The Shutter Island Review

 Dicaprio Vs the insane

First of all apologies for the blog not being posted yesterday as planned, anyways i saw this film last summer when it came out, but i gave it another watch yesterday as a quick refresh. I also read the book before this came out as I heard alot of good things about the book itself and i might add it was a really good read, highly recommended even if you have seen the film there is a lot more in the book itself.

As a big fan of the director of this film Martin Scorsese I was especially looking forward to this film when i first watched it and especially after Dicaprio pulled of a great role in Scoreseis previous film The Aviator. but anyway enough of the geeky stuff.

I am not going to give to much away for anyone who has yet to see the film which I do recommend you do at some point. The main film revolves around Federal Marshall "Teddy Daniels", who arrives on shutter island with his partner "Chuck Aule" to investigate the disappearance of a patient at the hospital for the criminally insane, I might add that the opening scene is of Dicaprio throwing up on the ferry because he gets seasick, which kinda made me laugh because that would have totally not worked on Titanic.

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To pretty much sum up this film, Di Caprio takes on the investigation in the criminally insane hospital but not without a struggle, after the staff seem not so helpful and trying to interview patients is about as useful as interviewing Charlie Sheen. The investigation gets pretty crazy as it goes on and they seem to be stuck on the island with no communication to the main land due to torrential storms and heavy rain. The ever determined Marshall Daniels is set on getting to the truth and goes to great lengths to sort after it, which includes nice strolls along some cliffs in the middle of a storm which is probably not the most sensible thing to do but probably makes a change from being on a sinking ship. (sorry I cant resist these titanic jokes today)

The film itself is a huge mind twist and a bit of a puzzle which I think viewers will enjoy trying to piece together and be left at the end with a huge what the hell just happened.  The film was brilliantly directed by Scorese who did well in captivating the dark and intense mood of this film perfectly, as well as Dicaprio really doing justice to the main character Teddy Daniels. 

As you have guessed by now I loved this film and again recommend you see it and if you don't like it well i guess there is always titanic or the beach, both great films too.

I will be back to normal blog tomorrow and another movie review coming on Friday for real this time