The twist of the Life of Pi is fantastic, both as in the film as in the book. Using imagination as denial to cope with trauma is something that really happens and gives the story a harrowing reality to it, whilst making it look gorgeous.
I think you guys kinda missed the mark on Signs. Bo had a tick that made her think her drinking water was always contaminated, resulted in 3/4 filled water glasses all over the house. If those water glasses weren’t there, when Merrill knocked the alien in the house back and the glass spilled, it finally led Graham to see that everything really does happen for a reason. Like his wife passing and her telling him to tell Merrill to “swing away” to Bo with her water issue to Morgan and his asthma (due to his asthma attack in the basement, he couldn’t breathe in the gas the alien let out in the house).
A species capable of interplanetary travel, that cannot handle water, attacks a planet covered 70% in water, without any kind of protective space suit. It's peak Shamalan idiocy.
pretty sure hancock expplained it perfectly, their naturally drawn to eachother and it happened multiple times over hundreds of years, and even with his memory gone it wasnt enough to break that instinct to stay close to his partner
The twist in life of Pi was kind of brilliant. He went on a traumatic journey for survival and he copes with it by adding some spectacle to his story. Just because the real story wasn’t as magical as the one he told, doesn’t mean its a bad twist. It makes it more realistic. A sad story sweetened to inspire others.
It isn't a twist at all, it's a choice. You the viewer (or reader of the book) are supposed to choose which is the better story. The narrator says at the beginning, "I have a story to make you believe in God." The animal story is God The human story is "facts" Neither is right or wrong, you just have to decide which is better It is truly brilliant!
I agree. And to be honest, I do think that Richard Parker was in fact with him on the boat, just because of his reaction to Richard starting his life over without Pi, not showing him his love for him, not being impacted as deeply as his human friend. Pi was truly shattered by Richard's departure because he fell in love with him, and when fear turns to love it's much harder to say goodbye than it would have been if the love was reciprocated by, say, a romantic interest. Pi's relationship with Richard was more complex than that, it was a learning curve, growing up, opening up, learning to communicate learning to see the soul behind the person/animal that seem so frightening and unaproachable in the beginning. So I choose to believe that Richard was in fact there with him. Just the two of them at sea. And Richard lived on in the jungle but took a piece of Pi's soul with him.
Life of pi ? Seriously. That movie was a masterpiece And also in Hancock they explains why they always find their ways to each other. So it’s not randomly. And the film Signs wasn’t the greatest ending but it was not a bad ending.
@@brianhueber3683 i do see a lot of people, that’s why I said it and millions others as well. It’s the greatest movie but it’s a masterpiece as visual story telling.
@@robertrandolph9609 moon knight is only a few months old, those disrespectful movies came before it. Hopefully moon knight will set the stage for more progressive DID shows/movies
The ending of the movie "Remember Me" is an excellent example of the literary term "deus ex machina" whereby the resolution of the movie comes out of nowhere at the end of the movie with no foreshadowing. Another great example is the ending to "The Wizard of Oz". You have to use coincidences to start a book or movie. Using a coincidence to resolve the plot is called cheating.
Not really. "Deus ex machina" refers to a highly unlikely event resolving an overcomplicated conflict. All conflicts had been resolved at that point, it was leading to a happy ending, then it happens. As for the foreshadowing part, there are hints about the time the story develops and it is clear that his father's offices are at the WTC. I'd add that it represents how unexpected the actual attack was.
This list is so far fetched and some of these have great plot twists. -It was explained it Hancock as to why Hancock was "randomly" returning to his estranged wife... -In Now You See Me, Ruffalo's Rhodes character wasn't a bumbling agent. He acted life a baffoon just so the Horsemen would not get caught. -Now You See Me 2 is also a good plot twist, Freeman may be part of The Eye, so why is it hard to believe that this organisation would have different "ranks" and obviously, Freeman had a higher rank than Ruffalo. -The Number 23 has a great plot twist. Who would have thought that Carrey's character was a "rehabilitated" patient that started a new life and his past came rushing back? And well. Carrey gave an epic performance out of character. -Indy 4 had a great twist. Indy has always been associated with mythic tales. So how was it different from Indy finding the Grail and healing his father with it? What else was Indy suppose to do during the 50s, yunno, the era of aliens and area 51? Even in Temple of Doom, Indy "parachuted" with Shortround and the girl in a raft... How was that different from the fridge sequence? People take everything to literal. The movie was not bad as the critics say it was. I am still waiting for Reservoir Dogs The Dark Knight Rises to ne mentioned. Even The Dark Knight should be on this list. -It was also explained in A Good Day to Die Hard that the protectee was a villain, but he was to be used as an informant. The plot twist was that the girl was his daughter and they were working to get back their stash. Pretty good plot twist for an action movie. Nobody saw that coming. Reservoir Dogs reveals "the mole" halfway through the movie, then the movie loses all motives to continue to the ending it had. -"Miranda Tate" was obviously the mind behind the whole operation of the league of shadows. She knew exactly what do to and twisted Bruce to do what she wanted very easily. -Although lacking a lot of character development, TDK's plot twist was that Batman would be blame for the murder of Harvey Dent "just because he's the hero Gotham needs"... Why not just blame it on Joker and turn the page?
Because Joker was in custody at that point in the story. Also they're not wrongfully blaming him for the murder. They're chasing him because he did murder Harvey, justified or not and whether he'd actually be convicted or not, he still murdered him. It's not a twist, it's a sequel bait ending so it doesn't belong on this list but instead on a different one.
16:04 Can we all come to the consensus that the "aliens" in signs are not extraterrestrials, but demons. The movie is about faith, crises in faith, and regaining faith, not an E.T. invasion.
I think that would work if the water was Holy Water but regular, unblessed water doesn’t work against demons. I could also be wrong but I thought demons were a mostly Catholic belief and Gibson does not play a Catholic priest in Signs.
@@TheMollyman420 i didn't think so for most of them.. Even when i watched the movie... Like some literally only sounded bad to me after i watched this video... If you're going to say a plot twist is bad.. You're Most def going to have to say it in a way it seems bad.. And that's what happened here...might just be me tho.. I don't know
I didn't have any problems with The Forgotten, War of the Worlds, The Girl on the Train, Signs, Hide and Seek, High Tension and their plot twists. Agree with the rest though
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I never saw the "water weapon" ending of Signs as a twist. It'd be a twist if during the movie we were purposefully led to believe that water is harmless to the aliens.
Yeah I will admit that I do not care for Iron Man 3 as a movie, but that was a great twist. I think people got mad because nobody ever thought of it. And it makes sense, when you here that an amazing actor like Ben Kingsley is playing the main bad guy you would have no reason to suspect that he's secretly playing a drunk actor. That being said the one shot "Hail to the King" already revealed that there IS a real Mandarin and since he's gonna be the bad guy in Shang-Chi, I kind of want to see Ben brought back and maybe even killed off by the real Mandarin..
But I mean by that point youve stretched the definition of Plot Twist to such an extent that you might aswell put ”The Imperial March” on there. Because What in the fuck does plot twist even mean?
War of the Worlds was a completely realistic plot. Just think off all the cases in history were explorers have inadvertently introduced deadly cooties to indigenous people. In some cases, wiping out entire villages. So, yeah, a viruses being the demise of the aliens in War of Worlds is actually plausible so that doesn't really making it a plot "twist". As for the aliens in Signs, as much as I liked that movie and the story telling within it, you'd think that a race of beings intelligent enough to master space travel woukd take precautions when invading a planet that's covered in stuff that'll kill you. That's like us going deep sea diving without oxygen
I beg to differ. "Ooohh, the number 23 keeps appearing in every imaginable context and this is terrifying because - reasons?" The lazy "it was the hero all along"-twist at the end really didn't ruin what was already ruined, but it was so predictable that it actually would have been a more surprising twist if it had turned out he DIDN'T write that dumb book.
I hate how everyone is bothered by the Signs twist. Maybe the aliens didn't know they were sensitive to water, or maybe they didn't even know what it was. I think it's actually great they weren't as intelligent as everyone thought.
I kinda disagree with Life of Pi. I get why some people wouldn't like it, and it could have been left more open ended, but it wasn't bad. And unlike a lot of these other twists, it really didn't detract from the story for me. It was still beautiful and poignent like the book, at least for me.
Hancock didn’t belong on this list. They were connected. Mary and Hancock always seem to cross paths somehow no matter how many times they try to separate. Signs was good too
The Planet of the Apes twist matches the book, where the astronaut leaves the ape planet and finds his way back to Earth to discover that it is also now ruled by apes. The book doesn't explain this, which maybe leaves open the possibility that they are somehow the same planet. It made sense in the movie because the early events appeared to create an alternate timeline where the intelligent chimp went back in time, changing everything. Maybe both the book and the movie endings are intended as symbolism, i.e. humans are apes too. BTW, The War of the Worlds ending matched the book as well.
Fir number 1, that just got everyone pissed? Can’t imagine. I guess not every movie is a classic, not even for the ending. Pretty sure the President would take that very offensive.
The twist in Twillight was probably the best part of it. It never happened in books, imagine waiting for a massive showdown at the end of the books for them to just talk it out. At least this fight scene, even if a vision, gave people some action
The ending of the Burton Planet Of The Apes was indeed one of if not the worst twist ending. The '68 movie ending was brilliant by contrast and sticks a little closer to the original ending in the book, in the sense that they made it back to Earth but they were now the weaker species and apes had taken over. I still find the '68 ending to be one of the best endings I have watched. To know that you really didn't make it much past your own planet but instead only went forward in time. I like a good twist in a movie, but it has to be done right. The worst ones are the ones you can spot from a mile away but the writer thought they were clever enough to keep it hidden til the end.
I haven't seen Signs in many many years so my memory is vague, but I think it is perfectly acceptable to think aliens would risk coming to earth even if they knew water was dangerous to them and the planet is basically covered in it. We as humans go into dangerous environments all the time if we deem it worth it. We go into mines, deep into the ocean, deep underwater etc. Rain could be their biggest problem but maybe they have protective suites but just doesn't wear it when they deem it is not needed, or maybe tap water has chlorine which is acidic to them, or maybe they heal quickly from it. Just saying.
Want a kid friendly version of “Signs”? Watch “Lilo & Stitch”. Honestly that’s even more baffling how aliens that are weak to water end up on a tropical island of all places.
I think the Iron Man 3 twist worked just fine. A rich, powerful white man actually pulling the strings but putting a middle eastern face on the destruction. Seems pretty appropriate to real life.
Aw man, Hide & Seek was such a clever creepy movie with great performances, and then the ending.... such a lame cliche, and Deniro's acting as a crazed killer just laughably over the top, what a waste!
I honestly loved #15 it isn't about whether the chain of events occurred it's about whether the animals were real animals or represent fellow shipwrecked people. I loved it.
it's actually a story to make you believe in god. read the book or watch the movie again and pay attention to the man's words before he starts either story
Can't blame the movie for the twist ending of "War of the Worlds". That's exactly how the book ended. I can't help thinking It COULD have worked in the movie, but I can't say exactly HOW it would have been done. It's a good subtle way to say "Screw you" to the aliens, but too subtle to use in a movie that was far more action oriented than the plot of the book was. If the movie had a slower pace, played like a suspense piece, maybe it could have satisfied...
Something I want to say it didn’t have the decency name put on it similar to the movie Brightburn, but I saw in an interview that Hancock was a play on Hawkman and Hawkgirl
I liked the number 23 (loved Carrey in it: he can do dramatic roles too), I liked The Forgotten (if aliens are behind the experiment, then it makes perfect sense that the "why" is so alien, we won't understand) . I liked The Mandarin twist a lot. It subverted all expectations and was actually funny as heck. I liked Now you See me (Mélanie Laurent is always a plus) also part 2 although that one was less good. The Happening was truly the turd of this top 20. Regarding Signs: everyone always asks about the water. So think of human behavior: the bigger the gain, the bigger the risks we take. So those aliens know that water is dangerous, but they still come because apparently they feel the rewards outway the risks?
To be honest, I didn't even remember the twist from Ouija. I remember the Christmas lights hanging in the beginning, and this one really fucked up scene where this girl's mouth suddenly is completely sewn shut when she's trying to floss, and then she just floats up by her feet and drops neck first onto her sink.
The twist in "The Forgotten" didn't bother me, but there's an alternate version of the movie that turns the plane crash into a bus crash and makes literally zero sense. I thought I dreamed it until I read other viewers commenting on it on IMDb. I've never heard an official explanation, so I can only guess it was awkward self-censorship after 9/11 where they just said "we can't have a plane crash."
most of these are terrible, no excuse if the books were better or not, i don't think they completely redo some of the endings just for the movie adaptation
Well I didn't see number 20 but I read the book and I can tell the twist probably didn't play well in the movie than it did in the book cuz in the book I did not see the twist coming
Plot twist : Planet of the apes is an adaptation from a 1963 book written by french writer Pierre Boule. And Tim Burton's ending is in fact faithfull to the book... but the "alternative" ending the first movie propose is still way better !
how about THE PRESTIGE? The concept of identical men (without a magic machine) had been introduced in the movie earlier, so the big reveal being identical twins was a big yawn - unless it was apparently ruled out, as Christopher Priest did in the source novel. The movie twins were actually ridiculous, their big scheme apparently relying on one of them being executed - the Nolan brothers have as much regard for their characters as believable people as their (inaccurate) version of magicians did for their canaries.
18:14 I’m calling fowl on this one because that’s how the original story ended as well! The aliens were ultimately defeated because they severely underestimated how deadly Earth could be.
Knowing should be on this list. Nick Cage is actually good in the disaster genre and the CGI is awesome. The twist is so stupid that it tries to ruin the movie. I always fast forward through the last scene with the children so I can keep the disaster film vibe going.
I loved the twist of the Planet of the Apes. Also the War of the Worlds ending was true to the source material, if it didn't end that way you would be complaining they disrespect the book.
Exactly. People keep saying "They could update it from the book ending to something modern", but it doesn't need updating. The point is that one of the things we take for granted is the one thing that saved us when technology and military weapons failed. If they updated it, it would ruin it.
The worst thing about most of these plot twists isn't that they were lazy decisions -- which they were -- it was that they decided to use mental illnesses as plot devices without actually showing the emotional trauma and sadness surrounding them. This is especially common in horror movies, where the filmmakers' top priority is to make their audiences feel frightened; they often sacrifice any semblance of emotional content or believability that could be added by emotional or mental issues in order to do so, meanwhile cheapening those same issues. If you're going to use a mental illness in a movie, I don't think it's too much to ask that you UNDERSTAND the illness and how it affects the person and those around them, and craft your story accordingly, even using those effects to enhance your film's story. Failing to do so isn't just unwise, it's also pretty insulting to anyone who actually suffers from those illnesses or knows someone who does.
The Lincoln Monument moment is actually the original ending of the novel that Planet of the Apes is based off of. Not saying that makes it GOOD, just that that was what the author wrote and intended originally.
Okay, I’d put Savages at the top of my list of worst plot twists ever, because it’s thankfully one of the few movies I’ve actually seen from this list.
There was this movie, I think it's The Devil's Creek or something. Pulled a double plot twist in the end for absolutely no reason. Movie was dry throughout but for that ending, it was dry cowshit.
If the aliens in The Forgotten wanted to see if "a parent-child bond could be broken", they should have saved themselves time & effort and just visited the Raised by Narcissists subreddit. Seriously, there are some sad and messed-up stories on there.
we used to get plot twists like Fight Club, Sixth Sense, Empire Strikes Back, Toy Story 2, and 3 but now we get the constant here is your villain but haha little did you they aren't evil and this side character is the true villain.
Psycho and Fight Club are great at depicting dissociative personality disorder, but what about David Lynch’s movies? Doesn’t get any better than Mulholland Dr and Lost Highway
IIRC, the twist ending in the Burton/Wahlberg Planet of the Apes is pretty much the same as the ending in the book. In the book, the astronaut escapes and flees the PoA to return to Earth. Arriving after centuries traveling in deep sleep, he lands and is greeted by a squad of soldiers - gorillas.
I know it disappointed a lot of people a lot of fans but the Iron Man 1 was actually really smart and well done made even better with the post credit scene showing that there is a real Mandarin and his disciples are pissed considering what a huge character the Mandarin is in Iron Man it's a Pity we never got follow up on that character
The twist in Signs is a good one. Think: the guy is a priest and never ocorred to him the strategy of the holy water! And the movie is about it: the Divine Providence (providence again: the brother who couldn't more play baseball). This gain even more meaning when is a child (hence without sin) who display the water through de house.
The twist of the Life of Pi is fantastic, both as in the film as in the book. Using imagination as denial to cope with trauma is something that really happens and gives the story a harrowing reality to it, whilst making it look gorgeous.
I think you guys kinda missed the mark on Signs. Bo had a tick that made her think her drinking water was always contaminated, resulted in 3/4 filled water glasses all over the house. If those water glasses weren’t there, when Merrill knocked the alien in the house back and the glass spilled, it finally led Graham to see that everything really does happen for a reason. Like his wife passing and her telling him to tell Merrill to “swing away” to Bo with her water issue to Morgan and his asthma (due to his asthma attack in the basement, he couldn’t breathe in the gas the alien let out in the house).
A species capable of interplanetary travel, that cannot handle water, attacks a planet covered 70% in water, without any kind of protective space suit. It's peak Shamalan idiocy.
pretty sure hancock expplained it perfectly, their naturally drawn to eachother and it happened multiple times over hundreds of years, and even with his memory gone it wasnt enough to break that instinct to stay close to his partner
so the plot required it?
That movie is terrible in general
The twist in life of Pi was kind of brilliant. He went on a traumatic journey for survival and he copes with it by adding some spectacle to his story. Just because the real story wasn’t as magical as the one he told, doesn’t mean its a bad twist. It makes it more realistic. A sad story sweetened to inspire others.
It isn't a twist at all, it's a choice.
You the viewer (or reader of the book) are supposed to choose which is the better story.
The narrator says at the beginning, "I have a story to make you believe in God."
The animal story is God
The human story is "facts"
Neither is right or wrong, you just have to decide which is better
It is truly brilliant!
@@johanvajse8410 spot on
instablaster.
Very pretentious, It is sad that by not wanting or not knowing how to create a survival drama, you decide to make your entire movie a hallucination.
I agree. And to be honest, I do think that Richard Parker was in fact with him on the boat, just because of his reaction to Richard starting his life over without Pi, not showing him his love for him, not being impacted as deeply as his human friend. Pi was truly shattered by Richard's departure because he fell in love with him, and when fear turns to love it's much harder to say goodbye than it would have been if the love was reciprocated by, say, a romantic interest. Pi's relationship with Richard was more complex than that, it was a learning curve, growing up, opening up, learning to communicate learning to see the soul behind the person/animal that seem so frightening and unaproachable in the beginning. So I choose to believe that Richard was in fact there with him. Just the two of them at sea. And Richard lived on in the jungle but took a piece of Pi's soul with him.
The number 23 is fantastic. Fight me.
That's ok🍸😵
It was also a book so...kinda should be in another video lol.
I won't fight you, I will join you
agree
Exactly
Life of pi ? Seriously. That movie was a masterpiece
And also in Hancock they explains why they always find their ways to each other. So it’s not randomly.
And the film Signs wasn’t the greatest ending but it was not a bad ending.
It was not random, but it came out of left field anyway…
Life of Pi is a masterpiece? It's overrated.
Overrated and pretentious, stop being a shill.
A masterpiece? Lol. You don’t see a lot of films, do you?
@@brianhueber3683 i do see a lot of people, that’s why I said it and millions others as well. It’s the greatest movie but it’s a masterpiece as visual story telling.
Hollywood really needs to cut back a bit on the whole "horror movie where someone with DiD is the villain" thing. They never get the disorder right
I've just realized that dissociative identity disorder and damsel in distress has the same acronym. And your statement kinda works for both.
Agreed
Who made it to the end to even realize that there is a bad twist anyway.
Agreed, and it’s made worst by the fact that they’ve had a blueprint in Marvels Moon night to work off of
@@robertrandolph9609 moon knight is only a few months old, those disrespectful movies came before it. Hopefully moon knight will set the stage for more progressive DID shows/movies
I stan Now You see Me's twist forever.
I LOVED this twist!!
The ending of the movie "Remember Me" is an excellent example of the literary term "deus ex machina" whereby the resolution of the movie comes out of nowhere at the end of the movie with no foreshadowing. Another great example is the ending to "The Wizard of Oz". You have to use coincidences to start a book or movie. Using a coincidence to resolve the plot is called cheating.
Not really. "Deus ex machina" refers to a highly unlikely event resolving an overcomplicated conflict. All conflicts had been resolved at that point, it was leading to a happy ending, then it happens. As for the foreshadowing part, there are hints about the time the story develops and it is clear that his father's offices are at the WTC.
I'd add that it represents how unexpected the actual attack was.
This list is so far fetched and some of these have great plot twists.
-It was explained it Hancock as to why Hancock was "randomly" returning to his estranged wife...
-In Now You See Me, Ruffalo's Rhodes character wasn't a bumbling agent. He acted life a baffoon just so the Horsemen would not get caught.
-Now You See Me 2 is also a good plot twist, Freeman may be part of The Eye, so why is it hard to believe that this organisation would have different "ranks" and obviously, Freeman had a higher rank than Ruffalo.
-The Number 23 has a great plot twist. Who would have thought that Carrey's character was a "rehabilitated" patient that started a new life and his past came rushing back? And well. Carrey gave an epic performance out of character.
-Indy 4 had a great twist. Indy has always been associated with mythic tales. So how was it different from Indy finding the Grail and healing his father with it? What else was Indy suppose to do during the 50s, yunno, the era of aliens and area 51? Even in Temple of Doom, Indy "parachuted" with Shortround and the girl in a raft... How was that different from the fridge sequence? People take everything to literal. The movie was not bad as the critics say it was.
I am still waiting for Reservoir Dogs The Dark Knight Rises to ne mentioned. Even The Dark Knight should be on this list.
-It was also explained in A Good Day to Die Hard that the protectee was a villain, but he was to be used as an informant. The plot twist was that the girl was his daughter and they were working to get back their stash. Pretty good plot twist for an action movie. Nobody saw that coming.
Reservoir Dogs reveals "the mole" halfway through the movie, then the movie loses all motives to continue to the ending it had.
-"Miranda Tate" was obviously the mind behind the whole operation of the league of shadows. She knew exactly what do to and twisted Bruce to do what she wanted very easily.
-Although lacking a lot of character development, TDK's plot twist was that Batman would be blame for the murder of Harvey Dent "just because he's the hero Gotham needs"... Why not just blame it on Joker and turn the page?
Because Joker was in custody at that point in the story. Also they're not wrongfully blaming him for the murder. They're chasing him because he did murder Harvey, justified or not and whether he'd actually be convicted or not, he still murdered him. It's not a twist, it's a sequel bait ending so it doesn't belong on this list but instead on a different one.
For Now You See Me, WatchMojo literally asks the question about Ruffalo being a bumbling buffoon.
@@morgantaylor84 Somebody didn't watch the movie lol
16:04 Can we all come to the consensus that the "aliens" in signs are not extraterrestrials, but demons. The movie is about faith, crises in faith, and regaining faith, not an E.T. invasion.
go on..
I think that would work if the water was Holy Water but regular, unblessed water doesn’t work against demons. I could also be wrong but I thought demons were a mostly Catholic belief and Gibson does not play a Catholic priest in Signs.
@@shereadsmysteries demons are a Christian thing,,Catholicism just so happens to be the largest subgroup.
You know some of these twists aren't that bad.. But once you say it like that... 😂😂😂
Some of these aren’t... they literally have run out of stuff to talk about. 😂
This should be called "plot twists that frustrated dumb people and watch mojo"
Actually. No, the majority of these if you actually think about it where dumb...
@@TheMollyman420 i didn't think so for most of them.. Even when i watched the movie... Like some literally only sounded bad to me after i watched this video... If you're going to say a plot twist is bad.. You're Most def going to have to say it in a way it seems bad.. And that's what happened here...might just be me tho.. I don't know
I didn't have any problems with The Forgotten, War of the Worlds, The Girl on the Train, Signs, Hide and Seek, High Tension and their plot twists. Agree with the rest though
Plot twist: The whole video is a plot twist
You entirely missed Life of Pi. It’s a beautiful ending. And it matched the book. It’s fantastic. It’s exactly about the stories we tell ourselves.
Top 10 Power Rangers Beast Morphers Characters
10: Blaze (The original Red Beast Morphers Power Ranger, Blaze is cocky, arrogant, and isn't above using the rules to his advantage, especially if it means throwing an intruder into a cell even if they have an important message, putting rivals in a bad position to retaliate. He originally had contempt for Devon Daniels, but respected him in the end, showing he truly is good at heart. Following his awakening, he has become a nicer person, and has since become a reliable ally.
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9: Roxy (The original Yellow Beast Morphers Power Ranger, unlike Blaze, Roxy is kinder and more caring, lacking her would-be-teammate's arrogance. While upset about breaking up with Ravi, she does understand his preference to protocol but she is shown sad about Ravi's choice. Upon her reawakening, Roxy is happy to see Ravi again and helps the team rescue Devon.
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8: Ben and Betty Burke (Probably the clumsiest workers at Grid Battleforce, Ben and Betty could possibly be related to equally clumsy fools, like Bulk and Skull. However unlike Bulk and Skull, Ben and Betty are nicer and try to help the Rangers in anyway they can. While Ben is humble and nice, Betty is more impulsive and outgoing, often dragging her brother into situations he'd rather avoid. Either way, these two are as funny as they come.)
7: Commander Shaw (Ravi's mother and the commander of Grid Battleforce, Commander Shaw is arguably one of the best Ranger mentors of all Ranger history. All though some people call her a little harsh because of her hatred of art and the idea of Ravi doing anything that doesn't involve work, Commander Shaw makes the wise decision to appoint Devon Daniels as the new Commander of Grid Battleforce and she learn to have a little fun in her life. Despite all of this, Commander Shaw doesn't always have the right answers.)
6: Mayor Adam Daniels (As the Mayor, Adam seems to be a fairly responsible and strict father to Devon, but he truly cares for his son and wants him to be prepared for the professional world. Despite thinking that Devon is so irresponsible, we were all wishing for the moment when Mayor Daniels finally found out his son is the Red Ranger. Sadly for Mayor Daniels, when he tried to save Devon from the Cyber Dimension, he ended up being possessed by the wicked Evox, leaving Devon heartbroken. However, after he's free from Evox's body, Mayor Adam Daniels still remains a good and loyal human being.)
5: Steel (Created by Nate, Steel was originally suppose to become the robot body for the evil and destructive Evox. However, when Nate morphed into the Gold Ranger, Steel morphed into the Silver Ranger. And one more surprise, it turns out that Steel is technically human. While morphing into the Silver Ranger, some of the scarab beetle DNA mixed in with Hate's DNA, making Nate and Steel brothers. Despite being self-absorbed, active, self-obsessed, and very confident, Steel is the first Power Ranger to scarab beetle themed, making Steel an all around amazing Ranger.)
4: Nate Silva (Nate is a prodigy who joined Grid Battleforce at the age of six. When he was 10, he discovered a way to harness the Morphin Grid, allowing him to refine it into a substance called Morph X. Although being a little nerdy and most people thinking he can't take care of himself, Nate was able to become the Gold Ranger and he was smart enough to create a Silver Ranger. Nate is a quick thinker in situations that require it. Being a single child, Nate always wanted an elder brother and considers Steel as a brother-figure. Nate also has feelings for Zoey, sending her Valentine's flowers secretly. Despite loving all living creatures, he suffers from arachnophobia, a fear of spiders. He has a liking for science fiction and doesn't know how to play most sports.)
3: Ravi Shaw (Ravi is the team's Blue Ranger and the muscles of the group, having Gorilla strength in his DNA. Ravi values the rules at Grid Battleforce and doesn't like the ideas of breaking any laws or the idea of disappointing his mother. Sadly for Ravi, he was forced to break up with his girlfriend Roxy because the Grid Battleforce rules state that Rangers can't date Rangers. However, since Roxy was knocked into a coma and turned into an evil Avatar, she never became a Ranger and Ravi and Roxy were able to be together.)
2: Zoey Reeves (Originally a laundry girl at Grid Battleforce, Zoey trained to become a Battleforce cadet, but got cut for unknown reasons. However, claiming that she's not afraid of big problems, but she solves big problems, boosts her confidence to become the Yellow Beast Morphers Power Ranger. She developed a crush on Nate Silva when she first met the smart little scientist, Zoey and Nate were able to change the rules of Grid Battleforce and the two were able to have a relationship together. With the ability to jump really high due to being linked with Jackrabbit DNA and being the only female Ranger on the team, Zoey has become a favorite amongst fans and a close second to our number one pick.
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Honorable Mentions: Evox, Blaze and Roxy Avatars, Scrozzle, Beast Bots, General Burke, Muriel Reeves
1: Devon Daniels (The son of Mayor Adam Daniels, Devon is a brown belt in karate, loves to play video games, and not much into serious work, but he really wants to make his father proud. Having superhuman speed because he is linked with cheetah DNA, Devon is the fastest amongst his fellow Rangers. Just wanting to see the battle simulator in Grid Battleforce, Devon technically becomes the Red Ranger on accident. However, before becoming Ranger, Devon is shown to be brave and strong, helping to fight against the Blaze and Roxy Avatar without even being a Ranger. Even if his memory is erased or if he has been taken over by a fury cell, Devon will fight against his fellow Rangers to the very end. Devon is arguably one of the best Red Rangers of all time.
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Uh none of em.
Ben Kingsley is a great actor, but that plot twist in Iron Man 3 was NOT it.
I actually laughed at the Ape-raham Lincoln twist xD
Iron man 3 is still one of my favorite mcu films , despite how disappointing the mandarin twist was.
My favorite plot twist is the Ernesto de la Cruz from coco I was truly shock I know it’s the classic Disney movie villain but I like it
I always thought the twist of the ending of Signs was that they weren't aliens, they were demons
That doesn't hold WATER
@@WatchMojo lol
Yep, and the water is holy water! I think so too
@@sophiabrown5608 Why? There is no reason to think that. They were CLEARLY aliens.
I never saw the "water weapon" ending of Signs as a twist. It'd be a twist if during the movie we were purposefully led to believe that water is harmless to the aliens.
the Mandarin twist is actually a good one, you just need to look deeper to find why
I enjoyed that twist a lot.
Yeah I will admit that I do not care for Iron Man 3 as a movie, but that was a great twist. I think people got mad because nobody ever thought of it. And it makes sense, when you here that an amazing actor like Ben Kingsley is playing the main bad guy you would have no reason to suspect that he's secretly playing a drunk actor. That being said the one shot "Hail to the King" already revealed that there IS a real Mandarin and since he's gonna be the bad guy in Shang-Chi, I kind of want to see Ben brought back and maybe even killed off by the real Mandarin..
@@chrislilly9012 if anyone actually paid attention to Killien in the movie, it makes since
It was disappointing that it almost ruin the movie
@@assembled1855 no
#1: *WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!* (Batman vs Superman)
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But I mean by that point youve stretched the definition of Plot Twist to such an extent that you might aswell put ”The Imperial March” on there. Because What in the fuck does plot twist even mean?
Ok you've gone nuts now, Life of Pi ending is ambiguous on purpose
Hey, all the twists on this list are "on purpose"! That doesn't mean they're not awful, which was the criterion to make the list.
The ending of Life of Pi was awesome
War of the Worlds was a completely realistic plot. Just think off all the cases in history were explorers have inadvertently introduced deadly cooties to indigenous people. In some cases, wiping out entire villages. So, yeah, a viruses being the demise of the aliens in War of Worlds is actually plausible so that doesn't really making it a plot "twist". As for the aliens in Signs, as much as I liked that movie and the story telling within it, you'd think that a race of beings intelligent enough to master space travel woukd take precautions when invading a planet that's covered in stuff that'll kill you. That's like us going deep sea diving without oxygen
#1 when my parents told me I'm adopted
I loved the twists in Breaking Dawn pt2 and Now You See Me 🤷🏼♀️
I loved Signs! I still joke about a glass of water being bad because there's "amobeas" in it.
Anyone else find it weird Morgan freeman was on this list three times
Mark Walberg and Shayamalan too!
@@robotzombie9 Mark Wahlberg has too many shitty movies tho
Twist in 23 was great 🤨 that whole movie was great. Jim Carry acting was great and the movie. Y’all just needed a spot to fill
I beg to differ. "Ooohh, the number 23 keeps appearing in every imaginable context and this is terrifying because - reasons?" The lazy "it was the hero all along"-twist at the end really didn't ruin what was already ruined, but it was so predictable that it actually would have been a more surprising twist if it had turned out he DIDN'T write that dumb book.
Rey being a palpatine should be on here
I love “The Mandarin” twist.
It almost ruin the movie
Me too
Why? It ruined a great character just for a joke
@@MrFrostien but he was killed in the short and mandarin hasn't been revealed yet because phase4
Girl on the Train was great!
I also kept getting Hancock confused with Hitch and was wondering what the twist was at the end of Hitch.
...I liked the twist of Mary being super too in Hancock.
The plot twists from "Now You See Me" would have been great had we gotten more answers than questions.
The best movie plot twists - The Sixth Sense (1999), The Others (2001), and The Usual Suspects (1995).
@OcasioCortez 4prez2022 I meant they were great twists. :) Yes, I agree, OcasioCortez. Field of Dreams is a great movie also..!! Take care..!!
I hate how everyone is bothered by the Signs twist. Maybe the aliens didn't know they were sensitive to water, or maybe they didn't even know what it was. I think it's actually great they weren't as intelligent as everyone thought.
Iron Man 3 is still a good movie. Y’all need to let it go.
I kinda disagree with Life of Pi. I get why some people wouldn't like it, and it could have been left more open ended, but it wasn't bad. And unlike a lot of these other twists, it really didn't detract from the story for me. It was still beautiful and poignent like the book, at least for me.
Yeah, I agree. Making everything a hallucination doesn't take away anything important in the story.
Ummmm, where is "The Village?". Definitely should have been on here!
I think that one was on “worst movie endings” or something
Hancock didn’t belong on this list. They were connected. Mary and Hancock always seem to cross paths somehow no matter how many times they try to separate. Signs was good too
Was not expecting to see High Tension on this list. I thought the ending was well executed.
The mandarin reveal still upsets me. HE WAS SO GOOD THE FIRST HALF OF THE MOVIE.
"there is a monster out side my room, can i have a glass of water" what the fuck?
The Planet of the Apes twist matches the book, where the astronaut leaves the ape planet and finds his way back to Earth to discover that it is also now ruled by apes. The book doesn't explain this, which maybe leaves open the possibility that they are somehow the same planet.
It made sense in the movie because the early events appeared to create an alternate timeline where the intelligent chimp went back in time, changing everything.
Maybe both the book and the movie endings are intended as symbolism, i.e. humans are apes too.
BTW, The War of the Worlds ending matched the book as well.
Fir number 1, that just got everyone pissed? Can’t imagine. I guess not every movie is a classic, not even for the ending. Pretty sure the President would take that very offensive.
The twist in Twillight was probably the best part of it. It never happened in books, imagine waiting for a massive showdown at the end of the books for them to just talk it out. At least this fight scene, even if a vision, gave people some action
"War of the Worlds"? That's probably the most plausible way an alien invader would be defeated and is the most memorable aspect of the original novel.
Thank you for including the Now you see me movies. Especially when the sequel undoes the plot twist of the predecessor.
The ending of the Burton Planet Of The Apes was indeed one of if not the worst twist ending. The '68 movie ending was brilliant by contrast and sticks a little closer to the original ending in the book, in the sense that they made it back to Earth but they were now the weaker species and apes had taken over. I still find the '68 ending to be one of the best endings I have watched. To know that you really didn't make it much past your own planet but instead only went forward in time.
I like a good twist in a movie, but it has to be done right. The worst ones are the ones you can spot from a mile away but the writer thought they were clever enough to keep it hidden til the end.
I haven't seen Signs in many many years so my memory is vague, but I think it is perfectly acceptable to think aliens would risk coming to earth even if they knew water was dangerous to them and the planet is basically covered in it. We as humans go into dangerous environments all the time if we deem it worth it. We go into mines, deep into the ocean, deep underwater etc. Rain could be their biggest problem but maybe they have protective suites but just doesn't wear it when they deem it is not needed, or maybe tap water has chlorine which is acidic to them, or maybe they heal quickly from it. Just saying.
Bruh I watched this video when this came out and they changed the title, Its originally titled "Top 20 worst Premise of Movies"
Want a kid friendly version of “Signs”? Watch “Lilo & Stitch”. Honestly that’s even more baffling how aliens that are weak to water end up on a tropical island of all places.
I think the Iron Man 3 twist worked just fine. A rich, powerful white man actually pulling the strings but putting a middle eastern face on the destruction. Seems pretty appropriate to real life.
Aw man, Hide & Seek was such a clever creepy movie with great performances, and then the ending.... such a lame cliche, and Deniro's acting as a crazed killer just laughably over the top, what a waste!
Planet of the Apes’ ending was so confusing, that they released a small paper booklet in the DVD release to try and explain it
Very weird that Mojo can't understand how brilliant Life of Pi twist is. It actually makes the movie perfect.
I honestly loved #15 it isn't about whether the chain of events occurred it's about whether the animals were real animals or represent fellow shipwrecked people. I loved it.
it's actually a story to make you believe in god. read the book or watch the movie again and pay attention to the man's words before he starts either story
Can't blame the movie for the twist ending of "War of the Worlds". That's exactly how the book ended. I can't help thinking It COULD have worked in the movie, but I can't say exactly HOW it would have been done. It's a good subtle way to say "Screw you" to the aliens, but too subtle to use in a movie that was far more action oriented than the plot of the book was. If the movie had a slower pace, played like a suspense piece, maybe it could have satisfied...
Something I want to say it didn’t have the decency name put on it similar to the movie Brightburn, but I saw in an interview that Hancock was a play on Hawkman and Hawkgirl
I liked the number 23 (loved Carrey in it: he can do dramatic roles too), I liked The Forgotten (if aliens are behind the experiment, then it makes perfect sense that the "why" is so alien, we won't understand) . I liked The Mandarin twist a lot. It subverted all expectations and was actually funny as heck. I liked Now you See me (Mélanie Laurent is always a plus) also part 2 although that one was less good. The Happening was truly the turd of this top 20.
Regarding Signs: everyone always asks about the water. So think of human behavior: the bigger the gain, the bigger the risks we take. So those aliens know that water is dangerous, but they still come because apparently they feel the rewards outway the risks?
To be honest, I didn't even remember the twist from Ouija. I remember the Christmas lights hanging in the beginning, and this one really fucked up scene where this girl's mouth suddenly is completely sewn shut when she's trying to floss, and then she just floats up by her feet and drops neck first onto her sink.
Thats one of my fav lines of a movie ever it gets me every time "there's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water"
The twist in "The Forgotten" didn't bother me, but there's an alternate version of the movie that turns the plane crash into a bus crash and makes literally zero sense. I thought I dreamed it until I read other viewers commenting on it on IMDb. I've never heard an official explanation, so I can only guess it was awkward self-censorship after 9/11 where they just said "we can't have a plane crash."
Most of these were actually good twist. Just taken completely out of context, and sourced from people that don't read books.
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The twists can work in books without working in movie adaptations of them.
most of these are terrible, no excuse if the books were better or not, i don't think they completely redo some of the endings just for the movie adaptation
Well I didn't see number 20 but I read the book and I can tell the twist probably didn't play well in the movie than it did in the book cuz in the book I did not see the twist coming
Now you see me makes absolutely no sense. Watch the movie again and check Ruffalos actions, if he was in on it they do not add up
Plot twist : Planet of the apes is an adaptation from a 1963 book written by french writer Pierre Boule. And Tim Burton's ending is in fact faithfull to the book... but the "alternative" ending the first movie propose is still way better !
Idk, I really liked the twist of “Now You See Me”.
Where was Secret Window? I feel like that should have been on here....
It's already covered with "Hide and seek", kinda ?
how about THE PRESTIGE? The concept of identical men (without a magic machine) had been introduced in the movie earlier, so the big reveal being identical twins was a big yawn - unless it was apparently ruled out, as Christopher Priest did in the source novel. The movie twins were actually ridiculous, their big scheme apparently relying on one of them being executed - the Nolan brothers have as much regard for their characters as believable people as their (inaccurate) version of magicians did for their canaries.
I've read somewhere that the ending with Abraham Chimpcoln was actually kinda how the og novel ended
18:14 I’m calling fowl on this one because that’s how the original story ended as well! The aliens were ultimately defeated because they severely underestimated how deadly Earth could be.
@@williamshelton4318 ...Oh my gosh
Knowing should be on this list. Nick Cage is actually good in the disaster genre and the CGI is awesome.
The twist is so stupid that it tries to ruin the movie. I always fast forward through the last scene with the children so I can keep the disaster film vibe going.
Watching this had me realize how much I enjoy twists...as long as they align with everything else presented, I'm here for a twist.
the twist of "the happening" not being #1 is the biggest twist of the year hahaha
I loved the twist of the Planet of the Apes. Also the War of the Worlds ending was true to the source material, if it didn't end that way you would be complaining they disrespect the book.
Exactly. People keep saying "They could update it from the book ending to something modern", but it doesn't need updating. The point is that one of the things we take for granted is the one thing that saved us when technology and military weapons failed. If they updated it, it would ruin it.
Can add ‘Old’ to the list.
The plot twist in Savages (#7) could actually work great for a comedy.
The worst thing about most of these plot twists isn't that they were lazy decisions -- which they were -- it was that they decided to use mental illnesses as plot devices without actually showing the emotional trauma and sadness surrounding them. This is especially common in horror movies, where the filmmakers' top priority is to make their audiences feel frightened; they often sacrifice any semblance of emotional content or believability that could be added by emotional or mental issues in order to do so, meanwhile cheapening those same issues. If you're going to use a mental illness in a movie, I don't think it's too much to ask that you UNDERSTAND the illness and how it affects the person and those around them, and craft your story accordingly, even using those effects to enhance your film's story. Failing to do so isn't just unwise, it's also pretty insulting to anyone who actually suffers from those illnesses or knows someone who does.
U take that back, Hide and Seek is a masterpiece.
I just watched this. But I have to say I love the ending to Life of Pi.
The Lincoln Monument moment is actually the original ending of the novel that Planet of the Apes is based off of. Not saying that makes it GOOD, just that that was what the author wrote and intended originally.
Okay, I’d put Savages at the top of my list of worst plot twists ever, because it’s thankfully one of the few movies I’ve actually seen from this list.
The number 23 is class. 💯
that movie is ass.
"The Good Guy Is The Bad Guy"
In other words, the floor is made of floor.
There was this movie, I think it's The Devil's Creek or something. Pulled a double plot twist in the end for absolutely no reason. Movie was dry throughout but for that ending, it was dry cowshit.
The Number 23 was like a South Park episode.
The twist of now you see me is very good!
If the aliens in The Forgotten wanted to see if "a parent-child bond could be broken", they should have saved themselves time & effort and just visited the Raised by Narcissists subreddit. Seriously, there are some sad and messed-up stories on there.
we used to get plot twists like Fight Club, Sixth Sense, Empire Strikes Back, Toy Story 2, and 3 but now we get the constant here is your villain but haha little did you they aren't evil and this side character is the true villain.
I think they should make top 10 worst movies made by Summit Entertainment.
Make that one soon, Mojo.
The Mandarin was Killian, they say that in the movie. He brought in Trevor as a distraction but that doesn't mean there wasn't a Mandarin.
Psycho and Fight Club are great at depicting dissociative personality disorder, but what about David Lynch’s movies? Doesn’t get any better than Mulholland Dr and Lost Highway
Well, I don't know about you, but for six years old me "Hide and seek" was mindblowing.
I actually like the Happening. It wasn’t “obvious” or “cliche”, it was stupid, which made it somewhat seem like it could actually the Happening.
Actually think The Number 23 is severely underrated
Life of pi was a great film.
IIRC, the twist ending in the Burton/Wahlberg Planet of the Apes is pretty much the same as the ending in the book. In the book, the astronaut escapes and flees the PoA to return to Earth. Arriving after centuries traveling in deep sleep, he lands and is greeted by a squad of soldiers - gorillas.
I know it disappointed a lot of people a lot of fans but the Iron Man 1 was actually really smart and well done made even better with the post credit scene showing that there is a real Mandarin and his disciples are pissed considering what a huge character the Mandarin is in Iron Man it's a Pity we never got follow up on that character
The twist in Signs is a good one. Think: the guy is a priest and never ocorred to him the strategy of the holy water! And the movie is about it: the Divine Providence (providence again: the brother who couldn't more play baseball). This gain even more meaning when is a child (hence without sin) who display the water through de house.