Shutter Island

It was scary. Especially watching it with my earphones on. Psychological stuff is twisted i tell you. Not that i just found out. haha. 

It seems like theories are all there but it is like a problem that can never be solved. I'm talking about those who are mentally ill. Goodness, people talk about lobotomy and it makes me shiver. In a mental institution, everyone is SICK. Try to act normal and there's something wrong. Defense mechanisms, paranoia, delusions. It really is sad for the guy in the movie. 2 years of trying to solve a serious case and reality slaps him in the face when he was told that those years were years of him living in delusions due to trauma he went through. His memories got all twisted and ended up haunting him. The horror of realizing it....i was shocked. 

Here's the summary...though you shouldn't read it if you plan on watching it..hehe.

In the movie, he(Edward Daniels) entered a mental institution on an island to solve a search case for a lady named Rachel Solando. This lady has been said to have killed her 3 children by drowning them in a lake. He also wanted to find the murderer who killed his wife, Andrew Laeddis who burned her in her home. He and his partner found out secrets about the place and that the prisoners were all afraid of the old lighthouse nearby. Those who go to court would rather die on an electric chair then to be sent to that institution. So Edward managed to discover much hidden information as he had a chance to meet Rachel face to face in a cave. She told him that the institution was a terrible place where the brains of 'patients' were being operated on so that they become 'robots' who don't feel pain or emotions. He was told that every single person there included the nurses knew about the things that were done. During that time, his partner went missing and Edward suspected that he had been taken prisoner in the lighthouse. He continued to have nightmares and hallucinations about his wife and daughter. His wife was his conscience and he couldn't let go of her in his mind. Towards the end of the movie, he manged to sneak up into the lighthouse hoping to find his partner but finds the main culprit, expecting him. There, everything started not making sense. The guy knew everything about him and every move he made. Edward was told that he himself has been a patient there for 2 years and that he had been living in hallucinations and delusions. His partner appeared then which Edward found out was a doctor that played a part in the whole thing. Both the men tried to talk Edward through and finally he fainted. A flashback was showed then. It turned out that the lady he was searching for who killed her children had never existed. This 'story' was created by himself as a form of a defense mechanism. In the past, his wife, Dolores Chanal had drowned their children in a lake (she was psycho) and because of that, Edward shot her dead. The name Edward Daniels and Rachel Solando were made up as well. He was told that his name was Andrew Laeddis, the man who killed his wife Dolares Chanal. I found this ending pretty cool. 

Edward Daniels=Andrew Laeddis

Rachel Solando=Dolares Chanal

They were Anagrams!!! 

So he finally realized and accepted reality. 

It's just crazy wei... Fuh! 

Good movie though, watch it!!   =)