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Mark f posted:

I hope the original is under discussion because it's obviously better on every level, but it IS SHORTER: 112 min. to the remake's 119. I just got my double disc DVD of the original in the mail today.

I agree with Mark f here (though I'm minus the double disc DVD of the original. I'm still trying to order the 2004 Austrialian release of Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)).

Very true. The original Diabolique has a magnificent twist ending. And, should we consider it a "twist" ending (it is really so, so much more), Mulholland Drive is probably the most fantastic concluding "twist" in existence (IMHO).

SAW. Did any guess that is was the man dying on teh floor?

Saw, Saw II, and, yes, Usual Suspects.

the village had a great twist ending[hitchcock would've been proud].

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the village had a great twist ending[hitchcock would've been proud].

Only after he stops rolling over in his grave.

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Only after he stops rolling over in his grave.

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the village had a great twist ending[hitchcock would've been proud].


Only after he stops rolling over in his grave.

Ok yeah, we've established that there is a difference of opinion about The Village. Most people hated it, but some actually liked it. I don't think it was amazing, but I've enjoyed all of Shyamalan's twists so far and this is no exception.

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LordSmoogsbottomIII Posted 01 July 2006 10:48 PM

Ok yeah, we've established that there is a difference of opinion about The Village. Most people hated it, but some actually liked it. I don't think it was amazing, but I've enjoyed all of Shyamalan's twists so far and this is no exception.

Ironically, the problem about The Village (2004) is Shyamalan's own accidental doing because of his highly successful The Sixth Sense (1999). What Shyamalan was able to accomplish with his twist in The Sixth Sense was based on the whole idea of its novelty which doesn't occur very often, mostly rather rarely, similar to The Planet of the Apes (1968). By the very nature of the twist, it's almost impossible to really create a new twist in the same way as the previous and when The Village came out, Shyamalan's earlier movie's twist is so difficult not to anticipate. Most likely, if The Village had been promoted and marked under another director's name, the movie would have been better received and reviewed. In hindsight, I suspect that the movie is better than it had been experienced and perhaps a future generation who see it without the shocking benefit of The Sixth Sense may be able to appreciate the different sort of twist in The Village in the way that Shyamalan may have wanted it.

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Oh, how could I forget the twist at the end of "Manon Des Sources" the excellent sequel to Claude Berri's "Jean De Flourette." Man, that one hit me like a sack of bricks. Highly reccomend it.

Absolutely! And it makes the first film all the more tragic on second viewing.

Presumed Innocent has a terrific whip-snap twist in its tail. At least, I couldn't see it coming. Terrific film too.

It wasn't a "shocking" ending, but the end of "The Pope of Greenwich Village" with Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts was great!

Can I offer

SEXY BEAST

Is that a Twist Ending?

The second I saw the transvestite in the Crying Game I knew it was a man... I felt bad for Stephen Rea but I didn't even guess! I was positively sure! My favorite twist will always be the end of Pyscho... Just classic and yes, I watched it about 4 months ago and I was scared shitless!

Maybe not enough of you saw it, but I would vote for Dark City. I didn't see it coming.

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SAW. Did any guess that is was the man dying on teh floor?

I have a friend who said he guessed it right from the start! It's kinda like the people who claim they knew Bruce Willis was dead or knew Kevin Spacey was Keyser Soze from the beginning. Sure ya did .

As for my favorite twists:
"The Sixth Sense"
"Payback"
"Imposter"
"The Skeleton Key"
"Unbreakable"
"The Usual Suspects"
"Arlington Road"
"Fallen"
"Secret Window"
"Wild Things"

SPOILERS (Ha!)

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Originally posted by Monkey_Boy:
I have a friend who said he guessed it right from the start! It's kinda like the people who claim they knew Bruce Willis was dead or knew Kevin Spacey was Keyser Soze from the beginning. Sure ya did .

I was the one who made the Kevin Spacey crack. You can tell its his voice when he talks at the beginning. I told my wife I knew who it was immediately, but I'll admit I didn't tell her WHO because she couldn't make out whose voice it was.

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I was the one who made the Kevin Spacey crack. You can tell its his voice when he talks at the beginning. I told my wife I knew who it was immediately, but I'll admit I didn't tell her WHO because she couldn't make out whose voice it was.

Yeah, I read your post on it a while ago . I just don't know how you coulda figured it out because he was the only survivor, so of course, he would be narrating the story! When exactly did it hit you? Was it when they brung up Soze, or was it sooner than that?

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Originally posted by mark f:

I was the one who made the Kevin Spacey crack. You can tell its his voice when he talks at the beginning. I told my wife I knew who it was immediately, but I'll admit I didn't tell her WHO because she couldn't make out whose voice it was.

I didn't see the Usual Suspects coming, but I did see the Sixth Sense coming about half way through the film. Still a good twist though.

At the very beginning of the film (less than five minutes after the credits, when the shadowy character talks to Gabriel Byrne's character. Maybe he wasn't too big before 1995, but I knew it was his voice, for sure.

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Originally posted by mark f:
At the very beginning of the film (less than five minutes after the credits, when the shadowy character talks to Gabriel Byrne's character. Maybe he wasn't too big before 1995, but I knew it was his voice, for sure.

Makes sense. Did it ruin the movie for you or did you manage to enjoy the lies anyway?