Otnemem

[vovat]

The most recent movie that bethje and I watched was Memento. Well, we watched it as best we could, anyway. The DVD we got from Netflix had scratches on it, so it kept freezing up at certain parts. I also nodded off at one point, but I don't think I missed much because of that. It had an interesting premise, although it wasn't necessarily believable in the psychological sense. I wish I could remember what I learned in college psychology about short-term memory. I think most people use the term in the wrong way. Besides, the amount of time the main character could remember things varied greatly. Still, I liked the idea of him leaving notes for himself, and there were some interesting plot twists. I think I liked it better than Beth did, actually.

The night after watching it, I had some weird dreams that might have been inspired by the movie, although I don't think they actually had anything to do with the film. It just put me in the right mood for weird dreams, or something.

Okay, now to watch Attack of the Clones. After replying to a few comments, that is. And maybe I should eat some breakfast.

Comments

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that all sounds about right. It was a little unclear how much of the Sammy Jankis stuff was actually Sammy and how much was Shelby, but I think Teddy explained it pretty well. And yeah, whether or not is psychosomatic isn't really relevant. It's just something I was kind of curious about.

[revme.livejournal.com]

Cool; I just wanted to work stuff out, since it has been... 3 years? since I last saw it. And yeah -- I just wanted to confirm the irrelevance of the psychosomaticness to the film; it is an interesting angle, and I didn't want to sound like I was like, dismissing that thought or anything; just wanting to work out the film for myself again 's'all.