Inception and Shutter Island

In the past few weeks, I have had a chance to watch two best movies of this year.


Christopher Nolan's Inception has been heavily written on, but still there's so much to say about this movie. I have always been a fan of Nolan from his Memento days and have watched all his movies. So, when Inception was released, it was no brainers that I would want to watch the movie in theatre. Watching Inception was a completely different experience. Watching the movie left me cold, as though I couldn’t swallow something, but then, I couldn’t get the movie out of my mind, which is really the point isn’t?. I just felt like knocking on Nolan's door and asking him exactly what his take on his movie was. I guess I can only dream on that :).


Then, I got a chance to watch Shutter Island, a movie by one of my all-time favorites, Martin Scorsese, based on the book by Dennis Lehane. I loved the book and I loved the movie more than the book. Let me assure you that this is rare. Very few movies surpass the imagination of a book and Shutter Island is one of them. I don't want to give away too much about the story, but this movie shows how powerful perceptions are. The trick is to watch some scenes in the movie twice and you will know what I mean. It was then I realized how close these two movies resembled in terms of plot and idea.


Only few directors have such power over audiences and what an achievement that is.


Gosh! I wish there were more movies like these so that I don't feel guilty about wasting 2-3 hours in front of a TV. Now, I cannot wait for Batman 3 and the wait is loooooooooooooooooooooong!


Note: I am interested in hearing others thoughts on Inception’s ending. So, bring it on!