Good Movie, but a decade too late

Rating: 7/10 (26 February 2010)

Last night I finally had a chance to see shutter island. I was really looking forward to see it, after it was initially announced to be released back in fall 09. Long story short I liked the movie, but it didn't live up to the high expectations I had from a Scorcese movie and it's astounding ensemble cast. The cast of the movie is really good, and i liked pretty much all performances throughout. But as much as I like and appreciate DiCaprio as an actor, he will always be a baby-face actor to me, which is strange when we first meet him as the hard boiled US Marshall Teddy Daniels, throughout the movie it gets better though. He seems more and more appropriate, without going too much into detail. The crafting and cinematography were top-notch and had it been released last fall it would probably one of the contenders in this year's academy awards race. At least for cinematography, editing and maybe direction. Scorcese is pretty much a save bet for a nomination. Given it's release date I assume it'll be forgotten at the Oscars 2011.
Back to the movie. My Problem with it is, that it's basically 10 years too late. Reading further might spoil the ending for some, so I suggest you skip this paragraph. If you've never seen a movie about a person going crazy are into suspense movies, you'll probably love it too pieces, but if you've seen movies like, fight club, secret window or identity you'll know how it's going to end pretty much from seeing the trailer, but this didn't spoil the fun for me too much, it felt a bit like watching 'Lost' on TV. Make theories in advance and see how it plays out.
Just based on crafting and cast this movie is probably an 8 or even a 9, but storywise it lacks originality, so i gave it a 7. Good movie, but not great.