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I like the suggestion of The Passion Of The Christ.
I haven't seen enough of the ones on his list, and I mean to, so I had to skim the article. I did like Unusual Suspects and Identity -- the latter wasn't that twisty. I mean, the movie doesn't make sense without an explanation, but it's just not the one you might have thought. Whereas The Game drove me nuts, because it's not sufficiently hinged on the "Oh! That's what it was!" at the end. It just shifted from dumb movie A to dumber movie B.
What's the twist in The Game?
Poor, degraded Buster.
Wouldn't they have to develop a Busterette to examine the exploding tit myth?
Wouldn't they have to develop a Busterette to examine the exploding tit myth?
Oh come on, you know how much Buster likes to examine tits.
Identity -- the latter wasn't that twisty. I mean, the movie doesn't make sense without an explanation, but it's just not the one you might have thought
Maybe. I just get hung up on the fact that (as I think Jessica and I have each said a dozen times) it's the exact same twist as the stupid brother's screenplay idea in "Adaptation." Which makes me giggle now, but made me angry at the time.
I haven't seen Adaptation, LJ, so it didn't affect my enjoyment of the movie. Do the timelines work out for Identity to be cribbing?
What's the twist in The Game?
Primarily when the game ends, I think.
I rather liked The Game, but, then, I didn't think either part was sucky.
Plus, I want the T-shirt that Sean Penn gives Michael Douglas at the end. Also, Debra Kara Unger - mmmmmm.
The Game was what made me vow to avoid Michael Douglas movies from there on in. Still saw Traffic, and kinda regretted it. A teeny bit.
I don't have any reason to think it was conscious cribbing, ita. It's more that Charlie Kaufman clearly spent time trying to come up with the stupidest possible plot twist, expecting the audience to recognize it as a dumb one ... and then a movie comes out using it with a straight face, expecting the audience to ooh and aah at how clever it is.
It just bugged me, and I didn't even especially *like* Adaptation.
Traffic had the Benicio del Toro subplot, which rocked. And a GREAT cameo by Topher Grace. The rest of it was meh.