Shutter Island: Mind Blowing. Media Meditation Two

Here is the trailer for Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.


This movie was absolutly brilliant. It has so many twists and turns that it is worse than a Vermont back road. I was sitting in the Roxy movie theater, watching this movie, and the whole time all I could think about was how Scorsese absolutly hit this one out of the park. It was so well done, I was simply amazed.

It starts out with a federal marshal coming to a mental hospital for the criminally insane because a patient had escaped. It goes through his investigation, and throughout the movie, you learn little parts of DiCaprio's character's history and background. THese little parts are crucial, and looking back at the movie, there were so many little hints that you wouldn't think were important, but really built everything up to the ending, which will blow your mind.

the movie used a lot of subtlety, and doesn't ever reveal anything until the very end. It is almost frustrating how little they reveal to the viewer, but it is all worth it in the end.

This movie made you use all three parts of your brain, in various ways. You use the neocortex to view the movie, and analyze the actors movements and words. The limbic brain is used pretty much the whole time in the movie, because you are always trying to figure out what is going on or what is going to happen next. Then the reptilian brain is used in a few parts because of the suspense in the movie. You are scared at times, and that makes the reptilian brain kick in.