After hearing about "The Village" and it's eyeroll-enducing ending, I thought I'd see what movies really do deliver the goods when it comes to giving a decent, mind-bending, "Holy stinkin' cumquats" type of ending...

By the way, "Holy Stinkin' Cumquats"=Copyright Byron, 2003

My list:

The Usual Suspects (Watching Kevin Spacey literally transform at the end brought a smile to my face)
The Taking Of Pehlam One Two Three (Martin Balsam almost gets away with it...almost)
Frailty (Ok, so maybe Dad wasn't so crazy afterall)
Arlington Road (I sincerely did NOT see that coming)
Donnie Darko (Well, not quite a "surprise" ending...but an extremely memorable one just the same)
La Jetee' (That one freaked me out for weeks...didn't see that one coming either)


Worst?

Wild Things

Any others?

Where did you grow up Byron...?

the master...the first.....the one that created it all.....

PHYSCO...


and the one that made it cool once again..


THE CRYING GAME...




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Byron said:

Great fuckin movie!

Byron!!!!!

one of the biggest 'holy smoking cumquats!' endings I've ever seen was in the 6th sense...I didn't see that coming at all!

there are others but that's the one that came to mind first...

sosgemini said:

OMG yes!!!!! I completely forgot about that one!!

I ask such a question... for I just drove through a town called Byron, Illinois today.

Good Night! Sitting in front of this computer just does not appeal to me whatsoever.

Plus... I know nothing about movies lately.

Dancer in the Dark - Every time I watch this again, I expect the last minute or two to be radically different than how I know it's gonna turn out.

Maybe that's why I haven't watched it more times than I have...

Along Came A Spider

Loved "The Sixth Sense". There's an insightful article (at MSN.com?) about M. Night Shamaylan and how since he's discovered the formula to what makes a good movie he's working it to death. Now it just seems played.

Someone recently recommended "The Usual Suspects." I need to check it out.

PlushFunk said:

Big co-sign on this one.


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Planet of The Apes (original)
Crying Game
Usual Suspects
Primal Fear
Klute
The Others
Seven
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Fight Club
Requiem 4 A Dream
Pay It Forward
Unbreakable
Signs
Sixth Sense
American History X
Taxi Driver
An Officer & A Gentleman
Unforgiven
Bridges of Madison County
Empire Strikes Back
Vanilla Sky
Dogma
Blow
U Turn....

Identity and Secret Window. Both mind bogglers and unexpected plot twists

sosgemini said:

Well, that's not really a surprise ending since the surprise happens midway thru the movie... But it's a helluva suprise nonetheless..lol

Natisse said:

Natisse!!!!

Yeah, I forgot about The Sixth Sense, I didn't see that coming, either...

And that's "holy stinkin' cumquats", my dear...

Freespirit said:

A laid-back, artistic town with lots of Coke machines, no doubt...

i kinda liked Pitch Black

A friend of mine gave away the Crying Game's surprise. But, I kept thinking how I wouldn't have been surprised at all if she hadn't told me. I live in NY. I see this on the subway every day.

PanthaGirl said:

Oh, damn...another good one I forgot about. The movie itself was eh, ok...but the "surprise"...yeah, that threw me for a loop.

indytracy said:

I just saw "Secret Window"...figured out the ending about halfway thru, but still kept telling myself I was wrong...

Byron said:

I stand corrected

I expected a different ending to "Sweet November".
The ending of "The Secret Window" was a trip

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Mulholland Drive

Jason VS Freddy.....a shocker.

One of my favorite movies of all time!!! "Big Trouble in Little China!" Who thought the hairy monster would be under the truck at the end? Huh? Who knew?

Sinister said:

I always thought there would be a "part 2"

I love that movie

Sinister said:

You know what ol' Jack Burton always says.

teller said:

When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail.

neesespieces said:

Thats just one of the reason's I love ya nesse....any woman I know who likes that movie and to quote Frog "I want to have your babies"