Biggest and Best Plot Twists in Movies

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:55 pm

What are some of the biggest and most surprising plot twists you've seen in movies? List some here! I'll go ahead and say one...(oh, and please keep everything in spoiler tags.

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[SPOILER=Star Wars]Finding out that Darth Vader was Luke's father. :3[/SPOILER]

Postby **Tenshi no Ai** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:57 pm

I think Saw and Saw 2 had THE biggest plot twists I have EVER SEEN... too long to explain, so if you've seen it, you'd know what I mean^^ Probably the only time I've ever actually dropped a jaw and went "no way..."

Postby **GrubbTheFragger** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:01 pm

i agree with the massive plot twist in Saw that thro me way off and

[spoiler=sixth sense] finding out that bruce willis is a ghost 0.0[/spoiler]

Postby **Tenshi no Ai** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:46 pm

GrubbTheFragger wrote:[spoiler=sixth sense] finding out that bruce willis is a ghost 0.0[/spoiler]

One of those movies that for some reason, I've never seen... but I already know about that surprising ending (and if I watched it without knowing, I'd be real surprised too!)

Postby **Maledicte** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:30 pm

Fight Club's.

[SPOILER]The Narrator is Tyler Durden.[/SPOILER]

I liked the multiple plot twists in Frequency, too.

Postby **Kkun** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:04 am

SirThinks2Much wrote:Fight Club's.

[SPOILER]The Narrator is Tyler Durden.[/SPOILER]

That plot twist was so brilliant that words can't describe it.

As for me...one that isn't as brilliant, but was pretty cool...

[spoiler=Batman Begins]R'as al'Ghul's revelation in Batman Begins was pretty awesome. You know, that whole, the R'as al'Ghul that died wasn't really R'as al'Ghul but the real R'as al'Ghul was Liam Neeson's character. That was great.[/spoiler]

Postby **Sai** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:25 am

From Sense and Sensibility, that [spoiler] Willoughby had a baby with Brandon's adopted daughter[/spoiler] Well i was happy in a sick way but sad in another way.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:13 am

Kkun, I edited your post to make it clearer.

A general note to everyone: always be sure to clearly label your spoilers. If these plot twists are really so good, you don't want to ruin them for anyone else. If everyone uses spoiler tags properly, we should be able to have a thread in which people can enjoy selective discussion.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:44 pm

The Crying Game had one of the most famous twists although everyone probably knows what it is by now since it ended up being on the news.

Postby **Raiden no Kishi** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:09 pm

The Village. That was one of the best plot twists I have ever seen.

.rai//

Postby **Tenshi no Ai** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:44 am

Raiden no Kishi wrote:The Village. That was one of the best plot twists I have ever seen.

.rai//

Yes... I'll agree with that one too. I thought it was funny how a bunch of my friends got scared of it when they saw [spoiler] the pig-headed monster thing, which was just a costume the one guy wore:/ It was NOT scary. In fact, I was laughing because everyone actually found it scary :/ [/spoiler]

Still, the ending was one of those 0_0 "WHAT THE HECK?!" ones... who would've thought?

Another movie I'll add here is The Pledge. Too long to explain in a spoiler what happens but let's just say that the ending was a disapointment from what anyone would've hoped (and expected) for :/

Postby **meboeck** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:17 pm

SirThinks2Much wrote:I liked the multiple plot twists in Frequency, too.

That movie was really interesting because you knew there were going to be a lot of plot twists but you didn't know what they were going to be. I mean, any movie involving the time-space continuoum(sp?) is going to have plot twists, but they really did a great job of pulling them off.

Postby **DrNic** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:13 am

Raiden no Kishi wrote:The Village. That was one of the best plot twists I have ever seen.

.rai//

You know, when I saw this thread that was the first movie to spring to mind. Also the Fight Club and Sixth Sense plot twist were really well thought out.

Anyone ever seen Twelve Monkeys, that had a million great twists in it. Also my favourite movie ever made (and Brad Pitt was top notch in it!)

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:55 am

The Game (Michael Douglas)
[spoiler]The whole thing was setup as a big birthday present[/spoiler]
That was definately the BIGGEST I have ever seen

Postby **Godly Paladin** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:08 am

The Village revelation is so incredibly unexpected. Totally up there on the list of Best Plot Twists.

Postby **Sai** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:38 am

Oh yeah, i forgot about The Game. Yeah that was a great twist.

Postby **Maledicte** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:30 pm

The Sixth Sense. Duh. Can't believe I forgot that one.

DrNic wrote:Anyone ever seen Twelve Monkeys, that had a million great twists in it. Also my favourite movie ever made (and Brad Pitt was top notch in it!)

^o^/ I have! So many red herrings, it was great! And then when the climax came, it was unexpected, yet inevitable. Great stuff. My second favorite Brad Pitt film (Fight Club being my first). "Get out of my chair!"

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:58 pm

I thought The Others had a really shocking twist at the end. And of course Fight Club.

Postby **GrubbTheFragger** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:12 am

the others was pretty O.O unexpected and also i forgot to give honorable mentions to Secret window/hide and seek (i use a slash cuz they were basically the same twist) call them cliche but they still cought me off gaurd

Postby **Bobtheduck** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:16 pm

I don't know the twist itself was that great, but the big twist at the end of "Machinist" is what all the symbolism in the movie was built around, which is what makes it genius... His insomnia, his filthy appartment that he can never get clean even though he cleans all night... There is so much symbolism in that movie, it almost makes the end of the tunnel tolerable... Almost...

Postby **Tenshi no Ai** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:52 pm

GrubbTheFragger wrote: also i forgot to give honorable mentions to Secret window/hide and seek (i use a slash cuz they were basically the same twist) call them cliche but they still cought me off gaurd

Hide and Seek... well I didn't think it was as similar at first to Secret Window till later... even with Secret Window I didn't think the plot was too exciting, mostly cause I was writing a story at the time that had... a similar plot [spoiler] aka the whole dissociative personality thing, and the "evil" personality was doing all the killing... still hate the fact that both showed dead animals in it v_v [/spoiler]

Postby **CDLviking** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:52 pm

I wasn't surprised by Sixth Sense, but I did think it was very clever.

My favorite is 12 Monkeys.

Memento was practically a film with nothing but plot twists.

Postby **pyro_moogle** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:34 pm

Memento.

To Write Love on Her Arms · Postby **ZiP** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:21 pm

I loved the plot twists in Saw I and II.

I hadn't thought about Memento, but there are a lotta twists in that movie. Good stuff.

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