"Now who shall I kill next....." I mean... Memento

I thought the movie Memento was a very puzzling movie, and it made the viewer think a lot about the movie and about memory in general. I was not expecting much out of this movie at all, but i was pleasantly surprised by the presentation of the film and plot of the film. I thought the twist at the end was a very surprising and interesting twist at that same time. I would like to talk about his choice at the end of the movie. He chooses who is John G. and doesn't believe that there is only one John G. By choosing who John G. is, he then manipulated himself so he can figure out the puzzle and kill the man, knowing before hand that death of the man will be the final result. I think that is very interesting, because it can relay back into real life and out own choices. People choose to do certain things, which they may know will hurt them later on, but choose to do it anyways. Lenny knew that he was eventually going to kill the man, or at least try to, which if caught would be a very hurtful thing to him, especially with his memory condition. I think the aspect of choice was brought up subtly but in a good way as a side not to think about.

"Kiss Me So I Can Have A Box Of Fire Please"

The movie Kiss Me Deadly was a very interesting movie. The random occurrence events for the main character was very odd. He happened to run into a girl who had discovered the plan for some sort of nuclear power. The girl was an ordinary girl but she had the knowledge of some of the most important information in the world. That in itself is very odd. Some other things that made the movie very odd was the random people that would show up into the movie and the audience would not even know who they were. One of the guys for example is the man who had the glowing box in his locker. I had no clue who that guy was the whole time, but it was some random guy who happened to have this nuclear power stored away in his gym locker, seems kind of odd. The whole movie to me was odd, but not necessarily in a bad way. I think the oddity of this movie made it interesting. Even though the nuclear energy stored in a box didn't make much sense at all, the concepts of the plot were interesting and complex, which I think made the movie more interesting than i thought it would be. Just like all movies, it had it good times and it bad times.

Double Trouble

I thought the movie Double Indemnity was a very interesting movie. I liked how it portrayed all of the classic features of a film noir, with the low key lighting, the narrative, and the talk like he was a detective. I think this movie brought out the essence of film noir. But after the movie was done, i wasn't satisfied with the ending. We had seen the whole movie that he was an evil guy, who was trying to manipulate people and an insurance system to try and gain a lot of money, and a girl. But in the end he decides to make a drastic choice. If he would've been following down the same path has he had been throughout the whole movie, then in the end he would've blamed the whole thing on Zachetti, and gotten away with the murder. But, he decides to send Zachetti off to fix his relationship and in the end will bring the downfall of his own life. This seems very odd to me because the author decided to almost completely change the main, deceitful character in the end. But why? Was he trying to get a message across, or was it just part of the movie? I personally think it was both. I think he was trying to get the message across of what happens when you try to cover-up two murders. But I also think that he wanted to add some kind of twist on the end of the movie, to give the audience something to think about. And i think the director did a great job at portraying both. And, in the end I think that film noir teaches us a lesson, whether it means to or not. So, I stand by with my comment that Double Indemnity is the essence of film noir.

Groundhog's Day

Groundhog's Day is a very interesting movie in many different ways. The one aspect I want to point out comes in the plot. Phil (Bill Murry) started the movie as a very angry, arrogant, jerk. (Yes that does sound harsh) But in the middle of the movie he starts to have a change in heart. I think this is due to an epiphany. His epiphany came when he spent the day with Rita and she "observed" him and how he had everything timed down to the second. After his day with Rita he saw something that changed him, and that something was hope. Hope for a life of love, hope for a life full of joy and hope for living life to the fullest. The next day he started to read literature and play the piano. I think this was the start of his new path. With this hope he had he found out that life is more than about getting the girl, making lots of money, being famous and excelling for selfish reasons. He learned to truly enjoy something, to appreciate the meaning behind these "hobbies" and learn of the wonderful gifts they posses. One example is playing the piano. After a while the viewer could tell that he was getting more into it and actually enjoyed playing the piano instead of playing the piano for selfish reasons. Especially in the jazz scene at the party when he was rocking out on the piano, the way Bill Murray acted was that in the same sort of true enjoyment, and life followed. This movie on top of the funny comedy and good filming, had a message to it. The message was not a purposeful message, but one that comes naturally through the story. And that message is to be taken however the viewer decides to take it.

Bring Up Baby

First off I want to say that Bringing Up Baby is a crazy movie. It seems so stressful at times, but everything is resolved in the end.... somehow. I think the stressfulness and craziness of the movie is what makes a screwball comedy. For example, the jail scene at the end. Too many things for my mind to comprehend were happening at once. The aunt of Susan was yelling at the sheriff, David was trying to get the sheriff's attention. The police men are chasing after Susan because she just escaped from jail. Mr Applegate is trying to tell the sheriff that he shouldn't bee in jail. And then the zoo men come into the scene and tell the sheriff they lost a leopard. With all this stuff happening one would think that the outcome couldn't be a good one. Well that would be a wrong assumption. After a little while Baby ( one of the leopards) come into the room and everyone freaks out. Then Susan comes into the room dragging the dangerous leopard by a string and everyone runs for cover. This creates more chaos. But by the end everyone comes out of the situation unharmed, physically that is. David is worn out from the experience he had all day and ends up falling in love with Susan which is quite odd. Overall the movie seemed very stressful at times with a rare chance of everything coming out okay. But not until the end is everything explained. For example, when David is at the house of Susan's aunt and Susan tells her aunt that David is actually Mr. Bone who just had a nervous breakdown. Just telling Susan's aunt this does not set up for a good situation. But somehow everything comes out okay in the end. Which I think is the essence of a screwball comedy.