Twist endings that do/don't completely obviate the whole rest of the story

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Any book written by Christopher Priest.

Borinquen C (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link

(Based on extrapolation from the ones that I've read)

Borinquen C (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:49 (fourteen years ago) link

tl;dr but i agree with the premise that empire >>>> the usual suspects!

ian, Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link

Usual Suspects was entirely boned by the audience hearing Spacey's voice in the opening scene. Overacting was fun though.

EZ Snappin, Sunday, 6 December 2009 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

April Fool's Day sorta obviates the entire story to make there no actual horror at all. Yet I still love it

Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Saturday, 12 November 2022 00:51 (one year ago) link

Se7en
doesn't really have a twist, but what I hate about the ending of that film is that it pretends that the audience is torn about Pitt committing the seventh sin, when that is the only ending that makes any emotional or narrative sense. Literally no-one in the audience is saying, "don't avenge your wife's murder", so there's this pretence that we're all shocked at Pitt's action when, in fact, any other ending would fall flat.

Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 12 November 2022 01:43 (one year ago) link

think the idea is "a cop would uphold the law and AWWEST the guy but he succumbed to his rage".

i totally called what was in the box

Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Saturday, 12 November 2022 01:45 (one year ago) link

Sure, that's "the idea", but the filmmakers are pretending that has any force against the audience's desire to see vengeance done: "you wanted him to keep his cool, but, oh dear!!"

Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 12 November 2022 01:54 (one year ago) link


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