Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Film Review of Shutter Island




It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.


I think the film gives the audience a very eerie feel throughout the whole film, it built suspense through the film up to the twist at the end of the film. The music in film emphasises the suspense and creates an original scare towards the audience. The setting used is fantastic. It gives the audience a sense of realism and reality. I think that leonardo di caprio portrayed his character in the film very well and also got to the audience so they felt that they knew the character also mark ruffalo playing the other detective portrayed his role in a believable manor. The film in general is edited brilliant and the camera shots that are used in film uplift the film on another level creating beautiful and scary views and sights.


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