Curious, if Gus saw Molly everyday, would he eventually remember who she was or did he lose the ability to form long term memories altogether? I noticed he was able to remember where he lived, and he remembered how to get to work everyday.
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I think Gus lost his ability to form long term memories altogether.
Remembering where he lived, either he lived in that building before, or the address was written in the file. As for remembering where he worked, they implied that the store owners were family friends or something. I got the notion that Gus grew up in New Orleans and he possibly worked at the jewelry store before moving to California. I can even go as far as to say that was possibly where he worked part time during school or what not.
Save a horse, ride a cowboy.
Whoever described the problem as "short term memory" doesn't have a clue about the science of memory. STM lasts only a matter of seconds. There are ways to extend that (such as repeating the information either vocally or in thought processes). If the character in this film truly had STM loss, he would not be able to carry on a normal conversation because by the time he got past the first few seconds of the conversation he would lose track of what the conversation is about. He has a problem forming new memories beyond short-term memory. That condition has a number of medical terms to describe it depending on other specifics, but it is not a short term memory problem.
shareI was very confused by one part of the story -- his former fiancee. She said they were in love, going to get married when he had the aneurysm. She left him AFTER trying to make it work for a while. So he should not only remember her, but wake up every day thinking they are still together and getting married. Still in love. I realize that it was probably explained to him in his notes, but shouldn't he feel the pain of the break-up every single day? How could he fall in love with Molly if he woke up in love with another woman every day?
shareI agree with everything you just said kandijay.
This was a nice movie but I still don't see how it could've been a happy ending, just because it's a Hallmark movie.
Who knows if he was actually in love with her. First of all, all we have is an obviously jealous woman's word on the matter and secondly if they were together they might not have really been in love.
I agree with you though I thought that was an unnecessary addition to the story. He'd at least wonder what happened and maybe with time even though he didn't remember he might not feel it anymore.
On a different note because I don't feel like writing another post, but I was kind of hoping that there would be a fifty first dates move where he began to remember. I was a bit disappointed in how it ended. I like that the movie switched to his point of view, the one going through it rather than the one with him (though there was a bit of that too) and that they switched it from woman with a memory loss to a man with a memory loss. There was something just a bit more pure about that than fifty first dates though 50 first dates was great too!
"I totally saw his wolf junk"
I was just checking to see if anyone had responded to anything and I ran across this one.
I don't remember this movie anymore, it's been 2 years, but I just had a moment's clarity when reading it... maybe he thought he was in love with his fiancee but the feelings were for Molly and were just transferred to the woman he remembered/knew in the past.
"I totally saw his wolf junk"
that depends on how long the person's memory actually lasts. Some people lost their short term memory right away, while some will remember the whole day until they fall asleep, like in 50 first dates. That part of the movie is real. Look it up.
shareLook up anterograde amnesia.
Quote: MTL amnesic patients with localized damage to the hippocampus retain other perceptual abilities, such as the ability to intelligently function in society, to make conversation, to make one’s bed, etc. Additionally, anterograde amnesics without combined retrograde disorders (localized damage to the MTL system) have memories prior to the traumatic event.
You just described Ten Second Tom perfectly. :)
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