"Shutter Island" Review
Time to look at the latest from the great Martin Scorsese. That is if my cat will let me.
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If you want to see what the SILENT HILL movie should have been, check out a stunning movie called THE ABANDONED; directed by Nacho Cerda.
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I'll check that one out.
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Dude, THE ABANDONED is awesome.
It's totally the movie SILENT HILL should have been. At a fraction of the budget, no less.
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Nice! Sounds fun. Look forward to watching it.
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Brad, you and i went on the same day, and I have to agree with you pretty much because this is a good film and a great adaptation
now I do have problems where they left out huge chunks of plot but i guess that was for Political Correctness i don't know. I enjoyed both the book and the movie the same
I agree one hundred percent with your review on this
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(Maybe spoilers)
Let me guess the twist, it turns out he really died in WWII?
I'm guessing that, since you mentioned this should have been what that Silent Hill movie turned out to be.
Silent Hill was based on Jacob's Ladder, and the twist there is that he really died in Vietnam.
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'Silent Hill was based on Jacob's Ladder'
No, it wasn't.
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Silent Hill is, at the very least, inspired from Jacob's Ladder. Sure, Silent Hill isn't literally BASED on Jacob's Ladder, but there are some similarities, like the atmosphere of Silent Hill reminds me of the hell hospital scene in Jacob's Ladder. (The really bad ending in Silent Hill is not so different from the ending to Jacob's Ladder. Sure, there's not references to Vietnam, but they do have their similarities. I can't say what they are, because that would just give them both away.)
All that said, Jacob's Ladder and Shutter Island are two examples of what the Silent Hill movie should have been.
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"Sure, there's not references to Vietnam, but they do have their similarities."
*no. I meant to say, "Sure, there's no references to Vietnam, but they do have their similarities."
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"I can't say what they are, because that would give them both away."
Oh, well we certainly wouldn't want that. But wait...
"Jacob's Ladder ... the twist there is that he really died in Vietnam."
so spoiling twist endings is OK, but the details must not be mentioned? Nice priorities.
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Hey, you didn't hear it from me.
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I did mention spoilers in my comment, you didn't have to read it.
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It's been said many times by the developers that Silent Hill was heavily influenced by Jacob's Ladder.
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You're right. I agree wholeheartedly.
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When I first saw the trailer I really didn't know what to think about this movie. Is it psychological horror, is it supernatural horror, can Martin Scorsese pull off a movie in the horror genre, seeing that he almost only did only gangster movies and biographies (which are incredible pieces of cinematography).
But damn the reviews take me by surprise every time I hear someone talking about this movie. But yeah Cape Fear really showed that the man can write suspense and build up so I can't wait to give this movie a try.
Oh and yeah we live in other times now when old released movies are overlooked by the Academy because they will say there are so many great movies that came at the end of the year and this are the movies that are popular and most fresh in people minds. Come on since when have the Oscars been correct to some of the movies out there that really deserved it but didn't enter because it didn't respect some of their "policies".
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I watched about 20 seconds of the trailer. Once I got the sense that I was seeing too much I shut it off.
I'm glad I did.
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It's getting more and more clear to me that if I want to see a movie it's better that I read a review from Roger Ebert or take a look at Brad's reviews because trailers tend to show too much from important plot points of a movie. Even if I don't know what's happening in the trailer it's clear that they put in parts from every point of the movie just to show us how action packed a movie is even though the beginning could have a slow build up and THE ENDING has the most action which you probably saw in the trailer.
It's kind of an interesting marketing ploy but they risk in sacrificing the mistery in the movie like for example the grandma and icecream man in Legion. Sometimes they give us a false impression of a movie like Inglorious Basterds although I'm happy it wasn't all about the basterds. Trailers sometimes should be avoided if you have other sources for movie info.
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grate reference to don't look in the basement and know i now what the twisted is going to be
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Is it me or Brad always has a different hair-cut in each video?
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Hey Brad, yep I do have "Don't Look In The Basement", part of the Mill Creek Entertainment "Drive-In Classics 50 Pack". A totally fuckin weird movie.
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I think your cats want their own show. Have them review movies and if they like them, they purr. If they don't like them, they hack up furballs.
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OK I got to say this, but Brad you really know your movies man. Just saw "Don't Look in the Basement", although I personally like it's alternative title "The Forgotten". It really is a horror gem: suspenseful, mysterious and very atmospheric. It made me feel uneasy and scared and it didn't need gore to do that, but by it's unsettling atmosphere. It also reminded me of Suspiria allot and makes me think if Dario Argento saw this little piece back in '73.
I got to admit I saw the twist from the first 20 minutes of the movie but still the feel and rawness of the movie was great. I think I just spoiled for myself the twist for Shutter Island, but as you pointed it's probably not the same but it's close. To be sincere anyone who goes to this movie and has seen allot of cinema in his life he'll probably see the twist. To think "Don't Look in the Basement" had an 100.000$ budget and was made in 1973 it still felt so fresh to me and almost timeless.
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I just got back from seeing this. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially the first hour, which I thought was absolutely brilliant.
I mean, it's quality gothic pulp made by arguably the world's greatest film-maker. What's not to like?
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Shutter Island was an intriguing flick, to be sure... I enjoyed it immensely. It was like Jacob's Ladder meets Twin Peaks meets a freakish alternate universe where M. Night Shyamalan makes watchable movies. I can't stay on board with your complete enthusiasm for it, though... the ending relies on a few too many contrivances in the preceding events for my comfort. I actually prefer it to The Departed, though - nice to see Scorcese trying new things. And the imagery, as you said, was fantastic.
How about "Don't Look in the Basement" as your next Public Domain Theater presentation? It's all on youtube.
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I really thought it was an amazingly crafted film, every aspect of it was superb. The cinematography, direction, lighting, locations, the casting, the acting, so fucking well done. It was a great film going experience except for one damn thing, I did not like the third act. I thought it was weak and I didn't really care what was happening, it dragged on too long and didn't have anything going on it seems. Once I figured out how it was going to end I just wanted it to hurry up and end because I didn't care at that point. The movie kind of ends on a dull murmer, I thought the story was sort of lame, I wish it stuck with what was going on in the first half. Other than that, its one of the best film going experiences I've had in a long time, also one of the most disappointing.
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this movie was excellent, the atmosphere was so intense and disturbing that I got this churning feeling in my gut during some scenes, I can't remember the last time a horror movie made me feel like that
and I kind of sort of saw the basic gist of the twist coming, but there were a lot of details that I didn't see coming at all, so it was still shocking to me
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I was hoping you were going to say it reminded you of "Don't Look Now", the 1974 film starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. That's what the film reminded me more of anyway. Yes, the movie was very suspensful and really had me intrigued throughout. Great ending, too!
I know I'm not alone when I say that I think trailers for films nowadays reveal way too much and I am really tired of it. Your audience isn't dumb, Hollywood. Jeez.
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No, it didn't really remind me of that, but I'm not really a fan of "Don't Look Now." "Don't Go in the House" is the better "Don't" movie =)
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Funny as soon as you mentioned Ted Levine as a warden in charge guards I couldn't help but think of Clancy Brown as Captain Byron Hadley in "The Shawshank Redemption". I think movies today could always use a little more Clancy Brown.
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ALL movies can use a little more Clancy Brown.
Actually, it's a tragedy that nobody had the foresight or the balls to cast him as JUDGE DREDD.
That would have been glorious.
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I completely agree 100% with that.
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My favorite Clancy Brown movie would have to be "Pet Semetary 2". He is just so over-the-top and fun as the sadistic resurrected sheriff.
"Do you understand these rights, Drew buddy, or are you just too fucking stupid?!!?" Awesome.
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LLOYD!!!!!!!
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I can't believe you didn't mention the fact that Max Von Sydow is in this movie! He is one of my absolute favorite actors ever, and one of my favorite things about this movie.
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Shutter Island reminded me of the William Peter Blatty film The Ninth Configuration, another film with a twist ending that isn't really a twist. I think both are more about the protagonist's realisation than the audiences.
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Hey did you know that next year there's going to be a remake of don't look in the basement? check it out on imdb the cast is there and everything
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Hey did you know there's going to be a remake of Don't Look in the Basement in 2011? check it out on imdb the cast is there and everything
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sorry for the double post i just saw there was another Tyler above and didn't want to get mixed up
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For a first, this movie looked good. Most ads for movies make me nearly spit on the screen I see them on, but Scorsese doing a horror movie? I've got to see that! You know, I actually kind of predicted the comparison to The Shining. After you said the word "psychological" I immediately thought "Brad's going to say that it's Scorsese's 'The Shining', even though it's probably not as good". I expected that exactly how you said it. Still, I would say The Shining is more psychologically tormenting than people think. It's one of those movies that is terrifying just by the sheer amount of effort. There is so much going on in The Shining that the more you watch it, the LESS things make sense. Because of this, it becomes a thrill ride of discovering exactly what The Shining was trying to get across. For example, did anybody catch the Native American themes in The Shining?
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Interesting review... you raise good points. Click on here to watch my review for my website, you might like it. It was you that inspired to do reviews like this... so thumbs up, I hope.
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I think the newer comments should be at the top not the bottom
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I tried watching this movie on Netfilx, but my internet is so lousy that every few minutes it had to re-buffer.
I did enjoy what I saw, but I couldn't see all of it.
Great job Brad.
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I made the mistake of reading the book just before I saw the movie, which made the movie incredibly disappointing. It was one of the truest book-to-screen adaptations I've seen--but unfortunately, that spoiled the suspense of the movie.
However, I did like the effects and the visuals of the movie. The acting was solid, even though I'm not a DiCaprio fan. If you really want to enjoy the movie and you also like reading the book associated with movies, see the movie first.
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Wikipedia doesn't mention it, but there is a video game for Shutter Island, over at Bigfish.
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