10 Movies That Have Special Editions Worse Than Star Wars

7. Memento: Chronological Version

It's one of those things everyone thinks when they finish watching Christopher Nolan's amnesiac thriller for the first time; wouldn't it be cool to see it all in chronological order? Well you can, if you own the Limited Edition version DVD; hidden on Disk 2 is the non-backwards take on events. The proper version of the film jumps around in time from the off; colour sequences tell us the end of amnesiac Leonard's story in short vignettes played in reverse, while black and white conversations provide context. Rather than being complicated for complications sake, this novel structure rises above being a gimmick to be one of the film's strongest elements. We're put in Leonard's shoes not knowing where we are nor how we got there, best shown with the manner it reveals the self-propagating twist. Naturally a chronological version would lose those elements, but surely it would make the state of events much clearer. And it does, but at a price; it's woefully predictable. The edit Spends its first half telling us the backstory in one go, before explaining what's going on well before the midpoint. As the film is easily decipherable with rewatch, this version serves as little more than a curio that highlights how stilted Leonard's life is. This is not meant to be a definitive version of the film, so it's not as disruptive as some of the other special editions on this list, but that doesn't make it worth watching.