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Yes, you're right about everything, there is nothing notable about it besides the famous twist, and the twist unravels on rewatch (it's literally not foreshadowed or set up in any way, the movie makes you think it is by cutting to stuff you never saw at the end).

It's an easy movie to meme. The meme is always more mythical than the source material.

I'll put this under a spoiler bar to be nice to other people. >!In the end, the viewer got taken too. We don't even know what's true or not. The big reveal is us being screwed with as well.!<

Roger Ebert agrees with you. I don't.

Sometimes the problem with plot twists is that they aren't that impressive when you're specifically looking for them in every scene. In my honest opinion ofc

It sucks

Ha! I came here to say this.

Well maybe I’m on an island here, but I really enjoy that movie. It may be the best example of an unreliable narrator in film and that aspect really elevates it beyond the sum of its plot/acting parts.

Easily one of the best endings to any movie

Couldn't agree more. This movie sucks honestly. The big reveal wasn't alluded to whatsoever. Not a great script.

> It seems flawed to me, as a viewer, like the editing, acting, or possible story is off.

I don't know why it's bad, I can't even pick what element makes it "off", but it's overrated despite critics loving it while actually saying why it's good.

I mean, we're all entitled to opinions but I don't even know if there's one here. Just a cliche term for movies; "overrated" and not only no explanation but you don't even know where to begin criticizing it.

I agree. It's fine but I don't consider it legendary

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This take would be hot in the 90s. General consensus lately agrees with you.

Exactly. I was always a huge fan of it growing up. But the more I think about it, the less and less I like it. We know everyone ended up on that ship but absolutely no idea why.

Agree

Say what you will about TUS, but pederast Bryan Singer can fuck right off. The fact that he’s still directing films is a reflection of just how morally bankrupt Hollywood remains.

Getting sick of these intentionally terrible takes to stir the pot.

Yeah it's kind of a cheap gimmick if you think about it for more than 30 seconds.

I think it’s a fine movie without the twist, and the twist makes it into a good-to-great movie

Gonna flip ya, flip ya for real

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I generally agree. I saw this in the theater and my opinion was the same then as it was now. It's a neat ending, but it essentially makes everything you watched for the preceding 2 hours totally irrelevant.

A movie with a great twist ending like the Sixth Sense makes you reevaluate everything you've seen before and view it in a different light. Whereas the Usual Suspects twist ending just says "psych!".

I do think the reveal is cool, though, and the scene of the guys in the criminal lineup is hilarious.