Movies that were overrated because of the twist.
09-03-06, 07:40 PM
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Movies that were overrated because of the twist.
What movies did you think were overrated just because they had a surprise ending or some kind of twist in the movie ? Mine is the very popular Pulp Fiction.
09-03-06, 07:42 PM
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Twist? Pulp Fiction had a twist? When/Where?
My pick the dreadfully dull The Sixth Sense.
My pick the dreadfully dull The Sixth Sense.
09-03-06, 08:50 PM
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"Pulp Fiction" did not have a twist ending. In fact, it's almost impossible to have a twist ending, or a true ending at all, in a film with a non-linear narrative.
09-03-06, 08:56 PM
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Wow, I was simply going to come in here and ask what exactly does "Overrated" means because it's a word that just gets tossed out there to sort of naysay a film and well.. the only possible reason a film can be overrated if it didn't deserve what the MPAA gave it. 
But now the Pulp Fiction critic seems like the topic is not because of a twist but simply because it was raved by many critics and enjoyed by many.
But now the Pulp Fiction critic seems like the topic is not because of a twist but simply because it was raved by many critics and enjoyed by many.
09-03-06, 09:05 PM
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To me the twist in Pulp Fiction was that the entire movie was out of sequence. I guess your right in that it isn't really a twist ending. My point about Pulp Fiction is that if the movie was presented in order it would not have recieved nearly as much praise.
Anyway, I don't want to make this thread only be about Pulp Fiction so anyone else have movies they think were overrated because of the ending ?
Anyway, I don't want to make this thread only be about Pulp Fiction so anyone else have movies they think were overrated because of the ending ?
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09-03-06, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by slabinskia
To me the twist in Pulp Fiction was that the entire movie was out of sequence. I guess your right in that it isn't really a twist ending. My point about Pulp Fiction is that if the movie was presented in order it would not have recieved nearly as much praise. To me the twist in Pulp Fiction was that the entire movie was out of sequence. I guess your right in that it isn't really a twist ending. My point about Pulp Fiction is that if the movie was presented in order it would not have recieved nearly as much praise.
Anyway, I don't want to make this thread only be about Pulp Fiction so anyone else have movies they think were overrated because of the ending ?
Anyway, I don't want to make this thread only be about Pulp Fiction so anyone else have movies they think were overrated because of the ending ?
09-03-06, 09:59 PM
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The Sixth Sense
09-03-06, 10:23 PM
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Probably have to go with Saw. Good flick and all, but I saw edit: part of the twist from a mile away - and yet, a load of the people I've talked with didn't see it coming. 
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09-03-06, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by gryffinmaster
Probably have to go with Saw. Good flick and all, but I saw the twist from a mile away - and yet, a load of the people I've talked with didn't see it coming.
09-04-06, 01:57 AM
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09-04-06, 02:16 AM
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I've never believed a single person that said they predicted the twist in Saw, and I'm not about to start. There is NOTHING to suggest that would happen, nothing to base that on, except sheer guess. If you are saying you "guessed" randomly and with no basis that he was xx xxx xxxx, then fine, but that's it.
BS on people that say they knew that twist.
09-04-06, 08:21 AM
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Titanic. After the love story, they sink the boat?!? 
NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! You ruined the ending. How could you?
09-04-06, 08:25 AM
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I've never believed a single person that said they predicted the twist in Saw, and I'm not about to start. There is NOTHING to suggest that would happen, nothing to base that on, except sheer guess. If you are saying you "guessed" randomly and with no basis that he was xx xxx xxxx, then fine, but that's it.
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The Usual Suspects. Everyone raves about the twist but nobody ever stops to think that the twist makes the rest of the movie vastly less interesting ... pointless, in fact. It's the modern day equivalent of "Oh, it was all just a dream after all!"