At the end of last week I saw Shutter Island. A film I was looking forward to seeing, but one I thought I already new the twist for! And I DID!
Although the film is very good, well acted and directed, it left me disappointed! I knew the end, I didn't get all the pieces in the correct place, but it was pretty close. But even the fuzzy pieces weren't that interesting and in the end the experience was pretty hollow.
I like Dicaprio and Ruffalo as actors and both did a good job overall, everyone else played their parts well. While Scorsese's direction was good it wasn't great. The music a little strange in places! (Well listening to the CD it is!) The overall look of the film was very good though and I liked the look of the mental hospital.
However a friend of mine pointed out certain historic inaccuracies with the War scenes and again it lowers the overall quality of the film.
In the end it was good, but could have been so much better. (6/10)
I thought this was going to be better than it was. The main reason I was disappointed was the twist wasn't a twist at all. The trailer had built it up to be so much more - I expected something along the lines of the shinning. But maybe I missed something; other people were so surprised at the outcome aand thought it a masterpiece. Maybe I've just seen too many movies. Still a godd film though 7/10
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