Leonard In The Movie Memento

4. Is the film reliable? Explain, using your conclusions from questions 1-4. (1 paragraph, 10

4. As I watched the movie, I could not grasp that the things that I was seeing were real, especially the body parts just laying around. It made me feel sick to my stomach that stuff like that happened.

If an American loses their character, it will take a lot of courage and motivation to gain what they lost back. To explain this, Benjamin Martin who was the leader of a militia, lost multiple of his kids. When he lost his oldest son he became very depressed and unmotivated to lead his army; however, he remembered what the British had done to his children, so with all his courage, he was able to become motivated again (The Patriot). This illustrates how it takes a lot of motivation and courage to gain back your character since Benjamin Martin lost his characters of effort and responsibility, since it was his responsibility to lead the army and put as much effort into leading the army as he could. Benjamin Martin gained his character back as he remembered that his soldiers were counting on him to lead the army, which caused him to gain back his character that he had lost.

Also, from the viewpoint of neuroscience, Leonard confabulates some of the stories on the day of the incident. He thought that his wife was killed by the assailant and wanted to take revenge all along; however, his wife was not dead at that time. It was Leonard himself who had killed his wife by giving her insulin shots more than

Benjamin Martin in The Patriot risked more things then we could ever imagine risking in a war. He risked ever seeing his kids again, and having his family killed for fighting with the militia and killing british officers. He had two of his sons die because he went to war, one of them was murdered by the british officer when he was just a kid. He is just like so many of the other signers in the declaration of independence, they risked being murdered by the british and putting their friends and family in danger. In the end they did sign and for Benjamin Martin he did sign, to declare freedom from the british.

The movie “Crash”, by Director and Writer Paul Haggis, follows 8 ethnically diverse families/ individuals facing the struggle of modern day racism and stereotypes created and faced in modern Los Angeles, California. These individuals take the roles of individuals living their daily lives within Los Angeles, California while facing stereotypes. The cast portrays: 2 caucasian white male police officers, an African American director and his wife, a white district attorney and his wife, a Persian immigrant family, and a Hispanic father whose occupation is a locksmith. The scene chosen from this film involves the police officers (Officer Ryan and Officer Hanson) pulling over the African American Director (Cameron Thayer) and his wife (Christine Thayer) at a traffic stop. This scene establishes two different types of theoretic sociological concepts of Thomas Theorem and cognitive dissonance.

Bryant’s half brother John W. Milam agreed to help him. In the next few hours, Bryant and Milam had found out that the black boy was at the home of Moses Wright. At 2:30 am the next day, they arrived. The whole family was fast asleep while they yelled, “PREACHER!! PREACHER!!” As Wright woke up terrified, he opened the door finding Bryant and Milam who told him that he was looking for a “black, fat boy from Chicago.” They crept inside the house with flashlights finding Till’s bed. They woke him up, telling him that they’re going to blow his head

In life, you never know if you can see the person you may see on the sidewalk or even across the stress. But, in all realities, that person may have a connection to your life. They can be your future spouse, boss, or the murder who may kill your loved ones. In the movie Crash, everyone has connected to each other in a different or common way. The film takes place in Los Angeles, where minorities are dealing with racial tensions while living in the city. The film broadcasts live of many individuals from different socio-economic classes, which they have life-changing experiences during challenges with prejudices and stereotypes. The film shows interpersonal communication which is “The ability to process and gain information between two or many people” (William 20). The film follows the lives of many resides of different races, social class, careers. The group main character in these groups is John Ryan and Tom Hasen who are Caucasian LAPD police officers. Cameron and Christine Thayer who are a young African American couple. Peter and Anthony who are young adults African- American car thief’s. Farhad who’s an Prussian business owner. Daniel who’s an Latin American locksmith. Lastly, Shaniqua Johnson who an African American administrator.

1. What scene or scenes do you think you'll still remember a month from now?

Throughout Memento the shifting between objective and subjective point of views shapes our perception of Leonard, Natalie and Teddy. There are two types of scenes in Memento, the black and white scenes in chronological order and the color scenes which are shown in reverse order, which eventually meet up chronologically with the black and white scenes. The black and white scenes are objective, the audience and Leonard can see all the facts and they are not influenced by Leonard’s emotions or opinions. The color scenes are subjective, they are from Leonard’s perspective and we are denied the same information Leonard is denied during these scenes.

Christine provided Leonard with an alibi: Christine knew that her alibi would not be believed; she decided to testify for the prosecution; Christine then negated her own damning testimony.

They are both prison inmates, but Freeman performs them distinctly. In the sole scene where he speaks, Leonard is in an unstable rage, veins popping, and body shaking. Freeman’s displays of anger in most films are, in a way, eloquent, clearly articulated and calculated to make a point. When playing this character, that class is gone and he truly sounds like a desperate uneducated ruffian. In another scene, he looks at the sky silently as if it is something foreign to him, adding to the feral nature of this character. Red, by contrast, calm and collected, generally with a relatively relaxed and disinterested facial expression reflecting how acclimated he has become to living in prison, and Freeman’s usual eloquent baritone helping to emphasize this character’s contemplative

“Hallelujah”, originally written by Leonard Cohen is to display “hallelujah” in many ways. Most people use the word “hallelujah” as a way to give glory to God. Leonard did not use the word as a form of religion. Cohen implicated that his hallelujah is the emotions in his life. He questions God because he is broken, the love he once had is now gone.

You know him as Spock in the ‘Star Trek’ franchise. But behind the alien persona, Leonard Nimoy is a highly educated man.

The colour sequences depict Leonard, confused on his mission to avenge his wife’s death, illuminating his problem with memory. The truth is not certain for Leonard when out on the streets. Not only must he decide whether his information is accurate but he is also wary of the other characters around him and their motives. In between each scene, a black and white scene depicts Leonard sitting in his hotel room sorting through police documents, and speaking on the phone.