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The Power of Christ compels three more actors to appear in Scorsese's SHUTTER ISLAND!!!

aracheen? by yassoo	Feb 26th, 2008 12:21:25 AM
premiere? first?
Sounds so trashy... by Tourist	Feb 26th, 2008 12:22:31 AM
...But good cast, and I'm sure if anyone can make a tight genre piece out of this material, its Scorsese.
wow by The Real MiraJeff	Feb 26th, 2008 12:27:02 AM
Jeez, I didn't think this movie could get any higher on my must-see list but all three of these actors are so enormously talented that I cannot fucking wait to see this movie. Marty, you need a PA for a day? I seemed to be good luck last time around, just sayin'.
Better than the Aviator? by superduper3000	Feb 26th, 2008 12:33:21 AM
God, I hope so... under-rated that was all the way around. Still, The Departed kicked all sorts of butt, so he's forgiven. scarier than you think!! http://tinyurl.com/2wxo67
Hell of a cast. damn, what a hellova cast by hegele	Feb 26th, 2008 01:03:29 AM
this sounds sooo great. love Von Sydowm Mortimer and Haley
Dennis Lehane.... by stardogg	Feb 26th, 2008 01:13:42 AM
....wrote the book how about giving him some credit? And it's a great read.
Sounds like The Suffering Video Game. by skywalkerfamily	Feb 26th, 2008 01:58:13 AM
Or Prison Break.
Quint by Mezzanine	Feb 26th, 2008 02:20:42 AM
The book is kind of a one trick pont, but it is one holy fuck of a trick. That being said, I have always wanted this book to be made into a movie, and I could not be more excited thinking of the heads that are going to be blown open on opening night.
Sounds like Con Air by skywalkerfamily	Feb 26th, 2008 02:29:18 AM
Con Air was pretty damn awesome.
which chuck book? by thinboyslim.	Feb 26th, 2008 02:42:57 AM
just askin' is all.
Rate the book? by stardogg	Feb 26th, 2008 03:06:45 AM
A big ass 10. If they don't mess with the ending in the movie version it will blow your mind.
Better than Aviator? It fuckin better be. by colinjbooth	Feb 26th, 2008 03:16:46 AM

Doesn't immediately sound like a Scorsese film... by Seph_J	Feb 26th, 2008 03:18:47 AM
... but I suppose now he's got the fear of being as 'unworthy' of an Oscar as Hitchcock was (like fuck) off his chest, he can start having some fun with his films again. Sounds like it could be a classic in the making. Hope so!
Hey Quint by shmu65	Feb 26th, 2008 05:31:20 AM
Wikipedia has this film's eventual title listed as Ashecliffe. That true? If so, why that name?
Read it by enoodle123	Feb 26th, 2008 05:48:09 AM
Go on and read it. It's killer. Found a copy in the back room at my job, read it as a fluke. One of the best books I've read this year, for sure.
Wait to read book by salinacj	Feb 26th, 2008 07:08:31 AM
The book is excellent!!! All the book by Dennis are. Quint, think you have to decide if you want to wait for the movie to experience the awesome twist ending, or if you want to read it first, then go in, knowing what is happening. I akin this to the Usual Suspects, which had the great, awesome, ending. Once you know what will happen though, the whole movie takes on a different meaning. You might want to watch the movie first.
Max von Sydow... by Phimseto	Feb 26th, 2008 08:18:15 AM
...makes any film better. Yes, even Judge Dredd and especially Strange Brew. But Strange Brew was already great on its own.
The Power of Christ? by aRTCy	Feb 26th, 2008 08:24:42 AM
You must be thinking of someone else. Perhaps the other side.
Duma Key by Jimpalereason	Feb 26th, 2008 08:26:07 AM
Duma Key blows away Shutter Island. that is all.
Which Palahniuk book?... by DanielKurland	Feb 26th, 2008 09:39:34 AM
Just out of curiosity. And I don't thin DiCaprio has even broken the record of films shared between Kietel/Scorsese.
Max von Sydow by rxse7en	Feb 26th, 2008 09:44:18 AM
Max was EXCELLENT in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Who the hell knew he spoke fluent French?
QUINT - don't read the book yet ! ! ! by Ninja Nerd	Feb 26th, 2008 10:23:02 AM
Dude....this is NOT your usual Lehane novel. By that, this is not anything like his other works. Got to me Lehane last year and hear him discuss Shutter Island and some other works. Got a signed copy of Mystic River AND Shuuter Island...woo hoo! Anyway, I love most of his work and really like the rest. This book is difficult; at times, I loved it, others I hated it. Hell, at the end, I thought Lehane was nuts when he wrote this. Reading it first may well have you overwatching and analyzing every frame and bit of dialogue instead of just watching the film! I suggest you watch it cold...carefully...then read the book and see if they got anywhere close to what Lehane did in the book. SALINACJ tells you there's a twist, so you know this could go the M. Night route...WOW, that was great or WOW, you call that a twist? A word to the wise is efficient! (bonus points kids...which character said that last line to who in what long running CBS TV series?) :o)
Max is still alive?!?!?!? by Mistahtibbs	Feb 26th, 2008 10:23:53 AM
I did not know that. MT
Poor book. by JonQuixote	Feb 26th, 2008 10:44:11 AM
(mild spoilers). And I'm a big Lehane fan. It's easily his weakest though. Regarding potential for a movie, I'd say it's gonna be very similar to IDENTITY (and no, it doesn't deal with mp disorder. So that's not the spoiler there - but a big stupid twist at the end that turns the whole thing into a gimmick).
JonQuixote - gimmick may be right by Ninja Nerd	Feb 26th, 2008 10:51:22 AM
As I said earlier, I loved and hated the book. In the end, I think I was disappointed because there was so much potential in the first 3/4 of the book. That last bit...really did jump the shark. That was my reference to MNS twists...might be good, might just piss you off. This one, I suspect, regardless of cast and direction, will probably just piss people off. Especially if they stay 100% true to the book.
Who's Ben Kinsley? by BackRiverCatfish	Feb 26th, 2008 11:52:34 AM
I think Ben Kingsley is a better actor for that role.
Didn't mind the twist... by rosasaks	Feb 26th, 2008 12:02:54 PM
But I thought there were some good opportunities squandered. Really atmospheric stuff in the middle of the book just wasn't taken forward the way I hoped it would be. I thought Shutter Island was a well conceptualised departure from his detective series to take on a stand alone thriller in a different genre, but Mystic River was a superior book. After Lehane's involvement with The Wire am curious to see how much more of a literary approach will be apparent in his next work. He always seemed very smart as crime writers go and I kind of get the impression he's been slumming it or sandbagging himself to some extent.
This movie will only work by kesoze4	Feb 26th, 2008 12:05:51 PM
If the ending is as ambiguous as the book's was. What I want is NOT a mindfuck of a twist, NOT just a straightforward drama, but a movie that builds and builds the audience toward THINKING there will be some kind of a twist and then... leaves it up to them to decide if there was one or not.
Duma Key...better than recent King, for sure! by Ninja Nerd	Feb 26th, 2008 01:52:26 PM
Just finished Duma Key and never considered comparing it to Shutter Island; they're different animals. I think this may be an interesting book for what it doesn't QUITE say, which is; King is tired of writing and this may be one of his last novels, at least in the horror genre. Not his best book, but far better than Dreamcatcher and Cell, which were lousy retreads of Tommyknockers and The Stand. Duma Key was good to very good. It will make for a decent movie, but they'll probably get Uwe Boll or some other hack and it'll be yet another crappy excuse for an SK novel-turned-movie. Hope not, but we'll see.
Max von Sydow by TattooedBillionaire	Feb 26th, 2008 01:59:05 PM
He is the man.
Another good Max von Sydow role... by Phimseto	Feb 26th, 2008 02:26:40 PM
...is in "Snow Fall on Cedars". I am not particularly fond of the film, but he is absolutely great in it.
It's called Ashecliffe now. Keep up. by Bronx Cheer	Feb 26th, 2008 07:00:04 PM

Oh, you know this ain't out 'til 09, right? by Bronx Cheer	Feb 26th, 2008 07:00:43 PM
Get ready to wait for this one.
Enough twists to make your head spin by darthliquidator	Feb 27th, 2008 01:28:32 AM
Read the book last month...was constantly re-reading previous chapters just to see if Lehane was playing fair after springing each twist. And the final twist is devastating, dramatically. If Scorcese and his actors pull this off (and I'm betting they will)you can count on multiple Oscar nominations and awards.
The book is not that good... by Mr. Gunderson	Feb 27th, 2008 03:01:37 AM
Dennis Lehane is my favorite author but Shutter Island has an EXTREMELY canny twist that I saw coming from a mile away that ruined some creepy and atmospheric scenes that came before. Scorsese is amazing but adjust your expectations accordingly.
Max V S was great in Strange Brew by Knobules	Feb 27th, 2008 09:25:38 AM
The power of beer compels you.

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