When Movie Twists Fail

A twist is perhaps one of the hardest things to do narratively, more so with the time constraints of cinema, without making it easy to see coming, overcomplicated, or asinine. Or too abrupt, too simple, or too much of a crutch. THUNKFUL Really movie twists fail because they’re either obvious, or convoluted and unbelievable. Because these problems clearly lie in the script stage bad twists exist because of that forbidden phrase; you can’t fix it in post. Movies And TV Mentioned: Psycho (1960), Duel (1971), Dallas (1978-1991), Stalker (1979), Eastenders (1985-Current), Pretty Woman (1990), Reservoir Dogs (1992), GoldenEye (1995), The Usual Suspects (1995), The Game (1997), The Sixth Sense (1999), Jeepers Creepers (2001), The Village (2004), Sunshine (2007), The Happening (2008), Jigsaw (2017), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Annihilation (2018),