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I watched Shutter Island on Saturday and some people (mykevermin) are hating on it by calling it predictable.
Really?
Let's go with the standard interpretation: Edward Daniels is invited to Shutter Island to find a missing patient. The missing patient turns up on her own. Edward reveals to his partner that he is hunting his wife's murderer, Andrew Laeddes (sp?), and to investigate all of the money being pumped into this island by the government. Everything climaxes in a lighthouse where the director of the asylum claims that Edward is a figment of Andrew's imagination. His new partner is revealed to be his physician. Andrew's psychotic break was explained by his murder of his wife after she drowned their three children. He is given the ultimatum of accepting the role of a monster, Andrew, or remain as Edward and be lobotomized. At the end of the movie, Andrew embraces Edward as his identity and is shuffled off to be lobotomized.
Is the standard interpretation correct? I don't know. I say it is a coin toss.
Here's my alternate interpretation after watching the movie ONCE. Edward Daniels traveled to Shutter Island under the pretense of locating a missing patient. While there, he revealed to his partner, a government plant, that his mission was to expose government testing on mental patients. While there, he was exposed to mind altering drugs and committed. At the end of the movie, Edward refuses to accept the identity of Andrew and is shuffled off to be lobotomized.
I watched Shutter Island on Saturday and some people (mykevermin) are hating on it by calling it predictable.
Really?
Let's go with the standard interpretation: Edward Daniels is invited to Shutter Island to find a missing patient. The missing patient turns up on her own. Edward reveals to his partner that he is hunting his wife's murderer, Andrew Laeddes (sp?), and to investigate all of the money being pumped into this island by the government. Everything climaxes in a lighthouse where the director of the asylum claims that Edward is a figment of Andrew's imagination. His new partner is revealed to be his physician. Andrew's psychotic break was explained by his murder of his wife after she drowned their three children. He is given the ultimatum of accepting the role of a monster, Andrew, or remain as Edward and be lobotomized. At the end of the movie, Andrew embraces Edward as his identity and is shuffled off to be lobotomized.
Is the standard interpretation correct? I don't know. I say it is a coin toss.
Here's my alternate interpretation after watching the movie ONCE. Edward Daniels traveled to Shutter Island under the pretense of locating a missing patient. While there, he revealed to his partner, a government plant, that his mission was to expose government testing on mental patients. While there, he was exposed to mind altering drugs and committed. At the end of the movie, Edward refuses to accept the identity of Andrew and is shuffled off to be lobotomized.