What Your Favourite Martin Scorsese Movie Says About You

Shutter Islandshutter-islandThe Movie: Shutter Island is a psychological drama set in 1954 as U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels investigates a mental hospital on an island off Boston from which a murderess has escaped. However, the hospital itself has some ethics and practices worth questioning. The case is taken by storm -- as is the island in a hurricane -- when the case becomes more personal, complex, and disturbing than Daniels had anticipated. What It Says About You: You likely second-guess yourself a lot and tend not to trust those around you. You rely on gut feeling, and you tend to try to run away from your problems. You might space out on occasion and shut people out now and then. You stand for justice, but can't quite spell out the terms. Favorite Movies: Changeling shares the aspect of psychological toying against a classy, perfectionistic rendition of production design. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 will appeal to Shutter Island fans for its constant hum of dark suspense. All three of these films are alike in having historical settings that give each an artfully vintage feel, but don't get too cozy -- they all will have you unsettled and loving it. Soundbite: Shutter Island's disturbance is slow to be forgotten and gives viewers a run for their small talk. One thought-provoking line you may hear brought up over dinner or find quoted on your Facebook newsfeed, inciting a serious mood or debate, is, "Which would be worse -- to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?"

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Sydney is from Roswell, Georgia, where she takes pride in Georgia's growing film industry. She is a sophomore at Northwestern University with a minor in Film & Media Studies and a love for writing. Her life has unsuccessfully aspired to model a Keira Knightley period piece. Sydney is most likely to be found in an emptied theater viewing the credits and sipping her staple drink: all the theater’s sodas mixed together.