Shutter Island

[certainthings]

I watched it. I have spoilers, especially for the ending ... okay, pretty much all for the ending.

I enjoyed it. Mostly. But uh. I hate when they promote movies like that and voice over guy is all, 'With an ending you'll never see coming. Ever. It will shock and awe you. For realz,  yo.'

Because then ... the ending doesn't do that at all.

Leo's character being a patient? Not surprising.

Having Kate Winslet dreaming the whole thing? That would've surprised me.

Having Leo's character be an alien who was making all those people crazy? That too probably would've surpised me.

Having the whole thing take place in the belly of a whale? Might be suprising.

Right. So, I actually figured out not that long into the movie what the ending was but even when they revealed that he was in face a patient, I kept on waiting for something else to happen, for something more because surely that couldn't be all there was to it.

And a small part of me is still a little bit convinced that I missed something and there was a surprise, shock and awe, holy shit that just blew my mind - ending.

Comments

[goingtoqueens.livejournal.com]

Okay, I've had theories from a few people that the shocking thing was supposed to be that Leo wasn't crazy. Something about his last line in the film and blah blah blah. I do not know!

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I like this. I wish I could remember what his last line was.

[goingtoqueens.livejournal.com]

Thank Google for this. The last line is: Tell me something, is it better to live as a monster or die a good man?

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Oh, hmm. I'm not sure if that leads me to believe that he wasn't actually crazy. I think if he'd said, "... or die an honest man." I might believe it.