I am a sucker for the hero in the everyman story. The one where people struggle with their own imperfections to do the right thing.
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
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beekaytee - May 24, 2013 6:03:48 am PDT #24496 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
§ ita § - May 24, 2013 6:41:37 am PDT #24497 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't liked any of his movies much. I don't know what people saw in the ones that were popular--I found them emotionally unengaging, and they didn't make up for that with anything else.
le nubian - May 24, 2013 10:27:19 am PDT #24498 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I guessed the "twist" for 6th Sense really really early. I'm the one who watches way too much crime/medical dramas, so as soon as Bruce Willis was shot, I was like:
"How the hell did he survive that bullet? He must be dead or in a coma. Is this a flashback?"
le nubian - May 24, 2013 10:28:37 am PDT #24499 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
This is similar to The Crying Game where my friend (from the East Coast, big city) and I from the West Coast (big city), took one look and said: "uh, I think we know that twist too."
Matt the Bruins fan - May 24, 2013 11:28:17 am PDT #24500 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, the big mystery for me in that movie was what Forest Whitaker was saying.
§ ita § - May 24, 2013 11:45:03 am PDT #24501 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't go to Sixth Sense until I knew he was dead. I haven't liked a Bruce Willis character since Moonlighting. As for Crying Game, I was totally surprised.
But I don't think I've been surprised by a gender switch or non-corporeal or visible-to-just-one character since either. Especially the latter two--something I check for with each introduction.
Sean K - May 24, 2013 1:38:12 pm PDT #24502 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I guessed the "twist" for 6th Sense really really early.
I guessed it from the trailers. It seemed kind of obvious to me.
I was surprised Crying Game, I'll admit.
Calli - May 24, 2013 5:44:01 pm PDT #24503 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I finally saw STID tonight. I enjoyed most of it, but not so much that I plan to see it in the theater again. But on the way out my friend and I passed a gaggle of teenagers arguing vehimently about TOS vs TNG. The debate lives on. It was heartwarming.
Burrell - May 24, 2013 8:05:21 pm PDT #24504 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I guessed the "twist" for 6th Sense really really early.
Me too. It was the only way I could explain why there was no follow up to his getting shot. Unfortunately, I saw it with my DH and thought it out loud and ruined the movie for both of us.
Whereas Crying Game I guessed early too and yet it didn't ruin anything for me. Which makes it the better movie.
Sean K - May 24, 2013 9:15:02 pm PDT #24505 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Whereas Crying Game I guessed early too and yet it didn't ruin anything for me. Which makes it the better movie.
That was the thing that struck me about the BIG TWIST for Crying Game. It seemed kind of minor compared to almost everything else about the plot. Not that it was insignificant to the story, it just seemed that is was made out to be a bigger deal than it needed to be. I guess people were more shocked by that kind of thing in a movie back then?