Shutter Island

Greetings Faithful Movie-Lovers!

I recently saw Shutter Island. You should see it too. The reason I say this is simple. Because it's a good movie. It's better than that fourth sequel about the lovable night watchman at the museum or the billionth re-telling of the tale of a cute couple who go through stuff, break up, and then get back together. Oh hey I should have said spoiler alert cause I just gave away the whole story of every romantic comedy ever. Dang.

Wait, I take that back. There was a couple of RC's that I've seen recently that did NOT go through the usual mind numbing cliche story points. I'll try to write about them sometime so you brothers of mine can have somewhere to turn to when you get to that desert place where you know you just have to sit through that movie that SHE is gonna like. I know how it goes. Back to Shutter Island.

Why should I see another DiCraprio suck-fest centered around how good he looks with water dripping from his hair, you might ask me. And if you did ask me, I would say, shut up person I don't really know very well I'm working/thinking/writing/crapping right now. You pick the activity. Go ahead, it makes it more like this is OUR story instead of just mine. But if you busted in on me while I was sitting on the throne to ask me about Leo DiCap I would shout your name from the rooftops holding a sign with your face on it wearing big girl glasses and rainbow lip gloss. Don't bother me when I'm on the toilet, man!

Shutter Island is good. Part of the way through, when you make a guess about it and it turns out to be right towards the end, don't say to yourself, "not another one of THESE stories!" but rather realize that the twist at the end is not the point of the tale. As a culture, as a movie watching generation we've become jaded enough to guess almost any twist while simultaneously we somehow belive that the point of any given movie is that the twist towards the end better suprise us and leave us mouth agape. Nay! Good sir/madam! The twist merely serves to make the point of the movie. In Fight Club the point was know and be yourself. In the 6th Sense the point was don't talk to me if you're dead. Or a bald fading action star.

Likewise, the point of Shutter Island is not merely to arrive at the twist. Think about the character, think about the shocking yet poignant moments of the history that brought him to where he is. Think about his desicion at the end. Think about not arguing in your head with what I'm saying right now and realizing that yet again, I'm right. I like Shutter Island. Shut up Carleton.