Comments on: Unreal Movie Review: Shutter Island

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:57:07 +0000

I’m a huge Scorsese fan but this was a bad movie. Bad acting, predictable story and uninspired shots with some bad editing. The only highlights of the movie was the music and the small parts of Jackie Earle Haley and Ted Levine.
And while I thought his take on Cape Fear was slightly weak, it was much more thrilling than this.
Scorsese, just move on and make Silence now!

By: pae

pae — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:15:05 +0000

I think the beauty of the entire movie is you don’t know how to feel and you don’t know which to believe. You are very much in the mind of Leo’s character. Paranoid and stuck between two different things that both could very much be true. I called it very early on. The fact that it didn’t show him anywhere else but the Ferry and the Island. He has experienced Trauma. The Doctor said he does experimental procedures. Patients seemed coached. Just met his partner.

By: mb

mb — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:33:34 +0000

in all of the articles, trailers, and teasers that I have seen of this movie I never once thought of it to be a “horror” movie. It was always sold as a suspenseful thriller. I think you just wanted it to be a horror movie so you set yourself up for disappointment.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:59:15 +0000

Loved the book. Then ending was a shocker there. Once revealed, you go back and think of all the odd things that happened and say “How did I miss that!” Sounds like the movie won’t hold up to the book, which is sad. Just follow the book like a script and you got a winner. It’s not a long book.

At least I know not to be particularly amped to see the movie now. I’ll still see it, though. To bad they cut out the patient interviews, though, I’d love to see Leo trying to pull off Charlie Chaplin.

By: hyuri

hyuri — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:04:09 +0000

@Madison

The only reason I kinda figured out the twist, not the exact details, but the general idea of it is I keep thinking about K-Pax while I was watching the trailer.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:24:47 +0000

@Paul, haha sorry I didnt even think about it. Forgot people hadn’t seen it yet.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:48:10 +0000

I thought this film was fantastic. I originally thought it was going to be a horror, but it wasn’t. I thought I knew what was going to happen, and by the time it did I was vaguely right…but that didn’t matter. At the end of the day, no matter if you know what’s coming in this film, it’s an utter mind-rape.

By: Paul Tassi

Paul Tassi — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:44:23 +0000

@Matt, I love ya, but do NOT post spoilers that big in your comment, come on. I had to edit them out.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:50:31 +0000

I really enjoyed it. I find that if I go into the cinema with no pretenses of what the movie will be like or about, I enjoy them a lot more.

The small things in the movie really jumped out at me.

I thought it was great

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:22:57 +0000

I meant to see it this weekend, having read the book and was extremely excited to see it…there just isn’t enough time though on the weekends, sigh.

This book literally made my jaw drop at the reveal at the end. “Didn’t see it coming” doesn’t even begin to describe my feelings after reading it. I sat in shock for about 20 minutes, then replaying the whole novel in my head, piecing together everything once again.

I’ve given this book to about 5 friends, and all of them ending up reading the entire book in one sitting. Can’t wait to see the movie