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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (18902)	1/1/2002 12:20:08 AM
From: Boa Babe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22706

Happy New Year, everyone. I think I'll pass on Memento...if YOU guys don't get it...well...where IS my boa? And my champagne, oh, HERE it is! <clink!> ::::::::::::: sip ::::::::::::::: thanks for being here. <kiss!> <hug!> cbb@Ilike2002ithasanicesound.com

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (18902)	1/1/2002 9:53:18 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22706

Liked "Memento", but I really loved "A Beautiful Mind." I think Russell Crowe will get another "Best Actor" Oscar for it, and Ed Harris will get a "Best Supporting". The plot really sucks you in. Ron Howard will get a "Best Director" nomination, and the Picture will get a "Best Picture" nomination. Based on the story of John Nash, the math genius who got a "Nobel". Too bad the love story, as told in the movie, was not what really happened. However, his triumph over his problems is still a great story.

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (18902)	1/1/2002 11:25:51 PM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

That was one of Ebert's best reviews, and a perfect summary. I disagree. Consider his summation: "The movie is more like a poignant exercise, in which Leonard's residual code of honor pushes him through a fog of amnesia toward what he feels is his moral duty." That totally ignores what we know to be the case by the end of the movie, which is that Leonard has been partly complicit in his own confusion. I think that we are supposed to understand that rather than honor and moral duty, Leonard is driven at an underlying level by something a bit less noble--a need to have some overarching purpose in life, something to keep him from going completely bonkers as a result of his condition. ctb/A@sothere.com