*SHUTTER ISLAND* First Time Watching MOVIE REACTION

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[@jenmurrayxo]

What other Scorsese should we watch? MYSTERY Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLQHhQlj8i5drJwz6YE_xKfQq62TExaw44 HORROR Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLQHhQlj8i5dqAo_xUPpp6Vl8928UXIwua

[@8ru9h]

Hi Jen, Since you seem to enjoy soundtrack composers, you may want to check out "Kundun" (soundtrack by Philip Glass) and "The Last Temptation of Christ" (soundtrack by Peter Gabriel). Both are amazing, but lesser known, Scorsese films.

[@philmakris8507]

THE AVIATOR

[@jimBD81]

Taxi Driver

[@bobdeleon3826]

Hi Jen. Might I suggest Cape Fear.

[@hinesmaster99]

Chills all over my body! Gonna need to get checked out immediately. Wait this isn't WEB MD, my fault I apologize.

[@craigo1981]

I always like Mark Ruffalo's reaction at 11:35 when Leo reaches across the table aggressively. He grabs to restrain him and if you watch him he looks over to (I presume) the guards and staff. When watching for the first time and just thinking he's Leo's partner it looks like he's just kind of like "sorry my partners getting carried away here" but with hindsight and knowing he's part of the experiment it's more like he's telling them it's under control and not to step in to restrain Leo. It's a great little clue about what's going on that doesn't really stand out on first viewing.

[@shawnspencer8766]

Damn I never noticed that. Good catch!

[@Dillpicks95]

One of the best twist endings ever, also Leo’s acting when he saw the kids in the lake and realized that they were dead was so heartbreaking.

[@brittroberds5500]

That last line sealed the whole movie for me. Just a great film between the older style, darker strings dominating the sound track and just the over all tone of filming. Glad you got to enjoy!

[@CaesiusX]

25:18 He never saw Chuck's body at the bottom of the cliffs. It was an optical illusion. Once he climbed down to that spot we see how the stones were somehow bleached in a vague shape of a body. *EDIT:* _"He's faking!"_ Bravo Jen! Such a great way to end it!

[@flibber123]

Yeah I'm convinced that the real twist of this story is that at the end he is cured. He is smart enough to manipulate them so he gets the lobotomy and lives as a good man. To accept the cure means spending the rest of his life as a monster and he doesn't want that. The fact that he was a patient all along is a decoy twist. Lots of people get so distracted by that twist that they miss the significance of the conversation at the end.

[@shinrapresident7010]

As someone who is completely musically illiterate, I really appreciate how talented and educated Jen is regarding music.

[@MetastaticMaladies]

I just wish I could sing halfway decent, I don’t know how some people do it with no lessons, I guess you’re born with it or not.

[@MidwestFarmToys]

No

[@Agent.Bob58]

I'll never forget the first time I watched this, I was in denial! I refused to believe that he was a patient, but that closing line! Still chills me to the bone. Great reaction Jen 👍

[@ElectricKnight.]

Yes! This is one of my top, all time, favourite films. I love psychological mindbenders and this may be the best of them. I'm so glad you caught the whole ride, including the final line. The music in this is amazing, and the piece they use during his flashbacks (On The Nature of Daylight) just destroys me, emotionally.

[@BouillaBased]

Just like The Game, this film keeps you wondering exactly what’s going on and whether you’re actually getting closer to finding out. Mostly it just gives you the feeling that you’re getting messed with.

[@Dark_Jaguar]

Oh after this, I recommend The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. It's an old silent movie, but it's a good one.

[@maatiisan]

If you like mysteries, and Ben Kingsley, And Morgan Freeman. AND Bruce Willis, you'd love Lucky Number Slevin.

[@Smokie_666]

Such a great movie and I wish more would react to it!

[@alexandrelachapelle4597]

Saw this movie when it originally came out and loved it. Never got around to watch it again for some reason, until your reaction Jen. Freaked me out once more. Remembered he was the 67th patient but not the last line. Great cast, great acting, chilling story.

[@saaamember97]

You've seen Ben Kingsley in Schindler's List. He played Oskar Schindler's Jewish assistant, Itzhak Stern. The other man you said you've seen somewhere, is actor Max Von Sydow. You saw him in "The Exorcist." He played the part of Father Merrin.

[@twoheart7813]

There was an incident where SS guards were lined up and shot at a concentration camp. Two US officers almost got into a shooting match as one tried to stop it. I'm sure there were more as these camps were liberated.

[@stmi7936]

That warden told him to put the lotion in the basket.

[@RevMan001]

Or it gets the hose again...

[@jcs1025]

Leo should have won an Oscar for this role.

[@dre3k78]

This might be the most underrated Scorsese / DiCaprio film. Great location of an island during a storm to induce anxiety as well as the score, acting and plot....all make for a perfect psychological mystery. The 2nd watch you really pick up on the small things especially how his partner acts through out the film. The first major giveaway was him struggling to hand over his firearm to the guards in the biggening.

[@matthewganong1730]

Jen, this film is based on a novel by Dennis Lehane, who also wrote the novels “Mystic River” and “Gone Baby Gone,” both adapted into excellent detective/crime films. Mystic River won multiple Oscars and was directed by Clint Eastwood (he doesn’t appear on-camera in it). Gone Baby Gone was the directorial debut of Ben Affleck and also received critical acclaim.

[@CodyCameron82]

Some fun facts for you Jen. The title is an anagram of "truths and lies", and "truths/denials" Through most of the story line, it is cloudy and the rain turns heavier as the story gets deeper. The sun only comes out in the final scenes. This is another reference to Freud, who described the subconscious as a confusing cloudy weather in opposition to the clear skies of the consciousness.

[@kevinlewallen4778]

That's really interesting, Cody, though maybe not "fun facts." ;-)

[@CodyCameron82]

@@kevinlewallen4778Fun cause sharing knowledge is fun

[@kevinlewallen4778]

@@CodyCameron82Agreed, but the subject matter is so creepy.

[@MrDevintcoleman]

Good ol’ Warden Buffalo Bill!

[@Ian-xx1xb]

Just popping by to leave a comment and a like and wish everyone a wonderful premiere 🎈 Jen and her reactions are the bees knees 🙌

[@Dillpicks95]

Jen’s reactions are the reason why every week is so exciting.

[@kevinlewallen4778]

Bees knees, cat's pajamas, what century is this??? Just kidding...

[@mr.a8315]

@@kevinlewallen4778 I like those sayings. They're the dogs bollocks. 👍

[@kevinlewallen4778]

@@mr.a8315Me too.

[@e.d.2096]

Had not seen this one Jen, but I just couldn't miss the live chat and your reaction 😊 2012 here I come😮 Thanks again Jen...Eric

[@kevinlewallen4778]

I hadn't seen it either, Eric, looked really good.

[@philmakris8507]

Wearing that Royal Blue like a Queen Jen.

[@susanliltz3875]

Sir Ben Kingsley is an amazing actor, check out his movie: House Of Sand And Fog

[@Maaden84]

Dont miss his new one, short film called The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar , oscar winner :)

[@zotharr]

Such a good movie, I loved it as well :)

[@ugib8377]

You completely nailed this. From start to finish. You are one smart cookie Jen. It was a lot of fun watching you get so into this absolute mindfck of a movie. The end line is something that is lost on so many reactors, I am so happy you caught it. And yeah, the music goes hard for this. Very dark and brooding. There is a game from awhile back called "Outlast". Gives off the same trapped in the asylum vibes. Honestly more terrifying to me than 95% of"Horror" these days. To be a prisoner of your own mind is far more scary a concept.

[@p0ppyfarr95]

Thank you for reacting to one of my all-time personal favourite psychological horror drama films which is a rarity of Martin Scorsese to direct given his high profile for Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino and recently Killers of the Flower Moon. It took me 3 times to watch the film to see the signs that Teddy Daniels/Andrew Laeddis (cool fictional character names) is not who we thought he is. At the end of the film, his last words “What could be much worse in this place: live as a monster or die as a good man” is an indicator that Laeddis opted out for the “lighthouse icepick” due to the fact he got to the point of no longer handling the trauma of killing his wife for killing his kids and not wanting to regress restarting the entire cutting-edge roleplay all over again. As much as I know that it was all a roleplay: I loved the scene of Dr Rachel Solando in the cave, got a feeling it’s real (yet Dr Cawley brushed it off as fake hallucinations in Laeddis’ mind) as I could see this play a role in the plot of a continuation miniseries that I call “Escape From Shutter Island”. No matter if he was thinking of something in the past that’s true or not - the US army liberation of Dachau (among the early Nazi campsites to appear in the Holocaust) resulted in the soldiers and surviving Holocaust prisoners participated in a revenge killing (execution squad-esque) on the camp guards except those who faced the music in the criminal courts. It did happen in our world. An investigation conducted by US army Lieutenant-colonel Joseph Whittaker was suppressed by US army general George Patton and a Bavaria governor to cover up what Laeddis described as “not warfare but murder [on both sides]”. I do believe Laeddis’ involvement in the Dachau liberation and revenge killings was true.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Hollywood needs the old-school auteurs like Scorsese more than ever

[@chand911]

lol no babe

[@TheBasedCanadian]

The future of Hollywood is bleak

[@Soco0504]

Hollywood is dead. Less than half a dozen watchable movies have even been made since the 2020.

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

When you got movies like Scorsese in them, you can't lose!

[@CK-bd8tj]

The dream sequences with Leo are some of my favorite scenes of all time. Especially the one where hes talking to his wife. So much surrealism, which is interesting because its a big departure from Scorsese's normal style. I can't think of really any other scenes hes directed that are remotely similar.

[@SoaringTrumpet]

Great reaction to a superb film! I especially enjoy Jen's homing in on the music as usual. Shutter Island has a power score indeed! Although it's funny how you still worried about the cigarette near the end, even after everything had been revealed and Leo's concerns about being drugged were shown to be a hallucination or way of dealing with trauma in his mind. I also feel like this is one of those movies that could use more than 40 seconds of discussion afterwards, since there's so much content with the narrative, history, mental health, etc.

[@austinj3881]

When rewatching, you can see all the subtle hints throughput

[@77Chester77]

You guys think Jen would enjoy the movie "Babe" (the one with the little pig). I think she would love it!

[@TerminatorJuice]

Damn, that ending hit me way harder watching this reaction then it did when I seen the movie in 2010! I don't know if its because I'm 14 years older, or because now I am a Dad(to my kitties) but I had a bif of the swelling of the eyes when he found out that his kids were dead, and that his wife did it! Devastating stuff right there!

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

Great pick. This movie is so incredible. The subtle hints, the acting its so well done. And the dream sequences and how it all comes together in the end its one of the best revelations in cinema. I think you're right about the last part. He didn't want to live on as this monster and so he chose the surgery to forget everything. Incredibly sad.

[@harrietelizabeth9195]

Oh! and just to say that if you love this in terms of suspense and plot twists then I recommend three Korean movies: Oldboy (2003) a revenge movie, JSA: Joint Security Area (2000) a "whodunnit" movie and Forgotten (2017) a suspense thriller. In my opinion, JSA and Oldboy are masterpieces of cinema, Oldboy is often in the top 10 of best movies ever made lists.

[@zedxxx9]

It was hilarious watching you respond to the "scary" piano notes. I rewatched this movie last night before watching your reaction, just so that I could re-experience it first and then enjoy your reaction more. It was a good call, as I had completely forgotten the twist...

[@nightgoblin29]

This is a movie like "The Game"... only once you get the full feels haha.. great reaction thank you!

[@glenngalloway6191]

The movie is like who's who of creepy character actors. Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs, Rorshach from The Watchmen, and the main suspect from Zodiac.

[@kevinlewallen4778]

Hi, Jen, you're so cool to continue the premiere chats despite feeling lousy. Thanks!

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks kevin :)

[@susanliltz3875]

Check out one of Leo’s first movies : “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” also with Johnny Depp !!

[@zmarko]

Ben Kingsley is in Sneakers, which is a great fun heist movie from the early 90s. HUGE cast (Redford, Aykroyd, River Phoenix, Mary McDonnell, Poitier, Strathairn, and quite a few VERY notable small parts with recognizable faces/names. Totally worth a reaction.

[@MikeM3-TCW]

Such a fun and often overlooked movie!

[@bobdeleon3826]

That was a trip... Great twists. Thank you, Jen

[@leefischer5814]

Awesome movie indeed. Stonehearst Asylum is also a great movie in the same vein as this one, oddly enough also has Ben Kingsley as well and think you would enjoy it.

[@tremorsfan]

The movie just starts and you pick up on one of the clues right away.👏

[@sspdirect02]

Schindler’s List features Sir Ben Kingsley and should be required at least one viewing for every human being on earth.

[@NerdJared]

What a crazy movie. Blew me away!

[@maksphoto78]

30:13 - Funny thing is, in German, "Traum" means "dream"

[@gilbertallard306]

Very enjoyable reaction. I bet you reacted exactly like the director would have intended: Spooked, intrigued, horrified. Thank you.

[@3kycat]

Wonderful movie with great ending. At the second time you see more little things and details and that's amazing.

[@adrianspikes6454]

Great reaction Jen. Geez i remember watching this movie once before with friends at home and was mad that we were watching it, not a DiCaprio fan. I somehow figured it out within the first 20-30mins. Surprised myself and everybody at the end. Has never happened again!

[@DiggitySlice]

I'm happy another reactor figured out that he was faking at the end. It's surprisingly rare.

[@TheWebcrafter]

7:40 - MAX VON SYDOW - Too many movies to list here but he has appeared in a couple of your reaction videos He portrayed Father Lankester Merrin in 'The Exorcist' and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in 'Never Say Never Again'..

[@kevinlewallen4778]

As you said, Jen, "spooky" is the right word. This is a powerful movie. Great reaction!

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hi Jen hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks John you too :)

[@bghammock]

Excellent book, too

[@commanderwyro4204]

one of my favorite movies. i love the creepy feeling without it really being a scary movie

[@ashbysmith1723]

I had read the book beforehand so I was aware of the twist.

[@stephenmalloy88]

Hi Jen. The main building and two others of the fictional Ashecliffe Hospital are located at the now closed Medfield State Hospital, just a few miles from where I live. The company I work for sold the production company several carpentry tools. On the day I delivered them I saw the two maroon cars (Cadillacs?) in the parking lot. It’s fun to see these little things show up in a movie.

[@JKM395]

You're right, Jen. This one really needs a rewatch. Great movie. My wife and I actually saw it twice in the theater, back to back.

[@NinaFelwitch]

I love that movie and the twist at the end.

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@captainchaos3667]

Goosebumps on par with The Sixth Sense.

[@kevinsieg2076]

Jen, please do more reactions to Scorsese. All of his films are an education in cinema. If you research his work, you'll learn about all the influences that inspired him-- from the music to the photography. Excellent reaction, I'm very much looking forward to your next video.

[@user-dh5tn2zj6e]

I think you would enjoy "Harper's island". It's a 13 episode horror/mystery show from 2009. In my opinion really underrated.

[@richard63]

Never heard of this movie. Thanks , Jen. Yet another great movie choice.

[@richlisola1]

Jen Murray reactions! Amongst the very best!

[@Ian-xx1xb]

Just have to quickly say your thumbnail for this one Jen is so friggin good I love it 👌 outlining yourself in fire red is 😘 very cool indeed definitely one of my favourites so far it would make an awesome canvas FACTS 👍🔥

[@user-uy9tw2zb6g]

Whoever is the first to wear a bathrobe in a mental hospital is the chief doctor.

[@michaelriddick7116]

GREAT MOVIE!!! Loved it the first time I saw it, even with the sad ending 😢😂❤ LETS GOOOOOOO!!! 💪😎💪

[@slimjimnyc270]

Definitely worth a rewatch. I've watched this 4 or 5 times and w/ the way they ended this movie, I still can't tell if he knew the truth and wanted a lobotomy, or he regressed into his fantasy world. Amazing movie.

[@flynngames4703]

If you are going to watch a Ben Kingsley movie Gandhi is a must. It’s brilliant as well as this movie.

[@JedHead77]

Based on the thumnail, this movie should be called *Shudder* Island 😉

[@BPhillips2000]

14:40 Yep. Happened at Dachau. There isn't a specific consensus on what happened; there are several stories of US soldiers killing surrendered camp guards, as well as the camp prisoners beating guards to death... The Army conducted an investigation & recommended court martials, so there's likely some credibility to the stories (probable cause, for sure), but General Patton (under his authority as recently-appointed Military Governor of Bavaria) chose to have the charges dismissed... (edited for spelling/grammar)

[@TheJerbol]

12:20 a lot of people miss that she pretends to drink while her hand isn't holding anything, but then it cuts to her putting down an empty glass. A hint to his mental state

[@jamesoliver6625]

Jen. Explore the music of Carl Ruggles (KZbin). My favorite "avant garde" composer. The some Wallingford Reigger and Henry Cowell. Go slow. Expand beyond tertian music. Few enjoy it but it makes the war symphonies of Shostakovich beyond intense, especially his 8th.

[@Blurksel]

I love this movie, with every rewatch you can can see all the clues and staging around the protagonist. And if not seen already, i would recommend you to watch 'The Vanishing' (1993).. great psychological thriller with Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland - also there's 'Identity' from 2003, a psycho one to.. ;o)

[@deathtoraiden2080]

The Beach is an underrated DiCaprio movie. Give it a try.

[@nigelpluck3342]

It has been a while since I watched this, but it is a very good film. I saw it in the cinema when it was first released and have to say it was one of my favourite films for a long time, and probably still is

[@anthonyg422]

You want a Leo performance, watch Blood Diamond.

[@deathtoraiden2080]

Second this. For the movie, not for his performance in particular (which is petty good regardless)

[@kachonga8835]

Rumor has it they modeled Matt Damon's intellectual prowess in "Team America" after Mark Ruffalos IQ in real life.

[@maximillianosaben]

Compare Leo's character in this movie to his character in Inception (released the same year) and you will find shocking similarities in their tragic backstories.

[@PV1230]

My two favorite Leo films are Shutter Island and Inception.

[@Mozdk1]

I work at night. Alone. It was a clear mistake to watch this reaction while working.

[@djJaXx101]

When I think of Ben Kingsley I think of the movie Sexy Beast, maybe thatll make it on the list one day... I remember it being pretty intense and great acting.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

I'm glad that you enjoyed this film, Jen, if that's the right word? Other films which I recommend by Martin Scorsese are: "Killers of The Flower Moon", "The Departed" (I can't remember if you've already reacted to this one or not), "After Hours", "Taxi Driver", "The Age of Innocence", "Casino", "The Wolf of Wall Street". There are many more but these are good ones to continue with, Jen.

[@jenmurrayxo]

The Departed is on my channel!

[@CharlesVanNoland]

Saw this in the theater w/ my homies. It was super heavy.

[@Atlas_Redux]

Oooh, not seen reaction yet, but I suspect this is a VERY Jen movie. It has all the elements you usually get hyped about. Saving for later to enjoy with some sushi for maximum enjoyment ^^

[@cinecois]

The question is not how the movie ends but will Jen be able finish it.

[@jennifervalentine8955]

"Did this really happen?" Yeah it was the Holocaust and more generally abandoned Nazi concentration camps. The West didn't capture too many death camps. That was a horror more to the east for the Soviets to find. It was often forced labor in inhuman conditions with poor clothes and minimal food. Some camps were "liquidated", aka killed everyone, and some the Nazis just abandoned. If you want a look at what it was like Schindler's List is pretty good

[@randomman057]

There was a massacre of the guards at Dachau by US troops after it was liberated. Several dozen were killed. So yes, it's a true story; however, I believe it to be the only time that occurred.

[@deathninja16]

the guard execution was more or less historically accurate.- It was the foregoing incident which has given rise to wild claims in various publications that most or all of the German prisoners captured at Dachau were executed. Nothing could be further from the truth. The total number of German guards killed at Dachau during that day most certainly did not exceed fifty, with thirty probably being a more accurate figure. The regimental records for that date indicate that over a thousand German prisoners were brought to the regimental collecting point. Since my task force was leading the regimental attack, almost all the prisoners were taken by the task force, including several hundred from Dachau. - Felix L. Sparks, dachau liberation.

[@vornamenachname4298]

I think you should definitely watch some Ben Kingsley movies. He is a great actor. One of the oldest was for example a biography about Mahatma Gandhi. A little newer and a great movie with great actors would be "Lucky Number Slevin". But there are much more with Sir Ben Kingsley.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Didn't you see Iron Man 3? Ben Kingsley was The Mandarin.

[@shanenolan5625]

Thanks jen

[@teeheeteeheeish]

This movie is incredible the second time through

[@maksphoto78]

I think those "low cellos" might actually be double bass.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

More Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast with Ray Winstone (Departed) - iconic and wierdly funny gangster movie. - Schindler's List - Species - fun and sexy alien romp with Michael Madson and Forest Whittaker.

[@jamesrein648]

Oh man I remember when this movie first came out I did not appreciate it for what it was at the time

[@IXSICNESS]

The book somehow manages to be better which based on just how good this movie is should really encourage you to read the book

[@thefilmeffect6089]

Taxi Driver next please! It might be Scorsese’s best film! You’ll love the music.