Why SHUTTER ISLAND Broke Me
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your call, i enjoy your content and im not really a movie watcher so i say you have better taste
Coherence!
I'm kinda concerned about how many times you've been broken.
anally
How many times can I break 'til I Shutter?
“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.”
― Franz Kafka
nothing a bitta duct tape can’t fix!
Movies that break Ryan have made Gorilla Glue millions!
And once again, one of your deep dives on a film shakes me to my core. “You’ll never escape your past no matter how much you try to reinvent yourself.” Ouch. Thank you.
why you all wet baby
Shutter Island is a really good gothic horror film with loads of atmosphere and all the trappings a thriller fan could want. And its ending really packs an emotional punch. One of those films you want to discuss with friends as soon as the end credits start to roll.
took me 11 years to watch it again since it is such a heavy disturbing topic if you look at the character's experience via the lens of real life, depression, insanity, losing your identity and the gravity of killing your wife after she drowned your kids. manic depression etc. its terrifying what LD's character goes through. a great film, underappreciated. requires a sober focused mature audience when watching again.
Parts of the lighthouse scenes were filmed in my hometown of Nahant. It was neat seeing all the trailers and equipment. They even built a partial light house (the lower half) that was life sized and made to look realistic for closer shots. I’ve also climbed in the same places Leo does in the film (minus the cliff with the cave)
This is my favorite LDC movie.
Idk when I made that descision, but at some point I realized it's the first one I think of when he comes up in conversation.
I saw it in highschool and it just stuck with me ^^;
One of the things that I found odd about Shutter Island after watching it for the first time during its theatrical run, was how when I talked about it to some people they pointed out how obvious the twist was. And I was surprised because, well, I didn't see it coming. But then going back, upon a second rewatch, I realized how blatantly obvious it actually was and thought I must've been such an idiot to have missed it.
Then I realized, probably, why I missed it. It's cause I didn't care. I empathized so much with Teddy and what he was going through that I didn't think, oh well he's obviously just a resident playing out some fantasy. All I can think about when I think about this movie is that scene where he's holding his wife and she's all wet and then she disappears into ash. Now, without knowing the ending, that image alone, especially when paired with the Max Richter song, is just gut-wrenching. But when you take it into context with all of the other things surrounding it, the story he's told himself, his experiences in the war, all of that, it's even more heartbreaking.
I go back to this movie often, especially when I feel like I need to get my creative juices flowing and make myself feel something and it almost always works because there's just something so painfully tragic about it. It's one of the few movies that makes me feel genuine pain that I can watch semi-regularly without buckling under its depressive weight.
Hollinger...this is perfect. We should be less cynical in our judgment because we are the person that this movie is talking about. The juxtaposition of “we always see ourselves as our own worst enemy“ versus “who is the monster” in the story we falter into/over is quite possibly the best side by side this world has ever seen, especially since I don’t have an answer to that question.
Nobody:
Ryan: 🎶heart been broke so many times🎶
Some people live in mortal fear of sounding hyper intellectual. They think it sounds “pretentious“ as though nobody can actually be interested or find it fun to analyse details and therefore doing it can only be pretense.
It is possible that a director puts clues and Easter eggs into a movie just so that people can ignore them and feel cool. But it’s unlikely.
This was very well written, thank you. It hit a little harder than your usual essays
Thank you in particular for sharing this.
should do a review on the proposition, a very underrated aussie western no one seems to talk about
this is one of those movies I actully guessed the twist like 20 mins in.
Wait a minute, the music at 4:15 is the main theme of a visual novel “the smoke room” pretty odd but you’ve got good taste . . . Don’t ask how I know that
IM STILL UPSET THAT HE DIDNT GET AN OSCAR FOR THIS ROLE
dude, it's so fucking underrated.
And that idea of being less cynical is so crucial to understanding that while everything around you can look shitty and it can be easy to be cynical towards it, you're no vacation either. If you often feel like you're the easiest or calmest force amidst a sea of them, odds are you're not. Odds are you're just as unruly, just as unpredictable, and just as perplexing as anyone and anything else you come into contact with. That's not to say that you're a piece of shit and should feel terrible; quite the contrary, you should feel as far from alone as possible. It means you're flawed and doing what you can in spite of your flaws means a whole Hell of a lot more than whether or not you have them.
Shutter Island is the greatest Lovecraftian film ever made, and it manages to be so with nary a monster in sight.
This video is almost as beautiful as the film itself.
"broke me"
This movie absolutely destroyed me
I don't use this word often, but this movie can be considered a masterpiece imo
10/10 would cry myself to sleep for 3 days straight again
One of my top 5 movies
Memento had the same kind of impact on me
DiCaprio's performance in this film was absolutely exceptional.
Shutter Island is the best Silent Hill 2 adaptation. There, I said it.
I had to go relook at the movie after this video
Admittedly.... I've forgotten most of this movie so must not have impacted me as well at all.
You should review Tusk.
This is the film that DiCaprio should have won his Oscar for. Amazing film.
Can't argue you that.
Absolutely.
Nah. TWOWS all day.
@@mattmccomas1 what?
@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat The Wolf Of Wall Street is where he should have won his Oscar IMO.
Shutter Island's plot twist was so good that even though it had been spoiled for me before hand, I was still freaked out when I saw it.
Like, I generally don't think spoilers are a big deal and people whine too much about them. My enjoyment of a story has never been negatively affected by knowing what happens beforehand, and scientific studies have confirmed that people tend to enjoy the stories _more_ if they are spoiled. I mean, the simple fact that these same people who complain about spoilers are perfectly fine with rewatching/rereading/replaying stuff should be proof enough that they're not that big of a deal.
It's true that some studies suggest that spoilers actually enhance the experience of going through a story, but none of them claim this as proof and will admit that there's a lot more experimentation to be done. Gotta be very careful with the word "proof", especially when it comes to scientific studies.
I've read more than a dozen of scientific papers and articles on the subject and can tell you that we don't have a satisfactory, much less conclusive result yet. What we do know is that some people consistently report that they aren't negatively impacted by spoilers, but basically there are many variables that may (or may not) affect the enjoyment of "spoiled" vs "unspoiled" stories for different kinds of people, including genre (of the story) , personality (especially in regards to making choices) , frequency of reading/watching something from the medium in question, desirability to engage in cognitive activities, etc, etc.
Also, and now I'm just giving my own opinion, your ability to enjoy something in a certain way doesn't detract from your desire to experience that same thing in a different way. You know what I mean?
I like that the second twist (Teddy actually having been cured) can't really be spoiled because it's subjective. It's like someone saying that Inception ends with Cobb still dreaming. Maybe they think that, but it's up to you.
@@TheSefirosu200x Comparing rewatching/rereading/replaying something to being spoiled before getting to experience it for the first time is, frankly, really dumb. There's a huge difference between unwillingly learning about an important plot point and choosing to experience something you enjoyed again.
Right? I went into the movie knowing the main character was crazy (not why or how, just that he was crazy cause someone told me) and a patient at the hospital, but halfway through I started wondering whether I was watching the right movie. His delusions are presented so masterfully it entirely convinces you that they're real. And the twist still shakes me every time I rewatch it!
I always assumed that at the end, he didn't revert back to his delusions. He only pretended to so that he'd be lobotomized and no longer feel the pain, which is why he gives the camera that look before the end
Yeah, you're not the only one.
It's obvious and the entire point. The author of this video should be embarassed and ashamed of missing THE WHOLE POINT of the ending and Teddy's last words.
@@Slickford_IV that's the way I took it too but I'd argue that it's not the point. I think the line is amazing because it actually sets up both scenarios fucking perfectly.
@@Slickford_IV // Calm down, bro. Endings like this are up for interpretation, and some people are going to see it differently, that's just how it is. No need to tell someone they should be embarrassed and ashamed just because they don't agree with you.
@@dontcallmeriles if you can't understand human emotion on someone's face and the entire artistic intent upon presenting the audience with catharsis, then you are probably autistic and have no business being an art critic.
The foreshadowing you mentioned was incredibly intelligent and subtle, like every scene where Andrew lights a cigarette, he doesn’t. Everyone lights it for h because patients aren’t allowed to handle fire on their own. Or the scene where the Captain asks them to hand over their guns, Andrew hands his over with no problem but Chuck has trouble and just hands the guard his holster. This shows that chuck isn’t a marshal and hasn’t used a gun before. The scene where they interrogate the other patients in the background there is a guard behind Andrew and the patient but none behind chuck because he is the only person who isn’t a patient at the table. When Andrew scratches the pencil to trigger one patient’s impulses, the reason he does this is because he knows him and his condition.
There is an amazingly subtle (or not subtle) clue right after the scene where the guard confesses he went on a washroom break and says "I wasn't gone more than a minute." While the camera is focusing on Andrew, Chuck and a black guard who are in the background of the shot and semi-out of focus give each other a knowing smile. I remember seeing that in the theatre and immediately had my suspicion on the twist ending. Great story telling.
Handing over the holster alongside your pistol is pretty common for that type of holster. It's easily detached from a belt and it's quite simply safer and less of a hassle to detach the entire thing.
The reason Andrew doesn't hand over his is because his is a toy, and he knows this (but is repressing it) and they play along because it's better for their therapy session - and he gets to play this act of "no one takes my marshal pistol", because it's inconsequential - and for the therapist it's of so little concern there's no need for discord by playing the same tough-ass as Andrew.
Also Teddy was a pyromaniac, at least from what I gathered. He lit the doctors car on fire for no reason, anytime he found any matches he grabbed them and kept them, the reason he found the cave with “Rachel” in it the sight of fire was what a attracted him, his consistent use of matches to light his way throughout the movie, the reason he noticed Chuck committed suicide was the smoke grabbed his attention, etc. All little tidbits you’d never pick up on until you watched the entire movie and you’re like “Oh wow! That makes so much sense now.”
@@leadupont3011 he did not light the doctor’s car on fire for no reason. He caused that explosion to create a distraction so he could get over to the lighthouse to “save” his partner. The guards would be busy dealing with the fire that they wouldn’t notice him going to the light house
@@phoenix0547 shut the up
I didn't see Teddy as a monster. He killed his wife because she just killed his children. Surely that is one of the few relatable justifications for murder.
I think he classified himself as a monster because he loved his wife so much he could never justify killing her to the point he was broken to the point of delusion. His moral catharsis is so insurmountable despite how we can sympathize that he feels like anything but a good man.
I think the primary cause of his guilt was that he knew his wife had a mental illness, but he didn't get her the help she needed, instead leaving her with the kids leading to their death, so he feels responsible for their death. Imo that's the real "crime" in this case, and something that's harder to justify.
@@sikandarsaeed9162 I mean people seem to forget the war crimes too. That weighs on a person. I don't blame him for killing his wife, given what she did, but I do think what he did during the war is likely the foundations of a lot of his mental illness, and seeing his children die and killing his wife was compounding it many times over until he had a complete break into psychosis
Agreedddddd!
@@thepinkplushie what war crime did he commit?
Ryan "it broke me" hollinger
Mike Newbold ghost stories 2017 broke me
@@srstriker6420 same that's a truly clever movie with an engaging script. Too many great scripts get lost in big budgets these days.
Mike Newbold I hope he does a video on that movie
🤣🤣🤣
Kaycee Whitham what he really should
You and I have wildly different readings of Teddy's final line...I read it as a man who can't live with the truth and is choosing the lobotomy, not choosing to continue living his lie.
This is exactly how I interpreted it as well, and if I’m remembering correctly, I read somewhere that that was actually the point of that line
Exactly
Mmm... To be honest that's what the guy said... He "chose" to commit suicide basically...
The reason I see no point in giving importance to the foreshadowing of the twist in this movie is because the twist is not that he's the patient. The twist is that he really is cured but chooses to have his mind wiped. This is different from something like The Sixth Sense or Usual Suspects because in those movies the twist everyone sees IS the twist. None of the foreshadowing in Shutter Island is foreshadowing the choice he makes. That the doctor has a hard time handling the gun has nothing to do with the patient deciding to live without knowledge of his deeds.
I saw the ending slightly differently in that he chose to get the lobotomy in those final moments of clarity because he realised how dangerous he was with his condition and that he since they had already tried to cure him previous times he knew he wasnt getting better
@@gallohalt I can see how that would work. I took 'live as a monster' to mean he now knows what he did and he considers himself a monster for doing that. Murdering someone is monstrous especially if it's your spouse. In other words, of all the things that could be troubling him at the end, I think the knowledge he killed his wife is THE one that bugs him. I don't think the idea of being a violent inmate/patient is something he's even thinking about. That's just my opinion though.
@@flibber123 Indeed. He has a moment of clear sight and decides dying as a man (remaining forever the delusion he's built up) is preferable over acknowledging the murderer and traumatiser he's become.
Been done son. The subtle foreshadowing you think is original about this film is thee most unoriginal thing about this film. It was done at least a thousand times just in the few years before this film came out. Seems like your film viewing is very limited when you bring plot twist films such as sixth sense and usual suspects. Almost as if you only ever known mainstream garbage...
@@burnsmybritches5857 I mentioned Sixth Sense and Usual Suspects because many people have seen those movies. Why would I use obscure movies in a comparison, what would be the point of that?
Interesting, I took that line completely differently, I thought that it implied that he was cured, but chose to fake it anyway because he couldn't deal with it, so he chose suicide by lobotomy.
Unpopular Opinion:
This Movie Should have gotten the Hype that was given to Inception
Unpopular? Imo it´s the TRUTH!
This movie is so much better than Inception
They both deserve it but yeah I agree there
When did this movie get so many fanboys? Has no one ever seen a Twilight Zone episode?
@@ChiTownOriginator why did inception?
Shutter Island is entertaining, it doesn't exist to make the stupid feel smart, unlike Inception.
The moment when he finds his kids dead and see’d how truly insane his wife really has become was one of the most heartbreaking scenes I have ever seen 😢
Same with me! That scene is incredibly emotional and heartbraking, haunting even
What are some other heartbreaking scenes?
I've watched this a million times and it's such a masterpiece. So underrated.
@KeoneArt I've heard several people saying is not that good. And honestly I like it better that the snooze fest that is "Inception"
You have watched 264 years of one film...man oh man...wait til you see The Wire...Gonna be at least a 1000
@@gimptoast i tried the wire but it seemed a bit lame after the shield :p
I wouldn’t say it’s underrated
def. bc most ppl are too stupid to put half of it together. i watched it twice to get the last three points i’d missed (bc i had to piss or grab some poppy korn)
4:12 "...so let's talk about it."
Are you implying that you weren't talking about it for the 4 minutes before that
Always. 😂
First few minutes are always a summation of the subject and Ryan's opinion then post "let's talk about it" is his explanation for why he feels that way.
@@maxhydekyle2425 Oh I know. It was joke, friend:)
It was Teddy. Andrew just started talking at 4 min.
The people who dislike this video have an impressive defense mechanism.
Xmed ssh I don’t see why anyone would dislike it. I doubt they would watch the whole thing and really disagree with enough of what he said to down finger the video. I would have to assume they’re just hating for no reason. I really don’t get it maybe they hate the movie itself.
@@dannymiller7187 or maybe the stuff he covered is just nonsense as he "wants" to ignore the cinematography, but ends up basically needing it to support his reasoning to the main message. Its not a bad video, but it's a weak video essay explaining why the movie is good or why a certain aspect of the movie gives this message instead of others (theories/interpretations)
I absolutely love this film and would like to believe that he couldn't live with what he's done. So he pretends to still be stuck in the delusion. I believe his therapist believed that as well, but knows that he has nothing to go back to or live for. Excellent film.
That's my interpretation as well. He's "cured" and hates himself for it. He chooses to break the cycle by getting the lobotomy. It's bleak, but it was his choice.
2:24 "I sometimes doubt my morality when it comes to interacting with others. (...) I don't mean it in a sort of detestable sort of way (...) I’m unsure about what perception people have of me because of how I made them feel due to something I said, or perhaps how they preconceived me based on what they’ve heard from others. This is even more nerve-wracking when you think about everything that’s bad about yourself, and begin projecting it into everything that you do to the point that begins haunting you with the fear that you’ll never escape your past no matter how hard you try to reinvent yourself.”
This is the best description of the doubts and possible identity crisis I’ve been undergoing for the last year... Kinda hit me like a truck...
Just out of curiosity, is there a psychological term for this?
Social Anxiety?
Keep It Zen I don't think so, I don't have trouble talking to people... It's more on the lines that I’m incredibly blunt and straightforward in my manner of communication, and that has hurt people in the past, which then makes me question myself
@@345635356 i think maybe you're just being a normal human being and feeling reasonable guilt for perhaps hurting or offending someone. I have the opposite problem. I'm incredibly too timid sometimes and cannot say what I feel. Then I agonize over how I have come across to others. I have moments like yours as well, but they are very rare. If you are just being honest with people, even if it is brutal to some people and then you question yourself for it, I don't think that that means there's anything wrong with you. But I'm no expert. I guess it couldn't hurt to practice biting your tongue a little.
Excessive self-awareness?
Imposter syndrome?
I watched Shutter Island knowing that it had “one of the best twists in cinema” so when I was specifically looking for that it all came together pretty quickly, but I think that really added to the experience - on one hand I wanted to be right and have everything figured out, but on the other hand it created this sense of dread because I didn’t actually want that to be the truth. Either way, it really fucked me up for a while but I love it, 10/10.
joker Darker the next video will be "How Old Boy broke me". Yo that movie was so good and so messed up.
I had no idea there would even be a plot twist.
why you all wet baby
*Shutter Island* is hands down one of the greatest tragic endings in storytelling history in my opinion. It's unapologetically brutal, left me truly heartbroken, and makes you think long after the credits.
The only other such endings I could think of that affected me emotionally to this deep of a level would be 2007's adaptation of Stephen King's *The Mist* and perhaps 1988's *Grave of the Fireflies.*
*Shutter Island's* setting & atmosphere offer a bleak look into the history of psychiatric treatment + abuses of the mentally ill at a time when the science was still in the dark ages in multiple regards.
This not only complements the story and its themes, but leaves you wondering whether Teddy's fate in the finale is preferable compared to the lonely alternative of this day-to-day cyclical existential hell.
The sheer futility of it all drives us to hold up a mirror, to confront our morals vs. the inner demons we coexist with and how much we could suffer before passing our personal point of no return.
This movie was so great but I never see it talked about, honestly this movie should have won Leo an award for his performance.
Sensitive analysis.
The foreshadowing is apt because the ending is earned instead of introducing information at the end that wasn't available before to the viewer, like a character introduced in the last 5 minutes/pages who did it.
I think it allows it to be a movie you can enjoy the first time then watch again and enjoy for what else is there.
It also hints that there is a much more complicated story going on, reminds you to watch again maybe just for the clues but then you see the real depth involved.
And without flashing back to all the hints is definitely an incentive to rewatch
I think this is a super underrated movie, and I don't really think the twist ending was foreshadowed too much, at least it took me completely by surprise.
The twist was in the back of my mind as an option, but only a small background thought.
I was blindsided by it. I would have made the same decision though. I would rather die as myself than to live as a monster.
I LITERALLY finished this film an hour ago, impeccable timing
"Shutter Island" makes up the best part of a triple feature with "Cure For Wellness" and "Stonehearst Asylum".
Add "The Ninth Configuration" and "Jacob's Ladder" and we're really cookin!
I like to call that "The Self-Imposed Psycosis Express"
You're forgetting the road to Wellville with Mathew broadrick
@@nightmaresand808s
That's like a alternative health resort, not a mental hispital.
Ah "Cure for Wellness" is so underrated.
Also, "Session 9".
I remember watching this in Psych class. Still one of the best movies I’ve watched in school
We watched catch me if you can. Who knew Leo could do so much psych teachings through his work 😆
Ayo why tf do I find you everywhere
It’s easy to forget this is a Scorsese movie
I've always found Scorsese to be insightful--often a bit twisted, and I think this is no exception. "Impressed" is my typical reaction to his work.
Now it broke me, too. I have PTSD and schizophrenia, and I've had them pretty much my entire life because my childhood was very very bad even from my first breath. I watched Shutter Island a few times when I was in my early teens, but never saw it this way. Mental illness is... devastatingly lonely, to be honest. I try to stay positive no matter what, but sometimes I have to just face the facts for a moment. Ironically, though, it's healing to have things to relate to on this level, even if it's in fiction. Thank you for sharing your perspective!
This is more relatable than I like to admit.
I wish you the best.
This film gets no where near the love and appreciation it deserves, the dialogue is so clever after multiple watches all the little hints are fantastic.DiCaprio is at his best here in my personal opinion
I've learned to love a movie, sight unseen, if LDC is on cast! He's nailed every role he's ever played.
Ohhhh my gosh. Funny and relevant story: when I watched this movie I’d just smoked a fat bowl and was very, very stoned, and my mom asked if I wanted to watch this movie with her. I didn’t think much of it and sat with her to watch the movie. By the time we reached the end the final twist made me cry. Like, I mean it made me sob. It really got to me because even though I was less stoned at that point I still hadn’t totally come down, and in the state of mind I was in the movie was deeply, deeply upsetting on a level I’d been totally unprepared for. Lmao. My mom was so surprised 😅
Love that movie, but watching it once was enough for me.
As you watched your buzz faded away like the miasmal delusions of the protagonist.
@@itzybitzyspyder The story is quite poetic when you put it that way lol
ryan: so lets talk about it
me: WOOOOO ITS SHOWTIIIIIME
4:25 YOU JUST HAD TO BRING IN "ON THE NATURE OF DAYLIGHT" DIDN'T YOU? 😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
“There’s just this: can my violence conquer your violence?”
I always thought from the very first viewing that the therapy actually DID work. He understands the reality of what he did, and chooses to pretend to still be under his delusion.
I kind of feel like he was Andrew at the end but pretended to be Teddy to his Dr. because he was just tired. Hence his last line.
I've always thought this was criminally underrated, it's most definitely in my top-10 movies of all-time.
whats the other 9?
@@bryceezz Such a difficult question, but I'll give you a few movies I think would also make it in (or close to) my top-10:
Drive
Nightcrawler
Under the Skin
A Place Beyond the Pines
The Social Network
The Departed
Parasite
Gone Girl
The Wolf of Wall Street
Memento
@@nickbyrd1027 Nice list. You've got some great films on there.
Nick Byrd
I wouldn’t go that far with shutter island
Audible recs: anything Cormac McCarthy.
Are you telling me that Shutter Island did what Joker was trying to? Because you’d be right if you were
Fighting for each other rather than against each other is not a religious concept nor do a majority of religious people even uphold it regardless. It's an ideological concept, politics.
After seeing this movie, I definitely recommend checking out Session 9, as the movie reminded me of that but whereas Ben Kingsly and Mark Ruffalo explain everything at the end of Shutter Island, there is no real outright explanation for the twist at the end of Session 9.
Both movies also depict two different creepy asylum atmospheres as well, with one functioning back in the day and one being abandoned in modern times. Personally, I found Session 9 a little creepier in how it executes its story and atmosphere than Shutter Island, but I find Shutter Island a little sadder in it's ending.
Man you’ve been broken a bit this past year..
This film is an absolute masterpiece, a modern classic that will be remembered and included with the greatest of all time. Years from now, you'll say I remember when that came out, great film.
This movie should only be watched when it’s raining outside.
Ahh yes, just what the doctor ordered - existential crisis first up on a Monday morning.
In all seriousness though, the music in the background is haunting, great job with that Ryan!
This movie is amazing and Teddy's final line really spoke to me. I don't know if it's due to my own struggle with mental illness and suicidal ideation. The struggle he goes through trying to accept his reality while simultaneously running from it because it's too hard to accept. And fearing beyond belief the people who are trying to help us because of that disconnect.
why you all wet baby
@@chrisymcceltic6581 I am so confused by this. Why.
@@Bleep831 didnt you watch the movie ?
@@chrisymcceltic6581 I am just realizing this now hahaha.
I was more thrown off by the comment the reply was left on haha
@@Bleep831 its defenitly my new chat up line for any single ladies but I could never say it as intensely and curiously as Dr John Cawley
I loved this movie! So good. One of those movies that hits right in the feels, especially at the end when after that line when you realize that teddy is willing to basically die to escape the truth and live in the fantasy because the burden is too much. It's just a fascinating story of a person breaking and their brain doing all it can to protect itself from the psychological damage. I've heard about similar things happened to kids when they are molested, they will make up some alternate scenario and that's what they'll remember, or sometimes they will literally just delete the memory from their brain and never know why certain things trigger them into emotional pain. The human mind is just incredible in how in operates and protects us.
This is my interpretation of the ending : after the reveal, it works and he is cured. But when he says that first thing, the doctor assumes that he relapses, and tells the head of the place that. However I thought I heard something that may have never happened. I thought I heard that the psychiatric hospital was being shut down, and saving Andrew was the only way to save it. They also say that Andrew is very intelligent. So once he looks at the head of the hospital, it is hinting that he knows what he is doing. He is choosing to die selfishly because he can’t handle the trauma, but he knows what he will do to the hospital, and is willing to make that sacrifice. Then he says that final line. Which confirms my suspicions
Honestly - I really love the tragic conclusion of this. SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT!!!!
This is just my interpretation (though I think there are some that believe this too), but to me the ending proves that the doctor was mostly correct all along about his approach to helping those with mental health issues. The role-play scenario gets Andrew to confront his demons, and he is finally on the road to recovery. However, the trauma is too much for him to bear, so he fakes returning to his old delusions so he can get the lobotomy and doesn't have to face them. It actually replicates the mental health issues I've dealt with and have helped others with: while outside support is a key component, it won't do anything if the person doesn't want to get better. Rather than confront his demons and what he has done, Andrew decides to trick the doctors into lobotomizing him so he can avoid his personal horrors - deciding to die before he truly internalizes the horror of his actions.
Never saw this movie but hiw is he evil if he killed his wife for killing their kids. You people are so stupid. No offense. The wife was the nut and forced his hand. At least, that is what it sounds like to me.
As an over thinker myself your summurization is pretty perfect.
I'll never forget being in the theater and F R E A K I N G O U T when the twist was revealed. I haven't seen it i since, but i think about the movie a lot. Was shocked when i realized how underrated it was even when it was new and probably even now.
did you cry watching this movie for a second time? for how long you couldn't bring yourself to watch it a second time i wouldn't be surprised :P
How was the general reaction in the theatre?
i m in the same situation of guilt and depression and my stupidness and ignorance which led to something i never wanted!! i never want but still it haunts me everyday that it will catch up to me and i wont be able to see the consequences of my wrong doings!! i love her more than anything and i will always!! i wish i knew better and hadn't ruined everything i had!! i live with this regret everyday!!
I watched this movie just yesterday. On TV. There are not even 24 hours between me watching it and you releasing this video.
Creepy. Is the universe trying to tell me something?
It was just put on Netflix recently so I searched this up.
Fucking loooove this movie
When I watched Shutter Island for the first time, I remember thinking "this is a better Silent Hill movie than Silent Hill was." I know that's a strange thought, especially given that there is no supernatural elements. It was the way they used the music, the sounds, the unsettling atmosphere, and the slow pace of the plot to really examine Teddy as a character in a way that just reminded me SH2.
People don't talk about this movie enough. It truly is a masterpiece, just like Cabin In The Woods.
Also the funny thing about Shutter Island, is the conclusion I came to was that the ending is purposely vague, and a Schrodinger's Cat of sorts.
There is the interpretation that Teddy IS and has been a patient the whole time, AND simultaneously the possibility that the doctors convinced him of that, and he really isn't insane or a murderer. The lobotomy ending is the ultimate show of this. It could be that they give up on helping him, or that once he caught on to their deception, they had no other choice but to lobotomize him, effectively wiping his memory. Still to this day I think it can be either or.
Same! When I first saw the movie, I was sure they were just fucking with him. I need to rewatch ASAP :O
I worked at a cinema when this came out and watched it 3 times, every shift I had afterwards while the film was still out I'd plan my work day around going into the screen that was playing Shutter Island's credits to sit in the front row and listen to the On the Nature of Daylight/Bitter Earth mix and think about the scene with Delores turning to ash in Teddy's arms. There's so much to like in the film, but what always stuck with me was how it captured an inescapable sense of sorrow every time Delores appeared in Teddy's mind.
Read the book but haven't seen the movie. The main character annoyed me because at one point he thinks (spoilers) that he loved his wife too much to kill her if she'd only killed their sons, and it was that she killed their daughter too that drove him over the edge to kill her. That's pretty harsh in my view like "good news boys- even though I love your mother more than you, I love your sister most of all so you do get to be avenged!"
When i was 12/13 I read a Death Note fanfiction that literally stole the plot of Shutter Island lmao, but I had never even heard of the movie so I read it and thought it was a really cool fic.
Then when i was 19 I had a date with a guy and we were in his garage turned computer lab and he put this movie on, not long into it I go "heh, wouldn't it be wild if he was actually a patient?" and he turned to me and looked really shocked, saying "how did you guess?" I then explained the rest and he told me I knew the entire plot. I burst into laughter telling him I had read the whole thing in a fucking deathnote fanfic and he was so annoyed cos he wanted to watch my reactions during the film lol, we still watched all of it... It probably wasn't the best film to watch on a second date?
Anyway after the movie he got bit by a spider or something and he spent the whooole night vomiting while i took care of him, poor guy
I should probably re-watch the film now since I will probably enjoy it a lot more if i'm alone
Ryan "Broken" Hollinger
I can't lie the beginning of this video in the way you were going with it kind of was making me depressed and requestioning myself smh lol
This was an underrated masterpiece.
Can you imagine if Ryan started making films that fixed me and its all about uplifting feel good shit
he needs to for sure.
This is without a doubt a very visceral, cinematic film, created by one of our great masters Martin Scorsese. HOWEVER... I think a couple of points is worth mentioning. Both the book (from 2003) and this film totally rips of the plot from the masterpiece THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920) This is s film from a period of great expressionistic german cinema. Arguably the first horror-film ever made. Either the novel or the film was ever confronted lawsuits of any kind. Which kinda baffles me...
Anyway.... All fans of SHUTTER ISLAND should see Dr. Caligary. And see the similarities yourselves😃😃
Wow, what an intellectual analysis! I remember watching the movie and just thinking, "Gee, what a great mindf*ck THAT was!"
once again very insightful and invocative of self reflection and the worlds w create the scripts we write its about creating and making our problems bigger than they are due to overthinking instead of appreciating nuanced beauty we desire quick and self gratifying results the thing is he had the oppurtunity to be redeemed thats not the point its that he was so lost in himself and couldnt get out of his own way
I watched it with my mother, she had already seen it.
I watched it from beginning till end, and it is a phenomenal movie. The ending twist... It, fucked me. My head physically hurt, I was just as confused and in disbelief as Teddy was at that moment, and even at the very end, I still questioned what I thought. It’s in my top 5 movies of all time.
I watched this film when I was a kid, it fucked me up more than a lot of horror movies, mostly because of how heart wrenching the ending is when you think about it. Especially with the final line.
Lmao the part of this movie that stood out the most to me is "WE AH DOOLEY APPOINTED FEHDERAHL MAHSHALS."
Dude you MUST get the dead zone on audible. The performance is ok but the book is just fantastic.
Also the the book and movie are different enough and fully enjoyable in their own way that they almost have different themes? Both fantastic.
You should review Stephen King's Storm of the Century. It's my personal favorite Stephen King film/miniseries of all time and definitely still holds up. Colm Feore’s performance is electrifying and unforgettable.
I watched this movie all the time in middle school. It’s gotta be the film that got me to appreciate a serious plot and an ending where things didn’t turn out ok
Shutter Island actually was my breaking point and made me cinema afficionado. Unique story, with devastating conclusion.
So is every great psychological horror film going under the title “why X broke me” now? Lol
If so, review Lars Von Trier’s AntiChrist!
I'm curious as far as your commentary goes about where (or if) you see a place for things like righteous anger against injustice or the necessity of violence to fight injustice to exist. Taking a purposely extreme example- we didn't reach out and "heal" the Nazis. We killed them. We kept killing them until we'd killed enough of them to force them to stop murdering innocent people.