I got tickets to an advanced screening of Shutter Island for thursday, at 7:30pm before the midnight showing. I was very enthusiastic about seeing this movie, with such top-notch people behind the movie. Alas, I was let down, and here's why.
Length. This movie is long. Two hours and eighteen minutes proves far too long for a movie which is supposed to be some sort of psychological thriller. The camerawork is superb as is expected from Martin Scorcese, but the sheer length of this film negates a lot of the suspense I was hoping to feel. By the end of the movie, I'm seriously questioning if their intent is to bore us to insanity, and I wonder if that's what happens to all the characters.
Oh but the characters are so well portrayed! By this, I don't mean the main characters such as DiCaprio (Teddy)or Mark Ruffalo. I mean the lesser characters with far less screen time. I may be a bit biased a huge Jackie Earle Haley fan, but his scene was magnificent. Few moments truly portrayed a feeling of madness and desperation as the scene where he stares down Teddy. Ted Levine just can't do any other role other than a policeman, can he? Doesn't matter, I love his voice, I love his presence. His talk with Teddy about violence in men drove the point home. Teddy is a dangerous, violent man. So the movie wants us to think, but it all falls flat.
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