The best surprise ending

[Sir Droopy]

I gotta go with the Usual Suspects. Great flick..

[Kopek]

Just One of the Guys

[willydong]

sleepaway camp: no one saw that ending coming

[Night Hawk]

The Mist... i was like.. WTF? im sure someone will say it wasn't a surprise.. but it was still worthy of an "Oh SHIT!"

[Change]

Escape from L.A is all i can think of.

[Blue]

The Mist... i was like.. WTF? im sure someone will say it wasn't a surprise.. but it was still worthy of an "Oh SHIT!"

Only because Hollywood fucked up a perfectly good ending that the book had.

[Mr. Brown]

sleepaway camp: no one saw that ending coming
^^^^^^ Gotta agree that was so fucking left field that I have to show people it for them to believe me.

[Face]

never saw it

[Mr. Brown]

never saw it
Rent it/Download it ASAP.

[Face]

no

[Face]

tell me what happens

[Face]

or I'll start a rumour that you're actually wanker

[Mr. Brown]

wiki it.

[Face]

trust me, you don't want that

[Face]

wiki it.
don't tell me what to do, wanker!

[Mr. Brown]

or I'll start a rumour that you're actually wanker
I'm covered no one would believe I'm this "wanker" guy

[Face]

people will believe whatever I tell them to believe

[Mr. Brown]

Shit fine fine

Plot summary

The main character, Angela Baker (Felissa Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felissa_Rose)), and her cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tiersten)), are sent to summer camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_camp) one summer. Angela had come to live with Ricky and her Aunt Martha eight years earlier, after her father and her brother Peter were killed in a boating accident. Angela, a painfully shy 14-year-old, is bullied severely by most of the other campgoers and counselors at Camp Arawak. Her main foil is Judy (Karen Fields (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karen_Fields&action=edit&redlink=1)), a vain girl once friendly with Ricky but now snubbing him in favor of the older boys.
Soon people begin to die in bizarre ways, such as a youth being stung to death by bees from a hive thrown into a bathroom. A female counselor is stabbed in a shower stall. The murderer turns out to be Angela; however, it is later revealed that Angela was actually her brother Peter. The real Angela had died in the boating accident eight years ago, and Peter was forced to assume her identity afterward because deranged Aunt Martha chose to raise Peter as a girl, treating him as if he were Angela. The film also implies that Angela/Peter's confused sexual identity occurred because she found out her father was in a homosexual relationship; a young Angela and Peter witnessed this behavior and were seen giggling surreptitiously at them, then were later shown sitting on a bed in an experiment of their own, presumably "transferring" sexual identities to each other. Angela is last seen standing on the beach naked (male genitalia in full view) with the decapitated head of Paul (Christopher Collet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Collet)) in her one hand while holding a knife in the other, the rest of his body at her feet.
In the commentary on the DVD, Hiltzik and Rose tease that perhaps Angela isn't the sole killer in the movie. In fact, the only real continuity error in the film involves the killing of campers at a tent site far enough away from the main camp that they took a car to get there in the same night that four other people were murdered.

[Face]

fuck I'm not reading all that

[Mr. Brown]

u asked.

[Face]

I wanted the short version

[Mr. Brown]

Chick is really her dead brother

[Face]

OMG!

[Jericho]

Just One of the Guys
rockin tits

[vasili denisov]

Plot summary

The main character, Angela Baker (Felissa Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felissa_Rose)), and her cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tiersten)), are sent to summer camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_camp) one summer. Angela had come to live with Ricky and her Aunt Martha eight years earlier, after her father and her brother Peter were killed in a boating accident. Angela, a painfully shy 14-year-old, is bullied severely by most of the other campgoers and counselors at Camp Arawak. Her main foil is Judy (Karen Fields (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karen_Fields&action=edit&redlink=1)), a vain girl once friendly with Ricky but now snubbing him in favor of the older boys.
Soon people begin to die in bizarre ways, such as a youth being stung to death by bees from a hive thrown into a bathroom. A female counselor is stabbed in a shower stall. The murderer turns out to be Angela; however, it is later revealed that Angela was actually her brother Peter. The real Angela had died in the boating accident eight years ago, and Peter was forced to assume her identity afterward because deranged Aunt Martha chose to raise Peter as a girl, treating him as if he were Angela. The film also implies that Angela/Peter's confused sexual identity occurred because she found out her father was in a homosexual relationship; a young Angela and Peter witnessed this behavior and were seen giggling surreptitiously at them, then were later shown sitting on a bed in an experiment of their own, presumably "transferring" sexual identities to each other. Angela is last seen standing on the beach naked (male genitalia in full view) with the decapitated head of Paul (Christopher Collet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Collet)) in her one hand while holding a knife in the other, the rest of his body at her feet.
In the commentary on the DVD, Hiltzik and Rose tease that perhaps Angela isn't the sole killer in the movie. In fact, the only real continuity error in the film involves the killing of campers at a tent site far enough away from the main camp that they took a car to get there in the same night that four other people were murdered.
So surprising. And yet, so realistic.

[thestronz]

Saw and Arlington Road come to mind

[MDiver01]

Usual Supects was good but I also like Saw.

[Philip Lombard]

Planet of the Apes is a classic. Though it was probably much better and more shocking in its day.

[Ch_ris]

i've got to go with Seven.

"WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOOOOOXXXXXXX?!?"

[Clownbaby]

the sixth sense comes to mind. i probably wont watch that movie ever again because it really isn't that good. but the ending was awesome

[DjAg]

'Lucky Number Slevin' comes to mind... Even though it was more of a 'twist' than a surprise ending.


I am not sure what I meant by that either.

[Insomniac]

The Prestige. The movie is great the first time, but every time after it, there's more to get in parallels and symbolism.

[Nature's Folly]

Anyone seen Oldboy? That ending was just fucked up.

[zero]

American Psycho

[hatepoppy]

baseketball.

nuff said.

[The Batman]

the first time i slept with your mom....


um, i would have to say its either Fight Club, American Beauty, and u know what, The Departed had one i really didn't see coming.

[Mr. Brown]

Anyone seen Oldboy? That ending was just fucked up.
Shit I forgot about that one. +1

[Face]

Memento

I <3 Chris Nolan

[Spanky]

More like, Chris Colon.


(you know, because he is full of shit)

[Face]

TAKE IT BACK!!!

[Spanky]

no

[nuclearjew]

Ace Ventura - Pet Detective

[Genius]

The Crying Game

[Celtickliq]

Slam Dunk Ernest.

[The GWD]

Anyone seen Oldboy? That ending was just fucked up.

And kind of hot.

[Mr. Brown]

I'm amazed at myself and others for not bringing this one up:

Soylent Green

Also The Parallax View which is where I feel Arlington Road got it's idea from.

[}{arlequin]

"luke, i'm your father"

[Mr. Brown]

"luke, i'm your father"
Not really an "ending" as much as a twist

[}{arlequin]

yeah i guess so... but in that case 7's head in a box wouldn't really qualify either... i mean... i wasn't surprised that there was one more death in the movie

[Willam]

Angel Heart

Great movie!

[ruffdog]

the mist

now thats a fucked up ending

[Jericho]

the mist

now thats a fucked up ending
That shit was just wrong

[}{arlequin]

not the best, but a surprise nonetheless, "no way out" w/ sean young/kostner

[feith]

seven yes.

[Mr. Brown]

yeah i guess so... but in that case 7's head in a box wouldn't really qualify either... i mean... i wasn't surprised that there was one more death in the movie
Umm that was envy and in turn made wrath happen and John Doe won and completed his 7. Not only did the bad guy win he won on a down note.

[Mr. Brown]

12 monkeys

[Jericho]

I hated that movie

[vasili denisov]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Santasangre.jpg

[ruffdog]

Fight club and American psycho come to mind

[}{arlequin]

so... "mist" has a lot of entries... never seen it. should i bother? is it actually good or it's just all about the ending type of thing?

[ruffdog]

so... "mist" has a lot of entries... never seen it. should i bother? is it actually good or it's just all about the ending type of thing?

it's watchable if you're bored and got nothing else to do

[Hodge]

So that wasn't the actual ending? I never read the book but it seemed like a typical "Stephen King ending" after reading quite a few of his other books.

[Jericho]

It's one of the better King adaptations in recent memory

[Kopek]

Clue

[Nature's Folly]

And kind of hot.

FAP FAP FAP.....

[zero]

Clue


With three endings that movie does have a great surprise ending.

[The GWD]

http://kilby.sac.on.ca/towerslibrary/pages/users/Video%20-%20West%20Side%20Story.jpg

^Dead^

[mongo]

Anyone seen Oldboy? That ending was just fucked up.

i hate folly, he's a fag, but i have to agree.

[Bastard]

Very Bad Things had a really great surprise ending.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m24/Arrogant__Bastard/key_art_very_bad_things.jpg

[vasili denisov]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Thepassionposterface-1-.jpg

[Mr. Brown]

Yeah I mean who though it would be that fucker Judas?
I'm waiting for part II

[bixby]

Dracula 2000 is a loose sequel to Passion Of The Christ.

OMGZ Judas Iscariot iz teh Dracula. MMiinnndd fffuccckkk.

[Mr. Brown]

Dracula 2000 is a loose sequel to Passion Of The Christ.

OMGZ Judas Iscariot iz teh Dracula. MMiinnndd fffuccckkk.

I actually did like that explanation of Dracula of all the myths it was the one that made the most sense. Would have done better as a book with more character development

[vasili denisov]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Citizenkane.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Raising_cain.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/Dont_look_movieposter.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Theconversation.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Invasion_of_the_body_snatchers_movie_poster_1978.j pg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/The_others_poster.jpg

[MDiver01]

Piano

I would have never guessed she was mute.

[Bastard]

I really liked the ending to Unbreakable. Nothing beats an insane Samuel Jackson.

[Mr. Brown]

"they called me Mr. Glass"

[Alcestis]

The Mist... i was like.. WTF? im sure someone will say it wasn't a surprise.. but it was still worthy of an "Oh SHIT!"

Only because Hollywood fucked up a perfectly good ending that the book had.

^ Exactly.

The ending of this movie didn't surprise me...it was more like shock, followed by rage and numerous expletives.

[teamusa]

usual suspects!!! kaizer sose is the gimp

[Mr. Brown]

yeah if you read the thread that was mentioned already

[PWalk]

The original Planet of the Apes was one that I made me go "Huh?"

[Mr. Brown]

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

It's where Futurama got it's Delta brainwave plot idea from imho

[Kopek]

Maid in Manhattan

[Mr. Brown]

You've just admitted to seeing that movie.

only good thing about that movie is that it's the same hotel that Gordon Gekko did his infamous speech

[PWalk]

Now that I think about it Hitchcock's "Vertigo" had an ending I wasn't expecting. You knid of see it coming but not how it actually happens.

And hell while I am at it Psycho had an ending I didn't see coming at all.

[teamusa]

Immortal Beloved with Gary Oldman

[thestronz]

Back to the Future I and II..

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I wish I was old enough to really appreciate these when they came out in theaters...

"Is this your ball?"

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[zaphrodesiac]

sleepaway camp: no one saw that ending coming

^^^^^^ Gotta agree that was so fucking left field that I have to show people it for them to believe me.

After seeing Sleepaway Camp get a nomination then seconded, I ripped/burned/viewed and was moved. This movie changed my life.

[Mr. Brown]

Now that I think about it Hitchcock's "Vertigo" had an ending I wasn't expecting. You knid of see it coming but not how it actually happens.

And hell while I am at it Psycho had an ending I didn't see coming at all.
That's true. By the times I saw it I knew what was going on, but for someone who never saw it, it was shocking.

[Kopek]

American Beauty

[momsshizzle]

Revenge of the Sith-who would have ever guessed that Anakin would be Darth Vadar???

[Kopek]

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

[teamusa]

dressed to kill

michael caine is a serial killer tranny

woof

[Archetype]

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
You didn't expect it to be so horrible?

[Limp]

Titanic

THE FUCKING BOAT SANK!

[Kopek]

Four pages without going for the most obvious. Impressive.

[Mustard]

The first one that came to my mind was Friday the 13th.

Maybe thats because I've seen it about 38 times, but whateva.

[teamusa]

Identity

[Archetype]

Memento

I <3 Chris Nolan

[zero]

Jumper - I was surprised it was even decent.

[Mr. Brown]

Deep Blue Sea

For who the sole survivors were.

[Face]

dem sharks is no match for LL Cool J

[bixby]

YOU ATE MY BIRD.

[Sir Droopy]

The Village comes to mind, there's a mind fuck for ya.

[thestronz]

The Village comes to mind, there's a mind fuck for ya.

I remember a fews hours before I went to see it, I read (what I thought) was some bullshit theory about the ending. I even told the people I went with.

When it turned out to be true, they never let me live it down. I never forgave myself either. Lesson learned.

[Mr. Brown]

Shit that was at least better than the Happening

[ruffdog]

we're talking about surprise endings...not retarded endings

the village ending sucked major ass

[MDiver01]

I know this is about movies but what about Dexter season 1?

[thestronz]

I know this is about movies but what about Dexter season 1?

Both season finales were great in that respect...and if we're gonna go into TV, we might as well mention every Lost season finale...especially season 3's

[Okie Medicvet]

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane. That entire movie had me on the edge of my seat, and then the ending..whoa.

Some other good ones mentioned like Unbreakable and Citizen Kane, definitely endings with a twist.

I've never heard of the other movie with Gene Hackman that was mentioned here, is it worth looking up and getting?

And speaking of Hackmen, one of his films with a totally unexpected twist was Under Suspicion.

[thestronz]

As mediocre as it was compared to the first two, I thought the ending of Terminator 3 was pretty sweet.

[evilash]

http://www.realbuzz.com/images/articles/Psycho1%280%29.jpg
http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Star_Wars-empire_L-01.jpg
http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/jacobs-ladder-1990-poster.jpg

[MDiver01]

As mediocre as it was compared to the first two, I thought the ending of Terminator 3 was pretty sweet.
you my friend suck balls

[Fiend1138]

The End of 24: Season 1 Fucking Nina Meyers

[Mustard]

Tin Cup

[Duncndisorderly]

Police Academy, he gets sucked off whilst giving his graduation speech, never saw it coming

[heelsguy]

Tin Cup

you must be being sarcastic...

Roy puts 4 or 5 balls into the water... but then hits the last ball into the hole.. .did you really think he would not make that last shot?


the correct answer--and I am sure it has been listed somewhere in the previous 5 pages--is The Sixth Sense

I also liked Ocean's 11.

just saw "21" saturday night and thought that was a fun ending.

[Mustard]

you must be being sarcastic...

Roy puts 4 or 5 balls into the water... but then hits the last ball into the hole.. .did you really think he would not make that last shot?


the correct answer--and I am sure it has been listed somewhere in the previous 5 pages--is The Sixth Sense

I also liked Ocean's 11.

just saw "21" saturday night and thought that was a fun ending.
Me? Sarcasm????

NEVAR!!!

that was sarcasm too.

[vasili denisov]

Goddamnit, people, you just ruined Tin Cup for me. Thanks for destroying the possibilities of joy that Tin Cup would have brought me. This thread just became an unstoppable Tin Cup joy destroying machine.

[Mustard]

*points and laughs*

[vasili denisov]

*points and laughs*
*slumps down at tombstone marked "Tin Cup, Source of Universal Happiness"*

[Night Hawk]

Deep Blue Sea

For who the sole survivors were.


Oh... I have to agree... I never expected that the black guy would live

[HAWK]

Only because Hollywood fucked up a perfectly good ending that the book had.

No.

Even King admitted that Darabont's ending was so much better.

[evilash]

I thought of another one that had an awesome ending...
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/153/992945%7EOne-Flew-Over-The-Cuckoo-s-Nest-Posters.jpg

[teamusa]

ok. the legend of bagger vance....who the fuck was will smiths' character? god?

[Mustard]

ok. the legend of bagger vance....who the fuck was will smiths' character? god?
He was actually portraying a desert mirage not unlike an oasis in the mind of the beholder, looking for a sip of water if only to stay alive.

[Superhuman]

http://www.eiu.edu/%7Ehistory/ha/images/ha2007/poster_the-prestige-poster-1.jpg

[Mustard]

http://www.eiu.edu/%7Ehistory/ha/images/ha2007/poster_the-prestige-poster-1.jpg
That movie was awesome except for one thing... guess what it is, then click the spoiler to see if we're on the same page.

Scarlet Johanson didn't show her titsor do anal for that matterwhich would have been kinda weird, but whateva.

[Superhuman]

Yea, that would've made that movie a perfect 10.

[Mustard]

In more way than one...

[Bastard]

It was similar to Sin City in the respect that Alba never showed her tatas. The role was a stripper. How the hell does a woman who plays a stripper not show any nudity? I dig Frank Miller's work but I'll never forgive him for not forcing Jessica Alba to strip.

[Archangel]

How are we talking about surprise endings, and nobody's mentioned Layer Cake yet?

[Night Hawk]

He was actually portraying a desert mirage not unlike an oasis in the mind of the beholder, looking for a sip of water if only to stay alive.


You know, i read into that more of him being more of an angel. Because he wasn't a mirage.. he was visible to everyone around him.. not just the beholder. He appears in the end of the movie too in the same form he was 70 years earlier. So i would say more of an angel/guardian/guardian angel.

[riseabove!]

contact anyone?

Just fucking around that shit was awful.

As for the BEST I can't say but layer cake was a good one

[JohnQRotten]

Oldboy

[Area Man]

Mystic River

[YellowFever]

Oldboy
Arlington Road
The Usual Suspects...NOT

[vasili denisov]

http://i38.tinypic.com/f3vx49.jpg