Evil Sponge wrote:
> "Netrunner" <e-mail.me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>Given your film interests, I would say you
>>were probably already amongst those likely to figure there even was a
>>plot twist long before it was actually suggested in the film.
>>
>
>
> That is perhaps correct... but then the same could be said of yourself
and
> anyone else in this group.
Why? I don't go into movies expecting a plot twist. BLADE RUNNER
didn't have one.
>>I can see why guessing
>>one film could make you sneer at that film, but sneering at the people
>>who didn't get it straight away reflects upon you in a negative way.
>
> Well, I am a bit of a twat...
People who enjoy bragging about such things, or more twits than twats.
That's my experience, anyway.
>>I didn't get around to seeing it until it was on telly, but hadn't
>>bothered to find out much about it. As I happen to find all of
>>Shyamalan's films rather irritating - this one included - I probably
>>wasn't paying full attention, but know the twist didn't occur to me
>>until they were at a party some way into the film and even then I
>>didn't "know" it.
>
> It might be a bit pointless to say *SPOILER* here, but here it is
anyway....
>
>
> Maybe my hatred of the film is blinding me somewhat here, and as you
point
> out, having guessed what the twist may be, my mind wasn't entirely
clean...
> but... I still think it's blindingly obvious. Bruce doesn't touch
> anything... he doesn't talk to anyone except the kid... and you even see
him
> get shot in the opening scene. How much more obvious can it be? Surely
> somebody here agrees with me on this?
Oh, baloney. Lot's of people get shot in films and survive, all the
time. I didn't even question his recovery. It faded to black, then he
was up and about, and the story resumed. "Blindingly obvious"? Yeah,
right. Like you were watching to see if Willis touched anything. Why
the hell would you even be looking for that.
Christ, help me. What a blowhole.
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