shutter island.

i haven't given you a film review lately, so here goes.

i liked it. i kind of really liked it, but i didn't absolutely love it. i would certainly see it again. when it hits hbo and if there's not something else on that i'm dying for. there was a critic who said this was DiCaprio's finest performance yet - even surpassing his phenomenal showing in Gilbert Grape. let's not go that far, people. do i think he could blow that particular performance out of the water? sure i do. he's leo. but this wasn't the one.

leo is great. mark ruffalo is also great. and michelle williams is very good in her flashback sequences as leo's troubled dead wife who revisits him in dreams and other mediums. the film was shot brilliantly and marty scorsese was, as always, on his A game. there was an overly excessive amount of marketing surrounding this picture. i mean, i think i saw a minimum of 14 trailers per day, even on days when i watched 45 total minutes of television. so my expectations were through the roof.

it delivered. maybe not every single one of my expectations, but it delivered. i certainly didn't know how it was going to end. and when it did end, i was happy that i hadn't already figured it out. i'm sure someone will receive a nomination for something at some point.