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Just watched The Usual Suspects for the first time. *SPOILERS*
Posted on 8/16/13 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 8/16/13 at 3:55 pm
I've heard other people talk about how wonderful this movie is. Very disappointed. If I want to be kind I'll say it was ok. Most of the movie was lukewarm entertainment. And the ending was so predictable. I was trying to convince myself through the movie that Kent wasn't Soze, because that's just too easy.
Am I the only one that came away from this movie underwhelmed?
Am I the only one that came away from this movie underwhelmed?
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Posted on 8/16/13 at 3:58 pm to Crimsonpanther13
My question, was everything Kent told the detective complete bullshite or did he just change the names.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 3:58 pm to Crimsonpanther13
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I was trying to convince myself through the movie that Kent wasn't Soze, because that's just too easy.
You thought this because of this:
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I've heard other people talk about how wonderful this movie is.
I bet you've heard about the surprise twist ending a billion times.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:01 pm to Crimsonpanther13
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Am I the only one that came away from this movie underwhelmed?
So far.
In your case, it may have been heightened expectations. I'm not saying you're wrong, but the acting was so good in the film - across the board - that I overlook some of the minor plotholes and inconsistencies.
I didn't start figuring out the ending until about 1 hour or so. The clues were all there - Spacey was just so convincing in his bull$hit, "I'm making all of this up as I go along, but I'm really good at it" that I didn't pick up on it until it was almost too late.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:11 pm to TigersRuleTheEarth
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I bet you've heard about the surprise twist ending a billion times.
Exactly. It's like the people that figure out the ending to Fight Club because they had heard about "the big twist" previously. It doesn't take away from the quality of the film.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:12 pm to TigersRuleTheEarth
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I bet you've heard about the surprise twist ending a billion times.
I did know there was a twist. Just had no idea what it was. That could be part of the problem, but it still seemed so painfully obvious.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:16 pm to Crimsonpanther13
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did know there was a twist. Just had no idea what it was
That twist is so engrained in pop culture that there is no way you havent seen it in some form or fashion. Your mind subliminally knew the twist. You mistaked "predictable" with "familiar"
ETA i watched the movie knowing full well what the twist was, an i thought it was a great movie.
This post was edited on 8/16/13 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:34 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
quote:my own opinion is that it was half and half. the coffee beans in guatemala and other filler stories were made up.
My question, was everything Kent told the detective complete bullshite or did he just change the names.
the rest was close to the truth, definitely not the whole truth, but close enough.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:40 pm to Crimsonpanther13
Kind of reminds me of ppl who saw the sixth sense. And was told there was a twist at the end. And swears they knew abou Bruce Willis the whole time. And then they claim the movie wasn't that good cause they knew what was happening the whole time.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:50 pm to lsutigerfan1976
"Vader is Lukes father? Who didnt see that one coming? So obvious!!"
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:51 pm to Crimsonpanther13
Whenever I see this:
I know this is coming next
There gets a point where people have heard so much about the movie that there is literally no way it can live up to the hype.
ETA: its Kint, not Kent
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I've heard other people talk about how wonderful this movie is
I know this is coming next
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Very disappointed
There gets a point where people have heard so much about the movie that there is literally no way it can live up to the hype.
ETA: its Kint, not Kent
This post was edited on 8/16/13 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:56 pm to Crimsonpanther13
Give me the keys you
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:57 pm to Crimsonpanther13
Favorite part of the movie was the line up.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 5:01 pm to Soul Gleaux
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Favorite part of the movie was the line up.
at Del Torro 
Posted on 8/16/13 at 6:54 pm to Crimsonpanther13
I didn't think the hangover was funny. I saw it in it's last week in theaters and had heard pretty much every single line at least 50-60 times. It's not the movies fault.
Not saying you didn't figure out the twist and what not but The Usual Suspects is a great movie. I guess it sucks you heard so much about it just like it sucked that I knew The Hangover before I saw it.
Not saying you didn't figure out the twist and what not but The Usual Suspects is a great movie. I guess it sucks you heard so much about it just like it sucked that I knew The Hangover before I saw it.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 6:58 pm to Crimsonpanther13
Very good movie. Ending was probably spoiled for you.
This post was edited on 8/16/13 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 8/16/13 at 6:59 pm to ReauxlTide222
the usual suspects is great the first time you watch it, but then on any re-watch you slowly realize that it's just a criminal telling a made up story loosely based around some shite that happened
Posted on 8/16/13 at 7:25 pm to Crimsonpanther13
Posted on 8/16/13 at 7:30 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
I haven't seen that one
This post was edited on 8/16/13 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 8/16/13 at 7:52 pm to SlowFlowPro
I think it's funny that the director actually made all of them think that they were Keyser soze. Gabriel Byrne walked out of the first screeningbecause he actually thought he was keyser! He had them all convinced!
This post was edited on 8/16/13 at 7:55 pm
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