tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post8257430604236445395..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Martin Scorcese talks homageEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-61105770364931111702010-03-21T16:41:08.602-07:002010-03-21T16:41:08.602-07:00Some lovely Scorcese touches in Shutter Island but...Some lovely Scorcese touches in Shutter Island but it cannot escape its dull middle. So much obfuscation and there is so little character development.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-52042478776113231002010-03-21T10:32:41.442-07:002010-03-21T10:32:41.442-07:00The big twist is taken directly by "The Ninth...The big twist is taken directly by "The Ninth Configuration", Peter Blatty's movie based on his book, Twinkle Twinkle 'Killer' Kane, except in Shutter Island, the movie is the big reveal, while in "Ninth Configuration", it's far more ambitious where the reveal is a starting off point for the exploration of the existence of God + goodness of Man.Dave Zeltsermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007736514118297783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-33657314152455756722010-03-21T07:14:07.048-07:002010-03-21T07:14:07.048-07:00The mood is great and there is considerable artist...The mood is great and there is considerable artistry in the film. But the "surprise ending" was obvious even in the trailer, and the film takes a short story's-worth of narrative (it would make a decent Alfred Hitchcock TV episode) and goes on and on and on with it. A last-reel reveal of the tragedy that sparks the action then flashes back to a lengthy, incruciatingly obvious flashback to those events that is as unpleasant as it is unnecessary. I have never read the Lehane novel, but this film feels more an exercise in homage than a tale worth telling...at such length, anyway. THE SEVENTH VICTIM was was 71 minutes long, and LAURA 85 minutes, not two and a half hours.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.com