I feel disappointed and betrayed

Rating: Null/10 (20 June 2010)

I never watch previews. There was one film long ago where I'd seen the preview a couple of times and then in the cinema watching the film I came to realize that I'd already seen the best bits and there's not more coming...plus, a film has to tell a story as it goes along, without introduction.
So, I came to Shutter Island "virginal", you could say. (Believe me, only in a cinematic way...;-)). And didn't it start promising? A retro thriller, I thought, let's see what the hero uncovers/goes through, suspense expected, interesting story please.
Turns out - he isn't a hero at all - duh!!! Huuuuuuuge let-down. Remember, I didn't know anything about this movie, so I came in believing. So they fooled me (until the storm and that chapel scene - was it a chapel? At the cemetery) - was that their intention??? Hmmm, not nice, then....and then I completely lost all interest in the movie, I was really a bit angry, thinking: What a disappointment, how lame!!! What a letdown for the hero, too (I think I felt more for him than for me...lol)
I think this could have worked told in a straightforward way (starting with their marriage etc...), but then of course all the mystery with the experiments and crazy scientists would have to have been cut.<- I guess I wanted to see THAT story (personally believing doctors capable of hideous crimes - even today everyday in our hospitals...). Glad I did not waste money on this.
6 stars because there was good acting and atmospheric cinematography, but in the end, as it was such a disappointment, I can understand the people who gave it just one or two...
At least the ending was fun, because it's a nice finish whichever way you read it...