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	<title>Andy at The Movies &#187; Shutter Island</title>
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		<title>Dennis Lehane Talks Shutter Island Ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shutter Island is the first novel by Dennis Lehane I’ve ever read and I loved every page of his deftly crafted thriller. I haven’t read Mystic River or Gone Baby Gone, but I enjoyed both movies immensely and my love of those two films actually prompted me to give Lehane’s writing a chance. After giving snaps and a circle to Shutter Island, I picked up Any Given Day and it’s waiting patiently on my bookshelf. As soon as I finish Stephen King’s Under the Dome (sometime in 2012 probably), I’ll give it a whirl. I’ll also be wondering if Any Given Day has a surprise ending. Fans of Lehane can see a pattern now, especially with the three works I mentioned above.  They all have a juicy WTF finale, a revelation or realization that leaves most readers slackjawed and wondering how they missed the clues. This brings me back around to Shutter Island. Fans of the book were probably relatively pleased with Martin Scorsese’s celluloid adaptation. I gave Shutter Island a solid B and felt it was a virtual step-by-step translation from page to screen. Many critics and patrons have cried foul at the films twist ending, but those points miss the point. It’s not gimmicky. It’s not cheap. It’s not thrown in by mistake for convenience.  The ending is connected to the soul of the book and is supported by immense character study and depth. Perhaps that is why it isn’t cheap and tawdry. At any rate, the last scene in the film is in fact different from the last scene in the book. The novel ends with – SPOILER ALERT – US Marshall Teddy Daniels realizing he is an alternate persona his real self, former US Marshall Andrew Laeddis, constructed to deal with the guilt and pain associated with his wife murdering their three children and then, after discovering her deed, him murdering his wife. In fact, the entire investigation for the missing patient was an elaborate ploy put on by the doctors at Shutter Island to rid Laeddis of his demons and avoid a lobotomy. The book ends with Laeddis again assuming his alternate moniker and mind of Teddy Daniels and seemingly headed towards the unavoidable lobotomy. However, the film ends differently, with Laeddis asking his doctor (and fake US Marshall partner), “Would you rather live as a monster or die as a hero?” Doesn’t sound so ominous, but fans of the book will realize this raises questions on whether Laeddis regression is involuntary or intentional? I’d say at this point I’m leaning on the side of intentional. So how does Lehane feel about the altered ending for the movie? MTV caught up with Lehane and asked this same question, to which Lehane replied: &#8220;I would say that line, which comes across as a question, he asks it sort of rhetorically. Personally, I think he has a momentary flash. To me that&#8217;s all it is. It&#8217;s just one moment of sanity mixed in the midst of all...]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review: Shutter Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s something mesmerizing about Martin Scorsese and the answer as to what finally dawned on me while watching him accept the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes almost a month ago. No, it’s not his furry caterpillar eyebrows tucked behind his bold, thick-framed glasses, nor is it his infectiously happy speech and big-toothed grandpa grin. To be precise, it’s his absolute and lasting love of all things cinema, which was unmistakable as I listened to his gracious remarks after receiving the prestigious award from the Hollywood Foreign Press. Don’t believe me? Consider Scorsese’s 64 Oscar nominations and 15 wins (along with 51 Golden Globe nominations and 9 wins) over the last 42 years and show me another director with the similar accolades who isn’t considered one of the greatest of all-time. Add to Scorsese’s resume his romance with film history and film preservation and it’s easy to see the pure love and craftsmanship he saturates in each and every movie he directs. Nothing could be truer of his newest picture, Shutter Island, faithfully adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, who is also the brains behind Gone Baby Gone and Mystic River (made into fantastic movies by Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood, respectively). Shutter Island is a dark crag of rock jutting out of the Atlantic Ocean and a seemingly short ferry ride from Massachusetts’ mainland. Set in 1954, toward the end of the Second Red Scare, the movie opens with two U.S. marshals – Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) – heading to the island and Ashecliffe Hospital, a home for the criminally insane, as well as a recent patient escape – this one a particularly violent triple murderess, Rachel Solando. As the deputy warden (John Carroll Lynch) takes them to meet the head of the hospital, Dr. Crawley (Ben Kingsley), the atmosphere of the island’s inhabitants – even the rustic and antique buildings – seem to mirror the oncoming physical and psychological storm brewing in the movie’s margins. I think it’s important to note here, despite the trailers suggesting otherwise, Shutter Island is not a horror movie. It’s not even really a scary movie, yet I was full of unease and dread through most of the runtime. And rightfully so, because a simple task of finding a missing person on a tiny island isn’t so simple when everyone, from the chief physician to the marshals themselves, has a grim cellar of secrets clamoring to escape. I can’t say much more without revealing plot points that could be construed as spoilers, but suffice it to say, Scorsese and screenwriter Laeta Kaolgridis stay true to Lehane’s original work. I was particularly fascinated with the artistry given to Marshal Daniels’ dreams, memories and waking nightmares. There is one particular scene, when Daniels is remembering his service in World War II and the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, that is so beautiful and repulsive all at once that I couldn’t help...]]></description>
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		<title>Rating the 2010 Super Bowl Trailers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints on winning Super Bowl XLIV in what may have been the most boring NFL championship since, well, the last time the Indianapolis Colts went to the Super Bowl in 2007. And while I love football as much as the next dude, I won’t lie – I anticipate the commercial breaks in the hope I’ll see some genius advertising or some phenomenal movie preview. This year’s commercials and trailers were ho-hum, except for the Google “Search On” ad (who thought you could tell a love story using a search engine in less than a minute?), the Doritos “House Rules” commercial and the Careerbuilder.com “Casual Friday” spot, the rest were either bizarre, unfunny or beyond stale (Bud Light, I’m talking to you).  Even more glaring was the absence of trailers for Iron Man 2, The A-Team, Clash of the Titans, Toy Story 3, Shrek Forever After, Despicable Me and Tron: Legacy. Here’s a rundown of the movie trailers shown during Super Bowl XLIV. Click the movie name to watch the preview. The Last Airbender I really hope there is more to this movie than a gut full of lame CGI and crazy karate, because that’s all I got from this spot. Plus, happily pasting M. Night Shyamalan’s name in the 33 second spot three times doesn’t give me any confidence in the project. Did you see The Happening? I did. This movie will suck. Robin Hood I love Ridley Scott, but there’s nothing new here to whet my appetite for this May 14, 2010 release. It was recycled footage and actually seemed dated, as the 30 second clip didn’t even have the movie’s release date at the end, instead simply saying “summer.” I’ll see Robin Hood based on my sheer adoration of Scott’s films, but I’m just about done with the close up of the arrow leaving the bow. Lame. The Wolfman Nothing new to see here – just more replays of Benicio Del Toro not needing make-up to play the hairy wolfman &#8211; but I suppose with it hitting theaters on February 12, this wasn’t a bad placement. I am so happy they rated this movie R, because anything else would have been akin to dry-humping the Twilight fanbase, and heaven knows they don’t need any more candy. Shutter Island Once again, like The Wolfman, nothing spectacular, just a nicely timed trailer for Martin Scorsese’s new film that hits theaters on February 19th. I’ve read the book, and if the movie is in the same ballpark as what Dennis Lehane put on paper, this ought to be a nice treat. Still, will anyone remember this when awards season arrives next year? Alice in Wonderland Ugh, if the rest of America is like me, then watching this short preview probably cemented the monumental bomb this Tim Burton movie will assuredly prove to be. Sure, Alice in Wonderland is lathered in Burton’s quirkiness, but is that a good thing? I’m not so sure. Bright colors and craziness...]]></description>
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		<title>Paramount Pictures Explains Shutter Island Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reaaaaaalllly looking forward to Martin Scorsese&#8217;s new film, Shutter Island, this October and cried salty, bitter tears when Paramount Pictures announced last week they were moving the picture&#8217;s release date to February 19, 2010. Brad Grey, chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures released the following statement today: Our 2009 slate was greenlit in a very different economic climate and as a result we must remain flexible and willing to recalibrate and adapt to a changing environment.  This is a situation facing every single studio as we all work through the financial pressures associated with the broader downturn. Like every business, we must make difficult choices to maximize our overall success and to best manage Paramount&#8217;s business in a way that serves Viacom and its shareholders, while providing the film with every possible chance to succeed both creatively and financially. Martin Scorsese is not just one of the world&#8217;s most significant filmmakers, but also a personal friend. Following a highly successful 2009, we have every confidence that Shutter Island is a great anchor to lead off our 2010 slate and the shift in date is the best decision for the film, the studio and ultimately Viacom. You know what I say to all that? I say bah! Downturn? Recalibrate? This coming from a studio that secured three legitimate summer blockbusters in Star Trek ($256 M), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($398 M), and G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra ($120 M), as well as an overall gross of $1.3 billion so far in 2009. I just have a hard time thinking the studio&#8217;s purported financial issues have anything to do with the release date of, what seems to me, a movie marketed, aligned and engineered for awards season. We&#8217;re not talking about Harry Potter or Twilight and moving a film to a more profitable release weekend. In fact, I&#8217;d bet two things will happen: One, Shutter Island won&#8217;t make any more or less come February 19 than it would opening on October 2. Two, when the 2010 awards seasons are afoot, it&#8217;s going to be hard to generate buzz for a movie released nearly a year before. Or, I could be completely full of poop and Shutter Island just sucks. But really? Scorsese, DiCaprio, Ruffalo, plus a horde of actors and actresses whose names you don&#8217;t know, but who you love to watch every time they play a bit part in any movie. Yeeeeeah. I don&#8217;t buy it.]]></description>
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		<title>Scorsese&#8217;s Shutter Island = A New Pair of Underpants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my oh my oh my. Based on the trailer for &#8220;Shutter Island,&#8221; it would seem Martin Scorsese has put together another fantastic film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The trailer makes me think the movie is a mixed bag of drama, with a slight lean towards suspense and terror. It&#8217;s based on a 2003 Dennis Lehane novel (&#8220;Gone Baby Gone&#8221;) about two U.S. marshals investigating the disappearance of a patient at a mental institution on a remote island. The film opens on October 2, 2009. Check out the trailer below and let me know what you think.]]></description>
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