Revus ellam sari illaiyE.. (I mean not as good as expected) - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1198124-shutter_island/
Will try watching this weekend.
Mean streets, Casino, Goodfellas, The Departed
Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, Bringing Out the Dead
After Hours
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, My voyage to Italy
Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun
Raging bull
The Age of Innocence; New York, New York; Life Lessons
Shine a Light; No Direction Home: Bob Dylan; The Last Waltz
Revus ellam sari illaiyE.. (I mean not as good as expected) - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1198124-shutter_island/
Will try watching this weekend.
Shutter Island - Good. Well acted by dicaprio.
Cinematographically very well captured by Scorsese. Not a Trend setting thriller by any means but it managed to keep my interest till it mattered. Fine acting by Dicaprio but i am afraid that he is typecasted into stereotypical roles (ala man with emotional turmoils). Ben Kingsley and Mark Ruffalo are good. The story has some WW2 backdrop too. The story is not great but the narrative that kept me interested.
*Envies*
That's positive !
Btw, lot of Scorsese films that I like, are narrative and scenes-driven. And willing to make compromises at plot level.
Can't wait to watch !
...an artist without an art.
Shutter Island - Excellent. Whats with all the negative reviews in RT?! Extremely well directed. Could have used a better writer though, but that did not matter at all. The film was absolutely engrossing from scene #1 all the way to credits. Spinechilling, hair raising etc. In short, a mind f-in experience
Do yourself a favor and watch it without reading *anything* about the film
I read the script.
And planning to read the book
...an artist without an art.
Dwld the OST. Consciously derives a bit from "The shining". Although the script reminds a lot of...uh well, It'd be a spoiler of sorts. ( I couldn't control the urge to read the script )
...an artist without an art.
Don't worry, thats not gona take anything away from the experience of watching Marty's brilliance in handling the not-so-great script. I read from IMDB that the novel is a spectacular read - which means your expectations will shoot up :POriginally Posted by kid-glove
And yeah, I was reminded of "The Shining" while watching this film. There are lots of similarities..
Thanks Nerd ! It was in deed a script that either falls towards blatant foreshadowing or bleak descript, unless you're a maverick director to make the scenes interesting with the setting, costume (of the period, really speaks a story in itself), and the characters. I also hope he cuts off the stressing (like underlining "us" in the script, going over the POW history of the mental hospital, etc ) which gives a bit away of the conclusion. It could be done so subtly that the audience could come back to watch 'em again. I hope they retain the excerpt of T.S Elliot's The hollow man as opening lines, as in the script, it serves well for the character of Teddy Daniels, the man, the legend (as Chuck tells it to him ! ) .Originally Posted by Nerd
I really want to see Marty take every bit of self-indulgent rules in the book, and do a pastiche ! At least stylistically, I expect it to have Hitchcock to Fritz Lang to Orson Welles (esp. The Trial), as in, the script itself, opens with the ship appearing out of "The Fog", a dreamlike Kafkaesque state. Also the required post-war paranoia of 50's. Defeatism and Fatalism of noir, is very much sensed in the script, reminds the wonderful marriage of German expressionism to post-holocaust filmnoir. Teddy seems to be troubled from first moment, like any noir detectives. Chuck seems to be very astute and well written character too. I want to see how Mark Ruffalo plays it. I also want to see the whole cast, incl. the mighty tall Von Sydow do Dr. Naehring (just how many Island films he has done, especially with Bergman ! ).
He apparently showed "Laura", Jacques Tournier films ("Out of the past"), "Vertigo", "Invasion of body snatchers" (that was Lehane's own inspiration to write the book) among others to cast and crew, to get the feel and way to play the parts.
As much as I loathe him post-Titanic, I think Di Caprio could really mature to a higher level (you guys need to confirm this) if he could work extra bit on this. At least, I couldn't shake the idea of Jack Nicholson (Mainly the confused, haunted, dementia of "The Chinatown" than "The Shining" style) or Robert Mitchum playing the role !
...an artist without an art.
Your choice !!
...an artist without an art.
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