RichC2

Yeah, Slevin was predictable from the beginning. That said, the movie was still fairly entertaining despite that.

Michael Corvin

Re:saw
I disagree. I won't claim I called the twist, but use your ears. I knew something was up from the voice acting. I knew the voice and the face/actor that went with it & it didn't go with any of the actors in the movie that the director gave us Of course they never show the guy's face on the floor, otherwise it would have sealed it for me.

Of course it still floored me when it was revealed.

Which part?
the fact that I thought that was quite telegraphed and easy to predict. Kinda similar to Palmetto.

Forgive me if I'm wrong but it's been a while since I saw that one.

Iron_Giant

I was scanning the thread to see who was going to be the first to slam Shyamalan's movies.

We have a winner.

DVD Josh

He's far from the first.

I like Night. He just needs to ground himself and get back to basics.

TheGodfather

The Crying Game is the hands down winner. I have never seen a more boring movie be so highly praised. By the time the twist came I didn't care in the least what happened to anyone remotely involved in the plot.

As for Suspects, and Saw, I think these are great movies with or without the twist endings. With Suspects, I also believe part of the idea of the twist is to make you question everything you just heard. Mr. Kint undoubtedly knew who Agent Cujan was and of his relentless quest for Kaiser Soze. All he had to do was give him a story he could believe until he let him go. He didn't have to corraborate any facts or evidence other than who was dead or what property was damaged.

I don't think you can call the way a film is structured a twist really and therefore I throw Pulp Fiction out of the discussion. It has entertaining stories woven together in an entertaining way. It doesn't rely on any twist to wow audiences. It is just well put together. Don't hold that against it.

As for The Sixth Sense, I watched the entire movie knowing the twist as one of my friends blurted it out before I saw it and I still enjoyed it.

whaaat

Not really overrated per se, but since this thread has predictably turned into 'Movies that sucked because of the twist' I submit:

High Tenson

Achtung

Sex Fiend

Agreed. Worst twist ending ever. Not sure why it took three pages of posts before someone mentioned it. And I did like much of the rest of the movie until the completely gratuitous "surprise" which had absolutely no credibility within the context of the prior plot.

Also, I have to say that whatever someone might have thought about the The Sixth Sense overall, the twist was the most predictable ever. Anyone who was 'startled' by the big reveal in that one must also be thrown for a loop every morning when the sun rises in the east.

DRG

If we're going that route I'd like to add Hide & Seek and Secret Window, two more films I thought had decent momentum going on until the twist.