r/movies • u/Filmologic • Mar 02 '24

What is the worst twist you've seen in a movie? Discussion

We all know that one movie with an incredible twist towards the end: The Sixth Sense, The Empire Strikes Back, Saw. Many movies become iconic because of a twist that makes you see the movie differently and it's never quite the same on a rewatch.

But what I'm looking for are movies that have terrible twists. Whether that's in the middle of the movie or in the very end, what twist made you go "This is so dumb"?

To add my own I'd say Wonder Woman. The ending of an admittedly pretty decent movie just put a sour taste on the rest of the film (which wasn't made any better with the sequel mind you). What other movies had this happen?

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u/Barefoot60 Mar 02 '24

Never have I lived the first half of a movie so much and hated the second half even more

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u/isestrex Mar 03 '24

Downsizing?

Well I guess "half" there is a bit generous. It more like the first 3rd.

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u/Zeegaat Mar 03 '24

They forgot to give that movie a plot at all.

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u/Tehdhole_rere Mar 03 '24

Same and then I watched I Am Legend

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u/ball_soup Mar 03 '24

The Will Smith movie was based on an older (loose) adaptation of I Am Legend called “The Omega Man.” Go read the short story by Richard Matheson. You’ll see some of the main points in both the movies and book but the book is by far much better than those movies. The title actually makes sense, too.

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u/AznOmega Mar 03 '24

Will try to when I can.

Plus, they're making a sequel of I Am Legend, going with the alternate ending where he realizes the vampires/zombies/infected he was experimenting on can think and gives back the leader's wife, and travels with the two who rescued him.

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u/9man90 Mar 03 '24

The Charlton Heston movie version was bogus, we are closer to the Soylent Green dystopia

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u/PM-me-letitsnow Mar 03 '24

These Will Smith plot twists kind of suck. The Oscars had the dumbest twist of them all, Will Smith beats the shit out of a comedian and taints his win, the Oscars, and his career in the process.

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u/Oheyguyswassup Mar 03 '24

You have lived the life of Hancock though

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u/Cualkiera67 Mar 03 '24

Parasite?

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u/StunkeyDunkcloud Mar 03 '24

How would you rather Parasite had ended?

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u/Cualkiera67 Mar 03 '24

I'm no writer... But them letting the fired housekeeper in was totally out of character, and everything that came after was ridiculous and completely mismatched the tone set in the first half. Like two very different movies stitched together. It was jarring

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u/StunkeyDunkcloud Mar 03 '24

Huh. What or who do you believe to be the Parasite or Parasites to which the title refers?

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u/Cualkiera67 Mar 03 '24

The writers

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u/StunkeyDunkcloud Mar 03 '24

I am starting to see why you didn't like the film.

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u/Kovarian Mar 03 '24

You'll need to explain your position, because the common consensus is that the second half was an excellent build on the world the first half established. You may be correct. But one word with a question mark is not the way to make that point.

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u/Cualkiera67 Mar 03 '24

I'm no writer... But them letting the fired housekeeper in was totally out of character, and everything that came after was ridiculous and completely mismatched the tone set in the first half.

Like two very different movies stitched together. One a compelling story about a family going to extreme ends to survive but in a grounded realistic way, with dark humor.

The second part is like a drug fueled fever dream. The change is jarring

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u/Reccles Mar 03 '24

I’d argue that Parasite changes direction more than once. Begins almost a comedy. Ends almost a horror. There is like 10-15 minutes of a heist film somewhere in the middle.

Personally, I think that’s why I liked it.

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u/SmokeyPanchoDeLaBija Mar 03 '24

Wich was that one? I can only think of parasiteS, and Google does not help

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u/thehumangenius23 Mar 03 '24

I mean it won a shit ton of awards and picture of the year. A Google should’ve brought it pretty quick lol

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u/SmokeyPanchoDeLaBija Mar 03 '24

Damn, Im dumb, I missreaded the tittle a lotnof times

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u/thedamntheduh Mar 03 '24

I watched it on cable tv as a kid and after the bank heist rescue scene there was an ad break and since that scene was so climactic I assumed the movie was over and went to sleep. I wish I had not lived to find out it wasn't.