I'm trying to think of good ones....Sixth Sense maybe?
The Sixth Sense is one of my standards for what a good twist ending looks like, because it is possible to put the pieces together before the reveal and it enhances rather than diminishes the audience's understanding of everything they have just seen; it's not a gotcha, it's grace. (And as far as I can tell, Shyamalan has never pulled it off again.) I don't know Jacob's Ladder.
Laura—1943 book and 1944 film—has a brilliant partway twist. I knew there was one I was thinking of.
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Date: 2018-11-30 10:20 pm (UTC)The Sixth Sense is one of my standards for what a good twist ending looks like, because it is possible to put the pieces together before the reveal and it enhances rather than diminishes the audience's understanding of everything they have just seen; it's not a gotcha, it's grace. (And as far as I can tell, Shyamalan has never pulled it off again.) I don't know Jacob's Ladder.
Laura—1943 book and 1944 film—has a brilliant partway twist. I knew there was one I was thinking of.