Given that I enjoyed The Aviator and The Departed, nothing could have prevented me from watching the latest collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio soon after it was released. Not the lukewarm reviews it received from critics. Not my boss’s review, “You just might like it. I didn’t particularly care for it.” Things were proceeding in accordance to schedule when I ran into an unexpected problem. The movie stopped playing at the closest theatre rather soon, and the show timings at theatres farther away did not suit me.
Recently, my boss lent me the DVD and I am glad to have watched this under-hyped movie after I watched Inception.
Shutter Island is based on a book of the same name, and was originally scheduled to be released in late 2009. The economic downturn (ED) apparently had a role to play in the delayed release; I am not sure what exactly ED’s role was though. The budget doesn’t look compromised, and there seems to be as much water as Scorsese required for narrating the story.
The intelligent man who can work with anagrams, DiCaprio’s character is a US Marshal who is sent to Ashecliff hospital in Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a lady prisoner. As the movie draws to an end, it becomes clear that it is he who is undergoing psychiatric treatment at the hospital post the murder of his wife.
He kills his wife.
She drowns their three children.
Save for a few scenes (set on the Island) that drag, the movie is paced well. I particularly liked the ending when DiCaprio utters, “Which would be worse, to live like a monster, or die as a good man?” Watch the movie to see the context.
Much like Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese has excellent taste in music. At the end of the movie, Dinah Washington’s ‘This Bitter Earth’ plays.
Post watching this movie, I have two wishes. The first one is that DiCaprio should open his Oscar count in 2010, and for his powerhouse performance in Shutter Island.
The second is that Woody Allen should consider working with DiCaprio again – Allen is capable of making him smile, and of making me laugh. For the record, I am yet to watch Celebrity in which Allen cast DiCaprio a dozen years ago.
Recently, my boss lent me the DVD and I am glad to have watched this under-hyped movie after I watched Inception.
Shutter Island is based on a book of the same name, and was originally scheduled to be released in late 2009. The economic downturn (ED) apparently had a role to play in the delayed release; I am not sure what exactly ED’s role was though. The budget doesn’t look compromised, and there seems to be as much water as Scorsese required for narrating the story.
The intelligent man who can work with anagrams, DiCaprio’s character is a US Marshal who is sent to Ashecliff hospital in Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a lady prisoner. As the movie draws to an end, it becomes clear that it is he who is undergoing psychiatric treatment at the hospital post the murder of his wife.
He kills his wife.
She drowns their three children.
Save for a few scenes (set on the Island) that drag, the movie is paced well. I particularly liked the ending when DiCaprio utters, “Which would be worse, to live like a monster, or die as a good man?” Watch the movie to see the context.
Much like Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese has excellent taste in music. At the end of the movie, Dinah Washington’s ‘This Bitter Earth’ plays.
Post watching this movie, I have two wishes. The first one is that DiCaprio should open his Oscar count in 2010, and for his powerhouse performance in Shutter Island.
The second is that Woody Allen should consider working with DiCaprio again – Allen is capable of making him smile, and of making me laugh. For the record, I am yet to watch Celebrity in which Allen cast DiCaprio a dozen years ago.
2 comments:
jus finished watching the first half of the movie...it was way too intense for me...for the first time I cried watching an english movie :)
Bells, the second half would put things in perspective. Complete watching the film when you can! :)
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