Shutter Island

     Recently my interest in film has been in thrillers or movies that make me think about the plot in general. Recently, I watched 'Shutter Island' with fellow classmate Josh Dorr. This film is probably in my top 10 now because of how engaging and interesting it was. The filmmakers did a great job of leaving subtle visual and verbal clues to help you understand what is really happening.  This movie is the first to make me go back to the beginning and watch it again, but if you have good attention to detail you might be able to conceptualize it the first time around. 

    My favorite part about the film was that there is no traditional 'happy ending'. this film actually reminded me a lot of "The Menu", which came out this year. These films share a similar pattern in the plot where you don't know where the film is going at any given point in time.  I enjoy this because when the film leaves you wondering what happened or is going to happen next, you have to be engaged and immersed in the fictional world you are watching. 

    Finally, after watching 'Shutter Island', there are two trains of thought that could be true but they leave it up to the audience to decide what they think happened based on what they observed from the film from start to finish. A recurring theme in the film was the fight against the insanity that the main character was facing for most of the movie. He had to use his best judgment to decide if what he was seeing is reality or a psychotic delusion.