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Post by janntosh on Mar 3, 2022 4:23:17 GMT
On one hand it’s a pretty engaging well shot thriller with a great cast. In the other hand the twist is pretty kind baffling and hard to wrap your head around…
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Post by movielover on Mar 3, 2022 4:24:42 GMT
Yay
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Post by mgmarshall on Mar 3, 2022 4:44:34 GMT
I remember liking it okay.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 3, 2022 4:49:55 GMT
It goes from a fun Agatha Christie homage to crap in .2 seconds.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Mar 3, 2022 6:04:41 GMT
I enjoyed it for the most part, but the twist sort of renders it meaningless. Still a fun ride for the first two acts.  |
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 3, 2022 7:48:41 GMT
5/10 Either one.
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Post by Winter_King on Mar 3, 2022 10:56:07 GMT
Yay
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Mar 3, 2022 11:53:15 GMT
A classic. I love it to death.
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Post by theravenking on Mar 3, 2022 12:04:00 GMT
Nay
One of the most infuriating twists in movie history.
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Post by Xcalatë on Mar 3, 2022 12:35:34 GMT
Yay.
it was fun.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Mar 3, 2022 13:51:38 GMT
The dumbest part about the reveal is that it isn't the closing scene! There are literally zero stakes once you find out none of it is real, why would the audience care about what happens anymore?
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Post by politicidal on Mar 3, 2022 14:14:39 GMT
I really enjoyed it. The ending is next-level bananas, but it’s certainly memorable.
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Post by Vits on Mar 3, 2022 15:00:26 GMT
Back in 2003, it was refreshing to see a slasher movie that wasn't about annoying kids in high school or college. Unfortunately, none of the actors in IDENTITY put a lot of effort. I'd say 1999 was the limit for movies to get away with having plot twists of the "the whole plot is a form of lie" nature. By the new millenium, things like "It was all dream" had been done to death. Not to mention that this one, where the characters are just one man's multiple personalities, was made a year after ADAPTATION. had made fun of that kind of thing. However, it's good when a movie continues after the reveal. It shows that the plot wasn't just an excuse to set up meaningless events and then shock the audience. This one in particular works because, after we find out the truth, script writer Michael Cooney adds layers. 4/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by Marv on Mar 3, 2022 17:07:41 GMT
I generally liked it. The dark stormy night murder mystery aesthetic helps a lot.
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 3, 2022 17:16:14 GMT
The dumbest part about the reveal is that it isn't the closing scene! There are literally zero stakes once you find out none of it is real, why would the audience care about what happens anymore? I think the goal is to make the viewer think the murderous personality has been killed, just for the murderous personality to be the only one left—implying that what’s-his-name will keep killing. Thus he kills Molina and hijacks the van at the end. That’s the intended stakes, but I agree that it comes off as severely anticlimactic.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2022 17:17:37 GMT
Is this the Mangold one? Meh.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 3, 2022 17:50:48 GMT
Big yay
The twist is the best thing about the movie for me. Instead of just being a who-done-it, it becomes this whole other thing that takes place in a crazy person's head where personalities are being killed off instead of actual people. When the John Cusack personality figures out the mystery that he is just a character in someone's mind and not a real person, it is one of the most effective twist reveals I have ever seen. It has this sort of Cartesian demon feel to it.
How much sense it all makes I am not sure, but it is as insane as the main character is.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Mar 3, 2022 17:52:00 GMT
Nay
Not a fan of the twist.
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Post by jcush on Mar 3, 2022 20:30:30 GMT
Big yay The twist is the best thing about the movie for me. Instead of just being a who-done-it, it becomes this whole other thing that takes place in a crazy person's head where personalities are being killed off instead of actual people. When the John Cusack personality figures out the mystery that he is just a character in someone's mind and not a real person, it is one of the most effective twist reveals I have ever seen. It has this sort of Cartesian demon feel to it. How much sense it all makes I am not sure, but it is as insane as the main character is. This.
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Post by tastytomatoes on Mar 3, 2022 23:03:08 GMT
For some reason, I can't remember the twist everyone is talking about or actually the plot. I only recall John Cusack and a lot of rain.
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