Movies with a twist
I just watched the others and i loved the twist at the end never really saw it coming till i saw it the 2nd time. Wont spoil it for people that aint seen it. But what i would like to know can u tell me other films with twist example like the sixth sence perfect strangers etc. I do really like those kinda films where you never saw it coming.
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Some thriller with Halle Berry
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054971/?ref_=fn_al_tt_10
This film has got me more excited thsn any film of the last 15 years or so. Cant wait
Brolins character has been held for 20 years in the remake instead of 15....Is this to make it more "palatable" for American audiences??
Do you think they'll try to recreate the squid scene?
The Prestige and Fight Club are my favourites because the twist causes you to re-evaluate the characters.
House of Games - terrific twist.
No Way Out - maybe best twist evah.
The Sixth Sense, Saw (the oldest trick in the film book), The Village, The Orphanage, The Cabin in the Woods, A Perfect Getaway, Shutter Island, Nine Queens, Seven, The Machinist, The Uninvited, Angel Heart, The Others, The Invisible and Primal Fear.
Best of all: Angel Heart (and for the performance alone, Primal Fear).
Worst of all: The Village (so stupid).
I incorrectly guessed these twists, which made it a pleasant surprise:
The Prestige, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Arlington Road, A Tale of Two Sisters, The Devil’s Advocate, The Vanishing (probably the most devastating twist), Oldboy and 13 Beloved.
Best: The Prestige or The Vanishing.
Worst: The Devil's Advocate. I accidentally got the twist of The Devil’s Advocate right. My guess was supposed to be a joke, though. I was truly shocked that they actually went for this moronic cop-out. Because it was accidental, I'm counting it as 'incorrect'.
Didn't guess at all as I didn't expect or care about the twist:
The Usual Suspects, The Wicker Man, The Mist, Sleepaway Camp, Planet of the Apes, Sunshine, Lord of War, Identity, The Skeleton Key, Chinatown, The Descent, Safe Haven (so crap), The Game, Lucky Number Slevin, High Tension (earned an eye roll from me), Friday the 13th, Memento and The Secret in their Eyes.
Best: The Secret in their Eyes or The Wicker Man.
Worst: Sunshine.
It has to be there in some form. I just cant wait for a trailer
It's one of the few films i've watched repeatedly, there's just something about it. If it's a straight scene for scene remake it'll suffer in comparason thats for sure.
I believe the new version is going to follow the comic more closely...hope they keep the hammer fight in!
Quite a list!
Primal Fear - love it, did not guess.
Cabin - Went in expecting huge twists due to 'i won't spoil it but there's a twist' reviews and was shocked when there wasn't one as it was right in front of your eyes from the start. (it was already a good twist on the genre but it wasn't a shock twist ending IMHO.)
U-Turn (1997) has a twist-filled last half hour with one shocking and disturbing twist.
Other notable mentions - The Empire Strikes Back and Night of the Living Dead.
I think the Usual Suspects has the mother of all twists though, partly because of how it's revealed, but also we don't actually know what really happened that night. It still does my head in even now.
That's a good point...if you are aware the film has a twist you will obviously spend time looking for it, it's just a natural reaction.
I remember watching the Mel Gibson movie Ransom at an early screening, before the trailer had even been released...and there was an audible gasp from the audience in the scene where he gives the press conference and turns the tables on the kidnappers. It was a completely unexpected moment. And what do they do? Put that scene in the damn trailer.
Unfortunately film companies are so desperate to get people to see their movies they either spell out the whole plot in the trailer, or make a big fanfare about a big twist/shock ending/major sequence etc.
Movies used to be, and indeed should be about a voyage of discovery, about watching a film and having the story unfold in front of you as it happens. Sure, we all like to know the basic outline of a movie before we see it, but not every damn thing that is going to happen.
I guess the only way this can be avoided is a media blackout or use a double twist.