Feb

Shutter Island: Review

By admin

What the F! Scorsese, I want that two hours of my life back! That’s what I thought while coming out the theater. Sure some people may feel smarter or more cultured by sitting through an incredibly predictable and long movie that takes itself way to seriously…but not me. When I go to a movie I want to be entertained and sadly shutter island did not do that, at all. This film is full of missed climaxes and disappointing revelations…just imagine if you were 16, sneaking a girl home and right before you hit the “big” moment your mom busts in the room…that’s what this movie does to you, on MULTIPLE occasions.

Don’t let the marketing fool you, this movie is not a horror/thriller…it’s strictly a thriller, placed in a noir setting…nothing supernatural or ghostly happening on the mysterious shutter island. The film doesn’t start off terrible, aside from the ridiculous music leading to the entrance of Shutter Island. Scorsese does a pretty good job setting up an uneasy, tense atmosphere but that quickly fades as you realize what you expected from the movie, what you’re seeing and what the film is leading up to isn’t going to lead to any sort of satisfying conclusion. Yeah, there’s a twist at the end but if you didn’t see it coming a mile away you must not have been paying attention to all the obnoxious foreshadowing throughout the movie.

When you find out the big “mystery” of the film, it has no impact what so ever. Mainly because I found myself not caring one bit about the characters and their silly Boston accents. To put it in perspective, When you find out Woody Harrelson’s character Tallahassee’s true motivation for being a zombie killing machine it has much more emotional impact because the director did a good job in allowing the viewer to connect with him…How can a Zombie/Comedy/Action movie have more emotional impact than a physiological thriller…I have no idea but trust me if you’re going to see this because of some misplaced loyalty to the director save yourself $10 bucs…I should have gone to see Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, If I’m going to see a bad movie at least let it be one I can throw popcorn and Gummy Bears at. 4 and a half stars

Rating: (4.5/10)