Best Movie 'Twist'

[david_carnell]

Does the Shawshank have a "twist"? Really?

I mean, it has a plot device that comes as a surprise but I'm not sure that's really a twist.

Does a twist not have to make you look at the whole film in a different light or from a different angle?

I don't mean to sound picky - more just exploring "twists" as rhetorical devices. Or just being a dick.

[jalapeno]

I thought a " movie twist" was a plot which results in a surprise ending. Maybe it depends on the angle from which you observe it.

[TonyQuinn]

That's a good idea....any chance you could let Mr/Mrs/Ms Administrator know so they can put it into action. Best TQ

jumpinjackflash Wrote:

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> Tony Quinn: Jees relax...Maybe I should have

> entitled the post 'Best Movie Twist..WARNING: may

> contain spoilers'

[????]

WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS ON SEVEN AND SIXTH SENSE

...alright Tone?

Being a smartarse I said to my Girlfriend "he's a ghost" after 10 mins of Sixth Sense... she was not happy; and Seven, admittedly at the end, but as soon as I saw the delivery van coming it was bleedin' obvious surely?...so neither had a particular twist for me, though Seven's a good film nevertheless.

[jalapeno]

Similar sentiments here when I watched the first 10 mins of The Village - captured in a time warp trick, how predictable!

[sarahbelleee]

I am for matrix too. Shutter Island is good movie , is not trivial comedy,drama or action

[Keef]

Don't Look Now.

[mockney piers]

Thinking about it, Memento, a film which is basically nothing but twists, every scene making you look at all the previous ones in a new light, works rather well. The final scenes then are not so much 'i never saw that coming' as 'ooh what clever and satisfying film that was'.

[Keef]

Agreed.

[????]

Certainly not the best movie or even twist but From Dusk til Dawn is a bit like WTF?

[Brendan]

Really? You didn't expect Salma Hihat to turn into a vampire?

[jalapeno]

Lemming

[TheArtfulDogger]

The last temptation of Christ ... I mean who would have thought it that he was the son of God !!!

What a twist

[SeanMacGabhann]

that film gets a bad rap, but I still enjoy it

[Brendan]

I love it. Admittedly the, everyone turns into a vampire halfway thought the story, genre may be a bit overused but you can?t go wrong with what you know.

[giggirl]

And George Clooney was totally hot in that film. Slightly off topic but needs to be said.

[Brendan]

In the same spirit, Sat?nico Pandemonium.

Ding dong.

[giggirl]

Yes Salma is a stunning woman. Definitely ding dong.

[Brendan]

Talking of ding dong Uma Thurman does the twist with some fat guy in Pulp Fiction. I think that's my favourite movie with a twist.

[TonyQuinn]

No that's not alright.........you have alerted the reader of your post to expect a twist in Seven and Sixth Sense.

Lemme tell you a story. I used to finish work at around 3ish and used to go and watch afternoon movies in Leicester Square for all of 5 pounds. Remember those days anyone!

Anyway, I bought a ticket for Sixth Sense, walked into the auditorium....the action was rolling. I thought, no one told me it had already started. Watched for a few minutes, thought it was a bit intense and then the credits rolled up. I had rolled up for the ending....apparently one of the greatest twists ever.

The reason the twist is Seven is so good is that the studio deliberately made sure they kept Spacey's name off the credits....remember this film was released soon after the Usual Suspects. Gwyneth's head does not count as a twist.

It had no impact on me whatsoever.

Best TQ

???? Wrote:

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> WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS ON SEVEN AND SIXTH

> SENSE

>

> ...alright Tone?

>

> Being a smartarse I said to my Girlfriend "he's a

> ghost" after 10 mins of Sixth Sense... she was not

> happy; and Seven, admittedly at the end, but as

> soon as I saw the delivery van coming it was

> bleedin' obvious surely?...so neither had a

> particular twist for me, though Seven's a good

> film nevertheless.

[TheArtfulDogger]

MOON

say no more ;-)

[mockney piers]

Thing is with the likes of Usual Suspects and Seven is that they're well enough known. To say that anyone is giving away spoilers would be like suggesting giving away what happens to John Hurt in Alien is a spoiler. It's not really is it.

I'm also finally on Keef's side that The Wire is pretty much out there now too and we should be a bit less sensitive about it.

Moon however is under appreciated and regards that I shall stay completely shtum except to say it's not a classic rentatwist in the ending at all is it. Very good though, reminiscent of the sort of films made in the heyday of cinema that was the seventies.

.....discuss......

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I've never seen Alien *blush*.

[*Bob*]

A proper twist should be right at the end of the film, followed immediately by the rolling of the credits - preferably in near-silence.

Therefore, the king of all 'twist' flicks is 'Planet of the Apes' (the good version)

[mockney piers]

But you know what happens don't you [in alien]. Its been spoofed about a million times.