MEMENTO (2000) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION! 

Great reaction guys! You should do Memento next.

Still Christopher Nolan's best movie. The structure of the movie is still legendary in films. He's gone on to make more blockbuster big budget movies but this one has a realness and groundedness that makes it a masterpiece.

I love when he thinks he's chasing the guy then realized he's being chased lol

25:00 to 25:06 - I think you guys missed it. I gave a range so you can watch it carefully. As the doctor walks past Sammy, Leonard appears on screen for just a split-second. It's a "blink and you'll miss it" moment."

This is one of the greatest psychological thrillers ever made! You even have to watch this film over and over again to figure out what REALLY happened from the beginning.

Awesome reaction! This film's a full-blown masterpiece of brain-melting storytelling. And the genius of telling the story backwards is that WE are forced to experience everything EXACTLY the way Leonard does: with no knowledge of how we got there, and only vague clues to guide us. Nolan and his brother are geniuses for writing a story where all the "twists" happen at the very beginning - so we don't see them until the very end. :)

This is the only way they could have told this story. The only way we can really get into the mindset of Lenny is to not remember the things he doesn't remember. Like him, we don't remember what just happened because we haven't experienced it yet. Brilliant

The more times you watch the movie the better it gets. A masterpiece. And Leonard is Sammy. Great reaction. 👍

How I see it: Teddy is a dirty cop who helped Lenny track down and kill the man who attacked him and his wife. Lenny's wife survived the attack, but couldn't handle the memory loss, and she overdosed on insulan. Leonard still needed a purpose and Teddy would then use Leonard to kill drug dealers, until Natalie flipped things around on Teddy.

A key aspect of this film is mental conditioning. Which was brought up when Sammy was being tested via electric shocks to see if he can avoid them through instinct instead of memory. It's implied that Leonard was stuck in a mental institution after his wife's insulin overdose until Teddy gave him a purpose of vengeance. Through this purpose, Lenny eventually conditioned his mind to instinctively be aware of his memory problem w/o having to be reminded of it (like his wife probably had to constantly do for him). In addition, he also conditioned his mind to pretend that Sammy wasn't a scammer and had a diabetic wife in order to maintain the assumption that his own wife could've only died from the assault. For w/o the drive of vengeance, he wouldn't be able to condition himself and function independently. The reverse chronology of the colored sequences convey Leonard's memory problem since the viewer also doesn't know what came before each scene. The film actually ends around the middle of the timeline since the black & white scenes are the earliest in the narrative except for all the flashbacks. Please watch Christopher Nolan's The Prestige (2006).

Natalie doesn't just pin it on Dodd, she specifically goads Leonard into hitting her, so she can blame it on Dodd, because she knows it will help her manipulate him. But what's TRULY messed up is how, in a moment of anger, Leonard resolves to convince himself that Teddy is John G, not only knowing it isn't true, but knowing he'll forget that it isn't true. It makes you wonder if he's done it before. Or if he'll do it again.

Every reactor should have to view this movie to get a diploma and be certified. This will test your brain and is a brilliant example of story telling over action to captivate an audience. Key scene is Sammy in the mental hospital sitting in the wheel chair, just a couple frames as the nurse passes in front of the camera.

I thought this was a terrific movie, so thought provoking and intense. I think on the DVD special features it can be watched in chronological order. For another excellent movie staring Guy Pierce watch L.A. Confidential (1997). A fun movie with Guy Pierce is The adventures of Pricilla Queen of the Desert (1994).

What's really crazy about this film is what we STILL don't know. Anyone who's ever seen it could make their own sequel (or PREQUEL, depending on how you define the terms) in the same style, and it could potentially be ten times as disturbing. The possibilities are almost overwhelming.

One of my favorite details, beside the brief flash of Leonard replacing Sammy, is Guy Pierce subconciously readjusting "his" custom suit in every scene, as if he didn't know why it doesn't quite fit.

This film is genius. And your looks of confusion with the accompanying "what?!" and "WTF?!" comments make me smile. I came into the film the same way, I knew nothing about it at all. Now I recommend it to any film lover.

Memento is a fantastic movie. I watched it for the first time at university where I had to analyse it and do a whole report. Was so much fun. I love this movie. Thanks for watching it guys 😃

There was a limited edition DVD where one of the special features made the movie play in chronological order. I bought the regular edition DVD. When it was over, my old 5 disc change got stuck and scratched the hell out of it. I have only ever seen this once ND this is an immediate rewatch type of movie. Also check LA Confidential, also starring Guy Pierce.

To really appreciate Guy Pierce's acting talent check out both LA Confidential & The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Polar opposite movies LA being a film noir movie about corruption in the LA police department in the 50's. Priscilla is comedy about 3 drag queens traveling across Australia to a gig in the outback. The costumes in Priscilla are eye catching & unique to say the least & the soundtrack is an amazing compilation of music. 2 of my favorite movies. Thank you for honest reactions to the movies.

This is a bit crude of an explanation, but here goes. The assault on his wife led to a cognitive (mnemonic) break and her death, at his hands, led to another one (associative). The first break affects his 15-minute memory. The psychic trauma of the memory of her death, however, managed to survive the 15-minute condition because she effectively committed suicide through him, with all of the guilt connected with that. This event leads to a dissociative condition and the creation of "Sammy" as a figure to associate with what he can remember but cannot connect with himself. It's not one cognitive trauma he has suffered, it's two, but both manifesting in the black-and-white of the film. The movie never quite comes out and says it, but it pretty strongly suggests that after Leonard killed his wife's assailant, she could not bear living with Leonard in his condition anymore. Teddy was likely the detective investigating his wife's assault prior to her suicide-by-Lenny. Hence, his familiarity with everything, but with Teddy deciding to "channel" Leonard's condition to his own purposes.

been a while since I watched this gem. I think this film shows Nolan's genius work more than his other films. So good.

I stumbled across this movie by accident. I'd been out drinking for about 12 hours and when the pub closed I went to a 24hr supermarket (as I had a bad case of the munchies) and perused the DVD aisle for something to watch while eating (no RU-vid, Netflix or streaming services of any kind back then!). I picked up a handful of DVDs, including this one, and the woman on the checkout asked me how pissed (drunk) I was. Very was the answer, so she told me not to watch this until I could pay attention properly to it because she thought it was a great movie. I'm glad I listened to her and waited until I was sober as it's fantastic!

At 25:03 - for a SECOND, you catch a glimpse of Leonard in the institution. Teddy wasn’t lying. Note the soundtrack cuts when Teddy says “it was your wife who had diabetes!” I’ll never forget seeing this in the theater - it left me so disoriented driving home afterwards felt pretty challenging 😂

In one of the flashback pics where Leonard is looking at himself in the mirror, he already has a tattoo that says "I did it" When he's telling Sammy Jenkins' story about Sammy being in the nursing home, there's a flashcut revealing Leonard sitting in Sammy's seat.

Btw Sammy in the hospital has a small thing when a person walks in front of him, and after it Lenny appears in his place. So it most likely was Lenny=Sammy all along...

This is like clue for experts 😂 best quote of the video

I found that the 2nd viewing is key if you want to clear any questions up... because you already have the overarching plot in mind you can spot alot more of the clues scattered throughout. I remember people saying Inception was confusing... to those people I say good luck with Memento

When you can get Cypher and Trinity out of The Matrix and into a small budget film is a testament for great, high profile actors taking chances on a first-time director because of the great story. Fellas, you have to watch 'The Prestige', written by the Nolan brothers. It is a thrill ride for the mind, and thoroughly entertaining. Starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlet Johansson, Andy Serkis, Rebecca Hall, and David Bowie as 'Nikola Tesla'. It's one of those movies you must watch before you die, and a must watch if you want to be fooled.

You must get the dvd for this movie, literally the entire thing is set up backwards, from how you open it, to how the dvds sit, absolutely brilliant!

The movie's cool, because with the way it's presented (scenes in reverse order), at least the first time watching it, you're given, in a sense, the same condition as Leonard, not know what just happened before the present scene. Like yeah, when you're done seeing it all, you can put it together and make sense of it, but during that first time watching, it really kinda puts you in the protagonist's shoes in a very unique way.

This is an amazing movie. Nothing out there quite like it. So thrilled you guys got to experience it, and I loved watching you try to piece it together one scene reveal at a time! Great reaction guys!

Whenever people ask me for movie recommendations I *always* suggest Memento first. I don't give away any details about the story but I explain the structure of the film because that's more important. The first scene is the end of the story and the second scene is the beginning of the story. The film zigzags back and forth between the monochromatic first half and the colored second half with the monochromatic scenes going forward and the colored scenes going backward until the end of the film, which is the middle of the story, where the last monochromatic scene becomes the first colored scene. That explanation alone is enough to get people intrigued, confused and excited about Memento. I love watching RU-vid reactions to Memento because they are how I imagine my friends and coworkers seeing it!

Nolan isn’t known as a comedic director, but this movie has some great comedic moments. The voiceover is brilliant and Guy Pearce is amazing.

Teddy was using Lenny as an assassin, going after criminals that ordinary cops couldn't touch, but that Lenny could take out believing that they were responsible for his wife's death. Lenny decided to trick himself into killing Teddy to end the cycle so he wouldn't be used as an assassin for Teddy anymore.

Such an amazing movie. It’s so confusing at first I didn’t realize that the color scenes are in order and the black and white scenes are in reverse order

You guys looked shooked…lol

Well, he remembers he can't remember, thats a plus! 😂

YES! I recommended this movie just a few days ago, great job guys.

There was someone in the comments that tried to spoil The Sixth Sense for the twins a few months ago, apparently not realizing they watched it before uploading it. 🤣🤣🤣

Great reaction. You have to watch The Prestige. Nolan’s best imo, and also a great mindbending story.

Leonard isn't using the $200,000 (?) ash in the trunk of Jimmy's car - he doesn't remember that it's there. Teddy knows that it's there - when you rewatch the film you notice that Teddy is always trying to get the car away from Leonard - because he wants that money.

I love how most people watching this film go from liking Natalie, to hating her, and then (if they realize why she hates Leonard) sympathizing with her. What happened to Natalie? Her boyfriend, Jimmy, went off to do a drug deal with Teddy and never came back. This guy shows up at her bar wearing Jimmy's clothes and driving Jimmy's car, but has brain damage and has no idea what happened to Jimmy. So she thinks that either Teddy killed Jimmy and Leonard is somehow involved, or both Teddy and Leonard kill Jimmy. She has every reason to hate Leonard.

Hands down my favorite film of all time. Thanks for the reaction, gentlemen! Watch this one again sometime bc I guarantee there are some things you missed. ✌️☝❤

Such an amazing movie for a first time director!

I clicked very fast. This is the greatest movie of all time or at least in my humble opinion.

This movie is even better the second time you watch it, you'll see and understand things you've missed the first time

What an awesome movie to react to. My mind was well bent when I first watched it, and it's nice to see what my face looked like at the end, lol

This movie had the best DVD interaction. You had to play memory games to open up special features and or watch the movie in order since u watch the movie backwards. It was super hard I don't think I unlocked anything on it lol

Sammy Jenkins is Ned Ryerson from Groundhog Day

I just watched this for the first time the other day. My roommate likes to put on movies we've never seen before and this popped up on Tubi. And we both like Christopher Nolan's work. This movie blew my mind. If you guys liked this movie we also just watched Lucky Number Slevin. Another mind blower.

Lol The Dark Knight had plenty of investigation. That ballistics scene comes to mind.

The point of this movie is that this character, in relation to us, is limited in time, so that his 'lifespan' is around 15-30 minutes. Everything he knows about the past is through notes and pictures. This is exactly like us, where our direct memories are limited to a few decades, and all our memories of the far-past are contained in notes and pictures. So you think the character is static, that he can't change, or improve, no character development is possible. Right? Except the story shows you EXPLICIT character development in two written lines "Don't believe his lies." And "Fact 6: License plate ...." those notes change Lenny from a cold-blooded tool murdering at the whim of Officer Gammel, to a hero, who will avenge Jimmy Grants murder.

"You still question the answer that you were given." Right?!

"Can you imagine you're driving down the street and just forget where you're going?" Dude, I walk downstairs and forget what I walked down for. I don't even have memory loss, I'm just stupid

Just in case you weren't sure: Teddy himself was actually the corrupt cop that was involved in drug deals with Jimmy - and he had an appointment with Jimmy at the same time Leonard killed Jimmy. This can only mean one thing: Teddy manipulated Leonard into killing Jimmy, not because he wanted to help Leonard but to get rid of Jimmy and take his cash.

I love that you guys watched this. One of the best movies that kicked off the 2000s

Great reaction guys!

The thing about this movie that really blew my mind when I first saw it is that obviously they chose the structure they did for it on purpose so you know as little as he does for most of the movie, which is masterful... but when the DVD was first released (at least, the first version that I got it, before I loaned it to someone and they never give it back) had a mechanism by which you could play the movie in the opposite direction, so you could see it in order once you had seen it in the correct way like this, which was awesome to do afterward to really get a good coherent view of things. one this guy never has of his own life, or in general people I'd imagine you have this affliction. It also had a little documentary at the end about the guy whose story was the inspiration for the character. Fascinating stuff.

Joey Pants rules. He's up there with my top actors.

This movie is a banger. I watched it in my Lit in Film class and had never heard of it and now it’s probably one of my favorites

Stellar reaction! It’s definitely my favorite of Nolan’s films, and a great example of how to balance a more cerebral theme with entertaining, well-placed plot. The short story his brother wrote is also good. If you’re looking for something I’d argue is even better/more philosophical, check out It’s Such A Beautiful Day by Don Hertzfeldt!! I literally don’t even want to type a sentence about it as it’s TRULY that good 🤯 If y’all ever end up making a video on that, it’ll absolutely make my week lmao

Sweet! Leaving a like before watching because I know this will blow your mind.

It was oddly disturbing for me when he knows he killed the guy he was after but realized his life would be unbearably meaningless if he knew that. Purposefully giving himself false information was somehow, rather horrible.

Great review guys. Your review reminded me of this movie. I saw it when it came out. Gotta watch it again now.

i just saw this and i'll definitely have to see this again to fully understand this film.

I didn't watch it yet. I am so hyped!!! Memento with Octokrool and The King himself!!! Oh lord tis will ba more then amazing. I am expecting epciness from both of yall. Sidenote, your reactions are some if not the best of the interwebs. You really get into it and empathise rightfully so and arent scared or ashamed of showing any emotions from all the wide ranges of it. 2 too cool dudes

And that's the difference between a Film and a Movie.

Curtis (Kurtis?) is such a hottie. Does he have an IG? Anyways, this movie still holds up really well. And I still think it’s Nolan’s best. 2001 was just such a great year for movies (Mulholland Drive, Ghost World, Gosford Park, Memento, In The Mood For Love, The Royal Tenenbaums, Black Hawk Down, Donnie Darko, etc.). While it contains what I still think is the best movie of this millennium (Mulholland Drive). Might be the last truly packed year for great, inspired, diverse cinema.

It's worth watching this movie twice. On the DVD, you also have the option to watch all the scenes in order.

A movie that starts in the middle and the goes both ways.

A favorite. I saw it in the theater, when it was released… then went back to see it again, the next day. Bought the DVD when it came out, so I could watch the film in chronological order. I recommend that.

25:04 Sammy Jankis turns into Leonard for a couple frames after the doctor or nurse walks by. This shows that the story he told about Sammy was mostly fake and everything Teddy told him at the end was true. Yes, Leonard's wife was diabetic (hence him getting flashes of memories of giving her an injection). Was Teddy a good guy? No, he was a crooked cop using a disabled man to steal money from drug dealers. He was, however, Leonard's friend. Leonard allowed himself to kill Teddy because he was angry at being manipulated, except, in doing so, he allowed himself to be manipulated by Natalie who wanted to get back at both of them for killing her boyfriend (and Dodd for getting her boyfriend into that situation). This movie is well worth watching a few times.

havent watched yet, but clicked real fast, looking forward to those big reacts on this one

WOW!!!! 25:00 I saw this in the theater, bought the special edition dvd that came in a medical folder package, watched it a ton of times, and I never noticed that when the nurse passes by Sammy sitting in the chair, it's Leonard sitting in the chair at the end of the shot.

That was a great reaction guys.

Amazing reaction! This is a head turner 🤯 i would love for you to react to some amazing classics like 'American beauty' or '12 angry men'

"Feels good to have the full PICTURE." I see what you did there.

"He calls him Leonard, at least Burt respects him." *shows Burt ripping Lenny off the very next scene*

8 min in and I'm wondering if the boys are gonna figure out that Teddy was Cypher in the Matrix

THE USUAL SUSPECTS is a reaction/review you have to do!!! Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollack, Benicio Del Toro, Chazz Palm??????? (or however the f*** his name is spelled) are featured in this classic!!! You will love it!

There was a comedy movie Clean Slate that had a detective who had amnesia and lost his new memories every night after going to sleep. Not as mind bending as this but a fun what’s going on watch.

Yes yes yes!! Thank you for watching this!! Totally underatred!!

Good ol' Wally Pfister

Awesome reaction boys! You did miss some cool scenes, but it's great to see you do this!!!!

The main thing is he realized Teddy was using him so he decided to kill two birds with one stone. He'll take a picture of Teddy and assume he finally got his guy... and now he won't be manipulated by Teddy for more killing. The other point is he talks about facts being reliable, but now we see that even with all his facts... things aren't 100% reliable.

This was just one year after Carrie Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano were in The Matrix together, so that bit of casting was pretty amusing.

My takeaway from this movie was that with his condition he can live any reality, or do anything, but because he's hell bent on revenge he's trapped in reliving the same day over and over again, and is able to be manipulated.

17:59 "He needs more notes dude"😂😂

This movie just gets better with each viewing. Nice reaction choice, guys.

Making it backwards to take away our short term memory as well is amazIng.

i had to watch this movie twice to get all the information and i think you guys should do that too enjoyed the reaction i was just as puzzle as you guys when i first saw this movie

You guys should watch Final Destination (at least the first 3) if you haven’t already seen them.

It's kind of sick how much fun it is to watch this film destroy people's brains... Great reaction!

For anyone confused, Leonard is NOT Sammy Jenkis. Teddy was just trying to manipulate him into listening. Leonard states multiple times that he remembers everything before his accident, including the insulin story. If he was Sammy Jenkis he wouldn't remember any insulin story ever happening because it would have been after the injury. He'd have no way of telling the story later cause he wouldn't know it even happend. This is why Teddy fails to manipulate him. Leonard knows his wife and remembers her death. HE IS NOT SAMMY JENKIS!

This was a nice warmup for your brain. Now you need to watch “Primer”. Multiple times.

That mighty Mick's shirt is awesome

Love your reaction! .. Now it's time for the Prestige.

Mémento is mind trip masterpiece! There is a Blu-ray edition which offers the option to watch a re-edited version of the movie in the chronological order, so you watch the whole black and white hotel room stuff, watch Lenny go kill Jimmy and then all the events of meeting Nat and Dodd all the way up to killing Gamble at the end... And yet: It is still a mind trip watching that version too!

In normal movies, each scene begins where the previous one ended In this movie, it’s the opposite- Each scene ends where the previous one began This movie is perfect for repeat viewing

This movie was good love the video guys stay motivated Dream big 1 mill on the way