The Sixth Sense's twist held up for me because you could go back and watch knowing the twist and the movie was still interesting.
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2005 11:51:17 am PST #343 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sean K - Mar 18, 2005 11:52:47 am PST #344 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'd totally guessed the twist to Sixth Sense from the previews, and knew I was right when Bruce Willis got shot ten minutes in. I still enjoyed the movie.
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2005 1:21:11 pm PST #345 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think if you don't know the twist to Sixth Sense but care to be unspoiled, you should leave the internet. Now. Quickly! What are you looking at? Why are you still here? Shoo!
X3 character spoilers -- I'm very hurt that Bacic won't be Beast, and intrigued by possible casting choices for Angel.
I also think that whitefont is excessive for the above paragraph, but just in case.
Jesse - Mar 18, 2005 1:25:37 pm PST #346 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But whitefont is so fun!
Aims - Mar 18, 2005 1:27:13 pm PST #347 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok, but what about Colossus??? He isn't listed in IMDb.
brenda m - Mar 18, 2005 1:29:42 pm PST #348 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Lately I've begun to feel that the twists in most movies are too clever, and become uterly implausible. In fact, I think Hollywood has become over reliant on twists and reversals.
And not just Hollywood. I stopped watching L&O around the time the commercials started talking about "The Law And Order Twist!" When the whole rest of the movie is set-up for a reaction-shot after The Twist, you've lost me.
The reason things like Usual Suspects work for me is that the twist isn't just a gotcha - it makes you go back and look at everything in a different way, and once you do that, you see how B follows from A, but also how you got sidelined into thinking that C was the thing all along.
Sean K - Mar 18, 2005 1:29:55 pm PST #349 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So ita, you're saying that my whitefonting of Bruce Willis getting shot in the first ten minutes was perhaps a little excessive and silly?
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2005 1:30:12 pm PST #350 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Maybe the CGI was too expensive to bring the character back?
Aims - Mar 18, 2005 1:31:01 pm PST #351 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Maybe the CGI was too expensive to bring the character back?
t donates like, a billion dollars to the cause
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2005 1:31:42 pm PST #352 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aimée, I'm guessing IMDB only has the big ones this early on.