The Third Man
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:14 (sixteen years ago)
Sleepaway Camp
― NAKES HAVE THE STAPLES IN THEM (jjjusten), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)
the sixth sense, ffs
― Louis Cll (darraghmac), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:16 (sixteen years ago)
(it's just been nominated on the other thread)
taxi driver
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:17 (sixteen years ago)
Election (US)
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:17 (sixteen years ago)
my favorite example of this is Wild Things - all the key shit is revealed during the closing credits
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:18 (sixteen years ago)
touch of evil
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:19 (sixteen years ago)
Home Alone
― and then makes him speak only by rapping (he hates rap) (jeff), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:19 (sixteen years ago)
Not a movie, but the South Park episode, "Scott Tenorman Must Die". One of the most amazing dénouements in filmed entertainment ever.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)
Touch of Evil is a good one. Also, what an incredible first 2-3 minutes.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)
2001
― George Mucus (ledge), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)
lol ed III
― Louis Cll (darraghmac), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:22 (sixteen years ago)
memento
― Louis Cll (darraghmac), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:24 (sixteen years ago)
in case people think i'm being snarky, i am dead serious about Sleepaway Camp, that ending is like a punch in the face.
― NAKES HAVE THE STAPLES IN THEM (jjjusten), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:26 (sixteen years ago)
planet of apes (the)
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:26 (sixteen years ago)
Inland Empire sorta fits into this category, insofar as the ending provides a release to the nightmarish tension of the first 2.5 hours.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:26 (sixteen years ago)
^^lol yeah that reminds me - Mulholland Drive!
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:27 (sixteen years ago)
Completely agree with you, jjusten. A complete WTMFF moment, for sure.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:27 (sixteen years ago)
existenz
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:29 (sixteen years ago)
Usual Suspects
― so says surgeon snoball (snoball), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:29 (sixteen years ago)
i wonder how many of these there are that ARENT twist endings.
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:30 (sixteen years ago)
The Vanishing (the original one - the remake probably deserves to be on the other thread).
Also, the only bit of Caddyshack I like is the last line.
― emil.y, Friday, 20 November 2009 16:31 (sixteen years ago)
Chinatown
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:31 (sixteen years ago)
The Wicker Man
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:31 (sixteen years ago)
"taxi driver"
Disagree.
Groundhog Day.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)
haha.
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:33 (sixteen years ago)
the godfather kinda
No idea if anyone else will agree with me, but "Jacob's Ladder"
― lift this towel, its just a nipple (HI DERE), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:33 (sixteen years ago)
and yeah I absolutely agree with "The Godfather"
it also works because it is so, so dark that it makes you kind of go back over the rest of the movie and realize that it is just as dark, hidden under the tropes of a teen slasher camp movie. i mean, the whole movie is about children killing other children, adults joking around about wanting to sleep with children, and killing adults trying to sleep with children, but its done in this bizarre low budget campy almost silly tone.
xpost about Sleepaway Camp btw
― NAKES HAVE THE STAPLES IN THEM (jjjusten), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:34 (sixteen years ago)
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sure, that's a pretty big reveal!
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:34 (sixteen years ago)
yeah I was like which godfather did you see
xp
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:34 (sixteen years ago)
hahaha
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:35 (sixteen years ago)
the godfather IV: return to crystal lake
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:35 (sixteen years ago)
Funny Games
― bnw, Friday, 20 November 2009 16:37 (sixteen years ago)
i was like maybe i really DID miss the last 2-3 minutes (xxxp)
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:37 (sixteen years ago)
maybe i will try to preserve that as my new radical take on the godfather at parties
― NAKES HAVE THE STAPLES IN THEM (jjjusten), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:39 (sixteen years ago)
Anvil: The Story Of Anvil
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:39 (sixteen years ago)
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"seriously. pay close attention to the ending. it becomes very clear the whole movie is about children killing other children, adults joking around about wanting to sleep with children, and killing adults trying to sleep with children."
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)
jjusten stars as quentin tarantino in your next party
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:40 (sixteen years ago)
martyrs
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:41 (sixteen years ago)
Most of the movies mentioned in the other thread belong here.
― Xiffy Pup (Eric H.), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:41 (sixteen years ago)
whats the other thread?
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:44 (sixteen years ago)
oh. i see what you did there.
yeah, planet of the apes would have been much better without that distracting reveal of the statue of liberty - doesn't even make sense on a planet of APES
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:45 (sixteen years ago)
but what can i glean from knowing who the secon assistant to the director of photography is
― 囧 (dyao), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:45 (sixteen years ago)
"See, the key thing is that "Fishes" is old Sicilian slang for children, which really cracks open the themes of the whole movie."
― NAKES HAVE THE STAPLES IN THEM (jjjusten), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:45 (sixteen years ago)
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ilx film-dork contrarianism distilled to its purest essence
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 November 2009 16:45 (sixteen years ago)
ha, i swear to god that was an innocent typo.
― ryan, Friday, 20 November 2009 17:12 (sixteen years ago)
don't make that mistake in the video store, take it from me
― goole, Friday, 20 November 2009 17:13 (sixteen years ago)
kubrick's last scat
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:14 (sixteen years ago)
The film where it's an exchange back of 'agents', but the guy they get back has his head encased in a robot head, and the film basically consists of working out if it's really him or a counteragent substituted by the Russsiansah!
(dunno the title)
― Mark G, Friday, 20 November 2009 17:17 (sixteen years ago)
Drag Me To Hell ending was divisive but I loved it
― I got gin but I'm not a ginger (bernard snowy), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:37 (sixteen years ago)
Ernest Goes To Jail
― luol deng (am0n), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:40 (sixteen years ago)
^^^agree, also i felt smug for working out the button-coin swap which they do very well not to express outright
― a used up cumrag who now plays NFL for the Bengals (acoleuthic), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:41 (sixteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Who%281stEd%29.jpg
― thomp, Friday, 20 November 2009 17:45 (sixteen years ago)
(... is probably mark g's film.)
Mario Bava's "Twitch of the Death Nerve"Claudio Fragasso's "Troll 2"Fred Olen Ray's "Possessed by the Night"
― Shannon Whirry and the Bad Brains, Friday, 20 November 2009 17:46 (sixteen years ago)
has nobody said 'cache' yet btw
― a used up cumrag who now plays NFL for the Bengals (acoleuthic), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:46 (sixteen years ago)
most people missed the whole point of cache even if they didn't skip the end
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:48 (sixteen years ago)
that is I shouldn't have to employ freeze frame technology and wikipedia articles to understand the end of yr movie
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:49 (sixteen years ago)
gotta say i was expecting it to happen and was looking for it but didn't see it - the person i was watching it with confirmed it had happened in the left corner :-/
― a used up cumrag who now plays NFL for the Bengals (acoleuthic), Friday, 20 November 2009 17:51 (sixteen years ago)
brighton rock
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 20 November 2009 17:53 (sixteen years ago)
Bonnie & Clyde
― Meatcat (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:14 (sixteen years ago)
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this thread is more fun with xps removed
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 20 November 2009 18:17 (sixteen years ago)
― I got gin but I'm not a ginger (bernard snowy), Friday, November 20, 2009 12:37 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
anyone who didnt love the last 30 seconds of this movie is a disgusting savage imo
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:19 (sixteen years ago)
also this was kind of a no shit sherlock moment, i dont think there was anyone in the theater who hadnt worked it out
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:20 (sixteen years ago)
oh as mentioned on the other thread... amadeus has a pretty dope last 2-3 mins
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:21 (sixteen years ago)
yah
well i am a simple man unschooled in the devious ways of twist endings - my friends hadn't worked it out
― a used up cumrag who now plays NFL for the Bengals (acoleuthic), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:26 (sixteen years ago)
i saw it coming but it didnt really bother me
man what a great movie
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:27 (sixteen years ago)
and good for them.
― Feingold/Kaptur 2012 (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:29 (sixteen years ago)
yeah i only worked it out as the end credits rolled
tbh the final title was the whole point of the movie - and yeah, fuckin awesome - 2009 has been a decent year for enjoyable films, that perhaps the most so
― a used up cumrag who now plays NFL for the Bengals (acoleuthic), Friday, 20 November 2009 18:29 (sixteen years ago)
Vanishing PointDogville
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 20 November 2009 22:55 (sixteen years ago)
oh crumbs yeah vanishing point altho his story is already quite clearly following a tragic arc
― a used up cumrag who now plays NFL for the Bengals (acoleuthic), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:56 (sixteen years ago)
― 311 is a joek (s1ocki), Friday, November 20, 2009 1:19 PM
hi nice 2 meet u
― luol deng (am0n), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:58 (sixteen years ago)
The Descent
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:59 (sixteen years ago)
I love this ending, but I don't know that it is required to understand the 'point' of the film.
(500) Days of Summer
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 20 November 2009 23:09 (sixteen years ago)
ok, missing gg's point ie catholicism is great f everything else
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 20 November 2009 23:12 (sixteen years ago)
woah yeah. totally right. i should make a thread about seeing the last 2-3 minutes of a movie and still missing the point.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 20 November 2009 23:14 (sixteen years ago)
The Game
― oh (skeletor), Friday, 20 November 2009 23:50 (sixteen years ago)
Years ago, I took my girlfriend at the time to see The Day The Earth Stood Still. The film broke right before dude reveals the secret code that stops the robot Gort ("Klaatu Verata Nikto" or whatever). Then the film resumed. It really knocked the wind out of the rest of the movie.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 21 November 2009 05:26 (sixteen years ago)
YES, THIS
Love the many false bottoms to this movie but can never figure out whether there were too many, too few, or just the right number.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 21 November 2009 05:35 (sixteen years ago)
no-twist department:
inglourious basterdscasablanca
― Danny Duberstein (hmmmm), Sunday, 22 November 2009 00:43 (sixteen years ago)
rosemary's baby
The (devastating) last vignette from the final chapter of Nine Lives (the Glenn Close chapter).
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 22 November 2009 00:46 (sixteen years ago)
The Exterminating Angel
― Puddle of Thudd (acoleuthic), Sunday, 29 November 2009 01:36 (sixteen years ago)
sanjuro
― hubble bubble bubble space telescope (tremendoid), Sunday, 29 November 2009 21:49 (sixteen years ago)
The final scene of Tarkovsky's Stalker seems pretty apt for this.
― Bill A, Sunday, 29 November 2009 22:24 (sixteen years ago)
Beau Travail
― Gukbe, Thursday, 21 July 2011 06:09 (fourteen years ago)
Jennifer's Body, where the credits begin when there's still like 3 minutes of movie left.
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 July 2011 06:32 (fourteen years ago)
Happy Go Lucky would be nothing without the "silly little yellow car" bit.
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Thursday, 21 July 2011 09:56 (fourteen years ago)
I really like the way that Ghibli's Only Yesterday doesn't resolve the romantic subplot until the end credits are underway; was watching this the other day and I came over all misty-eyed, I managed a sob-choked "I love this bit", much to my wife's amusement.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:16 (fourteen years ago)
I suppose the new Harry Potter counts, doesn't it? In that the last three minutes are the only glaring additions to the text?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:19 (fourteen years ago)
John Carpenter's The Thing.
Barton Fink?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:20 (fourteen years ago)
Two-Lane Blacktop would be definitive for me, except that if I had to explain the point of those last 2-3 minutes, I wouldn't have a clue where to begin.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:33 (fourteen years ago)
eternal sunshine
― kaygee, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:40 (fourteen years ago)
not sure id say "amazing" but fat girl
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:46 (fourteen years ago)