Ending

Rating: 10/10 (22 March 2010)

I think there are several things at the very end that many people are missing, honestly the movie leaves a pretty interesting twist to confuse everyone, however there are certain aspects we all have to keep in mind.
During the movie, there are several transitions that occur from real events to insane events. For example, blood. Teddy experienced a lot of blood when he finds the nazi bleeding to death on the floor. At one point, his wife died from smoke in a fire, but when he first meets his wife in his delusions, then water and blood come in effect. Why? Is part of his trauma at one point being used to consider that the blood of the nazi could transform into delusions of his wife's blood. Could the narcotics be kicking in? He was traumatized, to the point of watching a little girl transformed from a stranger in a pile of dead people to soon become his daughter, once again, another effect of delusions that could be created by narcotics, especially for someone with such terrible life and experiences.
One of them is the lighthouse. It was the place for lobotomy, the place he got in and nothing was found, empty with the exception of the top part, where he found the doctor.
Now, you all remember the famous phrase about dying a hero or a monster. Deep inside he considered the option of the patient, the delusions, however he knew he was sane, he knew he was Teddy, he saw the guards walking with the tools required for the lobotomy, now, how many people realized that the movie ended with the lighthouse. Why do you think if the twist was for him to be insane, why if he was taken to a lobotomy, the lighthouse was the last scene shown in the movie? Doesn't this prove that the conspiracy stated that the lighthouse was the place of "transforming" the person to a state of calmed behavior? mmm...But when he went in the lighthouse, it was empty, then why when he is taken to be "cured", the lighthouse appears again? In other words, Teddy knew he was not coming out of the island alive, so, if you get to the point of facing your own death, would you rather die a hero or a monster? I think he decided to choose Teddy, the hero.
Let me know your thoughts.