What a difference 15 years can make.

It was too confusing, they said.

I mean, really: who wants to watch a movie told backwards?

Lots of people as it turned out.

ButMementois far from a typical thriller, even though it hews closely to the staples of the noir genre.

In this stew of back and forth motion, exactly when Leonard lost his wife remains unclear.

Theyre just an interpretation, theyre not a record.

Mementoasks intriguing, even troubling questions about the role memory plays in the makeup of our personalities.

Memories change over time; our brain edits them, leaving bits out and changing the order of events.

What would we be like if we didnt have that faculty anymore?

This naturally leads to the question: what more could a remake add to the version ofMementothat already exists?

Thinking about it, how would the advent of social media and periscope have affected Leonards manhunt?