The Town
I came into watching this movie with pretty high expectations as I had not heard a single person say that they didn't like it. I wanted to see it in the theaters, but unfortunately didn't have the chance to make it. I thoroughly fucking enjoyed this movie. I would honestly say it is one of the best made "heist" type of films ever. As much as I think, Affleck is hit/miss in acting, he did a pretty good job in this film. I was impressed to find out that he was the director after the fact. The cast overall, is very fucking solid.
Things I enjoyed about the film; I enjoyed how believable it was at the ability of the characters and also at the law enforcement aspects of the film. Although it doesn't go as in depth of the LE side of it, they do a very good job at a lot of the minor details of what people would actually look for. Nobody on either side is without fault or shown as being incapable.
The ability to identify with both sides. Although this is one of those films where you pretty much "root for the bad guy," the lead FBI Agent is charismatic enough to be likeable.
The only things I didn't like about the film was that it kind of followed the simple "oh, i'm gonna change my life, this one last job, blah blah blah" formula, but it's still enjoyable. Tactically, during the bank-robberies, there are several flaws that the characters do in which guys that are that calculated, in high reality, wouldn't do.
The one that comes to mind the most are where they continue wearing their masks after the robbery while driving away and after car exchanges into a new car.
Rating: 9/10
Memento
I really liked how this film played out backwards. It was a pretty fun concept and leads to an interesting story line. Particularly the more you find out about Lenny's "notes" and the supporting characters,
that poor bastard, Teddy . Sorry that this review is gonna be much shorter, since I typed so much about The Town.
8.5/10
*EDIT* added the movie titles because ID was whining that he couldn't see the pics.