Movie Endings

I wanted to take a different approach with my thoughts on inspiration today. I have been away for a couple weeks, and I got to thinking about movie endings. I am a sucker for a movie that has a good twist ending. After the mother of all twist endings, Usual Suspects, came out in 1995, though, it seems that twist endings are a dime a dozen. I don’t kinow what makes the difference between a good or a bad twist ending, but I’m guessing it has to do with the true element of surprise. The twist needs to be rooted in the story throughout and the audience needs to see where the twist came from. The Usual Suspects, Scream, and The Sixth Sense prepared the viewer for the twist throughout the movie. The twist almost becomes the main part of the story. You are completely off guard at the end, but you realize that the final twist makes sense. If a lot of explaining has to be done at the end, I think the twist is there for the sake of having a twist. I’m really inspired by those twist endings that really leave you with your mouth wide open.

I hear The Departed has a good twist ending…I will have to make that decision for myself…