Why Shutter Island will be the end of all things

Scorsese can do a movie about Swedish meatballs from Ikea with Leo DiCaprio and it would be the most gripping, demanding and heart-wrenching tale of any meatballs in film history. He's an indie-maker for the mass audience. Satisfies the critic and audience palates.

So the reason why Shutter Island, the next Martin Scorsese flick, will win at least 5 Oscars: the cast, the cast, the cast. Plus, the premise of the story is about crazies, which The Academy LOVES the most next to "goofy bastards".

Leonardo: Enough said. The best actor of our generation. He's at his best when one of the following two is achieved: he plays a crazy or works with Scorsese (Basketball Diaries, The Beach, AVIATOR!). So this can only be as good as The Aviator- but both have matured since.

Mark Ruffalo: Is this guy the most underrated actor of all time? Maybe David Morse. But he's a distant second. Ruffalo was cast by Scorsese to go alongside Leo. Meaning he's early Joe Pesci-level.

Patricia Clarkson: Queen of indies. See her in Elegy. It'll blow your socks off.

Sir Ben Kingsley: King of everything. See him in Elegy. It'll blow your socks off.

Michelle Williams: only thing that is potential for ruining this movie. But even she can't bring this monster down.