Review of Shutter Island (2010) by Orson — 21 Mar 2010
Deeply disappointing, becaase WAAAY overploted, and waaaay too long. As many reviewers noted, this length is its chief embarrassment: it allows you to think it through, they fail to explain. I gave up on it between the cemetary scene with dialog sounding like an outake from "A Beautiful Mind" and the meeting with Noyce.
Thereafter, it just became annoying. Would that Scorsese learned that there is a reason why Hitchcock - the master of suspense - strove to put ordinary characters into extraordinary situations. That way, we can identify with our protagonist, allowing suspense to build.
I shudder to say that this balloon sailed into the ether far too soon. A waste of great talent, writing and set potential.
This review of Shutter Island (2010) was written by Orson on 21 Mar 2010.
Shutter Island has generally received very positive reviews.
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