Get that shocked look off yer faces.

[gridlore]

Until last night, I had never seen The Usual Suspects. Not only that, I had managed somehow to not get spoiled on the ending. kshandra was pretty amazed when about halfway through I started analyzing who Keyser Soze might be. Freaking brilliant film. A film told almost entirely in flashbacks, which is a difficult way to tell a story, but Bryan Singer brings it off beautifully. I'm just confused as to why Kevin Spacey didn't win the Oscar for Best Actor. Seems to me he carried the entire film. Of course, his Best Supporting statue was richly earned.


The ending killed me. I was literally shouting "Verbal was Soze?" And making up that entire story from things in the room; all the time keeping the mild cripple from New York cover. The shot of him losing the limp and straightening out his hand as he walked away was chilling. That's my kind of villain!

So this one can go back to Netflix tomorrow. Next up: The Seventh Seal

Comments

Favorite scene...

[1celtic-dragon.livejournal.com]

I love that movie, my favorite scene is toward the end, when they're setting up for the hit on the boat, is when Stephen Baldwin's character is setting up with his scoped rifle, and counting up the targets...heh

[dafydd.livejournal.com]

And now you know why I've always said that the entire story is told in the last five minutes of the movie, and everything up to that point is mindf*ck.

[firestrike.livejournal.com]

The decision was made that it was an ensemble cast, rather than the conventional lead & supporting and thus he was not properly eligible for the Best Actor.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

Can you explain how people are supposed to believe that Verbal is supposed to be both dumber than average *and* be a con man?

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Being a con man is a matter of getting people to trust you. Verbal was described as a small-time operator, doing short, low-yield cons. I can believe that a slightly below average guy could do that.

it *is* a great movie......

[redc1c4.livejournal.com]

you remember this is one of V-man's favs, right?