Jayne ,'The Train Job'
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
See, they start off by comparing it to The Sixth Sense and Crying Game.
I completely disagree. There's an element of "gotcha!" to both of those that's completely missing from Million Dollar Baby.
Or, you know, a plot point.
Right. It's a movie where events happen, some of which you might not see coming.
I haven't seen all of Sixth Sense and I didn't see The Crying Game until much later so I knew those twists going in. Same for The Usual Suspects. And I accidentally spoiled myself for the end of Hardcore Logo by reading fanfic. So, I'm trying to be good and go in unspoiled, just for the new experience.
I was spoiled for the ending early on-- people should know that writing something backward is just going to entice one to decipher the code!
Anyway, not a "this is what was going on all the time" thing like Shyamalan, but certainly not expected from the trailers.
One hint: When was the last time Hilary Swank played a female character, people?!
Insomnia. The Affair of the Necklace. The Next Karate Kid.
Although, Jesse, that's what I would have guessed the Big Thing was, though I didn't know there was a Big Thing.
Please note: My post above was a joke, and should have no impact on what you might think the "twist" is or is not.
I think someone actually posted the surprise in white-font here before.
Reading that article makes me feel like I missed something. Weird. I did feel bad telling a friend about it on the train the other day, because I didn't want to spoil innocent eavesdroppers.
Also related to that movie, I am tired of seeing movies that aren't R-rated. No one says "fuck" in a boxing gym? Uh-huh. Same thing with In Good Company -- I swear they re-looped "frigging" over a "fucking" in one scene. These are movies for adults! Go for the R! Fuck, man.
I did feel bad telling a friend about it on the train the other day, because I didn't want to spoil innocent eavesdroppers.
Heh. Some idiot spoiled Scream for me in Spanish class.
One hint: When was the last time Hilary Swank played a female character, people?!
Buffy ? Does Clint Eastwood want her yellow leather jacket?