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re: In your opinion, what's the greatest set-up and pay-off in cinematic history?
Posted on 8/19/24 at 4:36 pm to BigAppleTiger
Posted on 8/19/24 at 4:36 pm to BigAppleTiger
Shake and Bake
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Posted on 8/19/24 at 6:57 pm to CU_Tigers4life
From TV.. Charlie Work episode of Always Sunny.. every time he passes by the end stool he slams it down back in place, and then at the very end Dee sits on the stool and it collapses. Best episode of the show, in my opinion.
Posted on 8/19/24 at 7:29 pm to UGATiger26
Some good ones in Lost.
Posted on 8/20/24 at 12:57 am to UGATiger26
The set up and murder of Sollozzo and McCluskey by Michael Corleone.
Unreal that this hasn't been mentioned yet in this thread.
Unreal that this hasn't been mentioned yet in this thread.
Posted on 8/20/24 at 6:05 am to Bham4Tide
They literally flipped the script, though, in the next film in 1984, which was a continuation of The Wrath of Khan.
I wouldn't give either film a real high rating. I think they both undershot the plot potential by a lot.
I thought the scenes on Ceti Alpha V were the best in II or III.
I wouldn't give either film a real high rating. I think they both undershot the plot potential by a lot.
I thought the scenes on Ceti Alpha V were the best in II or III.
Posted on 8/20/24 at 12:48 pm to UGATiger26
How did you find me...
Posted on 8/20/24 at 1:09 pm to UGATiger26
Hold the Door
Posted on 8/20/24 at 2:32 pm to UGATiger26
Posted on 8/20/24 at 2:43 pm to UGATiger26
Lots of good ones listed here already. Most have been focusing mainly on twists, which I get, but I think the Hodore example is what I think of when I think setup and payoff
Another great one is the reveal that Leo’s wife killed herself after he had unintentionally inceptionized her into thinking reality wasn’t real so they could wake up from the dream. The moment I realized that’s why he had to stay away from his kids and why she haunts him, that hit me like a ton of bricks. What a brutal realization to realize you unintentionally led to your wife killing herself.
Another great one is the reveal that Leo’s wife killed herself after he had unintentionally inceptionized her into thinking reality wasn’t real so they could wake up from the dream. The moment I realized that’s why he had to stay away from his kids and why she haunts him, that hit me like a ton of bricks. What a brutal realization to realize you unintentionally led to your wife killing herself.
Posted on 8/20/24 at 8:25 pm to UGATiger26
Ted Stryker's redemption arc successfully landing the plane after the debacle over Macho Grande.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 10:20 pm to UGATiger26
I think the Village is it for me. I was absolutely floored when they revealed that they were in modern times.
Oddly enough the Wicker Man really caught me off guard with its plot twist.
Oddly enough the Wicker Man really caught me off guard with its plot twist.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 10:29 pm to UGATiger26
Maybe not many will agree, but I’ve always loved it. Smokin’ Aces.
Posted on 8/23/24 at 3:06 pm to UGATiger26
So it sounds like what you were trying to describe is called foreshadowing.
This is where there is a specific thing that is shown or discussed that will return at a later point.
A set-up is usually more like what people are using for examples here where a whole storyline/plot builds to a reveal.
Lots of great examples are given here in this thread of both.
This is an enjoyable thread. The Interstellar foreshadowing is amazing and completely made the movie way better for me the second time I watched it.
One movie with a great setup not mentioned already is The Game w Michael Douglass. Love that movie.
This is where there is a specific thing that is shown or discussed that will return at a later point.
A set-up is usually more like what people are using for examples here where a whole storyline/plot builds to a reveal.
Lots of great examples are given here in this thread of both.
This is an enjoyable thread. The Interstellar foreshadowing is amazing and completely made the movie way better for me the second time I watched it.
One movie with a great setup not mentioned already is The Game w Michael Douglass. Love that movie.
Posted on 8/23/24 at 8:53 pm to ThoseGuys
Sixth Sense was fun
Posted on 8/24/24 at 7:41 am to TygerTyger
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A lot of folks bag on this movie, but I think it's brilliant. Especially for when and how it was done.
Those things can be mutually exclusive. I appreciate what they did by making a real coherent movie for basically nothing. It’s an original concept and something that had never been done before. And they do a great job of creating terror out of, essentially, nothing but spooky sounds.
But its influence of horror genre is probably less significant than something like Evil Dead, which it has a lot in common with.
Posted on 8/24/24 at 1:24 pm to elprez00
Posted on 8/24/24 at 1:50 pm to UGATiger26
The term is Chekovs Boomerang.
In Bruges
I have read before that Paddington 2 is one of the best movies of this but haven't seen it.
In Bruges
I have read before that Paddington 2 is one of the best movies of this but haven't seen it.
Posted on 8/24/24 at 9:07 pm to TygerTyger
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One that fricked me up big time was Blair Witch Project.
This one fricked me up too. I went see it with some friends and left my car parked at work. I worked at a little shop across from a cemetery. They dropped me a left. I was along and stupidly freaked out by the ending. With all the hype, at the time, of "is it real, is it fake", I sped out of that parking lot, not sure why I was even nervous.
Posted on 8/24/24 at 9:16 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Came to post this. Usual Suspects is genius
Posted on 8/24/24 at 9:18 pm to UGATiger26
22 Jump Street when Tatum realizes it was the captains daughter
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