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Question about Shutter Island (SPOILERS)
Posted on 7/31/12 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 7/31/12 at 4:20 pm
Just watched this movie and it was great from start to finish. If you haven't seen it then I highly recommend it. DiCaprio did a great job in this movie.
Spoilers:
At the end after he has had the breakthrough and the doctor walks up to talk to him. Does he purposely act like he thinks his doctor is his partner by calling him "Chuck" so he will be lobotomized and forget what happened to his family? Or has he actually regressed?
The way he said "you can live as a monster, or die as a good man" makes me think he's tired of living with the memories and wants to have the procedure.
What do you guys think?
Spoilers:
At the end after he has had the breakthrough and the doctor walks up to talk to him. Does he purposely act like he thinks his doctor is his partner by calling him "Chuck" so he will be lobotomized and forget what happened to his family? Or has he actually regressed?
The way he said "you can live as a monster, or die as a good man" makes me think he's tired of living with the memories and wants to have the procedure.
What do you guys think?
This post was edited on 7/31/12 at 4:21 pm
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Posted on 7/31/12 at 4:24 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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he purposely act like he thinks his doctor is his partner by calling him "Chuck" so he will be lobotomized and forget what happened to his family
Posted on 7/31/12 at 4:24 pm to Henry Jones Jr
The way that I interpreted it is that he purposefully calls him Chuck and it is his desire to be lobotomized.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 4:24 pm to Henry Jones Jr
good question; kind of like is the top still spinning?
Posted on 7/31/12 at 4:28 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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he purposely act like he thinks his doctor is his partner by calling him "Chuck" so he will be lobotomized and forget what happened to his family?
Posted on 7/31/12 at 4:44 pm to TexasTiger1185
Naw not a top still spinning thing. Him wanting the lobotomy was clear with the question about living or dying.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 4:47 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Him wanting the lobotomy was clear with the question about living or dying.
Plus he just seemed to calmly walk off with the orderlies. But I would have thought his doctor would have stopped him after realizing he was faking it.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 4:59 pm to Henry Jones Jr
I had this movie Spoiled for me by a friend before I got to watch it 
Posted on 7/31/12 at 5:08 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Maybe he really was a detective.
There is no way a doctor would be that terrible to a patient. Playing along with it the whole time, tramatizing the other patients, increasing the paranoia in the cemetery....etc.
Had to be the worst doctor in the history of movies.
There is no way a doctor would be that terrible to a patient. Playing along with it the whole time, tramatizing the other patients, increasing the paranoia in the cemetery....etc.
Had to be the worst doctor in the history of movies.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 5:14 pm to TK421
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Maybe he really was a detective.
He was before he was put on the island for killing his wife.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 5:33 pm to Henry Jones Jr
he chooses to pretend that he is still Teddy Daniels and let them lobotomize him
Posted on 7/31/12 at 5:46 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Shutter Island
Better movie than Inception.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 5:54 pm to TK421
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Maybe he really was a detective.
There is no way a doctor would be that terrible to a patient. Playing along with it the whole time, tramatizing the other patients, increasing the paranoia in the cemetery....etc.
Had to be the worst doctor in the history of movies.
Treating mental patients with any semblance of decency wasn't exactly common practice back then...
They lobotomized him for fricks sake.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 6:02 pm to drizztiger
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Better movie than Inception.
I agree. I like it way more than Inception. Scorsese/Dicaprio are great.
...It was pretty clear that he chose to die, imo. He would rather die as a hero than live as a monster.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 6:08 pm to Tiger1242
Dawg
Posted on 7/31/12 at 6:15 pm to drake20
quote:Just like that.
I agree. I like it way more than Inception. Scorsese/Dicaprio are great.
...It was pretty clear that he chose to die, imo. He would rather die as a hero than live as a monster.
Unfortunately, Shutter Island isn't original in the premise of "oh, shite! you were crazy the whole time and this is all a mirage." Due to that, I think it's vastly undervalued as a movie.
If viewers can grasp you may have seen this concept quite a few times before, Shutter Island blows almost all of them away. The direction, action, story are all precise. Shutter Island is very rewatchable not on concept, but execution.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 7:01 pm to drizztiger
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Shutter Island is very rewatchable not on concept, but execution.
Agreed I know I have watched it at least 4 times. Easily my favorite Leo movie
Posted on 7/31/12 at 7:18 pm to drizztiger
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If viewers can grasp you may have seen this concept quite a few times before, Shutter Island blows almost all of them away. The direction, action, story are all precise. Shutter Island is very rewatchable not on concept, but execution.
don't know if i've ever enjoyed a movie more on a second watch-through.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 7:23 pm to drake20
...also, if Laeddis really believed he was Teddy at the end, why would he calmly get up and walk with the guards and doctors to meet his fate? Especially when he just told his partner that "they won't get us". "we're too smart"....Andrew was a smart man. He set it up so it would be over for him.
Posted on 7/31/12 at 7:54 pm to CottonWasKing
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Easily my favorite Leo movie
Blood Diamond has been my favorite for a while but I think this one beats it. You wouldn't think you would want to watch it again after knowing the outcome, but the acting and storyline is just so captivating that you want to.
This post was edited on 7/31/12 at 7:55 pm
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