Film Review #008 - Shutter Island (2010)
Shutter Island (2010) is a psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (known for Avengers playing Hulk). The film is based on the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane. The story is set in 1954 and follows two US Marshals who are sent to a remote psychiatric facility on Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a patient. This movie gave mixed feelings but in a good way to reflect about the humans. This story is very dramatic and scary from the protagonist's perspective due to his past and hallucinations. The main character's clash with his own thoughts adds a very compelling psychological tension. The delusional and nostalgic character is very similar to Nolan's movie Inception with the same protagonists in both movies. In terms of Cinematography, fast camera transition movements to another scene was a unique artistic approach for this movie but it was a bit too much. Although the movie used green screens and CGI...