Movie Twists: May contain spoilers!
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Movie Twists: May contain spoilers!
What's your favourite movie twist? What one impressed you the most?
For me, it's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" when you find out that Janet is really the Jackal and she's been playing Steve Martin and Michael Caine for the entire film.
For me, it's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" when you find out that Janet is really the Jackal and she's been playing Steve Martin and Michael Caine for the entire film.
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Unbreakable, hands down. Not only is it hard to see coming, but I love how the twist ending comes across as a natural extension of the movie rather than a gimmick.
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A difficult topic, because some people so easily see through a facade when others will not. I did not see the end of Sixth Sense, but have friends who thought it was completely obvious .. likewise, I saw the end of Unbreakable a mile off ...
The others was a good flick and while I knew something was up, I didn't forsee that. But, ultimately, I'll have to agree with the Sixth Sense ... that just broadsided me.
Very rare is it, however, that I don't pick up on a plot twist long before it is revealed .. be it in books or film ... thus the list I have to work with is very short.
The others was a good flick and while I knew something was up, I didn't forsee that. But, ultimately, I'll have to agree with the Sixth Sense ... that just broadsided me.
Very rare is it, however, that I don't pick up on a plot twist long before it is revealed .. be it in books or film ... thus the list I have to work with is very short.
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For me it was the American verson of the Ring. Right up to the point where they get the girls bones out of the well and it seems like a nice normal up to that point relitilvely good horror move.....then they tack on a ending the made NO FRIGGIN SENCE!!!!
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I agree, the ending of the Ring seemed pointless. What good is a ghost story if the ghost can't be put to rest? Then it's just a slasher. The ending cheapened the entire mystery behind the film.
Also, if the little boy knew so much about what was going on, why the hell didn't he say something to his mother earlier!?
Blah ... that is a movie I'd sooner forget.
Also, if the little boy knew so much about what was going on, why the hell didn't he say something to his mother earlier!?
Blah ... that is a movie I'd sooner forget.
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God yes! Best twist ever!Dominique wrote:Unbreakable, hands down. Not only is it hard to see coming, but I love how the twist ending comes across as a natural extension of the movie rather than a gimmick.
In one scene they turned the hero into the creepiest villian ever.
I loved that last line, especially - it just caped the character off so well, considering the comicbook theme
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Well I'm one who did like it! Spoilers here:Joël of the Fraternity wrote:The Village had a nice end twist to it, but not everybody liked it.
Joël
I did guess it was the elders who created the story but I didn't guess it was the big tall guy who attacked the girl. And I never never guessed they were actually in our time!
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Bah.
Only The Ring actually surprised me- and unlike some of you, I actually liked it. "You helped her? You weren't supposed to HELP her."
NOW you tell her, kid? Sheesh.
Another good one (if an old one) was from The Manchurian Candidate (the REAL one, thank you kindly)... Raymond Shaw's solution.
Only The Ring actually surprised me- and unlike some of you, I actually liked it. "You helped her? You weren't supposed to HELP her."
NOW you tell her, kid? Sheesh.
Another good one (if an old one) was from The Manchurian Candidate (the REAL one, thank you kindly)... Raymond Shaw's solution.
Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
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Saw, Se7en, Sixht Sense, I expected all those twists when I was watching the movies, though the end of Saw makes no sense, though I still enjoyed it.
One movie twist I also enjoyed was in Identity, though I had already guessed who the killer was
Another good story twists was the final shots of Urotsuki Doji - Inferno Road, I'd hate to have to go through all AGAIN!
What I really liked about Ring was that Sadako could be put to rest (as seen in Ring 2), also a clue to how to put her to rest is contained in her cursed video tape, very nicely done.
Now I gotta go back to reading Spiral (Razen).
One movie twist I also enjoyed was in Identity, though I had already guessed who the killer was
Another good story twists was the final shots of Urotsuki Doji - Inferno Road, I'd hate to have to go through all AGAIN!
What I really liked about Ring was that Sadako could be put to rest (as seen in Ring 2), also a clue to how to put her to rest is contained in her cursed video tape, very nicely done.
Now I gotta go back to reading Spiral (Razen).
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Saw surprised me. I saw most of the twists coming (such as the orderly being 'bad' as well as manipulated in his own right). But the real baddy surprised the heck out of me.
I liked the US Ring too for the reasons Cole described, seemed so interesting and a twist on every traditional ghost story where you're supposed to lay the ghost to rest. I'll still have to rent the Jap version.
And I loved Unbreakable. Perfect twist that fit the genre and as mentioned it wasn't just a gimmick like Signs or The Villiage was based around (and I saw the big final twist in the latter coming from the very begining, although the leaders being involved surprised me).
Other movies were Fight Club (which I saw the first time drunk out of my gourd so my guard for twists was down, and I had not read a review that mentioned any twist so I wasn't looking). And... um....
I know there are more, just can't think of any. Die Hard I and III were pretty good for surprise villian motives...
I liked the US Ring too for the reasons Cole described, seemed so interesting and a twist on every traditional ghost story where you're supposed to lay the ghost to rest. I'll still have to rent the Jap version.
And I loved Unbreakable. Perfect twist that fit the genre and as mentioned it wasn't just a gimmick like Signs or The Villiage was based around (and I saw the big final twist in the latter coming from the very begining, although the leaders being involved surprised me).
Other movies were Fight Club (which I saw the first time drunk out of my gourd so my guard for twists was down, and I had not read a review that mentioned any twist so I wasn't looking). And... um....
I know there are more, just can't think of any. Die Hard I and III were pretty good for surprise villian motives...
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I was really blindsided by Sixth Sense, Fight Club and The Ring. Normally I spot the villain way off in the beginning but these movies completely suprised me. This is why I like them so much.
I disagree. A never ending ghost that just keeps going seems like the most terrifying thing to me. And in this movie they did it properly.I agree, the ending of the Ring seemed pointless. What good is a ghost story if the ghost can't be put to rest? Then it's just a slasher. The ending cheapened the entire mystery behind the film.
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Such deliberate disguises
Rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves"
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Such deliberate disguises
Rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves"
FIGHT CLUB SPOILERS
The end of Fight Club didn't surprise me at all, mostly because they had the really quick shot of Brad Pitt in the first minute or so of the movie, which implied he was a hallucination from the start. That was an incredibly stupid move on the director's part, IMHO. If he hadn't done that, I never would have guessed the ending, but with that in there, Fight Club is officially the only movie that I've figured out within the first five minutes.
The end of Fight Club didn't surprise me at all, mostly because they had the really quick shot of Brad Pitt in the first minute or so of the movie, which implied he was a hallucination from the start. That was an incredibly stupid move on the director's part, IMHO. If he hadn't done that, I never would have guessed the ending, but with that in there, Fight Club is officially the only movie that I've figured out within the first five minutes.
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