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Agreed. That's what makes me smile when younger people watch movies they can't see a twist coming. The end of Casablanca is another..no spoilers..my #1 movie of all time and I was born 25 years after it came out. Lol
@orangeandblackattack Nobody will want to hear it, but I think reactors/current audiences diminish it for themselves. Constantly focusing on figuring it out. IMO the director has planned a trip for you!! Why not just "keep your hands & feet inside the ride" and let it unfold?🤷🏽♂️ They/ we, often overlook key clues & dialog, while speculating.
Came to say the same thing. Before the 6th Sense and all of the other movies that came after this one, this was the standard for twist endings. Now we're all conditioned to expect this type of ending so it's more surprising when they play it straight.
@@Alvan81. That’s because morons tell them in previous comments there is a “twist ending” to the movie. “Oh! You like the Sixth Sense, then you’ll love Usual Suspects!” I just want to throttle them and scream STFU when they do that crap. It’s ruins the movie with just that little bit of foreknowledge.
The best thing about this movie is when you watch it again, you will see things that you missed almost every single time. When he first gets into the interrogation room, he is scanning the bulletin room, getting the story together. When he looks up at Kujan taking a drink of the coffee out of his cup, he's looking up and getting one more detail (Kobayashi). When Verbal looks at his watch in the flashbacks vs when Keyser looks at it in the beginning. These are just the tip of the iceberg and why this movie remains my all time favorite after almost 30 years.
One of THE absolute BEST endings, ever, imo. That final voice over/scene: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist ".... *pause*.... "and like that >phuah< HE'S GONE " **intense violin chord** 🎻🎻🎻 I love it so much!! ❤
Back in the day... My wife and I saw this movie when it was released in the theater, and we were dumbfounded just how amazing this story was! Some time afterwards, we went to my parents house for a family gettogether and they had the movie "Dr. Dolittle" starring Eddie Murphy playing in the background. Part of the premise of THAT story was Dr. Dolittle could communicate with the animals. Just by chance, a scene came up that took place in a animal shelter with various dogs & cats were locked in their cells. One by one, the animals said aloud what was on their mind and about their predicament... then, out of the blue a chihuahua who was alone in his cell happens to say, "I'm Keyser Soze".... WE BOTH JUST LOST IT!!😂😂😂😂
In his entire life my dad has only ever watched one movie, rewound it and watched it again. The Usual Suspects made him rewatch and look at every clue.
Watch the way that Verbal, er Kaiser holds his cigarette European style. Another subtle confirmation that he is indeed Kaiser and not an American.. It's incredible that he made up the entire story by picking up things on the wall, the desk and around the room. Best reveal ever.
For everyone who commented - either in this compilation of reactions or in the comments - about how Verbal/Keyser played Agent Kujan and the cops, here's something that slips past almost everybody.... When this movie was made, cell phones weren't really a thing, so the fact that "Kobayashi" was there with the car to pick him up at exactly the right time means that Verbal/Keyser was SO ahead of everybody else that he knew EXACTLY how long it would take to get the story told and to be released. He wasn't only smarter than Kujan, but he played everyone involved for the entire movie.
The ones that figured it out had seen it before.. the ones smiling all relaxed are fakes... the ones gripped in curiosity and wanting to know every piece of the reveal are the first watchers
The screenwriter, Christopher McQuarrie, had come up with this great twist ending but he couldn’t figure out how to pull off the big reveal. He was working at a Law firm in LA at the time and they had a huge bulletin board in the break room chock full of random material. And just like Agent Kujan in the film, McQuarrie slowly came to the realization of how to reveal the twist while staring at that bulletin board.
When a twist ending is well-done, with plenty of clues that you dismiss or ignore, then the ending is very satisfying. It's rarely done well, and this film is probably the best.
@@HC-iu1vs For most people, if a film is good, it absorbs their interest. When it isn't good, people generally need something else to do. Here the mystery of 'who is Kaiser Soze' isn't really part of the plot. It's a gotcha at the end that gives the film a lot more depth by having a fun ending. I think here too that you're mistaking 'most people' with 'most reactors'. Most people don't do that at all. But UA-cam reactors do it a lot.
@@HC-iu1vs I've been accused of that, but really if the film is crappy, I don't have anything else to entertain me. Plus, part of my job is to evaluate organizations, plans, etc. and another is making commercials, videos, etc. (I work at a full service ad agency). So I do enjoy the mechanics of a show/film and am aware of what works and what doesn't and why.
I'm not a huge movie nerd or anything, but the only thing that comes close to the Usual Suspects in terms of big twists is The Sting, the 70s movie with Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I can't choose between the 2 personally, The Sting absolutely blew me away when I first seen it as a 10yo in the early 80s.
Spacey played the evil genius in Usual Suspects and Se7en, both came out within a year of eachother, and were 2 of the best characters with best twists ever put on film. Spacey played both so well
I remember when I saw this movie at the theater. I was blown away, and so was everyone in the theater. When this movie became available for home viewing, I would invite people over to watch The Usual Suspects. The reveal always floored them. One of the best written movies ever.
I graduated high school in 1995 and this movie when it came out was so awesome. It still is and it’s awesome watching people seeing it for the first time. This movie will hold up until the end of time
I normally don't attempt to guess the villain in films. But, I'm smug enough to declare proudly that I guessed correctly mid way through this film the first time I saw it. During the jewel heist, he shot one of the body guards with his supposedly afflicted hand. I literally said aloud right then and there that Verbal was the puppet master. For a moment, I thought it might have been a production continuity error. But the film was so flawlessly executed, I dismissed that possibility. To this day, this is my favorite film of all time. Brilliant stuff.
McManus shot the guards, he shot the guy in the car, who was his competitor in the drug business. The lawyer even mentions that later, along the lines: "it wasn't expected, but my boss is very happy you killed his competitor". But yeah... these details are for the best haha
@@thebarba41 Good catch. My mistake. I believe Keating was demanding the case. After he repeated himself several times, Verbal shot the guy from behind Keating. Poor muzzle discipline, but good marksmanship. In fairness, I don't think range safety was his top priority. He nevertheless did the shooting with his supposedly afflicted hand. There are a number of Easter egg clues throughout the film. But that was the one that really stood apart for me.
@@kentgrady9226 lol it happens. But yeah, that was it. Keaton was pissed because he wanted the job done, but he didn't want to kill - Verbal, on the other hand was there EXACTLY for that reason. Like you mentioned, his shot is clean, with the "bad" hand and he doesn't flinch or shake. Incredible attention to detail, my brother!
Agt. Kujan was so hooked on Keaton being the mastermind, from jump. Also, Kent was perceived as being “stupid” by Kujan’s assumption. Soze - a Devil he never knew existed - gave Kujan an excuse to get physical. He had no control over the situation, yet he congratulates himself. Kujan clearly overlooked the “fact” Kent was con-man, who swindle Soze’s bagman of his thousands in cash; promptly putting Kent in his crosshairs with the usual suspects.😂
Two things. 1 I have a condition that makes my right knee and foot fall asleep and cramp out if I sit in bad position too long (like say gaming) 2 I used to have the Windows desktop theme from this movie installed on my PC . So every night when I logged off I would get up take a few crooked steps before my leg straightened up and as I got to the door the pc would play "and like that....poof!.... He's gone. Dummmmmm." Coolest thing ever and I'm the only person who would ever got to see it.
It’s not as impressive to guess the ending as the reactors think, because this film came out 30 years ago and since then twist endings have become so common and also this film has been spoofed in things like scary movie and subconsciously that already puts a seed in your mind. Back in the day this hit differently.
I wonder how much Quartet office products, especially bulletin boards and whiteboards, just jumped for decades and decades. Whenever I see one I see that scene in my head. I gotta think the owners, marketing types were like "oh hell yes"..
I have never heard anyone else mention it, but I can't be the only one who noticed the piece of lettuce (or whatever that green thing is) on the sidewalk presumably so Spacey knew exactly when to start walking normally.
2:33 - So did the actor playing Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) when he took the role and played the part. Apparently he didn't find out until they screened it and he got pissed.
It’s funny how all the reactors “know” the ending…umm yeah because people told you it was a great movie that you must see. Maybe some told you would be surprised or it had a good ending. So obviously they are able to guess that there is something different about this movie. Yet when it first came out, no one knew. No one knew there was a twist ending. Other than the Empire Strikes Back, there were no twist endings in movies. The audience was genuinely surprised at the twist ending. Plus no one knew who Kevin Spacey was. The other stars were none and Kevin Spacey seemed like a “bit player”
SPOT ON WITH YOUR TAKE!! I saw it the first day it came out and I'm sure NO ONE in the audience knew what was coming. The suspense, twists and turns throughout how could anyone spend the movie trying to figure out unless they were hinted of a surprise. I still remember the loud gasps as Verbal feet straighten and when the shot moved to the lawyer in the car. But what really got me was at the end as the credits started and people got up there was loud applause!! I've NEVER been to see a movie and people applauded at the end! It still ranks in the top movies I have ever seen.
I loved Pete Postlethwaite (Kobayashi), a great British character actor who flew under the radar most of his career. He played David in Alien3. Sadly lost in 2011.
I feel like the final twist was harder to predict when this first came out because Kevin Spacey wasn't a big star yet. He became a big star because of this, Seven, L.A. Confidential, and American Beauty.
Actually back at 1995 when the movie first came out, i bet almost everyone in the theater saw it as a criminal movie, rather than finding the "twist", and that sudden twist make it a classic I heard many people said i spot it before it reveal, why is it a classic? Because u keep spotting the clue! the biggest twist in this film is not only the plot, but also its theme! The movie tricked you as it was another criminal theme in 1995, no one was spotting any detail while they were watching in the theater!!
All these people saying they figured it out, either read up on it beforehand or watched it before they "watched it" on youtube. I remember my brother told me about what happened in The Sixth Sense and this was before the internet was what it is today. I tried to wow my girlfriend at the time by spoiling the end right before it happened and she looked at me and said, someone told you. This flick does such a good job and keeping everything hidden from you, you're not going to just spontaneously figure it out without knowing something ahead of time.
To be fair, nobody noticed the first hint Verbal is Soze: the golden lighter he takes back at the police pound, and there's only one using a golden lighter in the whole story. The whole story is probably not completely made up, but just romanced here and there: some particular are real, and they keep the backbone up. The chosen team to do the job, the boat with the hungarians, including the one knowing who Soze was and... the lighter ;-)
Funny, you can tell how many neurons the reactor has firing in their brains with how long it takes them to catch on when the detective is looking at all the names lol
Based on the editing of this video, that is very subjective. Each reactor edited their reactions differently, so there wasn’t much control over how long it took-clearly some took longer but not because their synapses weren’t firing. It’s because it was a clever twist that shocked people. So it was disbelief for many. You clearly can’t expect everyone to make the same realizations at the same time, as each person has different abilities to process information.
Some people didn’t like this film because they felt cheated - but I think this was a hugely audacious twist you can pull off exactly once and I freakin loved it.
First time I saw this back in the 90s I knew that Verbal was lying from the start. Even so I was shocked by the number of things that were used off the board. Assumed Keaton was dead from where they had him get shot at the start of the movie and therefore perfect fall guy to shift blame to for Verbal, as every cop wanted a bad ex cop to be the bad guy. Figured Soze was still in the shadows, but Verbal worked for him. Thought Soze would turn out to be the lawyer and Verbal was his lead henchman. So that ending was just perfect.
So it seems there are two kinds of reactors - those who spend the entire movie trying to get ahead of the script and those who lie back and allow themselves to be swept away, as the film unfurls at its own enticing rhythm and at its own magnificent pace. The second is far, far more satisfying - for them and for us.
The one time I was late to the theater (my friend didn't like sitting through the previews) so I missed the first scene with Byrne's character, that scene that's there to mislead you and make you believe he really is Soze. I figured it out when they first meet Kobayashi. Everyone knows about this Soze except one guy, Verbal. He also had no reason to be there with those other guys in the lineup... of course the problem is that whole reason for that big operation was to get rid of someone who can id him but now he has all those cops who know what he looks like
I have a theory that the lawyer Kobayashi, AND Verbal Kint are brothers. Both took on the persona of Keyser Soze, at different times. That why when he killed his wife and kids and the other gangsters. They fled in different directions. That's why they always say he is in more then one place at a time. Also in the end car scene, they look at each other, like the job is done. Finally, that's why the guy on the boat had to die, he actually was the only person left who knew they were brothers. Just a theory, after watching this masterpiece for 30 years. I watched it in the theater when it came out, with 3 buddies.
We suspect that the second trick of the Devil was convincing humans they were smarter than him, and which we can be honest humans as usual fell for hook, line, and sinker.
Cameo-for those who don't know, the cop standing by the tree in glasses, facing the camera and talking to people on either side of him is writer Christopher McQuarrie. He's wearing a shit-eating grin because he knows you've just been had in that scene.
I remember seeing this for the first time a few months after it came out. I'm not even sure I knew there was supposed to be a twist ending, and I was certainly stunned Verbal was Soze. People always argue over how much of the story was real and how much was Verbal making the whole thing up from scratch. I tend to lean toward most of it being real with names changed so as to make it all but impossible for them to track down who Redfoot, Kobayashi, etc. are later. Fiction is always better the more truth you put into it.
what people fail to realise is that Keyzer Soze actually fails. Yes, he gets out of that one but the whole point was to make sure nobody would ever recognise him. Also, he has no idea one of the Hungarians survived and a drawing was produced.
I'm not trying to pass myself off as ubersmart...but I read a lot of books,and watch a lot of movies..and when this movie came out...And I realized at almost the beginning of the film that if Verbal was the one telling most if not all of the story...they only way the story makes sense, is if he is, in essence, Khaiser Sose..
The giveaway is that scene in the parking garage when Verbal shot the guy. The look on his face as if he had done it a 1000 times when he's suppose 2B a small time con man. Just hiding in plain sight.
Still. Do we he have a definitive answer on if Verbal was actually Soze or was he using it as a cover. Now I want to see a movie of what actually happened to all of them. I remember renting it on VHs on its home release date and must have watched it four or five times in two days. Great movie at the time. Have to go back and see how well it stands up.
I saw it the first night it came out years ago and I'm pretty sure by the audience reaction then the it wasn't until Verbal started walking that most people got it and when the shot of the lawyer in the car is when everyone got it. You heard the loud gasps and reaction of the audience then. Still one of the greatest movies I seen.
Funny that the entire movie is about the length Kaiser went to ensuring the one man who could identify him died. And goes into police custody, gets mug shots and is videotaped on security cams lol. And how did he read Kobayashi on the bottom of a full coffee mug?
I thought this movie's twist was utterly fantastic. Then I showed it to my mom, and she was all "oh, I figured something like this would happen after fifteen minutes or so" - she's a (retired) English teacher, and immediately identified the issue of the "unreliable narrator". (She still thought the movie was good, though.)
Was so excited showing my wife this film for the first time. And with the reveal she just shrugged and said “it’s the same as Scary Movie” I was so PISSED to realise the impact that’s been talked away from this film cos of that 😂
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This is almost 30 years old.
Still one of the greatest reveals in movie history !!
The greatest trick this movie ever did was convincing everyone that Keaton was Keyser Söze. And like that (POOF), their minds were blown.
Even Gabriel Byrne thought he was Kaiser Sose until he saw the premier.
@@jimc3786 😅
Which is crazy because the movie, IN ITS OPENING SCENE, shows you it's NOT Keaton
In the days before we were trained to expect twist endings, this was Monumental! And the car pulling away, while Couilon stews is perfect.
Agreed. That's what makes me smile when younger people watch movies they can't see a twist coming. The end of Casablanca is another..no spoilers..my #1 movie of all time and I was born 25 years after it came out. Lol
@orangeandblackattack Nobody will want to hear it, but I think reactors/current audiences diminish it for themselves.
Constantly focusing on figuring it out. IMO the director has planned a trip for you!! Why not just "keep your hands & feet inside the ride" and let it unfold?🤷🏽♂️ They/ we, often overlook key clues & dialog, while speculating.
Came to say the same thing. Before the 6th Sense and all of the other movies that came after this one, this was the standard for twist endings. Now we're all conditioned to expect this type of ending so it's more surprising when they play it straight.
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@@Alvan81. That’s because morons tell them in previous comments there is a “twist ending” to the movie. “Oh! You like the Sixth Sense, then you’ll love Usual Suspects!” I just want to throttle them and scream STFU when they do that crap. It’s ruins the movie with just that little bit of foreknowledge.
The best thing about this movie is when you watch it again, you will see things that you missed almost every single time. When he first gets into the interrogation room, he is scanning the bulletin room, getting the story together. When he looks up at Kujan taking a drink of the coffee out of his cup, he's looking up and getting one more detail (Kobayashi). When Verbal looks at his watch in the flashbacks vs when Keyser looks at it in the beginning. These are just the tip of the iceberg and why this movie remains my all time favorite after almost 30 years.
One of THE absolute BEST endings, ever, imo. That final voice over/scene: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist ".... *pause*.... "and like that >phuah< HE'S GONE " **intense violin chord** 🎻🎻🎻 I love it so much!! ❤
The last note is superb.
*cello
One of my favorite movies and endings of all time. Kevin Spacey is an incredible actor.
Because he's a sociopath.
@@peaknonsense2041 Lying and acting are two different thing bro.
@@lionelhaack1226 He raped many people, bro
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Hasn't he prevailed in every trial so far?
He did say "Convince me." and Verbal said "Challenge accepted............. 🤣
"Hold your coffee."
Between 92-99 we had some of the Greatest movies ever written!!!!! This is just one of them!!!
I saw an old movie The Game (1997), I'm pretty sure that's one of them, right?
'Written' - its all screenwriting
The musical score during this scene is superb. That last note ending the movie is perfect.
One of the best twists and tricks in movies ever.
Back in the day...
My wife and I saw this movie when it was released in the theater, and we were dumbfounded just how amazing this story was!
Some time afterwards, we went to my parents house for a family gettogether and they had the movie "Dr. Dolittle" starring Eddie Murphy playing in the background. Part of the premise of THAT story was Dr. Dolittle could communicate with the animals. Just by chance, a scene came up that took place in a animal shelter with various dogs & cats were locked in their cells. One by one, the animals said aloud what was on their mind and about their predicament... then, out of the blue a chihuahua who was alone in his cell happens to say, "I'm Keyser Soze".... WE BOTH JUST LOST IT!!😂😂😂😂
What a year for Spacey. "Usual Suspects" and "Seven". Roles any actor dreams of.
In his entire life my dad has only ever watched one movie, rewound it and watched it again. The Usual Suspects made him rewatch and look at every clue.
Watch the way that Verbal, er Kaiser holds his cigarette European style. Another subtle confirmation that he is indeed Kaiser and not an American.. It's incredible that he made up the entire story by picking up things on the wall, the desk and around the room. Best reveal ever.
Kayser= Emperor in German and Soze = speech in turkish (the two origin of kayser soze that verbal said).
This movie is a jewell.
One of the best endings in cinema history. Well done & creative! One of the best scenes in a film. Thank you!
For everyone who commented - either in this compilation of reactions or in the comments - about how Verbal/Keyser played Agent Kujan and the cops, here's something that slips past almost everybody....
When this movie was made, cell phones weren't really a thing, so the fact that "Kobayashi" was there with the car to pick him up at exactly the right time means that Verbal/Keyser was SO ahead of everybody else that he knew EXACTLY how long it would take to get the story told and to be released.
He wasn't only smarter than Kujan, but he played everyone involved for the entire movie.
I personally enjoy the reactors who were surprised more than the ones who figured it out.
But did they really? It's a 30 year old film and they claim they know nothing about it?
U really think they didn’t know? Come on man don’t be naive it’s all fake
The ones that figured it out had seen it before.. the ones smiling all relaxed are fakes... the ones gripped in curiosity and wanting to know every piece of the reveal are the first watchers
@@mythgreatbritain5634 Fair point, though I've never seen the film and only found out about the ending like a week ago.
The screenwriter, Christopher McQuarrie, had come up with this great twist ending but he couldn’t figure out how to pull off the big reveal. He was working at a Law firm in LA at the time and they had a huge bulletin board in the break room chock full of random material. And just like Agent Kujan in the film, McQuarrie slowly came to the realization of how to reveal the twist while staring at that bulletin board.
I'm so jealous! I'd love to see it for the first time again!
That movie was a masterpiece. The ending is genius.
The score during the realization & poof was also heightening the tension. Amazing ending
When a twist ending is well-done, with plenty of clues that you dismiss or ignore, then the ending is very satisfying. It's rarely done well, and this film is probably the best.
You know, it seems most people try to guess the plot of movies instead of just enjoying the story.
@@HC-iu1vs For most people, if a film is good, it absorbs their interest. When it isn't good, people generally need something else to do. Here the mystery of 'who is Kaiser Soze' isn't really part of the plot. It's a gotcha at the end that gives the film a lot more depth by having a fun ending.
I think here too that you're mistaking 'most people' with 'most reactors'. Most people don't do that at all. But UA-cam reactors do it a lot.
@@Ocrilat No, I mean most people. most of the time , in a theater, they wont verbalize it.
Too, Ive seen it often on "movie nights" with friends
@@HC-iu1vs I've been accused of that, but really if the film is crappy, I don't have anything else to entertain me. Plus, part of my job is to evaluate organizations, plans, etc. and another is making commercials, videos, etc. (I work at a full service ad agency). So I do enjoy the mechanics of a show/film and am aware of what works and what doesn't and why.
I'm not a huge movie nerd or anything, but the only thing that comes close to the Usual Suspects in terms of big twists is The Sting, the 70s movie with Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I can't choose between the 2 personally, The Sting absolutely blew me away when I first seen it as a 10yo in the early 80s.
A company called Kobayashi makes my favorite brand of handwarmers. Makes me giggle every time I open the package.
and that, people, won kevin spacey his best supporting actor Oscar. 100% go kaiser soze
Spacey played the evil genius in Usual Suspects and Se7en, both came out within a year of eachother, and were 2 of the best characters with best twists ever put on film. Spacey played both so well
Say what you want about Spacey, but his performances in Usual Suspects, Se7en, American Beauty, and The Ref (VERY UNDERRATED) are 90s gems
I remember when I saw this movie at the theater. I was blown away, and so was everyone in the theater. When this movie became available for home viewing, I would invite people over to watch The Usual Suspects. The reveal always floored them. One of the best written movies ever.
I graduated high school in 1995 and this movie when it came out was so awesome. It still is and it’s awesome watching people seeing it for the first time. This movie will hold up until the end of time
I normally don't attempt to guess the villain in films. But, I'm smug enough to declare proudly that I guessed correctly mid way through this film the first time I saw it.
During the jewel heist, he shot one of the body guards with his supposedly afflicted hand. I literally said aloud right then and there that Verbal was the puppet master.
For a moment, I thought it might have been a production continuity error. But the film was so flawlessly executed, I dismissed that possibility.
To this day, this is my favorite film of all time. Brilliant stuff.
McManus shot the guards, he shot the guy in the car, who was his competitor in the drug business. The lawyer even mentions that later, along the lines: "it wasn't expected, but my boss is very happy you killed his competitor". But yeah... these details are for the best haha
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Good catch. My mistake. I believe Keating was demanding the case. After he repeated himself several times, Verbal shot the guy from behind Keating. Poor muzzle discipline, but good marksmanship. In fairness, I don't think range safety was his top priority.
He nevertheless did the shooting with his supposedly afflicted hand. There are a number of Easter egg clues throughout the film. But that was the one that really stood apart for me.
@@kentgrady9226 lol it happens. But yeah, that was it. Keaton was pissed because he wanted the job done, but he didn't want to kill - Verbal, on the other hand was there EXACTLY for that reason. Like you mentioned, his shot is clean, with the "bad" hand and he doesn't flinch or shake. Incredible attention to detail, my brother!
I guessed it shortly after Verbal started his tale. The film had changed from a third part perspective to an unreliable narrator.
Agt. Kujan was so hooked on Keaton being the mastermind, from jump. Also, Kent was perceived as being “stupid” by Kujan’s assumption. Soze - a Devil he never knew existed - gave Kujan an excuse to get physical. He had no control over the situation, yet he congratulates himself. Kujan clearly overlooked the “fact” Kent was con-man, who swindle Soze’s bagman of his thousands in cash; promptly putting Kent in his crosshairs with the usual suspects.😂
It's funny and adorable that Cassie was completely confused at the ending.
I love how this was parodied in "Wrongfully Accused".
And in scary movie, of all movies😅
Two things.
1 I have a condition that makes my right knee and foot fall asleep and cramp out if I sit in bad position too long (like say gaming)
2 I used to have the Windows desktop theme from this movie installed on my PC .
So every night when I logged off I would get up take a few crooked steps before my leg straightened up and as I got to the door the pc would play "and like that....poof!.... He's gone. Dummmmmm."
Coolest thing ever and I'm the only person who would ever got to see it.
LOL, I would love that. Coolest thing ever!
It’s not as impressive to guess the ending as the reactors think, because this film came out 30 years ago and since then twist endings have become so common and also this film has been spoofed in things like scary movie and subconsciously that already puts a seed in your mind. Back in the day this hit differently.
Not to mention that in the comments of other reactions people probably allude to a big twist in this film before they see it.
I love saying to my friends “I loved the twist at the end” to movies that don’t have twists.
The BEST Ending and movie twist in Movie Cinema history
I wonder how much Quartet office products, especially bulletin boards and whiteboards, just jumped for decades and decades. Whenever I see one I see that scene in my head. I gotta think the owners, marketing types were like "oh hell yes"..
I have never heard anyone else mention it, but I can't be the only one who noticed the piece of lettuce (or whatever that green thing is) on the sidewalk presumably so Spacey knew exactly when to start walking normally.
I wish i could see this for the first time again.
2:33 - So did the actor playing Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) when he took the role and played the part. Apparently he didn't find out until they screened it and he got pissed.
The Usual Suspects - one my TOP 10 all time favorite movies.
It’s funny how all the reactors “know” the ending…umm yeah because people told you it was a great movie that you must see. Maybe some told you would be surprised or it had a good ending. So obviously they are able to guess that there is something different about this movie. Yet when it first came out, no one knew. No one knew there was a twist ending. Other than the Empire Strikes Back, there were no twist endings in movies. The audience was genuinely surprised at the twist ending. Plus no one knew who Kevin Spacey was. The other stars were none and Kevin Spacey seemed like a “bit player”
Facts, me and my dad saw it before social media and spoilers, our jaws hit the floor with that twist, still one of, if not the best twist ending ever
SPOT ON WITH YOUR TAKE!! I saw it the first day it came out and I'm sure NO ONE in the audience knew what was coming. The suspense, twists and turns throughout how could anyone spend the movie trying to figure out unless they were hinted of a surprise. I still remember the loud gasps as Verbal feet straighten and when the shot moved to the lawyer in the car. But what really got me was at the end as the credits started and people got up there was loud applause!! I've NEVER been to see a movie and people applauded at the end! It still ranks in the top movies I have ever seen.
I impressed by the number of people who managed to work out the ending of a 30 year old film that everybody has seen or talked about.....BS
Right I was looking for your comment. Even if they didn't know, going into a movie expecting a twist is alot different
I loved Pete Postlethwaite (Kobayashi), a great British character actor who flew under the radar most of his career.
He played David in Alien3. Sadly lost in 2011.
Love how some pretend it's their first time watching like they figured out the ending.
The late 90s will go down as the greatest era in filmmaking. A real sweet spot where you didn't have widespread CGI and some of the best writing ever.
You haven't seen the early 70's films then
I feel like the final twist was harder to predict when this first came out because Kevin Spacey wasn't a big star yet. He became a big star because of this, Seven, L.A. Confidential, and American Beauty.
Some great movies there.
One of the greatest movies ever made, hands down!!!
Favorite ending of any movie.
Actually back at 1995 when the movie first came out, i bet almost everyone in the theater saw it as a criminal movie, rather than finding the "twist", and that sudden twist make it a classic
I heard many people said i spot it before it reveal, why is it a classic?
Because u keep spotting the clue! the biggest twist in this film is not only the plot, but also its theme!
The movie tricked you as it was another criminal theme in 1995, no one was spotting any detail while they were watching in the theater!!
All these people saying they figured it out, either read up on it beforehand or watched it before they "watched it" on youtube. I remember my brother told me about what happened in The Sixth Sense and this was before the internet was what it is today. I tried to wow my girlfriend at the time by spoiling the end right before it happened and she looked at me and said, someone told you. This flick does such a good job and keeping everything hidden from you, you're not going to just spontaneously figure it out without knowing something ahead of time.
To be fair, nobody noticed the first hint Verbal is Soze: the golden lighter he takes back at the police pound, and there's only one using a golden lighter in the whole story.
The whole story is probably not completely made up, but just romanced here and there: some particular are real, and they keep the backbone up.
The chosen team to do the job, the boat with the hungarians, including the one knowing who Soze was and... the lighter ;-)
So easy to tell who did not watch the movie for the first time when reacting
Funny, you can tell how many neurons the reactor has firing in their brains with how long it takes them to catch on when the detective is looking at all the names lol
Based on the editing of this video, that is very subjective. Each reactor edited their reactions differently, so there wasn’t much control over how long it took-clearly some took longer but not because their synapses weren’t firing. It’s because it was a clever twist that shocked people. So it was disbelief for many. You clearly can’t expect everyone to make the same realizations at the same time, as each person has different abilities to process information.
Verbal Kint is the most unreliable narrator in the history of cinema.
Fact! I love verbal.
Some people didn’t like this film because they felt cheated - but I think this was a hugely audacious twist you can pull off exactly once and I freakin loved it.
I forgot while watching that it was a story being told. I thought it was the gimp but the story telling tripped me up. Lol
First time I saw this back in the 90s I knew that Verbal was lying from the start. Even so I was shocked by the number of things that were used off the board. Assumed Keaton was dead from where they had him get shot at the start of the movie and therefore perfect fall guy to shift blame to for Verbal, as every cop wanted a bad ex cop to be the bad guy. Figured Soze was still in the shadows, but Verbal worked for him.
Thought Soze would turn out to be the lawyer and Verbal was his lead henchman. So that ending was just perfect.
If you watch the interview from the beginning you can see verbal reading the bottom of his coffee cup
This was my favorite movie scene for a long time
So it seems there are two kinds of reactors - those who spend the entire movie trying to get ahead of the script and those who lie back and allow themselves to be swept away, as the film unfurls at its own enticing rhythm and at its own magnificent pace.
The second is far, far more satisfying - for them and for us.
Still the best ending of any movie!
The ending organ is masterpiece
The one time I was late to the theater (my friend didn't like sitting through the previews) so I missed the first scene with Byrne's character, that scene that's there to mislead you and make you believe he really is Soze. I figured it out when they first meet Kobayashi. Everyone knows about this Soze except one guy, Verbal. He also had no reason to be there with those other guys in the lineup...
of course the problem is that whole reason for that big operation was to get rid of someone who can id him but now he has all those cops who know what he looks like
One of the best movie endings ever
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I have a theory that the lawyer Kobayashi, AND Verbal Kint are brothers. Both took on the persona of Keyser Soze, at different times. That why when he killed his wife and kids and the other gangsters. They fled in different directions. That's why they always say he is in more then one place at a time. Also in the end car scene, they look at each other, like the job is done. Finally, that's why the guy on the boat had to die, he actually was the only person left who knew they were brothers.
Just a theory, after watching this masterpiece for 30 years. I watched it in the theater when it came out, with 3 buddies.
We suspect that the second trick of the Devil was convincing humans they were smarter than him, and which we can be honest humans as usual fell for hook, line, and sinker.
Cameo-for those who don't know, the cop standing by the tree in glasses, facing the camera and talking to people on either side of him is writer Christopher McQuarrie. He's wearing a shit-eating grin because he knows you've just been had in that scene.
I remember seeing this for the first time a few months after it came out. I'm not even sure I knew there was supposed to be a twist ending, and I was certainly stunned Verbal was Soze.
People always argue over how much of the story was real and how much was Verbal making the whole thing up from scratch. I tend to lean toward most of it being real with names changed so as to make it all but impossible for them to track down who Redfoot, Kobayashi, etc. are later. Fiction is always better the more truth you put into it.
If you think this movie is great, K-PAX is awesome.
Best ending ever!!
Greatest plot twist ever
what people fail to realise is that Keyzer Soze actually fails.
Yes, he gets out of that one but the whole point was to make sure nobody would ever recognise him.
Also, he has no idea one of the Hungarians survived and a drawing was produced.
Best movie ending ever.
I'm not trying to pass myself off as ubersmart...but I read a lot of books,and watch a lot of movies..and when this movie came out...And I realized at almost the beginning of the film that if Verbal was the one telling most if not all of the story...they only way the story makes sense, is if he is, in essence, Khaiser Sose..
every actor in the crew was amazing....
It all came down to telling a story that was a version of the truth maybe. All he needed was to change some details.
I can't believe Gus Fring was the BHB!
Depois desse filme comecei a achar que finais com o "mal" ganhando são mais legais! 😁
I remember seeing this and guessing who it was well before the end. Great movie!
Best reaction 20:54 lol
The giveaway is that scene in the parking garage when Verbal shot the guy.
The look on his face as if he had done it a 1000 times when he's suppose 2B a small time con man.
Just hiding in plain sight.
Still. Do we he have a definitive answer on if Verbal was actually Soze or was he using it as a cover. Now I want to see a movie of what actually happened to all of them. I remember renting it on VHs on its home release date and must have watched it four or five times in two days. Great movie at the time. Have to go back and see how well it stands up.
The clue that everyone misses, including me, is Verbal is the only one left alive.. Of course he was “Keyser”..
One theory is that Keaton was Keyser and Verbal killed him to take the name.
The worst trick some of these reactors tried to pull was trying to convince us they called it...Lame, very lame.
TRUTH !
The reactors who still dont get it after they display all the clues in the office are hilarious. They literally need to see him start walking normal.
I saw it the first night it came out years ago and I'm pretty sure by the audience reaction then the it wasn't until Verbal started walking that most people got it and when the shot of the lawyer in the car is when everyone got it. You heard the loud gasps and reaction of the audience then. Still one of the greatest movies I seen.
Funny that the entire movie is about the length Kaiser went to ensuring the one man who could identify him died. And goes into police custody, gets mug shots and is videotaped on security cams lol. And how did he read Kobayashi on the bottom of a full coffee mug?
He was able to read it when the cop raised his coffee mug to take a drink of coffee.
he wasn't called Verbal for nothing, stories are his expertise.
You should do one for Momento.
Kaiser Soze and Kevin Spacey have the same initials, another clue.
I thought this movie's twist was utterly fantastic. Then I showed it to my mom, and she was all "oh, I figured something like this would happen after fifteen minutes or so" - she's a (retired) English teacher, and immediately identified the issue of the "unreliable narrator". (She still thought the movie was good, though.)
1:45 Giancarlo Esposito
Amazing video.
Desde que vi esa oelicula entendi que si a alguien le dicen Verbal... Tiene que ser alguien peligroso. Mas vale no dejarlo hablar o no oirlo...
Now that law enforcement knows what Kieser Sosze looks like isn't that a bad thing?
Verbal - playing the long con.
With a dose of the Kansas City Shuffle
Was so excited showing my wife this film for the first time. And with the reveal she just shrugged and said “it’s the same as Scary Movie”
I was so PISSED to realise the impact that’s been talked away from this film cos of that 😂
the best one time watch film ever!!!!!
That was fun.