Hedgehog:
Hi all,
I thought Shutter Island was great, but then I would, being a Scorsese and Lehane fan! The other two movies based on his novels (Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone) were also fantastic. SI was quite scary, too, despite the fact that not that much happens. I loved it despite knowing what the twist was before watching it (read the book).
Tonight I watched From Paris with Love, and that's probably one of the worst films I've seen in 10 years or so. Complete waste of time...
Hedgehog
Morning All, have to agree with HH here on both counts, Shutter Island was good but not exceptional for me. I have trouble with Caprio...I am just not convinced by him and felt that he was too young for this part. I know Scrorsese loves him and has taken him in like he did with De Niro, but he is just not in the same league and can't adapt or fit each role as effortlessly as De Niro once could. The rest of the cast were thoroughly engrossing and convincing though, and for me that's what carried the film and made the 'twist' all the more believeable.
As for 'From Paris with Love', do yourselves a favour and don't waste your rental cash or tokens on this one, it's awful and can only assume Travolta got paid a fortune for it as he plods through it methodically. Talk about unbelievable, his attempt to sigle-handedly beat up complete street gangs is hilarious...trouble is that it's not supposed to be !!! Total waste of time...