Shutter Island (2010)
Welcome back readers,
I am really excited for today's movie discussion. Shutter Island is one of my favorite psychological thrillers. Leonardo DiCaprio has given a mind blowing performance in the movie. He really is an actor with real substance. Delivering two major psychological super hits, the other being Inception, in one year is damn noteworthy. I could not help but notice a lot of similarities between Inception and Shutter Island. Leonardo's reel wife is dead in both of em, both movies focus on his guilt and the basis in both movies is 'the mind and psyche'.
The movie opens up with the introduction of the main character Teddy Daniels, a U.S. Marshal, and his subordinate, Chuck. Both of them are in a boat, on their way to Shutter Island, to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solondo, a patient in a mental institution who drowned her 3 children. Both of them are busy investigating the disappearance and are drawn in deciphering clues. Meanwhile, Teddy is having severe migraines and walking dreams regarding his traumatic World War 2 experience and his wife's death in a fire. He also has mysterious dreams about Rachel Solondo and her dead children. Teddy starts noticing weird happenings within the mental institution which point towards cruel brain experiments. Meanwhile, Rachel is found on the island. The main reason Teddy took the case of Rachel was to find his wife's killer, Andrew Laiedis, the man who started the deadly fire. Teddy digs down deep into finding the mystery behind the mental institution and the eerie lighthouse. He is also keen of solving a riddle found on a note: The rule of 4, Who is 67. 67 meaning the 67th hidden patient of Shutter Island.
This movie offers a movie experience no one would want to miss. The suspense builds up as the movie proceeds. The climax is probably the last 15 minutes of the movie. I was so shocked when I found out about the truth in the movie. Anyways, I recommend this movie to all the people who love thriller, mystery, suspense and psychology movies.
SPOILER ALERT- ABOUT THE ENDING OF THE MOVIE
The ending of the movie was a bit ambiguous, so I would also like to talk about it. When Teddy goes into the lighthouse to confront the evil brain surgeries occurring there and to find his partner Chuck, he sees the doctor sitting there. The doctor tells him to sit down quietly and tells him that he in fact is Andrew Laiedis, the 67th patient of Shutter Island. He had developed an alter personality in which his name was Teddy Daniels, a U.S. Marshal. Two years, ago, Andrew Laiedis, a U.S. Marshal had killed his wife, suffering from depression, because she was the one who drowned their 3 children in the lake. Andrew could not live with the guilt of being a monster, so he developed an alter ego, Teddy Daniels, in which he was the hero, unveiling a nonexistent conspiracy going on in Shutter Island. The rule of 4 was:
The doctor tells Andrew that he was the most dangerous patient, and they let him play out his alter personality act for the last time. Chuck turns out to be his primary psychologist, Dr. Sheehan. The doctor tells him that he has been playing out this game repeatedly for 2 years like a cycle. he next morning, Andrew wakes up and admits that he is not Teddy and that he killed his wife. The doctor warns Andrew not to regress into his previous mental state, otherwise he will have to be lobotomized. At the ending of the movie, Andrew talks to Dr. Sheehan, deliberately calling him Chuck, because he knows the doctors are observing. The last dialogue of Andrew is: Which one is worse, to live as a monster, or to die a good man? This means, that Andrew could not live with the guilt of being responsible for his family's death, so he decides to be lobotomized as Teddy Daniels, his perceived 'good man'. The last scene shows the orderlies taking Andrew to the lighthouse.
Welcome back readers,
I am really excited for today's movie discussion. Shutter Island is one of my favorite psychological thrillers. Leonardo DiCaprio has given a mind blowing performance in the movie. He really is an actor with real substance. Delivering two major psychological super hits, the other being Inception, in one year is damn noteworthy. I could not help but notice a lot of similarities between Inception and Shutter Island. Leonardo's reel wife is dead in both of em, both movies focus on his guilt and the basis in both movies is 'the mind and psyche'.
The movie opens up with the introduction of the main character Teddy Daniels, a U.S. Marshal, and his subordinate, Chuck. Both of them are in a boat, on their way to Shutter Island, to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solondo, a patient in a mental institution who drowned her 3 children. Both of them are busy investigating the disappearance and are drawn in deciphering clues. Meanwhile, Teddy is having severe migraines and walking dreams regarding his traumatic World War 2 experience and his wife's death in a fire. He also has mysterious dreams about Rachel Solondo and her dead children. Teddy starts noticing weird happenings within the mental institution which point towards cruel brain experiments. Meanwhile, Rachel is found on the island. The main reason Teddy took the case of Rachel was to find his wife's killer, Andrew Laiedis, the man who started the deadly fire. Teddy digs down deep into finding the mystery behind the mental institution and the eerie lighthouse. He is also keen of solving a riddle found on a note: The rule of 4, Who is 67. 67 meaning the 67th hidden patient of Shutter Island.
This movie offers a movie experience no one would want to miss. The suspense builds up as the movie proceeds. The climax is probably the last 15 minutes of the movie. I was so shocked when I found out about the truth in the movie. Anyways, I recommend this movie to all the people who love thriller, mystery, suspense and psychology movies.
SPOILER ALERT- ABOUT THE ENDING OF THE MOVIE
The ending of the movie was a bit ambiguous, so I would also like to talk about it. When Teddy goes into the lighthouse to confront the evil brain surgeries occurring there and to find his partner Chuck, he sees the doctor sitting there. The doctor tells him to sit down quietly and tells him that he in fact is Andrew Laiedis, the 67th patient of Shutter Island. He had developed an alter personality in which his name was Teddy Daniels, a U.S. Marshal. Two years, ago, Andrew Laiedis, a U.S. Marshal had killed his wife, suffering from depression, because she was the one who drowned their 3 children in the lake. Andrew could not live with the guilt of being a monster, so he developed an alter ego, Teddy Daniels, in which he was the hero, unveiling a nonexistent conspiracy going on in Shutter Island. The rule of 4 was:
The doctor tells Andrew that he was the most dangerous patient, and they let him play out his alter personality act for the last time. Chuck turns out to be his primary psychologist, Dr. Sheehan. The doctor tells him that he has been playing out this game repeatedly for 2 years like a cycle. he next morning, Andrew wakes up and admits that he is not Teddy and that he killed his wife. The doctor warns Andrew not to regress into his previous mental state, otherwise he will have to be lobotomized. At the ending of the movie, Andrew talks to Dr. Sheehan, deliberately calling him Chuck, because he knows the doctors are observing. The last dialogue of Andrew is: Which one is worse, to live as a monster, or to die a good man? This means, that Andrew could not live with the guilt of being responsible for his family's death, so he decides to be lobotomized as Teddy Daniels, his perceived 'good man'. The last scene shows the orderlies taking Andrew to the lighthouse.
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