Let's start with the positives. Visually, as with all Miyazaki's films, it was sublime. Every scene was brought to life with rich colours and delicious detail, from the claustrophobic streets of WWII Tokyo and the vast, bracing expanses of the Japanese Inaka, to the 'other' world of whimsy which walks a fine line between charming and terrifying as the film progresses. As always, the trademark Miyazaki scenes of a young protagonist surveying a shatteringly beautiful windswept vista were breathtaking; I…
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Shutter Island 2010
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
If the value of art lies in its scope for interpretation then Shutter Island is as rich a work as any. Because Laeddis/Daniels is our frame of reference for the plot, we begin to question every aspect of the film's story upon learning about his potential unreliability as a narrator. Does Laeddis genuinely relapse into his delusion at the end, or is he knowingly seeking an escape from his guilt? Alternatively, is Daniels indeed being brainwashed by Dr Cawley to…
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