Viewing Thread:
"The Usual Suspects"

It's the best damn film ever, and i don't mean that lightly. If you haven't seen this film, then you don't matter to me until you have. I won't go into much detail, but all you have to know is that it's the best crime thriller of the past decade (strange to think it's seven years old already) and it has one of the best endings you'll ever see in your life - forget hokey 'twist' endings like Sixth Sense, this ending will surprise you and the film does become a totally different flick the second time around.

The extras are cool too, there's a whole load of featurettes on the actors and the director, Bryan Singer, plus a gag reel and a special section on Keyser Soze himself, including lots of interesting revelations about the shadowy crime lord. For example, it seems more than a few of the actors thought they were Soze (Gabriel Byrne argued for 30 mins in a car park with Singer when he found out the ending), everyone kept forgetting what his name was ("There is no Seyser Koze") and the real meaning of the name - Keyser = German for 'King', Soze Turkish for 'Talk Too Much'. Sound familiar?

All of the acting is top notch, but performances from Byrne and Spacey stand high above the rest. Benicio Del Toro, as the mumbling Fenster, steals every scene he's in (the other actors all thought his accent was a joke, until he persisted to do it in every scene) and even BioDome's Stephen Baldwin puts in a good performance as the psychotic mcManus. So, the film's great, the extras are fantastic, what more do you want? Okay, I'll let you in on a secret - the infamous line-up scene on the movie posters and the box covers was not the most professional of the movie. Del Toro sums it up by saying "Let's just say somebody farted." Now try watching it with a straight face.

cookie monster wrote:

> I think YH and Goatboy are the same person.

--

I think you're an idiot. One of us is right.

...........

Spacey wakes up and finds Gabriel Burne in the shower.

Would people stop spoiling the ending already?

The DVD just came today, and already 4 people have told me the goddamn ending.

Sadat-X wrote:
and maybe southern comfort too

---

Top film.
"Keeel 'eeeem"
Best Cajun revenge movie ever.

Mr.Snuggly wrote:
> Bryan Singer did end of days? Surely not.

Surely not indeed. End of Days was in fact directed by Peter Hyams.

cipro wrote:
> haWKed wrote:
> the way of the gun, with that nasty girl from dusk til dawn...u got
> bad taste
>
> Be that as it may, Its my taste, so I don't care if you liked the film
> or not.
>
> I thought it was a great.

I loved the way of the gun too, one of my favourite dvds. As its pay day tomorrow the usual suspects spec ed & Apocalypse now will be mine... and maybe southern comfort too

It is a cool film, i didnt expect the ending that much.

I think YH and Goatboy are the same person.

haWKed wrote:
> the way of the gun, with that nasty girl from dusk til dawn...u got
> bad taste

Be that as it may, Its my taste, so I don't care if you liked the film or not.

I thought it was a great.

the way of the gun, with that nasty girl from dusk til dawn...u got bad taste