Trailer: Shutter Island

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Trailer: Shutter Island

POSTED: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 6:13 PM

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Whoa, Marty, whoa! Taking a break from gritty realism and heading into the supernatural, Martin Scorsese takes on an adaptation of the novel by Dennis Lehane ' my second favorite writer from the The Wire's opening credits. Ok, here's why this movie is gonna be awesome. 1) Scorsese is one of the few directors who is still rockin' it in his later years. While his '70s Brat Pack buddies seemed to have lost their spark, Scorsese is one of few directors that seems to actually still like movies and he's even trying new things with this one instead of resting on his laurels. 2) Ben Kingsley is AWESOME when he gets to be down, dirty and villainous (if you have not seen Sexy Beast, you need to immediately stop what you are doing and watch it. I don't care if you are performing surgery, saving kittens from trees or negotiating a hostage situation. You need to see this movie). 3) Dennis Lehane's books translate incredibly well to film. While Richard Price may take the cake as my fave Wire head honcho, the Price adaptations are never as good as his books (Spike Lee's Clockers is alright and definitely a cool visually but he ruins the dynamic between the two main characters, which is what made the book fucking fantastic in the first place). While Price writes dialogue that would make Hemingway jealous, Lehane writes cinematically, with his plots and characters lending themselves to film without feeling like it was written solely for the screen credit cash grab. Both Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone (don't you dare let Ben Affleck fool you. Kid's got a great visual sense for an actor-turned-director) are both worth seeing and loving. 4) Patricia Clarkson. 5) Max Von Sydow.

But here's why I'm worried. Scorsese made a name for himself in the aforementioned gritty realism and, as far as my memory takes me right, he's largely stayed away from special effects-driven pictures and the supernatural in general. This trailer has horror implications and while ghosts and mental institutions from the criminally insane are scary and all, hasn't Scorsese proved that real life is even scarier?

So what do you guys think? Psyched? Not psyched? Think Lehane is a hack? Let's discuss in the comments, shall we?

Shutter Island hits theater Oct. 2.

Lily

Posted 2009-06-15 13:43:12

The trailer is misleading.  There isn't anything supernatural about the book, really.



Not that I'm knocking it -- the trailer looks fantastic and the book is one of my favorites.

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