Children of men sets the scene in a busy cafe with lots of people crowding round a TV listening to the news. The headline is that the youngest child in the world has been murdered at age 18. This gives the audience the idea that the world has stopped reproducing. We are shown the story through a mans point of view which gives us the impression that he will be the main character/hero. He then ventures outside the cafe and we are shown that he is in london in 2027, this film is set in the future. A bomb then explodes beside him many people are injured. The bomb exploding shocks the audience but also leads us to ask questions such as; who set the bomb?Why did they do it?
Memento sets the scene in a different way, this time the film is shown backwards. At first there is strong music playing, it is quite sad and slow. We are also shown a picture of a murder scene which is undeveloping as the film continues. We are then shown Lennie the main character killing Teddy who at first seems his friend, the whole situation is very confusing. But i think the film is meant to be confusing as Lennie is confused as he cannot seem to remember everything that is why he writes everything down. There is an enigma which clearly makes the film a thriller, the enigma is that Lennie does not know what he is going to do but also the audience is not sure what his actions are going to be. It is a puzzle which we will eventually solve. I wanted to keep watching the film as i wanted to know what is going to happen, i also wanted to know why Lennie killed Teddy.
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