Some that I have watched
The 1st features Bruce Willis an actor I like and Brad Pitt that girls drool over lol
Movie: 12 Monkeys (1995)Director: Terry Gilliam
The Setup: After a deadly virus nearly wipes out humanity, the last remaining scientists send James Cole back in time to find out how they can stop the Army of the 12 Monkeys, who they believe to have spread the virus.
The Twist: The Army of the 12 Monkeys was actually a PETA-like animal rights group that released animals from a New York City zoo on the same day the virus was released by some jerk.
Fun Fact: Like Christopher Lee and The Wicker Man, Bruce Willis agreed to star in 12 Monkeys for free, though he was eventually paid after the movie came out.
When I 1st watched this it actually amazed me, a little confusing at 1st but in the end was awesome
Movie: The Game (1997)Director: David Fincher
The Setup: Nicholas Van Orton is a tightly wound executive who eventually chucks himself off a building when his life goes to hell.
The Twist: Instead of being killed in the fall, Nicholas lands in one of those big air stunt pillows because everything that has happened — including having his house vandalized, being kidnapped and left for dead in Mexico, and accidentally killing his brother — was part of an elaborate game paid for by his brother as a birthday present.
Fun Fact: While doing such a game may have looked far-fetched 10 years ago, similar A.R.G.s (alternate reality games) have since become popular (and commercial) and have been used to promote things like Nine Inch Nails's Year Zero album, the TV show Lost, and the upcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight.
I had actually clapped sitting down for this movie and when the realization that Bruce was actually dead, in the cinema I mouthed off OH Fuck!!! hahahah totally caught me off guard
Movie: The Sixth Sense (1999)Director: M. Night Shyamalan
The Setup: A very sensitive, and kind of creepy, little kid tells his psychologist that he "sees dead people."
The Twist: His psychologist is actually one of those dead people.
Fun Fact: Though he's actually left handed, star Bruce Willis learned to write with his right hand so viewers wouldn't notice his character's missing wedding ring.
I have blogged about this many times and still looking for the DVD, I could never say enough and talk about it enough, absolutely amazing story telling
Movie: The Usual Suspects (1995)Director: Bryan Singer
The Setup: After a group of criminals are caught during a heist, one of them, a crippled man named "Verbal" Kint, reveals that the entire plot was the work of master criminal (and urban legend) Keyser Söze.
The Twist: Verbal is Keyser Söze.
Fun Fact: Soze is actually Turkish for "talks a lot."
I am actually not a fan of Gone with Wine but I watched this twice, the 1st time in NZ and came out in love with it
Movie: Citizen Kane (1941)Director: Orson Welles
The Setup: The story of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is told by a reporter who's trying to find out what Kane meant when, with his last dying breath, he uttered the word "Rosebud."
The Twist: Rosebud was his childhood sled.
Fun Fact: Kane was inspired by real-life newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who was so "flattered" by his thinly veiled portrayal that, when the film opened, he decreed that no Hearst paper mention it. At all. Ever.
I lose count the number of times this episode has played but its a classic, Luke, I am ur father....
Movie: Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back (1980)Director: Irvin Kershner
The Setup: After blowing up the Death Star in 1977's Episode IV — A New Hope, Luke Skywalker trains to become a Jedi while Vader and the Empire strike back, frequently.
The Twist: Darth Vader is Luke's father. Though as we learned later, he was also Princess Leia's father and, in a way, C-3PO's father. Which kind of makes him the Sith version of K-Fed.
Fun Fact: In an attempt to keep this twist a secret, the scene was originally shot with actor David Prowse — who was the guy in the Darth Vader suit — saying to Mark "Luke" Hamill, "Obi-Wan killed your father."
Nothing can match this.... the movie speaks for it self.... evolution....Mohinder: (voiceover) It is man’s ability to remember that sets us apart. We are the only species concerned with past. Our memories give us voice and bear witness to history, so that others might learn; so they might celebrate our triumphs and be warned of our failures
Movie: The Planet of the Apes (1968)Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
The Setup: A group of American astronauts crash land on a world where apes talk and rule, while humans are primitive slaves with no voting rights.
The Twist: The planet is actually Earth; the space ship traveled in time instead of space.
Fun Fact: The script was actually written by twist-loving Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling.
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