Okay so first of all, I LOVED that movie. At first, I didn't understand why the would show a scene then rewind and show the scene before and then rewind and show the scene before. Being artsy was my initial thought. I understand now that if the movie played in chronological order, the mystery would be lost because the answer comes at the beginning rather than at the end. But in this movie the beginning is the end. I think this movie fits into the class so well because for the entire movie we distrust Teddy and sympathize with Lenny. We pity Lenny. We want him to find the killer. But at the end of the movie, we know longer sympathize. He is killing people who weren't his wife's killer (namely because his wife didn't die).
What I'm having trouble with is Natalie. I know she was the girlfriend of Jimmy Grant, the guy that Lenny kills before starting to track Teddy. But I don't understand why Teddy sent him to her or why she pretended to be beaten up by Dodd. What was her motive? What did she want? Anybody have any answers?
Alright, so as you know, Natalie was the girlfriend of Jimmy Grant. Jimmy Grant was the drug dealer who Leonard kills at the end of the movie. I think what you may have missed was that Teddy set Leonard up to kill Jimmy. Jimmy was at the abandoned house because Teddy set up a fake drug deal. Teddy was then planning to take the money from that drug deal after Leonard killed him. Now, Natalie knows that Jimmy went to meet a guy named Teddy. So, when Leonard shows up at her bar driving her boyfriends car and wearing his suit, she knows something is up. Leonard then tells her about his condition and she decides to use him. She gets him to beat up Dodd because he was a client of Jimmy's and wanted money that Jimmy owed him. Finally, she makes it seem like Teddy is John G. because she thinks that Teddy killed Jimmy and she wants revenge.
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