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cartmen34 09-19-2003 12:21 PM

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Originally posted by Fallon
I think it was the Sixth Floor. Quite an interesting movie and it was pretty nifty. Least I thought I did. And it did the whole Matrix thing BEFORE the matrix...
Fallon, I'm a litttle confused on your post. How is the 6th sense doing matrix stuff before the matrix, exactly? I never even came close to relating those two movies, so I just was curious how you related them....?

floonine 09-19-2003 12:29 PM

I'm with Hal here, with a change in order:
Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Seven, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, Unbreakable

Of course, I haven't seen Pi, or American Beauty for that matter, so my list will be changed at ANYTIME, so check back often. ha!

preluder 09-27-2003 11:51 PM

i thought the twist in Identity was cool, if not mind blowing

IckUber 09-28-2003 12:10 PM

Matchstick men

Lestat 09-28-2003 08:58 PM

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Originally posted by Spritebox
Basic is one I've seen recently with a twisty ass ending.
You got that right, it was hard to follow. One of my favorites.



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Originally posted by CSflim
NOTHING can beat the Usual Suspects!
Yep.

soccerchamp76 11-21-2004 12:31 AM

6th Sense
Primal Fear
Seven
Donnie Darko
American History X

unregistered092 11-21-2004 02:00 AM

Fargo.
get the dvd, watch the movie, then watch the main "making of" featurette. youll see

radioguy 11-21-2004 02:28 AM

arlington road - tim robbins is the schznit in that flick....the ending was a first for me, of that kind, that i remember.

Xiangsu 11-21-2004 02:56 AM

Lots of good ones mentioned here, from what I read on the first page. Here are some of my favs that haven't been mentioned:

Vanilla Sky
Matchstick Men
Jacob's Ladder
12 monkeys
Ocean's Eleven (the remake)
Any M. Night film as far as I'm concerned
The Game (David F. film)

And thats all I can think of at the moment.

Bauh4us 11-22-2004 08:06 AM

I really liked the ending of Vanilla Sky. Maybe I was not paying attention, but man that came out of left field.

unregistered092 11-22-2004 09:46 AM

matchstick men was a good one.

Stompy 11-22-2004 11:37 AM

Twist ending... hmm... 12 Monkeys probably.

I wasn't at all surprised by the Sixth Sense. I think I'm the only person on the face of the planet who saw how obvious it was, but I've always had a very keen eye to detail in movies. I remember watching it and I was about to ask my girlfriend if she's noticing that he's not really interacting with people.. because I thought it was kinda strange.. but then it clicked with me and the whole kid being able to see the dead, so I held it in.

The same for "The Others', which really pissed me off. That movie is a complete knock-off of the Sixth Sense. I knew the ending to that 30 minutes into it, and I told my girlfriend, "If this ends how I think it's gonna end, this movie flat out fucking blows." ..and it did. Thus, it blows.

Xiangsu 11-22-2004 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by cartmen34
Fallon, I'm a litttle confused on your post. How is the 6th sense doing matrix stuff before the matrix, exactly? I never even came close to relating those two movies, so I just was curious how you related them....?

I believe he was talking about the Thirteenth Floor, which has more than a few things in common with The Matrix.

abscondo 11-24-2004 07:19 PM

Matchstick Men

scansinboy 11-26-2004 11:03 AM

Doesn't anyone remember Angel Heart?
That movie was such a slow builder but the twist/payoff was so worth it... Then you go and watch it a second time and all the imagery makes sense.

What is the joke with Adaptation?

heccubusiv 11-26-2004 07:27 PM

Life of David Gale, Se7en, Idenity, all unpredictable

bendsley 11-26-2004 09:54 PM

I have two. The Life of David Gale; great movie, go rent it.

Also, The Butterfly Effect, which on the DVD has two endings. I only saw the director's cut, so don't know about the other ending. This movie is a bit freaky, but definately good. I never knew Amy Smart could look so whorish.

tropple 11-27-2004 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MPower
No way out - the old costner/young movie


Yeah, I sure agree with that. I was stunned.

Camelbackcinema 12-09-2004 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by radioguy
arlington road - tim robbins is the schznit in that flick....the ending was a first for me, of that kind, that i remember.


good call!!

I also like The Usual Suspects and The Sixth Sense.

thespian86 12-09-2004 06:47 PM

I'm a big fan of the ending for both American History X and Snatch... both amazing films. Snatch I kind of expected something to happen... but it still caught me offguard. But american history X knocked me out.

Willravel 12-09-2004 06:50 PM

I'd say that Momento was a good twist ending. You already feel disoriented going backwards, and then you find out that it could have all been wrong.

longbough 12-24-2004 09:55 AM

Rosemary's Baby
Friday the 13th
Dead Zone
Soylent Green
Planet of the Apes (original)
The Vanishing (the original Dutch version)
The Audition (Japanese film)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Blazing Saddles
The Empire Strikes Back
Cincinnati Kid
Carnival of Souls
Witness for the Prosecution

former newt 12-24-2004 10:32 AM

I'm surprised no one thought about Saw. The movie itself wasn't very logical, but the ending pwn3d my shit.

and i'd agree that memento, vanilla sky, empire strikes back, and unbreakable all had great twists.

Bratwurst 12-25-2004 06:15 PM

I would say besides the Usual Suspects which basically everyone here has said...

Chinatown had a great twist ending. One of the few films that I actually didn't keep thinking about how much I hated Jack Nicholson the whole time. Also a Roman Polanski film which normally I wouldn't pay a dime to see anything he does. But this movie is great, its a classic, and it has a great twist ending.

Also, I think Se7en was great as far as twist endings go.

I saw the end of the sixth sense coming about halfway through the movie, so I disagree on that one. But a good film nonetheless.

cyrnel 12-25-2004 07:09 PM

Easy Rider - Yea, cliche
The Sting - pay attention kid
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Bandits
Being John Malkovich - Maybe more weird than a twist
Matchstick Men
The Game - a fun ride
The Usual Suspects - Love that damn movie
American History X - that hurt
25th Hour - wishful thinking
Fargo - got to have a breakfast

Have to agree Sixth Sense was a little predictable. I remember wondering if he was in a coma or dreaming, at which point the rest seemed suspect.

Xenomorph 12-26-2004 02:47 AM

M. Night is predictable. I had The Village laid out for myself and the friend next to me within the first half-hour.

I'm going with The Game for my best twist ending. You never knew for sure which of the characters' actions were part of the game or if the Michael Douglas character had somehow broken out of it until the very, very end. The movie was weak at some points, but if we're going by endings alone I give it a 10/10.

neddy65 12-26-2004 06:55 AM

My favorite has to be The Usual Suspects, followed with Fallen.("let me tell you about the day I almost died")

Primal fear was good but the ending of the book was far more powerfully done.the movie used the same ending but drew it out longer.

salemsaberhagen 12-26-2004 07:16 AM

Scream. Never would have thought that it would be TWO murderers! It is set up well, with al those red herrings. Fight Club has to be the biggest heap of crap of an attempted twist ending I have ever seen. It makes no sense whatsoever. I'll bet the writer didn't even know how he was going to end the film until he got there. If Edward Norton is Tyler Durden (or whatever his name was) andhe imagines all that stuff, how would he have been able to start up fight club in the first place, the guy is mentaly unstable for goodness sake! And that scene where he fights 'Tyler' in the parking lot and the two gus watch, doesn't that mean that those guys were watching him knock the shit out of himself?

The Sixth Sense ending is signposted like anything, right from the beginning Shyamalan is giving the audience clues. I twigged when the boy says 'I see dead people', that Bruce Willis would probably be dead since no-one in the entire film apart from the boy actually talks to him or even acknowledges his presence.

Usual Suspects is a good ending, but is also really obvious give that as he is the only survivor of the massacre, he HAS to be Kaizer Soze, so that one didn't surprise me either.

But Scream had me, and not many films have been able to do that.

Identity wasn't a bad twist, but I guessed that one as well.

salemsaberhagen 12-26-2004 07:19 AM

OH, and I just remembered. There was a horror movie years ago called 'April Fool'. It starred that guy who plaed Biff in the Back to the Future films. The big twist in this movie is that it turns out not to be a horror movie at all. Watch it, it's a good flick.

Xenomorph 12-27-2004 01:43 AM

The Fight Club movie absolutely falls apart at the end. You're right about that, Salem.

I don't know why the makers of the movie decided to do a complete 180 with the book's ending. The message of the book is clear only when Project Mayhem fails and the actual fate of the united Tyler is revealed through his perspective.

longbough 12-28-2004 04:40 PM

Hasn't anyone seen "The Audition?" It's a Japanese film that starts off as a comedy and then, in the last 30 minutes, turns absolutely terrifying! Highly recommended even if I just spoiled it a little.

How about the original Dutch film, "The Vanishing?" That film was every bit as disturbing as "Seven" but on a more conceptual level.

longbough 12-28-2004 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by salemsaberhagen
And that scene where he fights 'Tyler' in the parking lot and the two gus watch, doesn't that mean that those guys were watching him knock the shit out of himself?

Yes he was. Just look at the flashback toward the end.

ShaniFaye 12-28-2004 04:53 PM

Ok I must be dumb as a stump cause I didnt see the twist in some movies I really enjoyed...so my list is

The Others
Sixth Sense
Identity
gotta go with longbough on Planet of the Apes

now...sleepaway camp....that one gets #1 in my book...I cant even remember how old I was when that one came out, I know I was in my teens somewhere, but that, to me, was the best twist ever.....I still get chills and clamp my legs shut thinking about the curling iron scene

jaypc2 12-28-2004 05:46 PM

A Clockwork Orange had a pretty twisted ending.......for me at least

sashime76 12-30-2004 06:46 AM

If TV series counts, Dallas. What? It's all of a dream??????

sashime76 12-30-2004 08:49 AM

Identity
Dream Catcher
Wild Things
Primal Fear
6th Sense/The Others


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