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Post by hi224 on Mar 29, 2020 9:29:40 GMT
The shift in inflection at the end of The Conversation was off-putting. There's a big difference between "He'd kill us if he could." (He 's a threat to us.) and "He'd kill us if he could." (He 's a threat to us so it's okay if we kill him.) I saw that as a indication of Harry's mental status.
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Post by theravenking on Mar 29, 2020 10:09:09 GMT
April Fool's Day. The majority of the movie is this really silly horror comedy full of cringeworthy jokes, but the last 10 minutes are genuinely creepy and have a completely different tone. Apparently this part was added afterwards to make the movie scarier.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 11:02:30 GMT
The Mist.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Mar 29, 2020 11:59:50 GMT
As I've mentioned before, Sion Sono's Tag, I felt the reveal at the end was awkward, heavy handed and unimaginative.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Mar 29, 2020 12:26:14 GMT
Superman able to turn back time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 12:35:03 GMT
As I've mentioned before, Sion Sono's Tag, I felt the reveal at the end was awkward, heavy handed and unimaginative. I thought it was pretty cool myself. Video games like Singularity (2010) even used an ending like this.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Mar 29, 2020 12:50:42 GMT
As I've mentioned before, Sion Sono's Tag, I felt the reveal at the end was awkward, heavy handed and unimaginative. I thought it was pretty cool myself. Video games like Singularity (2010) even used an ending like this. Fair enough, I just found it a little clunky. I really liked the film up to that point and it sort of lost me there. Maybe if it was done with a little more subtly or ambiguously I would have appreciated it more. Still among my favorite Sono's though, for everything that came before.
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 29, 2020 14:37:55 GMT
NO WAY OUT (1987) After all of Costner's heroics on behalf of his country for 112 minutes, it turns out in the final four minutes that he's really 'Yuri,' a Russian mole planted years ago. |
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Post by marth on Mar 29, 2020 16:43:55 GMT
The entire second half is like a different movie in the case of From Dusk Till Dawn though. If all of a sudden vampires showed up in the last 10 minutes it would have made the movie terrible. Well... I do think in 10 Cloverfields case it almost feels like an epilogue. Like the main story with the bunker and Goodman was all over with...and here’s a 10 minute action sequence with an alien spaceship. I don’t think it necessarily undercuts the movie but it certainly ends on a different note than expected.This. In my case, i´m not a fan of Cloverfield, but I love 10 Cloverfield Lane. Yes, it ends on a total different note, but it doesn´t ruin the movie for me at all.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 30, 2020 1:00:15 GMT
I thought it was pretty cool myself. Video games like Singularity (2010) even used an ending like this. Fair enough, I just found it a little clunky. I really liked the film up to that point and it sort of lost me there. Maybe if it was done with a little more subtly or ambiguity I would have appreciated more. Still among my favorite Sono's though for everything that came before. its no Suicide Club or Noriko for sure.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 30, 2020 1:00:50 GMT
NO WAY OUT (1987) After all of Costner's heroics on behalf of his country for 112 minutes, it turns out in the final four minutes that he's really 'Yuri,' a Russian mole planted years ago. not to mention a shitty accent to boot as well.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Mar 30, 2020 1:38:37 GMT
Fair enough, I just found it a little clunky. I really liked the film up to that point and it sort of lost me there. Maybe if it was done with a little more subtly or ambiguity I would have appreciated more. Still among my favorite Sono's though for everything that came before. its no Suicide Club or Noriko for sure. Overall I actually rank it above those two, though only just above Noriko. My overall Sono ranking.Probably a few unpopular choices, but that's how they stack up for me.
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 30, 2020 1:39:31 GMT
Identity (2003).
Woeful waste of a promising premise.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 30, 2020 1:40:12 GMT
Well... I do think in 10 Cloverfields case it almost feels like an epilogue. Like the main story with the bunker and Goodman was all over with...and here’s a 10 minute action sequence with an alien spaceship. I don’t think it necessarily undercuts the movie but it certainly ends on a different note than expected.This. In my case, i´m not a fan of Cloverfield, but I love 10 Cloverfield Lane. Yes, it ends on a total different note, but it doesn´t ruin the movie for me at all. I can understand why it works for many people, but it ruins the entire movie for me. I actually started to dislike the direction the story goes before that, but I just stopped caring completely once the aliens are shown.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 30, 2020 1:42:48 GMT
Identity (2003). Woeful waste of a promising premise. I LOVE the insane twist ending. That is actually the reason it is one of my favorite movies. It is awesomely far fetched and I have never seen anything quite like it at that point. It isn't as if it comes out of nowhere, the whole courthouse subplot is directly tied to the twist. Those parts would make no sense without the ending.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 30, 2020 1:55:22 GMT
its no Suicide Club or Noriko for sure. Overall I actually rank it above those two, though only just above Noriko. My overall Sono ranking.Probably a few unpopular choices, but that's how they stack up for me. nice list.
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 30, 2020 1:56:18 GMT
Identity (2003). Woeful waste of a promising premise. I LOVE the insane twist ending. That is actually the reason it is one of my favorite movies. It is awesomely far fetched and I have never seen anything quite like it at that point. It isn't as if it comes out of nowhere, the whole courthouse subplot is directly tied to the twist. Those parts would make no sense without the ending. Yeah, it is set up, though it’s not really fair-play. Either way, though, it just ruined the flick for me, so—agree to disagree? 
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 30, 2020 2:05:34 GMT
The Jessup thing in A Few Good Men--I remember Ebert mentioned that Cruise, before the trial, says he is going to make Jessup so angry he will hang himself.
So it wasn't even a surprise.
Would have made more sense if it was unexpected.
I liked the time travel ending in Superman--it suggested that he could do anything, and it was the one act in the movie he did for himself, not others. He defies Jor-El to do it "You are forbidden to interfere with human history" and is thinking about Pa Kent when he does it.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 30, 2020 2:12:13 GMT
I LOVE the insane twist ending. That is actually the reason it is one of my favorite movies. It is awesomely far fetched and I have never seen anything quite like it at that point. It isn't as if it comes out of nowhere, the whole courthouse subplot is directly tied to the twist. Those parts would make no sense without the ending. Yeah, it is set up, though it’s not really fair-play. Either way, though, it just ruined the flick for me, so—agree to disagree? I can understand where you are coming from.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Mar 30, 2020 2:43:41 GMT
Identity (2003). Woeful waste of a promising premise. I LOVE the insane twist ending. That is actually the reason it is one of my favorite movies. It is awesomely far fetched and I have never seen anything quite like it at that point. It isn't as if it comes out of nowhere, the whole courthouse subplot is directly tied to the twist. Those parts would make no sense without the ending. I need to watch that again, the ending is pretty out there, but I don't think it ruined it for me and it was an enjoyable ride.
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