Shutter Island

adam · Feb 2010

Try and use spoiler tags, don't feel bad if you forget to.

Who saw it? I went yesterday and thought it was pretty fucking cool. I loved the setting and generally like mindfuck movies so it was win-win. The very end of the movie,

Leo's last lines, were great. Something like, 'This place has me wondering if it'd be better to live as a monster or die a good man.' And the line right before that, 'We're smarter than they are.' It had me thinking of the movie long after it was over.

To yeah, totally dug it.

aesir · Feb 2010

my co-worker said it was shitty.

Other reviews have said it was amazing. I plan to see it...

Canadian Ink · Feb 2010

I thought it was excellent. Great story and didn't patronize the viewer like allot of Hollywood thrillers do. Stylistically it felt like I was watching a David Lynch film not a Martin Scorsese film.

Nick Carver · Feb 2010

I really enjoyed it and I can't understand some of the negative reviews. A lot of people have complained about the plot twist being too obvious, but even if you figure it out halfway through it's still a very enjoyable movie. It's more about the journey than the destination, I think. There was some really memorable imagery and the tone of it was spooky and intriguing. Also, I felt it was the first collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio where I felt that DiCaprio had enough gravitas for the role. It was good to see Ben Kingsley do some proper acting for a change, too (rather than picking up a paycheck). You could maybe argue that it was a little overly-dramatic (the score is very OTT) but I just figured that this was Scorsese paying tribute to movies of the 40s and 50s. I'm keen to see it for a second time so I can see how it all fits together.

The story reminded me a lot of a really cool novel from the 60s called the Magus. It's about a teacher who goes to a Greek island and discovers a wealthy recluse who performs psychological experiments on people and may have collaborated with the Nazis. Aside from a similar premise, it is also very similar tonally to Shutter Island in that it makes you question the reality of what is happening. Anyway, check it out if you enjoyed Shutter Island.

SouL · Feb 2010

I was totally stoked to see Buffalo Bill in there, lol. I forget his real name.

The ending was great. I was expecting that he'd eventually go crazy himself and end up getting kept there.

beartraps · Feb 2010

I was a bit disappointed. Some of the scenes didn't make sense to me in the big picture. I intend to see it again to try and pick up on things now that I know what to look for. It wasn't a bad film by any stretch, the production is obviously fantastic and it is very well shot, but as a film it was just not up to what I expected from Scorcese. Then again, after all the great hits he was doomed for one to not be amazing.

I didn't expect that plot twist at all, and I was honestly kinda bummed about it, I was hoping for something crazy to be going on. Perhaps thats why I was

.

The narrative just didn't add up for me in terms of why certain scenes were there. I thought it was ridiculous how much the other patients played into the expirement, the main example being the one lady writing "run" on the paper. I mean the more I think about it the more it makes somewhat sense: she is trying to build upon the idea that there is indeed something wrong with this place. Its just so farfetched its tough for me to comprehend, obviously its a movie but I felt it was just too unrealistic.

Dont see why we should use spoiler tags, if you click on this thread not expecting spoilers than I dunno what to tell you :P

blankslatejoe · Feb 2010

saw it with the gf. I liked it more than she did, mostly because of how we interpreted the ending...she missed the twist that he was ...

faking his condition in the last scene in order to be lobotomized,

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The story was so so...kinda been-there-done-that with a lot of it....but man...the set direction was awesome. And the acting had more than a few quality performances there...

Cyrael · Feb 2010

Just saw it tonight... I agree with the story been there done it, but he did do it and do it well. I also thought the last lines were awesome adam.. I thought it was a really interesting way that they edited it as well.. very very disorienting, but in the overarching picture it makes sense with the twist and all. which I thought was an interesting take but I was also semi expecting something extraordinary to be taking place I loved the part where

Leo just got back from his little hike were he "found the missing nurse/patient" and everyone was like "I can't remember my lines, and like being very dodgy around him - it was a great ploy to make it fit better a give a bit of insight before the huge twist.

All in all I thought it was pretty good, not great. but pretty good.

jakelear · Feb 2010

I really liked it. It met my expectations for a Scorsese film. I went into the theater with a correction prediction of the ending, but halfway through the film, I was convinced my prediction was wrong (despite some not-so-subtle hints to the contrary.) I think it was well worth the money and something I would pick up on dvd when the time comes.

I'd love to see it again, so much to pick up on.

Irreal · Feb 2010

Watched the film last night and enjoyed really it. Great location, beautiful cinematography and music. However we guessed the plot "twist" months and months ago when we first watched the trailer for it. So, the trailer kinda ruined it for me a little.

Also, I totally missed what blankslatejoe interpreted as the ending. If so, that's pretty cool but I totally missed it. Makes perfect sense if that's the case.

Rick Stirling · Feb 2010

I've had the book sitting unread on my shelf for about 5 years now, I wonder what version I'll consume first?

Parnell · Feb 2010

Saw it. Thought it was awesome. I want to see it again.
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Steve Schulze · Feb 2010

It's gotten universally poor reviews from my friends and colleagues. I think I'll wait for DVD.

bounchfx · Mar 2010

Saw it tonight. really enjoyed it. Had some

memento

type shit going on a little but at the same time it's own thing. Took me a minute to digest the last line haha, I kept thinking that

he would just repeat the cycle

at one point in the movie, right where he

got to the top of the lighthouse, I assumed that he was sane originally, but the whole plot was them driving him mad through all this crazy shit going on.

it wasn't, but still neat.

ZacD · Mar 2010

I like that it kinda questions what is insanity and how its like to be insane, the whole character that he invents in order to cope.

Firecracker197 · Mar 2010

I liked it a lot, but I kinda ruined it for myself because right before the movie started I was like

"watch I bet hes gunna be a crazy person the whole time" not really thinking about what I said, then I got to the end and I was like oh, really? really? No real surprise there....lol

But we were debating at the end of whether he really had regressed again into his delusion or if he was faking it in order to just get labotamized because he didn't want to live like that anymore, thats how I interpreted the last lines. So it was cool how it left you wondering.

Shutter Island

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