Movies which surprised you.

[lissilambe]

It's funny, because the Sixth Sense caught me by surprise, and I figured it out just the same. Never had a movie experience like that before, I tell you.

There I was, with my friend watching the film. And it got to the point where Willis is talking to the kid after the play, and the kid says his line and my eyes bugged out as it all clicked. And I kept trying to tell myself that can't be the case, and I ran through the whole movie and I just shook my head. My friend stared at me, and I just said, "Shh..watch. YOu'll see."

Then the ending and I just couldn't believe I was right. I loved it. One of my favorite movie experiences, actually.

SInce then, I can't think of a movie I've seen that's given me a surprise ending. If something comes up, I'll post again. Fun thread

Take care,
Don

 

[Crothian]

I'll go old school with Kansas City Confidential, DOA, and Inner Sanctum.

 

[Joker]

I'll go old school with Kansas City Confidential, DOA, and Inner Sanctum.

I'll go older school : Citizen Kane.

 

[Joker]

Okay, what scene is everyone referring to? To me, I'm thinking there's probably like two things that would surprise the watcher of the original series. Trying to think of which one you guys are talking about.

What would the other one be?

 

[Plane Sailing]

The one that caught me with *every*single*twist* was Fathom (1967) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061653/

I was caught by surprise in Serenity as others had mentioned.

The twist at the end of unbreakable caught me by surprise, plus the true identity of Keyse Sose in Usual Suspects, and the death of the android and surprise appearance of the queen in Aliens. I'm sure that there are lots of others, but those are the ones that instantly stand out.

Cheers

 

[Plane Sailing]

Return of the King. Never read the book before so when Frodo wanted to keep the ring I flipped. Glad to see that it did get destroyed though.

So cool to hear you say that! I seem to recall it was a bit of a shocker for me when I originally read the book some 30 years ago(!) but it must have been great to see it like that at the movies!

 

[Klaus]

The Sixth Sense. Absolutely did not see it coming.

Ditto.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Return of the King. Never read the book before so when Frodo wanted to keep the ring I flipped. Glad to see that it did get destroyed though.

*envy* *envy* *envy*

 

[AIM-54]

I don't think anyone is supposed to Interesting enough, I have seen two seperate endings to that; I have no idea how that could happen since I'd assume they'd work off the same prints. it totally changes the series, though. The one I saw had a longer sequence on the vehicle leaving the Village and then on the highway to London (I presume). The ending was where he walks into his own townhouse, which has a '1' above the door. The door, when it opens, makes the same weird sound all the doors in the Village made. The assumption I've heard is that not only is he now 'Number One' but always has been.

Huh. I've only seen the other one, but that's definitely a cool ending. I love The Prisoner. It's one of my favorite TV shows of all time.

Hard for me to add much more, as all the big ones I've seen have been mentioned...those being:

Serenity
Citizen Kane (good call Joker!)
Twelve Monkeys

Also, just thought of Equilibrium, just because of the final battle with Taye Diggs' character...it went way faster than I expected...otherwise, fairly predictable.

 

[Darthjaye]

Shattered- Tom Berenger-great surprise ending.

Fight Club- just when you think it's a typical fight movie it throws a left hook at you.

The Game- Michael Douglas gets severely mind screwed in this one.

it's rare that you find movies that can truely surprise you these days, but when you do, and the script is good, it's the best.