I LOVED shutter island, and was psyched that scorsese was involved. The plot was inconsequential, and Kitsa was right, it WASN'T really that much of a twist, anyone with half a brain immediately picked up on the themes
Spoilers! |
especially in the hallucinations: water, guns, delusions of persecution |
you knew what was going to happen, what HAD to happen; it was mainly wish fulfillment for everyone who ever watched old school, REAL thrillers and wished that someone would make a modern movie in the same style. And I'm NOT talking hitchcock, I'm talking the likes of val lewton... still, that WAS the damn problem, it was specifically catered towards hardcore movie geeks who would love to watch how Scorsese would SHOW the scenes
Spoilers! |
DeCaprio pulling the trigger and "shooting" the doctor was FANTASTIC, oh god I was geeking the fuck out over that |
.
plus, the actors hammed it up in the most beautiful way possible, going back to the oldschool thriller point: I just wish that Max von Sydow wasn't relegated to making a huge impression, with absolutely NOTHING to go on (including screen time), in every single new role that he gets