Shutter Island
Posted: March 14th, 2010, 12:59 pm
Has anyone else seen this one yet?
I liked it very much. I think it is better than "The Departed," although I probably liked Leonardo DeCaprio better in that film than this one. (Actually, "shutter Island" would be the perfect movie for Dana Andrews.)
I've read people criticizing the ending of "Shutter Island," but I think it has a much better ending than "The Departed." I thought the ending gave the viewer something to think about on the way out of the theater. (Of course, that may be why some people didn't like it. They just want an arm leaping out of a grave at the end.)
In some ways, this reminded me of "the Shining," and there was one scene that really seemed indebted to Kubrick's film. I also caught a resemblance to Lewton's "Bedlam." The nice thing was that Scorsese didn't club us over the head with these. If we got them, fine. If not, they just added to the general sense of unease.
Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow both were very good, especially Kingsley.
I liked it very much. I think it is better than "The Departed," although I probably liked Leonardo DeCaprio better in that film than this one. (Actually, "shutter Island" would be the perfect movie for Dana Andrews.)
I've read people criticizing the ending of "Shutter Island," but I think it has a much better ending than "The Departed." I thought the ending gave the viewer something to think about on the way out of the theater. (Of course, that may be why some people didn't like it. They just want an arm leaping out of a grave at the end.)
In some ways, this reminded me of "the Shining," and there was one scene that really seemed indebted to Kubrick's film. I also caught a resemblance to Lewton's "Bedlam." The nice thing was that Scorsese didn't club us over the head with these. If we got them, fine. If not, they just added to the general sense of unease.
Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow both were very good, especially Kingsley.