SHUTTER ISLAND (2010) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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Leo's character did know at the end what had happened. He remembered everything, and he couldn't take the pain of remembering so he pretended that he slipped back into delusion, just so his pain would be taken away.
THIS
How can anyone miss this
Yep. đđ
Yes, he decided to get lobotomy so he can't hurt anyone anymore and "die as a good man".
That's always been my interpretation
"Is he having a dream inside a dream?"
No, that's Leo's *other* movie from 2010.
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You still can have dream inside a dream. I have had it. You "wake up" and you think you awake but instead you're still dreaming.
SPOILER ALERT!!
At the end of Titanic, Leo slips beneath the waves.
In the beginning of Inception, he wakes up on a beach.
It's a movie within a movie.
A second viewing of this is worth the time. Noticing things like the guards being on edge around Leo because he's the most dangerous patient they have is great.
Thank you for pointing this out. I decided to watch this one right before Cassie posted her reaction so I never caught that at first viewing.
Also how Chuck struggles to get his pistol off his belt because he doesnât really know how.
@@jimfilbert1928 oh! Nice catch!
The second time around it is so clear. There are clues everywhere!
Thats the only thing that got me. They let an insane person, living in an alternate reality run around for 2 days, alone a decent amount of the time, with some of it during a blackout...
He violently disarmed a guard (even though the gun was empty), he could have bashed his head in or something. Plus climbing on those dangerous cliffs, and so on
I can't believe that both Inception and Shutter Island came out in 2010, both had Oscar-worthy performances by Leonard DiCaprio, and yet, he didn't even get a nomination for them. It's insane to me.
Leo and the Oscar is a strange pairing. he was nominated many times, should have been nominated more, like for this movie, in the 2010s it became a meme that Leo is nominated for best actor but wouldn't win it, he won it for Revenant, afterwards people said he should have won it for wolf of wall street instead.
@@ThePuschkin1986 respectfully, Iâm glad he won it for The Revenant, but I do agree that he should have won it for The Wolf Of Wall Street along with The Revenant, but thatâs just my opinion. He deserved one for this and many more, too.
@@mitchellneu I have not seen either, thus I can not judge. I am just reproducing things that I heard at the time
@@ThePuschkin1986 no problem friend. Iâm just saying those movies are awesome.
Playing the most fascinating roles and best actor are two different things
When he said âWhich would be worse: To live as a monster, or to die as a good man?â My heart sank
Yes. It means he knew he was a monster and choose to die as his alter ego, the good guy...
The warden is Ted Levine, aka Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs.
And the old doctor is Max von Sydow from The Exorcist.
The warden is also Private Cowboy from Full Metal Jacket
He also plays the very friendly Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in Monk
@@Norbie09 He's also the voice of Rusty Nails in the underrated Road Kill AKA Joy Ride (2001).
He is also great as captain stotlemayer in Monk
Props to Leo for this role. The man definitely is an icon for a reason. I love his performance in this movie.
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Magnificent acting!
Agree đŻ
His performances in "the basketball diaries" and "this boys life"are just as good,if not better.
If you asked me, he already should have won an academy award for Catch Me If U Can. One of my top 3, if not #1 favorite performance of his.
Mark Ruffalo clumsily removing his holster was the first tell. I'm glad you kept it
Actually the first hint was the suspense among the "policemen" upon the arrival of the two "cops"
Both wrong! First tell is him looking for his cigarettes on the boat, not having his own pack
What defines a first tell? I could say that the very first shot of the movie started on a boat near the island. Nothing in the movieâs present took place outside of the island.
Perhaps all wrong - Teddy telling himself to pull himself together in a mirror, and being frightened of water seems kind of hinting at his broken psyche
@@ieatbugs8948 All wrong: First tell was when the title appeared. It's very obscure and it gives away there's gonna be a twist in the end
There is a moment where Sir Ben Kingsley's character said: "Sanity is not an option" -- But at the end is suggested that Leo's character made the choice of being declared as insane. "Which would be worst? To live as a monster or to die as a good man?"
Ben Kingsley says:"Sanity is not a choice." (as seen at 4:28 )
That changes the impact even more.
He wasnât really a monster
@@-M0LE but he viewed himself as such because he said his wife gave him so many clues thatâs sheâs not mentally well by saying she feels an insect inside her head crawling and pulling nerve wires and he ignored it which ended up having her kill their children. Also he ends up having to kill his wife because she asked to be free so now he blames himself for all 4 murders. Was he a monster in our eyes? No he was a monster in his and in the ending he definitely was sane and chose to be lobotomy in order to be free himself of the pain.
And the end actually validates the statement of Kingsley's character, because he wants to be insane again, he doesn't want to face reality and live as this monster he thinks he is. But he CAN'T choose to go back to his dreamland again, he can't do that willingly, be insane. The only choice left is to fake it so they lobotomize him to make the pain go away.
Similar to Harvey Dentâs line: âYou either die as a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.â
Cassie, he wanted the lobotomy, (to die a good man rather than live as a monster), so he pretended to regress back to the Teddy persona. We're witnessing a kind of suicide at the end.
When Leonardo realizes his children are dead in the lake is so heart-wrenching. His yelp is so primal like a wild banshee is so intense. That is beyond acting. He makes you feel like his whole world collapsed at that moment. Plus the director uses a great overhead shot to give the desperation needed for the scene. Great writing, acting, and directing. Great movie.
This is a testament not just to Leo's acting but to Marty's directing. Yelling "No!" up into the sky while holding the body of a loved one has become a cliche,, a shorthand for genuine emotion and most of the time it is laughable (see IN TIME for example). but the directing and acting of this film is so superlative that it actually earns this trope, it makes it feel authentic and consequently affecting.
Leo's scream in that scene always is always hard to hear.
Great acting by Leo.
@@nawlsone586 have always felt the same way to his scream as Mal jumps in Inception. As said above, all the superlatives said about him as an actor are fully deserved.
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Leo loves mind bending movies. I can imagine him getting so excited when he reads the script for the first time.
I'm surprised he can read
@@ge2719 jealous much
@@ge2719 What a bizarre comment.
@@tucci06 heâs probably just one of those corny dudes who judges whether he likes an actor or not based on his political views or something đ„±.
@@saucelord780 guess you dont know what the p***y possy is then huh?
Corny? That word doesnt mean what you think it means.
And what would be so bad about judging someone on their views? If he thought robbery shouldnt be a crime, could i judge him for that? If he said everyone else has to stop producing co2 but flys his private jet around the world to bang women, can i judge him for that?
I guess youre one of those people who doesnt like it when people point out how terrible the people he is a fan of actually are. You like his because he says words in movies, and will defend what a terrible person he is in real life. Get your priorities straight.
That scream when he holds his children in the lake is something else. I'm shuddering hearing it, every time and I've seen that movie a handful of times. ( I usually don't rewatch stuff )
His "accidentally" perfect scene in Django is another absolute staple of phenomenal acting.
DiCaprio is an absolute phenomenon in his field. I feel you can slap any character , role or story into his face and he makes something good out of it.
*shuttering ;)
There's only a handful of performances in scenes of profound loss and heartbreak like that which really get to me. This is definitely one of them. The others are My girl, godfather 3, the English Patient, Mystic river, American history x and pan's labyrinth.
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@@NimpanZ man that "is that my daughter in there?" scene from Mystic River is heartbreaking.
There's no shame in not seeing a twist ending coming. Directors and actors work hard to conceal it, while retroactively making sense. Plus its much more fun (mind-blowing) as an audience member when you don't see the twist coming. You get to watch the movie twice and have it be great both times.
This movie is so deeply underrated. So few talk about it any more. It's a pretty brutal movie too. They don't really hold back, and when the world falls out at the end there, it really falls out. I remember seeing this in theaters and just being blown away by it.
How many people talk about a film is not a measure of it being under or over-rated. You're talking about present-day popularity. This film is very highly regarded by most people who have seen it. It's quite highly rated. It has an 8.2 on IMDb.
Imagine if you would have watched Goodfellas in a theater
how long should people talk about it? The movie's over 11 years old. If you want to write a thesis about it go ahead, but don't call it underrated because people have different things to talk about after 11 years.
@@XpVersusVista It was underrated then too you numpty. But why not talk about it for 11 years. People are still raving over Citizen Kane and Gone with the Wind. How many decades has it been for those? Your point falls apart completely.
@@mycroft16 Idk the movies you mentioned though.....
Sir Ben Kingsley is so good in the movie, the look that of sadness at the end when he realises he failed ( or Edward "Teddy" Daniels / Andrew Laeddis is to damaged to carry on ) is incredible.
My opinion has always been that Leo was fully lucid and sane at the end. His line "is it better to live as a monster or die as a free man?" shows that he's choosing to be lobotomized because he can't live with what he did so he's choosing to die as teddy, the "good man". Another piece of evidence comes as he's walking away and Mark Ruffalo's character calls after him "Teddy" and he doesn't respond, because he is only pretending to identify as Teddy.
When you realize that glass of water scene was not a continuity error but deliberate...Amazing
24:12: âWhere do I know him from? Iâm very scared of him.â
Love how just hearing his voice can bring back the fear you had for him from another movie.
I actually recently found out who the "warden" was in that "other" movie... and it freaked me the hell out.. :^O
because I knew him as Leland Stottlemeyer from TV's Monk
@@georgekellon2471 I remember having the exact same epiphany awhile back (also, fun fact, Seth Green originally based the voice of Chris Griffin from Family Guy on that character)
@@christopheratkins6640 almost, Seth specifically used his portrayal of Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs because he thought it would be funny for the FG audition.
Which is why in one episode Chris does the scene where he tucks and dances in front of a mirror, as a wink to the origins of the voice. (czcams.com/video/7fHzchaFQkI/video.html)
One of those movies that need multiple viewings to catch all the clues. The guards reactions to certain things (sitting around throwing rocks while supposedly searching for Rachel) the patients reactions, Mark Ruffalos expressions and who he looks at, and when, and how.
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I read this book in one sitting, and I wanted to immediately go back and start over when it was done. It's brilliant. And rewatching is a great idea, because there are SO many little hints and clues (watch the lady they interview when Chuck brings her a glass of water. When she takes a drink, she's not holding the glass, because Teddy is blocking out the sight of water).
I've never read it but I think I should. I always enjoy the books more than the movies. Even though this is a good movie, I imagine the book can get into characters' minds a bit deeper.
He always has a guard in the background as the patients do where his partner doesn't.
Lehane wrote also "Mystic River" which is also a great movie but easier to watch. Shutter Island is a pure mind game.
I'm an editor, so from the start I noticed there were some really weird edits in the film, like the ones in his dreams but subtler, like the one you mentioned. Scorsese being as accomplished a filmmaker as he is, I assumed it was there for some reason, and when he started getting dizzy during the thunderstorm and they were giving him pills, it struck me then that "Oh, man, he's a patient, and that's why his perception is all fractured." Brilliant job.
This is one of my all-time favorite movies, because there is so much foreshadowing and little details that you might notice until the second or even third viewing. If you pay attention to the staff in the background, you'll see that most of them break character and are visibly fed up with dealing with Andrew. Or how when Dr. Cawley was talking about the history of mental institutions, he slightly changes his tone when he says the word "drowned" because he knows it might trigger Andrew. Having the Mahler record playing in the background in Dr. Naehring's introduction scene was also deliberately done to trigger his memory of Dachau. Teddy doesn't know who he reports to, eventually threatening to report them to "Hoover's boys." Then there's all the fire VS water/fantasy VS reality symbolism going on... There's a lot more, but you should rewatch it and see what you can find!
the last line he says to Chuck is your answer - the "roleplay" worked, he just opted to pretend to be a good guy (the marshall investigating the case) as opposed to being the grief stricken husband who killed his wife.
He made the choice to be lobotomized, effectively ending his "life" as his frontal lobe will be destroyed.
He also massacred the nazis (bad guys but it still a massacre nonetheless) so not only did he got traumatized after the war and became alcoholic but the death of his children is the last straw that finally make him insane.
At the end, Teddy(Leo DiCaprio) KNEW what he had done.
Some giveaways-
1. When axe-my-husband lady said Dr Sheeyan isn't hard on the eyes, Chuck (Mark Ruffalo) grinned, kinda blushed. (He was revealed as Dr. Sheeyan at the end)
2. Teddy was uncomfortable with water throughout this movie. Nauseous in the sea, DIDN'T see the water in axe-my-husband lady's glass. It's because of his trauma of his kids drowning in WATER.
3. At the end he says, "Which would be worse? To die as a monster or to die as a good man?"
This meant he had accepted what he had done and would rather be dead(lobotomised) than be alive with the guilt/knowledge of what he had done.
He is Shutter Island. Metaphorically.
Why though? Everybody agrees including his own doctor that they would have killed the wife too. I understand him being crazy but that stems from him blaming himself and he shouldn't.
@@TheSYPHERIA I agree that it stems from Teddy blaming himself. But hear me out.
I am not sure if Teddy was a vet, but if he was, that's an insane amount of trauma from WW2. Then imagine your wife being so sick she kills their children and Teddy couldn't get her help. Death of one child is life shattering. Death of all his children AND killing his wife is too intense for him to bear.
I am not sure even if I would be able to keep my sanity in that case.
Edit- I guess he is blaming himself for not getting her help. But the circumstances outside of not getting her help are too strong and mind-bending than any one would like to be in.
@@georgemarko8403 đyes
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BIGGEST MYSTERY.... who's the woman In the cave?
When he was gathering up his kids in the water, you could hear my heart break out loud. That was one of the most jarring scenes I have ever seen in my life. Leo played that part so well.
the first time i watched it was horrible, the second time i had become a father, it hit ten times harder...
@@Danjon1235 Right? I'm actually a 53 year old two time Grandpa. I've been raising babies for a big chunk of my life and just couldn't imagine something like this. I wouldn't survive it.
Shutter Island is an anagram of "truths and lies" and "truths/denials".
You definitely won't see the ending coming, but once you understand it. It make a second viewing even better than the first. Live as a monster. Or die as a good man.
I have to believe you really are that innocent. Otherwise my old heart would break. You bring me smiles and happiness. My wife has dementia and I am a full time caregiver for her and I wait until I am alone to watch your reactions. You are the granddaughter I need to see in order to forget my circumstances and smile for 30 minutes. At age 70, I have become such a cynic that I need your innocence to be real. Thank you and God bless your family.
Oh... I'm sorry to hear about your circumstance, sir, but glad that Cassie can allieviate it for you.
@@Liquessen thank you for your kindness.
I particularly love how Cassie always tags her videos as at the location of the movie lol
I was surprised to see the ending was so confusing. That line he delivered answered it, he was 100% sane/lucid and chose to be lobotomized rather than live with the constant regret and pain everyday.
When something appears obvious when directed by genius... it never is
âIs he having a dream inside a dream?â Thatâs a different movie đ
At the end, he's sane. But he pretends to still be insane, so that they'll lobotomize him. Because he still doesn't want to live with the reality.
You asked about the warden (Ted Levine). You previously saw him as Buffalo Bill. If you'd like to see him as a positive character, try the TV series "Monk" where he plays Monk's supervisor.
THANK you! That's where I knew him from!
Captain Stoudmire on the Monk series. . . where Monk previously drove a taxi , on an even earlier show , Wings
MASTERPIECEâŠ.. the last line of the movie gives me chills every time
I remember seeing this in the theater after work when traffic was bad. I use to always just stop in the theater and catch a discounted matinee if traffic was bad. I'd rather watch a movie then sit for an hour in traffic. Anyway, I seen the 4pm showing and had the theater to myself. When it was over, I just sat there for another 20 minutes just trying to process what the hell happened the last 2 hours. What a movie. Very few have I got so submerged into a plot as I did with this one. Like you, I love detective movies and was really lost trying to follow his storyline. The ending hit me like a brick wall.
This movie reminds me of the movie Memento from 2000. Once u know the ending, and u go watch it again, u see all the subtle clues, and u get your mind blown again. Also, Leos's performance in this movie is absolutely amazing, so much emotion.
4:18 Jeez Cassie you pretty much guessed the whole plot without realising it so early in!
Your hindsight is 20/20. Always impressed!
âIâm replaying this whole movie over in my headâ
I know girl, hence why I rewatch it a lot đ
The last line says it all. Sanity means living as a monster - living with the knowledge and guilt of what happened to his children and his wife for which he feels responsible. On the other hand, insanity creates a fictional world where he is a good guy not responsible for the death of his wife and children. So he subconsciously chooses to be insane as a way of coping. So if he sticks to insanity he can die as a good man (in his own mind). But if he regains sanity he has to cope with feeling - living - like a monster.
He was sane at the end. He didnât want to live like that anymore, so he pretended to have fallen back into his insanity in order for the doctors to lobotomize him.
definitely recommend a rewatch, you start to notice things, even things as simple as the exchange with the guards at the very beginning, its like a completely different conversation and it makes so much sense
Only 2 minutes in...
Cassie "This is creepy!"
Me: My evil laugh kicks in, followed by a "Oh, this ought to be goooood!"
Same here. I've only seen bits and pieces of the movie but I did read the book. It was absolutely fantastic and really messed with your mind.
Yeah... I remember recovering from the film afterwards...
I think this is my favourite youtube channel now. Just love seeing your reactions :)
Yes he did know everything at the end, choosing to "die as a human" instead of living as a monster.
Great movie
The novel that this is based on is written by Dennis Lehane, who is an outstanding author. Other movies that have been made from his books include Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, and Live By Night. All great movies. Though Gone Baby Gone is terrific.
Michelle Williams is such a good actress.
Emily Mortimer (fake Rachel) is a great actress, too. I *HIGHLY* recommend Lars and the Real Girl. Such a sweet, sad movie.
Mystic river is great.
The ending is brilliant. On first glance, most people think that he is pretending to regress but if you dig deeper it's not as clear. One could also make the case that he had broken through in the past and regressed multiple times which is pointed out in the film. The hollywood ending is that he deliberately pretended to regress but in reality, it's rare for that to happen in a case as severe as his and most likely he really did regress. The fact that it's deliberately left open ended represents the spectator's/doctor's perspective in that no one will ever truly know. It's a brilliantly nuanced ending.
He is Shutter Island.
I think the fact that the doctor calls after him "Teddy!" but he doesn't reply, because he knows it's not his name, leans in favor of him knowing the truth, along with his final question about dying as a good man.
I really don't think it was open ended at all. The fact he asks whether "it's better to live as a monster or die as a good man" pretty much shows he was aware.
I don't think that part is open ended. He definitely remembered what had happened at the point of surrendering to the lobotomy. The part that I think is ambiguous is whether he actually was a patient with those memories or if his 'delusion' about the island being a human testing site was actually real and that they drugged and manipulated him into submission. Nothing in the movie actually falsifies that narrative. That story simply seems more far fetched and therefore we deem it be less likely, but the whole movie still makes sense if you take that as the true story, especially considering the fact that the whole movie is told from his perspective. We the viewers are 'tricked' just as he is because we are working off of the same information.
This is one of my favorite movies. It really keeps you guessing about what's really happening. Have to watch it a few times to piece it together.
The movie is only half over. A Must watch the 2nd time. Knowing what you know, gives it a whole new feel.
In the end, Andrew knew he was a killer and lost his family to madness. He chooses to the lobotomy as punishment for not saving his family. A true masterclass in acting. đ
Go back to the scene (9:45) where the woman he's interviewing asks for water. She pretends to drink the water, but she has no cup, and her hand is empty. Then she puts down a glass. A clue as to what's going on.
I never noticed that before.
@@coyotefever105 sheâs also laughing with the guards towards the end
Did you notice that he didn't respond to the fictional name of Teddy at the end? He did accept reality and knew who he was and what he did, he knew that the Lobotomy tool was in that cloth and willingly took the surgery because it could remove those harsh memories...
One of the BEST psychological thrillers!!! You can tell "Chuck" is running things during the patient interviews. Watch him during them.
Cassie: âDid they lose a prisoner or something?â
Me: ââŠ. or somethingâ
Your choices keep getting better, and better. Such a great week for Popcorn in Bed.
Agreed, they used to be pretty boring. Now she's talking.
I love watching films like this. I make an effort to not ask myself questions so I can be as surprised as the characters themselves when the reveal happens. I also like - hate myself a little bit if I'm honest, if I guess things before they happen, like I spoil the surprises for myself lol So I quite literally try to have no internal dialogue when watching movies lol!
So many people said this movie didn't feel personal to andrew, but i find that it really shows you how messed up he is, the dreams are beautiful and so haunting.
His performance when he jumps into the water to grab his kids..... Leonardo Dicaprio is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors ever.
THIS MOVIE IS GREATNESS
Definitely a movie that you have to see a couple times to really appreciate how good it is. I love how it feels like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari meets Shock Corridor, which, knowing Scorsese, that was deliberate. The soundtrack is particularly superb. I especially love the use of Mahlerâs Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor. Most people complain that the ending is a little too easy to predict. It is, but itâs still a highly effective ending, and the journey to get there makes it all worthwhile.
I don't like this movie enough the first time to ever watch it again, but to each their own.
@@robertwarnock4147 You have very good taste!!!
@@robertwarnock4147 This is the best Leo's and Scorsese's movie. You probably didn't understand most of the movie because you are a little slow
Yeah Chuck that's probably it I'm just slow. đ
You dont need words to react Cassie. We love the way you're into the movies. Your face and expression says it all :)
Cassey, the best movies to watch for Christmas are DIE HARD and DIE HARD 2, starring Bruce Willis, both take place during Christmas Eve.
This was a great movie! Another great Decaprio flick. Your video is perfectly edited so it shows all the most important parts, and the most emotional parts. One of the many reasons I am a subscriber and supporter of yours. Keep it up!
Plus sheâs so invested genuine and nice
The guy you thought looked familiar 24:41 played Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs
One of my favorite movies, like others have said I wish I could watch it again for the first time.
Watching it a 2nd time it all lines up. The part that makes you wonder at the end is if he regressed, or did he purposely say it so he could end it all
As others have said, watching this a second time is like watching a different movie. Being in on the twist makes you notice SO many new things and mannerisms. It's a bit like when you watch Sixth Sense a second time.
Your reaction was exactly what our reaction was. It was so tense and heartbreaking. The editing on this was phenomenal by-the-way!
This is the kind of movie that I wish I could watch for the first time again. Been one of my favorites for a while now! Despite what many people think, I love the writing, the way they carry the mystery and the plot twist(s)!
Never understood why people say that. If you could watch it again for the first time you wouldn't have anymore appreciation for it than you did before. It would be the same.
The book isnât a masterpiece but itâs not bad. Read it shortly before the movie came out.
@@infinitysynthesis i get that but I think people say it to feel the same as they did when first watching it. You know stuff is coming on your second+ viewings. You already know whats coming so those suspenseful moments arent as suspenseful as the first time or that joke isnt as funny as the first time - after a re watch, you know everything is coming. At the end of the day, you still love the movie - but your experience with it is different
@@infinitysynthesis It's called a "figure of speech". People use that a lot. In this case, it's because when you watch something for the first time, you're going in blindly, you don't see the plot twists coming, you're excited and eager to find out wtf if actually going on, and on your second viewing you lose these elements completely, it's a whole other feeling. Hope now you can understand what people mean when they say that.
@@RustinChole I've never read the book! Did they make a good job at adapting it to the big screen? That can be tricky sometimes
Thereâs a crazy amount of subtle clues that you start to catch on multiple watches. He hates the water because of the incident with his wife. Mark ruffalos character fumbles with his gun when they get to the island, showing his inexperience handling weapons. When heâs interviewing the patients, thereâs a scene where a woman take a a drink form a glass of water but because we see the scene from Leoâs perspective, the water glass disappears because he blocks it out to do his phobia of water. One of the greatest movie twists ever.
"Is he having a dream inside a dream?" Now that brings us to our next Leo movie!
One of the best plot twists in movie history â€ïž
Such an amazing movie. Thank you for reacting to it đ Itâs one of my favourites âșïž
Max Von Sydow! Had no idea he was in this. About as steady an actor as you can get. He'd been acting for 70 yrs, died last year, poor bugger. RIP.
So much appreciation for the way you change your title screen to match the movie you're reacting to. I think it took me awhile to even notice but now every time I see it, I'm so impressed by that attention to detail.
So pumped for this. One of my fav films!
Dennis Lehane (the author of the novel this film is based on) said, quite rightly, that Teddy/Andrew is not suicidal; he could easily have killed himself after killing his wife, but he didn't... therefore his "pretending" to regress at the end of the film to get himself lobotomized doesn't make sense. But because the film's ending makes you question if that is indeed what Teddy/Andrew is doing, Dennis Lehane was fine with it because it was ambiguous.
Great reaction to an amazing film! The novel this film is based on is better, in my opinion... well worth a read!
I love your channel! :)
From a metaphysical and esoteric view of this film there is always an element of truth regarding the play of perceived reality compared against opposites! For the "perceiver" life exists as it is thought to play out. To control one, two or even three levels of dreams for the purposes of maintaining a
Thank you for reacting to one of my all-time personal favourite psychological horror drama films which is a rarity of Martin Scorsese to direct given his high profile for Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino and recently Killers of the Flower Moon.
It took me 3 times to watch the film to see the signs that Teddy Daniels/Andrew Laeddis (cool fictional character names) is not who we thought he is. At the end of the film, his last words âWhat could be much worse in this place: live as a monster or die as a good manâ is an indicator that Laeddis opted out for the âlighthouse icepickâ due to the fact he got to the point of no longer handling the trauma of killing his wife for killing his kids and not wanting to regress restarting the entire cutting-edge roleplay all over again.
As much as I know that it was all a roleplay: I loved the scene of Dr Rachel Solando in the cave, got a feeling itâs real (yet Dr Cawley brushed it off as fake hallucinations in Laeddisâ mind) as I could see this play a role in the plot of a continuation miniseries that I call âEscape From Shutter Islandâ.
No matter if he was thinking of something in the past thatâs true or not - the US army liberation of Dachau (among the early Nazi campsites to appear in the Holocaust) resulted in the soldiers and surviving Holocaust prisoners participated in a revenge killing (execution squad-esque) on the camp guards except those who faced the music in the criminal courts. It did happen in our world.
An investigation conducted by US army Lieutenant-colonel Joseph Whittaker was suppressed by US army general George Patton and a Bavaria governor to cover up what Laeddis described as ânot warfare but murder [on both sides]â. I do believe Laeddisâ involvement in the Dachau liberation and revenge killings was true.
If you really want to mix things up with the channel, watch Shutter Island a 2nd time and film yourself trying to pick up on all that you may have missed now that you know the ending. You'd be amazed at how different the experience is! đœđ€Żđ€ȘđČ
Leo deserved Oscar for this performance. But he didn't even nominate.
Remember that scene, at the gates of Ashcliffe? Laeddis and Sheehan are ordered to relinquish their "firearms." Sheehan struggles to undo his holster, while Laeddis (being a marshal) does it with no problem. If you rewatch this movie, try to look at Leo's face when this happens. For a brief moment, he seems lucid, like he knows he is out of place and the something is wrong. Great acting from DiCaprio.
Also, in almost all prisons and mental hospitals, prisoners and mental patients are banned from carrying matches, so that's why Laeddis has to keep asking for a light and never seems to have matches on him.
Did you noticed? His last sentence... "is it better to live as a monster, or die as a good man?" He did not regressed but hated to live knowing of what he did. So he chose the lobotomy to forget and acted like he was back in his delusions. I loved that plot twist in the last 5 seconds of the movie.
This is a very underated movie, i actually read the book before watching the film so i knew the twist. If you love Leo i would highly recommend watching The Departed which is directed by Martin Scorsese, imo its Leo's best acting performance & there is a stellar supporting cast đđ»
For sure, he's great in The Departed, too. I did the same with the book of Shutter Island, and I've read a lot of Dennis Lehane's novels in addition to that one. I would like to recommend the film which was my favorite Lehane adaptation, Gone Baby Gone. I had really wanted a series of movies, at least going back to the first couple of books with those characters.
@@cinemaniac78 Yes i've read a number of Lehane books too, Mystic River was an ok film but a fantastic book, also his crime trilogy that has been turned into a screenplay is great as well, i forget the 1st book but i read that about 10 years ago and at the time it would have been the biggest book i'd read
@@larsson02sco Thanks for mentioning that about the novel Mystic River, as it reminds me that I still need to read that one. I quite liked the film, but not having read the book I may have a different perspective. Is the trilogy you are talking about the one with The Given Day, Live by Night, and World Gone By? I have read those, but I haven't seen the Live by Night film yet. I would say my favorites of his books are from the Kenzie/Gennaro series, there are six books but I especially like the first, second, and fourth in the series--A Drink Before the War; Darkness, Take My Hand; and the aforementioned Gone, Baby, Gone.
@@cinemaniac78 Yes "The Given Day" i remember reading the sypnosis & thinking at about 900 pages with the source material being something i'd never read about before that i would struggle, but it was quite the opposite, i soared through it, must re-read the given day soon!
@@larsson02sco Yes, he certainly is a gifted writer who can really bring you into the worlds he creates, even if they are at first unfamiliar.
Wow. Your reactions made this for me. A great movie, and yes, I'm sure he finally knew but wanted to die.
Here's a noodle baker... the nurse in the lighthouse is the woman they "said" and pretended was the "found" Rachel
(not the cave Rachel, she was totally in his head)
Leo's performance as he pulls his kids from the water always guts me.
The film was excellent. The book was amazing. First time is a brain trip!
The more i watch this movie, the more little thing i see, it keeps getting better with every viewing
As a father, the scene where he finds his children in the lake and his screams of pain...destroy me everytime. Only time I've ever come that close to that much pain was helping put my kids in my ex wifes Van and saying good bye as they drove 1200 miles away leaving me alone :(
The book was written by Dennis Lehane who also wrote Gone Baby Gone. He's a fantastic writer.
33:58 yeah thats what I took from it. It worked, he regained his sanity but he chose to pretend to regress so they would lobotomize him. He'd rather be a zombie than have to suffer all that for the rest of his life.
I look forward to the day when you finally pluck up the courage to watch The Thing (1982).
She's not ready, not yet. It will blow her mind.
And the Exorcist, too!
@@svenleeuwen Is anyone ever really ready for their first viewing of The Thing?
I wonder if Jacob's Ladder (1990 version, obviously) would be even harder. Doesn't have The Thing's body horror, but it's just about as disturbing, and very sad on top of that.
@@theonlylauri Indeed, it's heart breaking.
I went into the cinema back in school days, probably 14 years old or so, with some friends to see this. had no idea whatsoever what this was all about but we all knew and loved DiCaprio from other movies and thrillers were right up our alley as well. We did not see the twist coming at all and discussed for hours, days, weeks later after this movie. Even without that curveball, it would still be an excellent movie.
Your reviews are so authentic. Like them. What gives it away to me are your eyes. Can't fake how you show those during stuff.
The end credits song fucking kills me. What a genius mashup. Max Richter âOn the Nature of Daylightâ, with the vocals of Dinah Washington âThis Bitter Earthâ
Hey cass don't apologize for not talking enough. The best part of your reaction is seeing your facial expressions and hearing and seeing emotional changes and comparing them to my own. Great editing by the way
He was cured in the end that's why he said ''which would be worse, to live as a monster or die as good man''. He didn't wanna live as a murderer so he chose lobotomy. Excellent movie.
The fact that I didn't know which was real or not was a testament to the writing but also the way it was shot. The framing and the angles chosen by Scorsese gave the movie a creepy vibe. You can do story-telling without any dialogue simply by framing and lighting and close-ups and wide shots..
Deep down I think he knew but as he said at the end: "What is worst? To live as a monster or to die as a good man?"
He choose to die as a good man, because he couldn't live being the monster he thought he was.
A truly sad story, and one of the best performances ever.
Please watch "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" in December!
Ya this made me think of that movie, too.
Wich one would be worst to live as a monster or die as good man ? Still one of the most deep cuotes I have ever heard
You might not catch it on the first viewing, but when Leo and Mark first get to the island and have to surrender their firearms, Leo removes his quickly and effortlessly, but Mark has a hard time removing it, implying he's not a real cop.