Only a pretty movie

Rating: 6/10 (19 April 2010)

It's a pity Scorcese wont come back to his origins, although in this title he tried to do. In Shutter Island you can really expect to see a very good movie in terms of the technique, colors and lightning, camera movement and editing, Art department and sound. All of these contributes to a glorified picture that in the end doesn't look to fill the gap in the plot of the story.
The thing about the story is that although it has very good characters, all the movie is so well constructed and justified towards the end that almost into the first 30 minutes you can easily guess the ending. An ending that will come not to surprise you in any way, it will come to justify the story that you already figure out at the first half.
It's a pity because what could be an excellent movie that initiates from a well thought motor idea ("La Vida es Sueño") it ends to be just another "pretty" movie just like in the tendency Scorsece has been showing lately.