What DVD had the most misdirection and/or plot twists that had you baffled?
06-16-03 | 12:06 PM
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Minority Report is the worst offender to me. It seems like it's Speilberg trying to be Shamalyan, and to poor effect.
Minority Report is the worst offender to me. It seems like it's Speilberg trying to be Shamalyan, and to poor effect.
06-23-03 | 09:46 AM
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The most overworked cliche in movie-making today is the last minute plot twist.
That said, there is a light caper movie titled Circus with John Hannah and Famke Janssen, that has so many twists and double- & triple-crosses, that by the end you have no idea who is working with whom, and you're long past caring.
Honk!
That said, there is a light caper movie titled Circus with John Hannah and Famke Janssen, that has so many twists and double- & triple-crosses, that by the end you have no idea who is working with whom, and you're long past caring.
Honk!
06-23-03 | 11:59 AM
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06-23-03 | 09:38 PM
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The Matrix. Which isn't surprising since only great intellectual geniuses can enjoy this series. Anybody who says they didn't like it? Low IQ, didn't understand it.
The Matrix. Which isn't surprising since only great intellectual geniuses can enjoy this series. Anybody who says they didn't like it? Low IQ, didn't understand it.
I would say Pulp Fiction (the first time I was baffled, of course I was only 13).
Unbreakable.
Usual Suspects.
Fight Club.
07-05-03 | 01:08 AM
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I would say dreamcatcher, you think the movie is going in one direction, then at a couple points in the movie Kasdan hits you in the head with a shovel, and the movie is going in a totally new direction that you don't expect (probably why I didn't like it, I feel like they marketed a totally different movie), not to mention a number of plot twists, there were so many quirky things about the movie like the
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