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| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Mystery & Suspense |
The plot is simple enough. A mental institution situated in an isolated island (Shutter Island) loses track of one of its patients. The US Marshalls sends Teddy Daniels (Leonardo di Caprio) and his new partner Chuck (Mark Rufallo) to investigate the matter. The doctors running the place were uncooperative and seemed to be hiding something, which prompted Teddy to investigate deeper to unearth the secrets of Shutter Island. However, in the process, Teddy's personal issues gets entangled with the mystery of the missing patient. No longer in control and doubting his own sanity, Teddy finds himself trapped in the island.
Okay plot writing is not my strong point. But it’s so hard to expound on the plot when there’s a fabulous twist at the end! Whine, whine, whine. Well anyway…
Shutter Island was well made. But it looked like it was made by Hitchcock rather than Martin Scorsese. Not that it’s a bad thing. I love the look and feel of Hitchcock movies. I’m just curious if the similarities were intentional. Is this movie supposed to be like some tribute to Hitchcock? What kind of a surname is Hitchcock anyway? Ahihihi…
The movie’s visually loaded. I love how Teddy’s dreams and visions look so out of this world. So bizarre. There’s this scene, it was dark and snow was lightly falling, and amidst the piled-up dead bodies of Jews in concentration camps, the rotting carcass of a mother and child comes to life and transforms into living dolls with ruby red lips. Beautiful, yet creepy.
Creepy. That’s one word that kept coming out of our mouths while watching this movie. And me going, “Ang laki ni Leo! Ang laki ni Leo”, referring to his built of course. Ahihihi…
Ang hirap pala mag-review if I can’t mention so many details that are too revealing. Maybe I should just put spoiler alert in the title like Oliver suggested?
I’m starting a trend here, stream of consciousness movie review
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