Review: Shutter Island

Saw this last night. Outstanding, just outstanding. Loved the atmosphere, loved the cast (two serial killers among them...), thought the music was fucking terrifying and the dream sequences eerie as hell.

Twist was quite welcome too, can't say I didn't see it coming but it didn't matter a jot - did think it might have been better left ambiguous but it worked for me in the end.

Rather refreshingly, instead of listening to jabbering idiots on the way out of the cinema, I overheard one guy making some interesting points, like how *Teddy is afraid of water (because of his kids drowning)* and *how Mark Ruffalo can't get his gun out his holster (because he's not actually a cop)*.

5/5 for me, thoroughly enjoyable and really bloody creepy.

I've been wanting to see this... but The Pesci isn't in it. Marty Scorsese could've done me a solid and thrown him in there somewhere...

I'll still go, on the basis of Chris' review alone, but in my heart I'll always know it could've been better with The Pesci.

Nope, DiCaprio still looks like a teenager wearing his dad's clothes. Do the collars of his suit hang over his little fists and the legs of his trousers bunch around the too-big shoes?

I actually had a bit in there about how it was David Lynch by way of Jacob's Ladder, but had to cut it out due to word count. That's pretty much spot on, though.

Yeah, I've heard you can see the neding a mile away, but it lessens the movie in no way. I'll be interested in seeing this one.

I've heard it described as Jacob's Ladder meets Twin Peaks, which is good enough for me.

This is being marketed as a horror movie, which excites me - I like it when directors mix it up a little. And I can handle all sorts of silly twists, so this doesn't bother me.

Will try and see it at the weekend. Sorry, Green Zone.

Completely agree with this. You can see the twist coming from a mile off but the getting there makes for great viewing. The enjoyment of this film lies in relishing the mystery rather solving it.