Alice in Wonderland

Yesterday I saw Alice in Wonderland and really loved it. A lot of people had been slating it and it had been getting really bad reviews so I went in thinking it could be really bad. However I thought it was brilliant, I loved Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat especially how he had been edited in and out to appear and disappear with only his smile being bold. I loved all of the voice overs such as Alan Rickman as the Blue Caterpillar and Barbara Winsor as the Doormouse. I also thought Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen were excellent. I really enjoyed it as it was so unusual and bright unlike Tim Burton's usual films.

Shutter Island

On Wednesday I went to see Shutter Island which is a psychological thriller (the same genre as our film). Theres a few editing techniques which proved really confusing and made me really think whilst watching the film. At one point a woman takes a sip from a glass of water and her drink disappears; this could be seen as bad editing however the woman drinking the water without the glass would have to had been filmed, I think the drink disappears due to Officer Teddy's drinking problem after the death of his wife.

Also in a flash back which Teddy has, an alcoholic drink his wife is holding disappears similarily which suggests the previous alcohol problem which the audience do not understand yet.

A particular part that confused me was when Teddy was in a dream and he woke up to yet again be in a dream which happened several times so that I began to not know when the film was in a dream or reality.

Unfortunately I managed to guess the big twist at the end half-way through however I didn't guess it perfectly so there was still a suprise for me. I wasn't suprised to be told that Teddy himself was a patient at Shutter Island however I was suprised to find that he was actually Andrew Laeddis (a missing patient) as Teddys full name was Edward Daniels and both names where anagrams for each other.

Overall I did enjoy the film however I was expecting it to be more of a horror because of the trailer. I did also enjoy the end once Teddy accepted that he was actually Andrew Laeddis and did kill his wife but decided to "die as a good man instead of living as a monster.