"Alric Knebel" <alric@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Evil Sponge wrote:
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>> "Netrunner" <e-mail.me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
>
>
That's debatable...
>
>
>>>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.
>
Quite right.
>>>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.
Yes... up and about in a film which revolves around a kid who sees dead
people. I'm glad you enjoyed it, I really am, but for me it was obvious
and
crap.
Like you were watching to see if Willis touched anything. Why
> the hell would you even be looking for that.
>
Well, yes, I was... because I'd guessed he was dead. I was watching it the
same way that I imagine you watched it the second time round.
> Christ, help me. What a blowhole.
>
Relax, dude.
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