DISQUS

Reebee7 · 5 months ago

I love good twists, but they are hard to pull off, and too often they fail miserably. I also hate it when they do exactly what they said, completely throw out the rest of the story in order to have a twist. Like you said, why is the killer acting like a victim the whole time? This gets particularly bad in the Fight Club-esque twists, "It was really me, or the other side of me, ah ha ha ha!" This is particularly bad in High Tension, the movie I regard as the worst I've ever seen. But it's one of those, oh wait "SPOILER", it's one of those where the main girl is revealed to be schizophrenic and it was her the whole time! OMG! But what about the scary truck that was around? Okay, some will say, "but it's all in her head!" Great, except it happens ten thousand other times... God i hate that movie.

Chris · 5 months ago

All The Boys Love Mandy Lane to me is a pretty poor reveal at the end I'd say. The whole film you don't expect that character, because the film gave you NO clue as to that character having any reasons to act, or believe in such a way. Maybe for some it worked, but for me, it left me just saying "meh".

And I doubt the Sheriff is the killer in Harper's Island (yeah, I'm one of the 3 who watch it). There's gotta be a reason behind why he looks guilty as Hell (because it's too damn obvious he is the killer). If anything, I think it's A: Henry the groom (it be outta left field), B: The main girl's fisherman boyfriend (with some sorta "I'm Wakefield's kid!" reasoning a'la Scream), or C: Some guy we've never seen before/minor character (the groundskeeper who we saw for a split second when the fat guy went to retrieve his money? There were garden shears in that lady's back) popping up.

RobertFure · 5 months ago

You know what bothered me? At the end of the episode 2 weeks ago (when they went to the boat dock) right at the end JD tells Abby "It's all about you" and then they cut to her looking up at Henry covered in blood. Then next week its just like things start up normally. That would have been a great spot to be like "Henry is the killer look at him!!! He loves you and that's why he's killing everyone!" But they didn't. Though I do think they might make him the killer in the end - he hasn't really been threatened with death that much.

But yeah, the fisherman (Jimmy) is a very likely candidate.

Dani · 5 months ago

I was just talking about this very thing! It doesn't bother me that they didn't really reference the fact that Henry looked like he could be the killer, but it did bother me that no one said anything like "hey dude, why all of the blood?"

Dani · 5 months ago

I am one of the other two people watching this show and I have said from the beginning that I think it is Henry. Now with the last couple of episodes, I have also been thinking about the fisherman Jimmy. Someone on another site talked about the gardener who may also have been the same man nonchalantly waxing the floor when everyone was fleeing the island. I hope it is not him as that would feel like a rip off to me. It is hard these days to pull off a good twist.

Seaghan · 5 months ago

I was going to post just about the same thing. There was a car chase at the end of the movie. So, she was essentially chasing herself and trying to evade herself in two different automobiles at the same time. Way to go, movie!

DrewCSchultz · 5 months ago

The thing I hate most about these types of movies is that they break the rules. It's funny because I just got done watching Righteous Kill (don't ask why), and /BIG SPOILER ALERT/ they show Robert Deniro killing all those people in flashback sequences, when he never actually killed anyone. Same thing with High Tension, except in reverse. I'm fine with twist endings (in moderation), but don't fucking lie to me, man. Be creative, for Christ's sake.

B.Shet · 5 months ago

I really liked "My Bloody Valentine 3D" but was pretty disappointed with the ending. I felt like the writers sh*t their pants and just threw in some lame twist so they didn't have to come up with an ending that would require any real thought.

Reebee7 · 5 months ago

One of the better twists actually came in Saw. When that music was pounding and the body you thought was dead stood up and revealed himself to be the killer, I about shat myself with excitement.

Then they made sequels... blech.

Paul · 5 months ago

Worst reveal ever? It. My wife and I say King must have gotten tired of writing, so Big Giant Spider. It's the writing equivalent to jumping the shark.

When Wakefield came up to Abby (I'm the third person who watches this show), all I thought was, Big Giant Spider.

Lame

Kevin, UK · 2 months ago

I call this the STRIKING DISTANCE ending, due to my unfortunately watching STRIKING DISTANCE on the big screen, and actually shouting at the screen (which doesn't happen here in the UK) when that crappy denouement happened. The killer was the person you'd LEAST suspect, just because there HAD to be a bait-and-switch ending? WEAK.

Same thing happened in STRANGE DAYS, if I remember rightly, which I don't, because STRANGE DAYS was so forgettable I forgot it straight after I watched it. By the time I finished taking a leak at the cinema, I could not tell you a thing about it.

I hate weak twist endings. I'm glad I'm not the only one...