tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170443308250983581.post845392153543455111..comments2023-10-15T07:56:20.768-07:00Comments on City Lights: A Film Blog: Movie Review: Shutter IslandLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08400880202232098855noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170443308250983581.post-44531352586826552672011-10-13T18:05:12.660-07:002011-10-13T18:05:12.660-07:00I really think that the movie tried to show that a...I really think that the movie tried to show that an individual cannot fight the system and if someone tries will only be considered crazy.the system will defend itself by eliminating such agents.and one of their own ways is either convince them or tell that they are crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170443308250983581.post-23129707657627847312010-02-24T17:58:14.491-08:002010-02-24T17:58:14.491-08:00I'll check out your review right now. It seems...I'll check out your review right now. It seems to be the type of film you either love or hate. I've heard a lot of people rave about it but I couldn't wait for it to be over. I'm curious to see what you liked about it.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08400880202232098855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170443308250983581.post-5765951421509007112010-02-21T21:31:18.177-08:002010-02-21T21:31:18.177-08:00I mentioned in my podcast about it (which goes up ...I mentioned in my podcast about it (which goes up on Monday morning if you want to listen), that when SHUTTER ISLAND ended, I thought it might be the sort of movie that I liked but that other people wouldn't.<br /><br />(Hard to pinpoint what made me feel that way, I just did).<br /><br />I caught on to the oddities you pointed out - strange visions of things that weren't there - but I think what might have made the difference between your reaction and mine, was that I just resigned myself to running with them. The only thing that held me back from <i>really</i> diving headlong into the film, was the fact that I was sitting around some rather unruly movie goers (read: texting addicts, and beer drinkers).<br /><br />Interesting take on the flick...but I still dig it.Ryan McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440134802928893661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170443308250983581.post-26034606536780388512010-02-20T16:23:49.712-08:002010-02-20T16:23:49.712-08:00I've read some reviewers who had the same opin...I've read some reviewers who had the same opinion; that it was some sort of ode to Hitchcock. Maybe it's because it was just such a terrible movie, but I don't really see the Hitchcock homage in there. Were there particular scenes that come to mind for you?<br /><br />I love the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. THAT was an enjoyable B-horror film. Shutter Island was not.<br /><br />Yeah, the CGI was surprisingly lame, put if you are right in your assumption that it was going to B-horror film campiness, could some of it have been intentional? Who knows.<br /><br />The flashbacks were definitely awful. The audience laughed too many times for me to ever have taken this film seriously. I love Scorsese. I trust him as a director. But I won't stick up for him for making this. haha.<br /><br />It's interesting, though, because I was totally prepared to have your way of thinking when watching the film (B-horror film, ode to Hitchcock, etc.) but I just thought it was bad. I kept waiting for it to get better.<br /><br />No worries about the typos. ;)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08400880202232098855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170443308250983581.post-78279312075989040662010-02-20T13:52:17.513-08:002010-02-20T13:52:17.513-08:00sorry for the typossorry for the typosKendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249077643561441898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6170443308250983581.post-60050062017203529672010-02-20T13:51:49.856-08:002010-02-20T13:51:49.856-08:00I didn't see this as so much an ode to noir as...I didn't see this as so much an ode to noir as an ode to 1950s B horror films (like Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and Hitchcock thrillers. In the first instance I thought Shutter Island succeede, although I didn't get what the subliminal message about craxy things going on in our world today was...<br /><br />It definitely had a lot of Hitchcockian elements, especially the music and the faske backdrops (like when Leo and the warden of the facility are driving along the islant in a jeep). The one thing I didn't like were the "Nightmares" Teddy has. The CGI reminded me of a lot of lame horror films out these days, I thought it was stupid, and the ending of the film definitely reminded me of "Identity" with John Cusack, which was disappointing.<br /><br />Overall, though, I thought it was a pretty good movie. I'd probably give it a BKendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249077643561441898noreply@blogger.com