Shutter Island

[TheZink]

Just saw this last night. While the "twist" might not have been mindblowing, the ending was definitely notable.

I think I need to watch it again in case there were any scenes I might have not paid attention to as closely as I should have.

 

[Raiden]

Saw the movie on DVD, and I guess I didn't really pay attention to all those little hints that Scorsese dropped in various parts of the movie, so I was rather surprised by the twist at the end. I also didn't read the book, and I think for a movie like this, it's better not to. I thought this is better than Scorsese's The Departed and Leo DiCaprio gave a very fine performance as Teddy. Very solid film. 9/10.

 

[TNC9852002]

Just saw this last night. While the "twist" might not have been mindblowing, the ending was definitely notable.

I think I need to watch it again in case there were any scenes I might have not paid attention to as closely as I should have.

You must watch it again. The details are really scattered cleverly, many of which you probably forgotten by the time you've reached the end.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

9/10

A silly, 1950's B-movie "gothic horror" type script elevated by tremendous direction from Marty and a great performance from Leo.

Marty reaches audiovisual highs here not seen since he made the age of innocence.

 

[TNC9852002]

I got the 1950's B-movie feeling from it with the music and the cuts and shots, but do you really think the script was silly?

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Well, the entire premise is silly. They stage an elaborate roleplay that even involves all the patients of the island just so they can treat a delusional, dangerous patient?

 

[-Arya-]

Well, the entire premise is silly. They stage an elaborate roleplay that even involves all the patients of the island just so they can treat a delusional, dangerous patient?

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A little silly, but plausible. If lobotomization is the last resort to deal with a dangerous patient, then the doctors will have to formulate something to prevent it. Cue in shutter island's plot and you have a possible solution; regardless of its dubious nature.

 

[marvelman2006]

you know I absolutely love this movie because it makes for fun arguments on whether he was sane or not and in the end you realize it could be both. theres so many hints to suggest ethier side of the argument, if you think hes sane all along then theres evidence for it, if you think he was insane then theres valid points as well. my one question though can someone explain the missing glass of water in the lady's hand when there investigating her in the lunch room? shes holding her hand like theres a glass but shes drinking nothing. I know scorecesse wouldnt make an edit error like this in a million years.

 

[Boom]

Watched this last night, and I absolutely loved it. Yes, the twist was predictable and easy to see coming, but it was still incredibly well-made nonetheless, and it didn't diminish my enjoyment of the the film.

Also, I've been having this discussion with my brother.

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At the end, when Jaeddis says "What's better? To live as a monster, or die as a man?" (Something like that. Can't remember it off the top of my head.), was that his way of saying that he was faking his regression back into insanity? That he was willingly putting himself in a position where he would be given a lobotomy? The way I see it, even though he came to terms with reality, he still can't come to terms with what he's done. So he willingly chose to "regress," so that he could be lobotomized and forget his crime forever. Any thoughts?

 

[batman11]

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At the end, when Jaeddis says "What's better? To live as a monster, or die as a man?" (Something like that. Can't remember it off the top of my head.), was that his way of saying that he was faking his regression back into insanity? That he was willingly putting himself in a position where he would be given a lobotomy? The way I see it, even though he came to terms with reality, he still can't come to terms with what he's done. So he willingly chose to "regress," so that he could be lobotomized and forget his crime forever. Any thoughts?

That was my thinking as well. I've heard some other people interpret it a bit more literally, but that was always my initial interpretation of the ending. I think it's great, and from what I know, it adds a dimension to the character that wasn't present in the book's original ending.

 

[Wolfwood]

Watched this last night, and I absolutely loved it. Yes, the twist was predictable and easy to see coming, but it was still incredibly well-made nonetheless, and it didn't diminish my enjoyment of the the film.

Also, I've been having this discussion with my brother.

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At the end, when Jaeddis says "What's better? To live as a monster, or die as a man?" (Something like that. Can't remember it off the top of my head.), was that his way of saying that he was faking his regression back into insanity? That he was willingly putting himself in a position where he would be given a lobotomy? The way I see it, even though he came to terms with reality, he still can't come to terms with what he's done. So he willingly chose to "regress," so that he could be lobotomized and forget his crime forever. Any thoughts?

I saw it a couple of days ago and that didn't occur to me, but I like the interpretation and it sounds quite plausible. Given the doctors reaction of "Wait, what do you mean by that?" (or something similar) I think he might have somewhat known as well.

I'll be honest, up until the scene where Teddy

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attempts to shoot the doctors with the toy gun, I was still unsure of whether or not he was insane or they were messing with him.

 

[Figs]

So, I've been snooping around and this supposedly shares a lot of similarities with another film called The Ninth Configuration. Has anyone here seen it?

I know i've never seen The Ninth Configuration before but I do recognize the name. I just looked it up and it was written and directed by Mr. Exorcist himself, William Peter Blatty. Here is the synopsis.

"A new commanding officer arrives at a remote castle serving as an insane asylum for crazy and AWOL U.S. Army soldiers where he attempts to rehabilitate them by allowing them to live out their crazy fantasies while combating his own long-suppressed insanity."

I think i'm going to add this to my Netflix cue. I loved Shutter Island and the fact that these two movies sound very similar makes me curious as to what the differences are.

 

[BatMatt]

Watched this last night, and I absolutely loved it. Yes, the twist was predictable and easy to see coming, but it was still incredibly well-made nonetheless, and it didn't diminish my enjoyment of the the film.

Also, I've been having this discussion with my brother.

Spoiler

At the end, when Jaeddis says "What's better? To live as a monster, or die as a man?" (Something like that. Can't remember it off the top of my head.), was that his way of saying that he was faking his regression back into insanity? That he was willingly putting himself in a position where he would be given a lobotomy? The way I see it, even though he came to terms with reality, he still can't come to terms with what he's done. So he willingly chose to "regress," so that he could be lobotomized and forget his crime forever. Any thoughts?

Exactly how I interpreted it

 

[Doctor Jones]

That's pretty much the meaning of it yeah.