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What are the Greatest end of movie twists, ever?
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Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:46:54
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I'm pretty aware that we could potentially ruin the end of many movies in this thread, so be careful what you say.

I say Oldboy and the Usual Suspects. There are more but I will leave that to you.

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Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:32:40
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Excellent two choices above, I agree with those.

This year Shutter Island got me. Everyone says the Sixth Sense, I had that one figured out. Fight Club for sure.
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Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:49:08
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gamingeek said:

I'm pretty aware that we could potentially ruin the end of many movies in this thread, so be careful what you say.

I say Oldboy and the Usual Suspects. There are more but I will leave that to you.

 I still replay the Oldboy reveal in my mind constantly. The moment where he finds out and his reaction? Outstanding.

Oh, and I'd still say Empire Strikes Back.

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:03:18
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Well, you have the classic at the end of The Sting.  And Citizen Kane.

EDIT: ruinedendings.com is a funny site.


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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:05:13
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Dvader said:
...Fight Club for sure.

Where the dude was a woman all along?  Yeah that was wild.

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:14:33
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You know I figured out Fight Club from the previews. A person on the radio said there was a trick ending and then I saw the preview one more time and put it all together.  

Fallen had a great one, even though I felt like a complete idiot when it was revealed. Such a "duh" moment.  Angelheart (an 80's cult'ish thriller movie starring a pre-plastic surgery disaster Mickey Rourke) has an excellent twist too.

But of all mvoies, Memento will always be my favorite twist ending.  

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:14:03
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The end in the American version of Brazil. It manages to completely go against everything previously contained in the film ruining it so much that it becomes a wonderful metaphor for American capitalism and cinema.

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:18:28
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Capitalism isn't American, we just perfected it to it's grisly conclusion.

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aspro said:
Capitalism isn't American, we just perfected it to it's grisly conclusion.

No, no, but it becomes a metahpor for America's brand of it.

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:02:31
True.  Just making sure we share the credit.

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:04:01

aspro said:
True.  Just making sure we share the credit.

I'll be sure to send you a percentage of the royalties.

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:55:05

Dvader said:
Everyone says the Sixth Sense, I had that one figured out. 

 Aw man. That must have ruined the movie. 

darthhomer said:

 I still replay the Oldboy reveal in my mind constantly. The moment where he finds out and his reaction? Outstanding.

Oh, and I'd still say Empire Strikes Back.

 Oh right, right, right. 

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The end in the American version of Brazil. It manages to completely go against everything previously contained in the film ruining it so much that it becomes a wonderful metaphor for American capitalism and cinema.

 What happened? I only saw the original version. 

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:10:27

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What happened? I only saw the original version.

It ended with him driving off into the sunset with the girlfriend, rather than the psychosis from torture.

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Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:27:26

Foolz said:

It ended with him driving off into the sunset with the girlfriend, rather than the psychosis from torture.

 So they showed that bit, but not that it was all in his head.

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Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:31:05

gamingeek said:

So they showed that bit, but not that it was all in his head.

Yup, basically making it the oposite of what actually happened. Other bits might have been cut or edited too, but it's been ages since I've seen it.

There's also two American edits, both with a botched ending, but I'm not sure how the other edit goes.

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Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:41:07

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