal if I can't … feel time? [ this line hits me whenever it comes in the movie..the lines are painful on paper themselves.]
4) There are things you know for sure.I know what that's going to sound like when I knock on it. I know that's what going to feel like when I pick it up. See? Certainties. It's the kind of memory that you take for granted. [Touche']
"So you lie to yourself to be happy. There's nothing wrong with that. We all do it."-Teddy Gammell.
The memento as far as I'm concerned, was a great movie... ppl here(Infy) with sadly limited intellects, fail to see the beauty behind the plot... their horribly non-undulated brains fail to capture the essence...
ReplyDeleteBut taking nothing away from Guy, dude, can you brush your teeth the next time you're out doing a movie??
exactly,anyone who fails to see the beauty of memento's plot loses brownie points from me. :D
ReplyDeletebut it makes you wonder on a lotta questions :
ReplyDeleteUltimately,is Leonard's character a really a victim manipulated by others taking advantage of his condition? Or despite having a condition,he actually tried to do things about his situation?
How far do well go to deceive ourselves and live a lie to cope with our grief? Everyone has moments of self realisation..but like him,we forget abt it or we often put it in the back of our mind and do nothing about it. Man' the lines in the movie...brilliant,I tell you.
And yes, certainties are the kind of things you take for granted :)
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