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{I}{K}{E}
03-05-2005, 01:04 PM
Post them here.

Here are the once I saw:

Fight Club
Wild Things 2
The Sixth Sense
Fallen
The Usual Suspects
Adster
03-05-2005, 01:32 PM
IKE you just about named all the movies there I would have :P

anyway

Angel Heart is another beauty of a twist

Pyshco
Vertigo
La Confidential (yeah sort of)

the first wild things didnt know there was a 2nd one
{I}{K}{E}
03-05-2005, 01:44 PM
the first wild things didnt know there was a 2nd one

I saw the second movie before i had seen wild things. The second movie is much better then the first one.
{I}{K}{E}
03-08-2005, 01:25 AM
just watched 'Criminal' nice plot twist ;)
Busyman
03-08-2005, 01:40 AM
Never heard of that one. I will check it out. ;)
cpt_azad
03-08-2005, 03:45 AM
Se7en
Monkeee
03-08-2005, 04:10 AM
Mystic River
Arm
03-08-2005, 04:21 AM
Training Day :01:
cpt_azad
03-08-2005, 05:59 AM
Mystic River


Can't believe i forgot that one.



Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

admit it, the first time u saw it..... :ohmy:
Rip The Jacker
03-08-2005, 06:41 AM
The Others.
DarthInsinuate
03-08-2005, 09:30 AM
Arlington Road

Hero

Falling Down - not really a plot twist i just liked the ending and wanted to mention it
{I}{K}{E}
03-10-2005, 04:51 PM
Vertigo had a nice twist :cool:
Snee
03-12-2005, 08:28 PM
Vanilla Sky


And Boondock saints kinda' has a little twist to it I like.
Busyman
03-13-2005, 04:19 AM
Vanilla Sky


And Boondock saints kinda' has a little twist to it I like.
I thought Vanilla Sky's twist sucked. It wasn't surprising nor gratifying and was too late seeing that The Sixth Sense already came out.

Best movie plot twist? Nah, just a twist is all.
Adster
03-13-2005, 05:27 AM
Vanilia sky like in my top 5 worst movies ever
{I}{K}{E}
03-28-2005, 10:44 PM
A Beautiful Mind has a twist ;)
Expire
03-28-2005, 11:03 PM
WTH happened to the matrix, when Morpheus tells Neo that Humans are being used as batteries?

That was a good one.
ApacNTS
03-28-2005, 11:28 PM
Identity hell of a movie. heh heres a fun one Total Recall "what if this is all just a dream"..."then kiss me before you wake up" *bright shine*
{I}{K}{E}
03-28-2005, 11:30 PM
Se7en

Imo Se7en didn't had a plot twist :huh:
BoB!1!
03-30-2005, 11:08 AM
the sixth sense had a great plot twis
and another is hide and seek if any one has seen it yet.
Busyman
03-30-2005, 01:44 PM
the sixth sense had a great plot twis
and another is hide and seek if any one has seen it yet.
The Sixth Sense did not have any plot twists.
BoB!1!
03-30-2005, 02:10 PM
yes it did in the end you found that he was actually dead... :frusty: and i'm not the only person who has said sixth sense has a good plot twist.
Busyman
03-30-2005, 02:31 PM
yes it did in the end you found that he was actually dead... :frusty: and i'm not the only person who has said sixth sense has a good plot twist.
That's an ending not a plot twist..well maybe it is in context of watching the movie again. :dry:

For example, someone mentioned Arlington Road. That had a bad ending but not plot twist.
MCHeshPants420
03-30-2005, 02:37 PM
That's an ending not a plot twist..well maybe it is in context of watching the movie again. :dry:

For example, someone mentioned Arlington Road. That had a bad ending but not plot twist.

I'm siding to agree.

Lots of movies have bad endings that are supposed to be great plot twists. Invariably they ignore or distort what we have learnt about the characters in order to totally "shock" us.

If anyone watched Robot Chicken (http://www.tvtome.com/RobotChicken/) this week that had a great sketch about movie plot twists. :lol:
Busyman
03-30-2005, 02:42 PM
Million Dollar Baby
The Crying Game
Screamers
Executive Decision
MCHeshPants420
03-30-2005, 02:48 PM
From Dusk 'til Dawn.
Snee
03-30-2005, 06:06 PM
I thought Vanilla Sky's twist sucked. It wasn't surprising nor gratifying and was too late seeing that The Sixth Sense already came out.

Best movie plot twist? Nah, just a twist is all.
I liked it. :huh:

The original is better tho'. And the sixth sense was two years late compared to the original, if we are going to be picky about it.
Busyman
03-30-2005, 06:54 PM
From Dusk 'til Dawn.
We have a REAL plot twist winner here.....finally :clap:

It was like watching 2 disparate movies.
TheDave
03-30-2005, 07:13 PM
sixth sense did have a plot twist :dry:

you people need to learn the difference between fact and oppinion :snooty:
Money Fist
03-30-2005, 07:34 PM
i cant believe it got to the 29th post in this topic and no one mentions SAW
MCHeshPants420
03-30-2005, 08:56 PM
i cant believe it got to the 29th post in this topic and no one mentions SAW

I think Saw can go with the other contrived plot twist movies like Scream/Sixth Sense/Arlington Road and hang their collective heads in shame.
Busyman
03-31-2005, 04:24 AM
Taking Lives
{I}{K}{E}
03-31-2005, 03:29 PM
The Game

Stupid twists :lol:
Entity101
03-31-2005, 07:42 PM
Phone Booth
Saw

Edit: Would fit better in the category unexpected endings :shifty:
{I}{K}{E}
04-09-2005, 03:07 PM
Secret Window has a great ending :01:
pagandead
04-09-2005, 04:34 PM
Avalon
scribblec
04-10-2005, 05:53 AM
employee of the month

gotta love that ending
parknabd
04-10-2005, 06:27 AM
Definitely Vertigo and

Psycho (The "star" of the movie dies 30 minutes in, everyone knows this now so it's not much of a twist, but 40 years ago it was marketed brilliantly (in those days people came into the cinema at any time regardless of what part of the movie was playing and just stayed until they were at the part where they came in) with Psycho people queued outside the cinema and were only allowed to enter at the start, people were also instructed not to give away the twist by Hitchcock himself)
Snee
04-11-2005, 12:01 PM
Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that M. Night Shamalayan's movies are considered to be typical examples of movies with plot twists. Lookie here for instance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_twist).

That means "The Sixth Sense", among others.

I'd say plot twists like those in "The Sixth Sense" and "Vanilla Sky" are better, because they don't only alter the expected final outcome of the story, but they also reflect back on the rest of the story, changing it from start to finish.

The plot goes on from start to finish, and there's nothing that says a plot twist cannot take place near the end.

The plot twist (if it can even be called that) in "From Dusk till Dawn" is more a matter of a radical change in the plot, rather than something that alters the our view of the entire previous plot, which makes it fairly one-dimensional compared to more intricate works.
trajillo
04-11-2005, 02:11 PM
Fight Club
Se7en
The Score
Bourne Movies
Half Life 2
The Micallef Programme
Dead Poets Society
yonki
04-11-2005, 02:25 PM
The butterfly effect
Memento
{I}{K}{E}
04-11-2005, 02:27 PM
memento doesnt has a plot twist. :huh:
Snee
04-11-2005, 02:29 PM
Yeah it does.

It contains a revelation that alters the way we look at the rest of the plot.
wacko jacko
04-12-2005, 04:18 AM
The butterfly effect
Memento
uasual suspects
saw
very bad things
spudmessy
04-12-2005, 02:02 PM
Post them here.

Here are the once I saw:

Fight Club
Wild Things 2
The Sixth Sense
Fallen
The Usual Suspects

Saw
Se7en
Memento
The Others
wacko jacko
04-12-2005, 02:16 PM
13 ghost i like the plot and twist of it all
Busyman
04-12-2005, 04:24 PM
Surviving The Game
Illuminati
04-12-2005, 06:37 PM
Fight Club's already been mentioned. Other than that, the ones I can see in my DVD collection...

Equilibrium
Basic
{I}{K}{E}
07-08-2005, 11:14 PM
Sea of love :)
iMartin
07-08-2005, 11:36 PM
I'd have to say Fight Club or Matchstick Men. The ending of Matchstick Men just pissed me off though.
Gemby!
07-09-2005, 05:15 PM
saw was quite shocking, especially as he was all bald *lol*
muchspl3
07-09-2005, 05:43 PM
no one said this
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309698/
Afronaut
07-09-2005, 06:01 PM
From Dusk 'til Dawn.
We have a REAL plot twist winner here.....finally :clap:

It was like watching 2 disparate movies.

Definately teh twist of plot twist.

I can still recall the feeling of "WTF?"

:lol:
orcutt989
07-09-2005, 06:45 PM
The Cube
wsmacsl
07-09-2005, 07:16 PM
Donnie Darko,
peat moss
07-09-2005, 07:25 PM
The Cube



Fell asleep during that one now I'll will have to rent to see the ending. Come to think of it I fall asleep watching a lot of movies. But as already said Psycho , The Sixth Sense and Usual Suspects rank right up there for me.
MuddyMuddy
07-09-2005, 09:46 PM
I reckon

Saw
Hide and Seek
Pulp Fiction
Scarface
Reservoir Dogs
malyo
07-09-2005, 10:22 PM
"Haute Tension"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338095/
I don't think it's best but IMO it is at least as good as SAW. Not as a movie but the ending (the plot twist in the ending) is shocking.
Also "Oceans Eleven". Maybe many would disagree but the whole movie you think that you know what is going on and how are they going to steal the money and in the end you understand that you didnt know a shit :)
"Abre los ojos" (the original Vanilla Sky) is also great. It looks much more real than the remake.
Also IMO "The Butterfly Effect" didn't have a plot twist. I love that movie but I wasn't surprised at any point of the story.
Gemby!
07-10-2005, 02:25 PM
no one said this
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309698/

that plot was predictable :rolleyes:

ps. donnie darko has a twist ? i must've been confused and missed that :P :happy:
motov600
07-12-2005, 11:34 AM
the ring also had a twist
i thought the film was over after the cabin scene but then the girl comes back through the tv and kills the guy.

layer cake had a good twist at the end aswell

pirates of the carribean, jonny depp was a ghost too.

lock stock and two smoking barrels he went to throw the guns away and the others found out they where worth alot of money

the sixth day, arnie was the clone after all!

star wars had a good twist dark vader was lukes dad!
{I}{K}{E}
07-12-2005, 11:42 AM
lock stock and two smoking barrels he went to throw the guns away and the others found out they where worth alot of money



thats not a 'real' plot twist :huh:


A Plot twist is a change ("twist") in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film or novel.
motov600
07-12-2005, 11:46 AM
thank you for the explaination of a plot twist,
however the others were right!?
Gripper
07-12-2005, 01:16 PM
The Machinest with Christian Bale and Boondock Saints
mina2
07-14-2005, 04:35 AM
road to perdition
HCT
07-14-2005, 07:23 AM
pirates of the carribean, jonny depp was a ghost too.

pirates of the carribean did not have a plot twist
motov600
07-14-2005, 09:01 AM
yes it is a twist
Aaron_T
07-15-2005, 10:56 PM
Gothika
muchspl3
07-16-2005, 02:01 AM
no one said this
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309698/

that plot was predictable :rolleyes:

ps. donnie darko has a twist ? i must've been confused and missed that :P :happy:
WRONG ON BOTH
ratcat
10-15-2006, 02:44 PM
What sbout Skeleton Key?
Virtualbody1234
10-15-2006, 04:40 PM
Derailed: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398017/
wayneyg
10-16-2006, 09:16 PM
Well if you want a movie with a twist what about Beverly Hills Cop when Serge wanted to know if Axel Foley wanted an espresso "wid de lemon twist"
rjfan
10-18-2006, 04:50 AM
The Game.
A Beautiful Mind.
SomeIdiot
10-22-2006, 06:50 PM
Saw 1 and 2 had pretty good endings.
{I}{K}{E}
10-23-2006, 01:18 PM
Saw 1 and 2 had pretty good endings.

:huh:

no plot twists...
Rip The Jacker
10-23-2006, 03:21 PM
Saw 1 and 2 had pretty good endings.

:huh:

no plot twists...
Both Saw 1 and Saw 2 had plot twists/suprises at the end though, sorta.
At the end of Saw 1, you find out that Zepp was a player in Jigsaw's "game" also. And then the "dead" body in the middle of the room (Jigsaw) got up and walked away.
In Saw 2, you find out that everything that was shown happened a long time ago, and was recorded. The cop's son turned up in a "safe" place just as Jigsaw had promised, in the safe. All the cop had to do was sit there and talk to him, nothing else.