Shutter Island

Talk about a movie that lives and dies by its ending. I need to rewatch it one of these days just to make sure it still works as a whole and everything preceding the finale isn't just marking time before the big reveal. But Jesus Christ, the ending kind of kills me. I don't think it's necessarily DiCarpio that does it for me. It's more the idea and the way Scorsese handles the "event." DiCarpio's wailing is just part of the soundtrack for a haunting set of shots. The couple of times I've seen the ending, I thought Ruffalo was fighting back tears just from the way his muscles fluctuate in his face, but I'm not so sure if that's true. But isn't that what acting is? Seeing something that's not really there.