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soccerchamp76 · 07-19-2006, 08:20 AM

I wouldn't really consider Shawshank Redemption as having a "surprise" ending. There wasn't much buildup to his Spoiler: apparant suicide and it was realized quickly. The surprise endings are movies like Sixth Sense, et cetera.

My List:
Saw I and Saw II: Spoiler: The moment Jigsaw stood up in the end, especially with the music playing, was brilliant and bone-chilling at the same time.
Primal Fear: Spoiler: Edward Norton's character was brilliant and Richard Gere's reaction was excellent as well. Great ending.
Sixth Sense: Spoiler: This one is just obvious

A final note on M. Night Shymalan's films (Signs, The Village, etc): I think he is a good director up until the last 15min of the films he makes. All of the surprise endings above make logical sense and are well written. His endinds are nonsensical and making the consumer mad at the film for having such a preprosterous ending (umm..The Village). He needs to make a good horror film without ending with an ill-placed ending just so people can say you have "twist" endings.

07-19-2006, 08:20 AM	#36 (permalink)
soccerchamp76 Go Cardinals Location: St. Louis/Cincinnati	I wouldn't really consider Shawshank Redemption as having a "surprise" ending. There wasn't much buildup to his Spoiler: apparant suicide and it was realized quickly. The surprise endings are movies like Sixth Sense, et cetera. My List: Saw I and Saw II: Spoiler: The moment Jigsaw stood up in the end, especially with the music playing, was brilliant and bone-chilling at the same time. Primal Fear: Spoiler: Edward Norton's character was brilliant and Richard Gere's reaction was excellent as well. Great ending. Sixth Sense: Spoiler: This one is just obvious A final note on M. Night Shymalan's films (Signs, The Village, etc): I think he is a good director up until the last 15min of the films he makes. All of the surprise endings above make logical sense and are well written. His endinds are nonsensical and making the consumer mad at the film for having such a preprosterous ending (umm..The Village). He needs to make a good horror film without ending with an ill-placed ending just so people can say you have "twist" endings. __________________ Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department. Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.