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Post by hi224 on Sept 13, 2018 6:39:18 GMT
so hows it hold for you as well.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 13, 2018 6:49:35 GMT
I don't like the ending. I think he should have ran into a street bum who was really crippled, and he is delayed long enough for Kujan to catch him.
Same thing with Se7en. If Pitt would have shot himself, Spacey would have been fucked.
While we are at it, Glengarry Glen Ross. Spacey wins in that too. Jack Lemmon should have stabbed him to death with a steak knife!
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Sept 13, 2018 7:02:15 GMT
From a recent thread on twist endings Haven't watched it in twenty years, can't see myself doing it any time soon.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Sept 13, 2018 7:19:12 GMT
Never seen it.
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Post by OldAussie on Sept 13, 2018 7:29:29 GMT
I've enjoyed equally on each of the 3 or 4 times I've seen it. From that, I assume knowing the ending doesn't negatively impact on the film. 8/10
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Post by marshamae on Sept 13, 2018 8:22:00 GMT
In one of the trailers Spacey says its more interesting the second time because you are watching Kent for signs of Soze. I really enjoy it and watch it every few years. I find I get really interested in Edie Fineran, Gabriel Byrnne’s girl friend
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 9:44:33 GMT
I vaguely remember a complicated story and an astounding ending. As I rated it 9/10 I must have liked it. Maybe it‘s time for a re-watch.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 13, 2018 14:56:22 GMT
From a recent thread on twist endings Haven't watched it in twenty years, can't see myself doing it any time soon. I will say I enjoy all the little hints they throw out regarding his character.
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 13, 2018 15:39:05 GMT
Even irrespective of the letdown-y twist, I just think that it’s not a very good movie. I couldn’t get a handle on anything, especially the characters. As Ebert wrote, “To the extent I understand, I don’t care.” And the filmmakers don’t make any effort to have you care, either.
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Post by Rufus-T on Sept 13, 2018 16:08:13 GMT
To me it is not just about the amazing ending which is what most people focus on. I love the atmosphere and the style and the build up the movie delivered. The narration of Keven Spacey was top notched. The showing of picking the five one by one was so smooth and swift. The lighting when interrogating McManus, meeting of Redfoot, the backstory of Keyser Soze, and the great cast along with the late great Pete Postlethwaite, all made The Usual Suspect one of those rare neo-noir that you rarely find. That said, I did have one nitpick regarding the Hungarian who happened to be the only one who know what Keyer Soze. Did he get killed? or survived? or was the narrative killing just part of the made up? The experience of watching this movie overcomes this one issue. So, the movie is not just about the ending. Although, it has the one of the greatest ending line in movies "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that... he is gone."
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Post by hi224 on Sept 13, 2018 23:13:52 GMT
It has a very 90's feel to the proceedings as well.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2018 0:41:02 GMT
The movie isn't particularly remarkable, very ho hum and even boring, but the ending is KILLER. Unfortunately, that combination doesn't really hold up to repeated rewatches.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Sept 14, 2018 1:03:01 GMT
From a recent thread on twist endings Haven't watched it in twenty years, can't see myself doing it any time soon. I will say I enjoy all the little hints they throw out regarding his character. Maybe I need to rewatch it and see what I can pick up. It's a well enough made film, just the big reveal which is supposed to be a massive gut-punch was so glaringly obvious it lost all it's impact.
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 14, 2018 2:21:24 GMT
so hows it hold for you as well. Not that I have anything against you putting it on Classic film board but I am interested to know if you actually do classify this movie of 1995 as a classic movie?
I liked the film a lot but definitely I am not that interested in rewatching it since I know the ending.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 14, 2018 3:52:12 GMT
I've enjoyed equally on each of the 3 or 4 times I've seen it. From that, I assume knowing the ending doesn't negatively impact on the film. 8/10 BUT it does help to not know the ending the FIRST time you see it .
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 14, 2018 3:59:58 GMT
you say that a LOT !
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Sept 14, 2018 4:09:20 GMT
you say that a LOT !
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Post by hi224 on Sept 14, 2018 4:49:37 GMT
so hows it hold for you as well. Not that I have anything against you putting it on Classic film board but I am interested to know if you actually do classify this movie of 1995 as a classic movie?
I liked the film a lot but definitely I am not that interested in rewatching it since I know the ending.
Any movie after a certain amount of years can be a classic movie.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 14, 2018 12:36:18 GMT
Saw it in the theatre when 8t first came out, it was the same month Se7en came out if I recall. Loved it then, and again recently when I bought the DVD. The lineup scene is very funny, especially when you realize the actors were all improvising and having way too much fun. Benicio del Toro is great here, and Stephen Baldwin would never be in a movie this good ever again.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 14, 2018 13:13:34 GMT
Any movie after a certain amount of years can be a classic movie. The classics that are not in the traditional "classic period"" are occasionally called "neo-classics".
This marketing tool of referring to a new movie as an "instant classic" tho ….
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