Wow, just saw the newly released "Shutter Island" theater. To be honest, I was scared to see it since I can't sit through horror movies. Turns out, the violence and suspense was all in good measure. Anyhow, beyond the twisted scenes and endless rats on the secluded island, there may have been some real-world themes? One being, who knows what they were putting in those pills? the cafeteria food? the coffee? the cigarettes from the orderlies? I shaked my head and whispered into Jhonny's ear "So true!" Was it Scorsese's possible reference to placebo effect or even Troudeau's Natural Cures?
Most memorable quote: "Is it better to live as a monster or die a good man?" Hmm, makes you wonder right? How can a suspense-filled thriller allude to questions of medicine, pharmacology, and ultimately legality and morality?
Anyhow, I'm including an webpost from Viraj's Weblog as another movie synopsis.
My take: you can make a choice to kill the monsters inside you and live as a good man. Choice, choice, choice... With choices, come responsibility, responsibility with ownership, and ownership with ultimate reality and Truth. As they say, "the Truth shall set you free."
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