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| MFS62 Mar 15 2017 09:47 AM |
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In 1954, a U.S. marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.
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| MFS62 Mar 15 2017 09:54 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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Watched it during the storm yesterday. I saw it on regular TV with commercial interruptions, so it ran 3 hours. It does wheelies on the line between mystery and eerie(not quite horror).
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| Ceetar Mar 15 2017 10:06 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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I read this one, and enjoyed it. I don't think I saw the film but I can't remember now.
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| metirish Mar 15 2017 01:05 PM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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Dennis Lehane's excellent book , really liked that , the movie IIRC was enjoyable.
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| sharpie Mar 15 2017 01:27 PM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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Yeah, liked the book more than the film. Second-string Scorsese though watchable enough.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 17 2017 03:59 PM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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The Departed is second-string Scorcese. This... is... what's the filmic equivalent of "pulp?" This is that.
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| metirish Mar 20 2017 06:56 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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Yes, I think he would make this movie so he can make the other ones?
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| Vic Sage Mar 21 2017 01:16 PM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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in the "deluded protagonist" sub-genre (like JACOB'S LADDER, OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE, SIXTH SENSE, MEMENTO, BEAUTIFUL MIND, ENEMY, etc.), the plot's reliance on its twist ending makes it a one-trick pony. But its pretty well done, nonetheless.
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| MFS62 Mar 22 2017 07:32 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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Do you include Don't Look Now in that category? Of course, one movie trailer told viewers not to reveal the ending. It was Witness For the Prosecution. Later
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| Vic Sage Mar 24 2017 03:28 PM Re: Shutter Island (2010) Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 28 2017 08:57 AM |
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no, i'm not talking about movies where the protagonist is just wrong about something, or surprised by something, but where s/he is unaware of something fundamental about themselves, like they are, in fact, insane or dead or fictional or dreaming or a figment of someone else's imagination. They're wrong about their own fundamental reality. Besides SHUTTER ISLAND, this includes such films as:
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| MFS62 Mar 24 2017 07:15 PM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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Nice list. What was the fundamental reality in Invaders from Mars? I don't recall the plot.
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| Vic Sage Mar 27 2017 09:30 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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it was all a dream... or was it?
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| Edgy MD Mar 27 2017 10:56 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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I didn't realize Forbidden Planet had a potentially fake reality. A monster projected unknowingly by the antagonist, sure, but not a whole universe.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 27 2017 10:57 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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Also, THE TRUMAN SHOW. Also also, mildly-charming indie/Serious Will Ferrell vehicle STRANGER THAN FICTION.
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| Vic Sage Mar 28 2017 08:56 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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Definitely. I can't believe i missed those 2, since i really like them both.
Well, i was on the border about this one. It's not a false reality, but the scientist's realization that the monster is actually HIM is this sort of twist. But i could be talked out of it.
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| Edgy MD Mar 28 2017 09:47 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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It might be a better fit if the scientist was the protagonist.
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| Vic Sage Mar 28 2017 10:21 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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yes, i agree.
According to both the play and the movie, the rabbit is real, so it doesn't count.
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| Edgy MD Mar 28 2017 10:50 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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That's crazy. There's no rabbit.
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| metirish Mar 29 2017 08:25 AM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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Love what this thread has turned into , I would give Shutter Island and extra half star for that
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| Vic Sage Apr 04 2017 03:13 PM Re: Shutter Island (2010) |
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he's not in SAG.
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