Subj : Re: Usual Suspects
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Chaya
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 14:28:23

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

RR wrote:

> Trouble wrote:
> 
>>>>> I am watching it now.
>>
>>>>> (Who is Keyser Soze?)
>>
>>>> KEYSER SOOOOOZZZZZZZEEEEEE!
>>
>>>> Great movie.
>>
>>> Vastly overrated nonsense. YMO*V.
>>
>> Overrated? If by that you mean when Hollywood makes a movie that
>> feels the teensiest bit edgy, or original they want
>> dissporportionately large gobs of credit for their achievement.
> 
> Jesus Paul - your posts are always the hardest to reply to. (I mean
> that in a good way.)
> 
> I never considered TUS a "Hollywood" movie despite the cast. I think
> it's an OK larger-than-average budgeted indie film worth a single
> viewing. But once you go for round 2, you know the entire affair is an
> elaborate ruse and that none of it went down the way we see it. Maybe
> this works for some or rather some feel that what is shown is fun
> regardless, but for me it's a huge cheat.
> 
> 
>> It beat Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Momento all to the screen, and I
>> think had a large part to do with them being made as projects.
> 
> Agree. It unleashed that whole wave of "Now I have to see it again"
> filmmaking, which in general I do not like.
> 
> I don't need a huge twist to get me to watch a movie again. I see
> plenty of flix repeatedly that do not have twist endings.
> 
> That said, there are certain films in the genre that I do enjoy.
> "Swimming Pool" leaps to mind. I liked "Unbreakable" and think it's
> the best of Shyamalan's work. "Vanilla Sky" is a huge fave of mine.
> 
> Even if you wanna go back in time I love "Sleuth" and also "Witness
> for the Prosecution". Those last two knew how to deliver a twist
> without ruining everything that came before. The same cannot be said
> for TUS. On the surface it seems clever, but I really don't think that
> it is. Hated, HATED "Memento". If you were to take the story that
> occurs in that film and watch it in a linear fashion it would be a
> straight-to-video cop film starring Van Damme or someone like him.

I think you can watch it "linearly" on the DVD...

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