Jeon Yejin/ 201003023
SHUTTER ISLAND
Shutter Island is the movie released at the beginning of this year. This movie is one of the things which I think are great. Of course, there are some other films that are popular for its cinematic quality and popularity. However, I think Shutter Island succeeded in making something more in itself.
Shutter Island managed to make an appealing story which is about the inner side of the human. I think it is one of its strong points because it's hard to make a good story about mentality. Furthermore, the movie chose a unique theme among them: self-awareness. It asks us whether we can say our belief about ourselves is true through the main character who thinks he's an up-and-coming U.S. marshal, losing his wife by a man named Endrew lades who fired he and his wife's apartment. In the movie, the main character is expressed as a man of justice, who can give up his own chance to revenge to save other people. However, at the end of the movie it comes out that he is actually Endrew lades and the one who killed his wife. Though killing his wife had seemed to be unavoidable for him then, he felt guilty about it and suffered from the difference between his ideal and his reality. Finally, he chose to change his belief about himself. While watching this man, the audience may have a chance to think about the belief they have regarding themselves and whether judging the truth or falsehood of one's belief is worth to do or not.
Not only does the movie ask the audience the questions about their belief, it also gives them a shock by the reversal at the end of it. After they saw the ending, the audience realized what all the strange scenes appeared in the movie are actually meaning. Through this experience, the audience can get the chance to think about another topic, how they see the world. In my case, I was shocked at the fact that I didn't recognize any of the clues, which means I had seen the world very roughly. After then I consciously try to question what looks weird at least more than before.
For it provides people both a lot of things to think and the pleasure to test one's ability to question, I think Shutter Island is a great movie.
Your essay is very well structured. The balance of the structure is really good. Contents also convey the summary of the movie and your idea about the movie. But, if you make the 3rd ad 4th paragragh to one, I think it will be better.
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ReplyDeleteShutter Island is a movie released at the beginning of this year. This movie is the latest thing I thought is great. There are some other films released this year that are popular for its cinematic quality and popularity. However, I think Shutter Island succeeded in making something more in itself than the others.
Shutter Island managed to make an appealing story which is about the inner side of the human. I think it is one of its strong points because it's hard to make a good story about mentality. Furthermore, the movie chose a unique theme among them: self-awareness. It asks us whether we can say our belief about ourselves is true, through the main character. The main character of the movie thinks he's an up-and-coming U.S. marshal, losing his wife by a man named Endrew Lades who fired his apartment and his wife. In the movie, the main character is expressed as a man of justice, who can give up his own chance to revenge (for Endrew Lades because he killed his wife) to save other people. However, at the end of the movie it comes out that he is actually Endrew Lades, the one who killed his wife. Though killing his wife had seemed to be unavoidable for him then, he felt guilty about it and suffered from the difference between his ideal and his reality. At last, he chose to change his belief about himself, and it made him to think he is not Endrew Lades who killed his wife.
The second thing which makes this movie better than the others is that it made the audience think deeply about what it tried to say. This shows that it is greatly succeeded in giving the audience not only the time to entertain themselves but also a chance to think deeply about one’s belief. While watching the character, the audience may have a chance to think about the belief they have with regard to themselves and, moreover, whether judging true or false in one's belief is worth to do or not.
Finally, not only does the movie ask the audience the questions about their belief, it also gives them a shock by the reversal at the end of it. After they saw the ending, the audience realized what all the strange scenes appeared in the movie are actually meaning. Through this experience, the audience can get a chance to think about another topic, how they see the world. In my case, I was shocked at the fact that I didn't recognize any of the clues, which means I had seen the world very roughly. After then I consciously try to question what looks weird at least more than before.
For it provides people both a lot of things to think and the pleasure to test one's ability to question, I think Shutter Island is a great movie.