Kevin's Watch

Give us the best plot twists ever, your number one what the f@(k? moment from the movies. For me it was Fight Club the moment we are clued in on the true nature of Tyler Durden. I should have seen it coming but I didnt, or how about Angel Heart when we find out that Deniro is really Satan?

the usual suspects, where we learn who verbal really is.

Mr. Broken wrote:or how about Angel Heart when we find out that Deniro is really Satan?

Actually, I thought that one was really obvious. I mean, c'mon - Louis Cypher?? Who did they think they were kidding?

I don't know about my all time biggest shock ever. Couldn't pick one. In recent years, the best twist I've seen was the one in Old Boy when O-Dae Su finds out who his daughter is.

Finding out that Southerland Castle was, in fact, a space ship.

"Veger"...?

nah, just kidding...

Yah, Usual Suspects was a kick in the teeth... I thought for sure is was

Spoiler

Byrne's character

.. in fact i WANTED it to be!!!

The Prestige had some pretty shocking twists...

OH! The ultimate .. especially when I saw the remake first: Ocean's 11 with Frank Sinatra and Co. Anyone see that...? Wow, that ending shocked me... I stared blankly at the credits for minutes after it was over and then let out a huge, joyous belly-laugh ... fantastic ending!!!

On a very similar note, the original version of the Italian Job shoked and pleased me too (again, especially after I saw the remake first...)

Cail wrote:Finding out that Southerland Castle was, in fact, a space ship.

I don't know what you're talking about, but that sounds a lot like the Citadel in Wolfe's New Sun books.

Cail wrote:Finding out that Southerland Castle was, in fact, a space ship.

A Scanner Darkley was, for me, moment after moment of delicious surprise. Pan's Labyrinth also stands out as one of those movies.

The End of 12 Monkeys, where we realize Cole has been seeing his own death in his dreams the entire movie...

I LOVE seeing movies where I don't know exactly what is going to happen after 20 minutes. Some great examples of movies in this category...

Being John Malkovich
Adaptation
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(The aformentioned)
Children of Men
Princess Mononoke
Stardust
Vertigo
A Clockwork Orange
Minority Report
Munich (I knew nothing about the events depicted. I think it's also one of the best thrillers ever made)
No Country for Old Men
Signs (Underrated IMO)

I think this should tell you something about my taste in all art. I love being actually enthralled and swallowed into something, which all of these movies did. Not knowing what is going to happen next, and being genuinely engaged in everything that's happening... It's a rare and exhilarating feeling for me. It happened when I read the Gap (and to a lesser extant TC)

Gotta go with Unbreakable. I mean, I know all of the Comics Rules backwards and forwards, and it still got me.

SNATCH, the moment Brick Top realizes ( along with everyone else) that he's been had.

Plissken wrote:Gotta go with Unbreakable. I mean, I know all of the Comics Rules backwards and forwards, and it still got me.

good one.

All of the Saw movies.

I hate horror, but can't stop watching them.

I loved Army of Darkness, I loved the first 2 Evil Dead movies as well but # 3 is the one that I watch over, and, over. Its Grooovy!

Memento,

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when it turns out he killed the guy he's been hunting long ago, and just can't remember it.

--A

Well you all must be smarter than me, because The Sixth Sense and The Others both got me big!

Yeah, Av, Memento was great! Whole damned movie!

I guess I intended that last post to go in the surpassing sequels thread, oh well all I have to say is WGD's.

Oh! Oh! Not a plot twist, but you don't exactly see the ending of Dirty Mary Crazy Larry coming!!

Fist and Faith wrote:Oh! Oh! Not a plot twist, but you don't exactly see the ending of Dirty Mary Crazy Larry coming!!

Yeah....That's one of those, "WTF?!?" moments.

The Dreaming wrote:A Scanner Darkley was, for me, moment after moment of delicious surprise. Pan's Labyrinth also stands out as one of those movies.

The End of 12 Monkeys, where we realize Cole has been seeing his own death in his dreams the entire movie...

I LOVE seeing movies where I don't know exactly what is going to happen after 20 minutes. Some great examples of movies in this category...

Being John Malkovich
Adaptation
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(The aformentioned)
Children of Men
Princess Mononoke
Stardust
Vertigo
A Clockwork Orange
Minority Report
Munich (I knew nothing about the events depicted. I think it's also one of the best thrillers ever made)
No Country for Old Men
Signs (Underrated IMO)

I think this should tell you something about my taste in all art. I love being actually enthralled and swallowed into something, which all of these movies did. Not knowing what is going to happen next, and being genuinely engaged in everything that's happening... It's a rare and exhilarating feeling for me. It happened when I read the Gap (and to a lesser extant TC)

Y'know, I'm right there with you on so many of these. However, I saw the ending of Stardust really early on, and thought it painfully obvious, but I didn't care because I was having such a good time.

If I may, I think Spirited Away belongs on this list. I think that was the first movie where I realized having no idea where the plot is going was so much fun, but had never realized it before. I think the movie Fearless was also one of those movies for me.

As for twists, a classic one is definitely the original Wizard of Oz.

But for me, what comes to mind that hasn't been mentioned is the Crying Game. It almost took an explanation from my girlfriend at the time for me to get it. Must also say Jacob's Ladder when it came out.

Jacobs Ladder definitely man I wish I had thought of that one, when that chick grows that horn out of her mouth still gives me the creeps.