Beware: This post contains spoilers for major movies.
What kind of movie really sticks with you? Chances are, it's one that caused you to feel a genuine emotional reaction... Maybe even shock, surprise? A twist ending can make or break a movie. A good twist is one that you never saw coming, but on a second watch of a movie, there are hints that make it totally make sense that it happened.
For example, Hans betraying Anna in Frozen. The film already went against conventional Disney movie tropes, and Elsa even warned her sister that love and trust can't be formed on a first meeting. So, when Hans suddenly pulled away from Anna and revealed his plot to take over the kingdom, it was a shock, yet made sense with the whole of the movie.
IRedditor u/huzaifa792 asked people, "What's your favorite plot twist in a movie?" And people shared the movie endings they never saw coming.
20. The biggest superhero movie twist ever
The end of infinity war. In almost every movie I was happy knowing it would end with the heroes winning. Infinity war didn't. I was watching the movie then it ended with thanos winning, and I was like "wtf!"
19. An Oscar winning twist
In the film parasite when we find out about the maids husband which has been hiding in the basement
18. Sounds like a great movie
I don't want to give away the twist, but it's a 1998 Denzel Washington supernatural suspense thriller movie called Fallen where his detective character battles a demon that possesses people.
Basically the twist involves a statement that Denzel makes at the beginning of the movie and there's a surprising revelation at the end.
17. This movie is too real
In Contagion when the entire virus was started my Matt Damon's wife by shaking hands with a chef who touched a pig that ate a banana that a bat was eating from. Totally made the film for me
16. The evil side wins all
Primal Fear, at the end where it turns out Norton's alternate personality was his real personality the whole time and his nice guy personality was the fake one
15. It was an odd choice, but effective
The romance drama Remember Me, with Robert Patterson. You're there cruising towards the end of a fairly average harmless movie, and then in the last few minutes there's the big reveal and it's OMFG. It's not my favourite but it was shocking and made my blood run cold.
14. Some good rom-com drama
I was watching Crazy Stupid Love with my girlfriend a while ago and I actually really liked the whole plot twist where it turned out Emma Stone was Steve Carell's daughter. She was popping up so much in the movie and I was wondering how the hell it all tied into it
13. Some love it, some hate it
In the twilight saga, breaking dawn part 2, where instead of following the books, where the Volturi leave peacefully without fighting, Alice kicks aro in the face then a whole fight starts between both sides. There were so many major character deaths. Once Bella was about to die, we were pulled back to see it was Alice showing aro the vision.
12. Very creative twist
The Book of Eli. I knew he had a bible, but I had no idea it was a Braille version or that he was blind.
11. It was surprisingly sophisticated for the series
How the ending of the last movie in the Final Destination franchise is the beginning of the first movie. It honestly blew my mind and so far one of the very few plot twists I did not see coming at all
10. The beginning of a very long franchise
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The original Saw movie, where it's revealed that the "dead" body in the center of the room has been the alive mastermind the whole time.
I hate horror movies. This twist just baffled me, and really enjoyed the movie. Enough to go watch #2, but the pit of needles... and I'm out.
9. This script must have been a headache
Memento was brilliant
I was stunned how someone could write such a screenplay. I'd never seen any movies as complex and smart as this one before I watched it. Now, I've seen a lot more movies, but I still can't recall more than a couple movies as smart as Memento that are original screenplays.
8. The greatest detective film of all time
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Who framed Roger Rabbbit was pretty brilliant. The rigged election, The Death of Eddie's Brother, Acme's murder, was all connected.
When I killed your brother I LOOKED LIKE THIS!
eyes turn into daggers
7. Even parents gasped
King Candy being Turbo!
Right?! I remember literally gasping when he started switching over. Looking back, probably should have realized it, but they did a great job with that twist.
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6. One of the most famous modern movie twists
Fight Club.
Here for this! I've seen other shows and movies try too pull of a similar twist but back when this movie came out there was no way you would have expected that twist. Then when you go back and watch the movie its like the director was telling you the whole time but the idea was so alien it just didn't register in your head.
5. A new kind of horror movie
Cabin in the woods - I had no idea Where that plot was going!
This was my first thought, too. They did a really nice job hiding it in the previews.
4. A surprisingly deep movie
The Lego Movie, the fact it was literally all in the mind of a child and the main villain is is model obsessed father
Dude. I loved this twist when I watched it for the first time. Then when my husband and I were dating, we watched it together. Knowing that it was from the perspective of a little boy who just wants to play with his dad had my sobbing through the whole rewatch.
3. It all makes sense by the end
Ohhh The Prestige was a fantastic movie!! Would recommend...I don't really wanna spoil it.
Yesss, this one got me really good. On the rewatch the foreshadowing is there.
2. A sad romance made sadder
Atonement. That is, if by 'favourite' you mean 'having my heart ripped out and stomped on' then yeah, I guess this one takes the cake. Realising what we saw of Robbie and Cecilia at the end of the movie was Briony's reimagining... so much ugly crying...
1. Shyamalan does it again
I'm just going to say the one from The Visit. Don't want to give any spoilers but god damn M. Night Shyamalan... you got me
"Those aren't your grandparents."
Absolutely floored me. Not a great film, but a great twist.
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It connects people, ideas, senses or humor, creativity! Yes, we've got our fair share of deviants, murderers, and trashbag people, but we've also got decades of wonder to celebrate.
Newbies like to think using the internet for awesomeness is something they came up with, but the old heads are here to tell you the internet has ALWAYS been a complicated crash course in the coolest stuff ever.
So let's hop in the wayback machine and get our nostalgia on.
Reddit user ransom0374 asked:
"What do you miss from early internet times?"
So let's take that walk down memory lane, or if you're new-ish here on planet Earth, this is going to be a fun little "history" lesson.
If you're uncertain where you fall, here's a test:
"Badger, Badger, Badger, Badger..."
If you finished the song, you're probably going to remember quite a few of these...
Away Messages
"AIM away messages saying stupid stuff like 'BRB going to get some bagel bites.' "
"Don't forget to update your personal profile with Blink 182 lyrics and the initials of your school sweetheart and some ASCII. Browse for a new inappropriate buddy icon and strike up a convo with SmarterChild"
GiphyThe Unknown
"I miss the wild unknown frontier that the internet was."
"It seemed there was so much discovery to be had on the internet, and if you were good at the internet everyone thought of you as 'Hackerman' and you were like a God amongst your peers."
"It seems like there isn't anything 'new' on the internet anymore. No discoveries to be made."
GiphyThe Irony Is Not Lost On Us
"Variety. There's a popular tweet that says something like 'the internet has turned into four websites where on each one people share screenshots of the other three.' "
"I miss when you could search a term and there would be dozens of sites dedicated to it or forums especially for it. Now it's just ads, Wikipedia, and Reddit."
"Oh, and not having ads shoved down your throat every time you search a term or navigate to a page!"
"I know there were pop ups and banners, which weren't any better. But there was a sweet spot."
"There was a few years there where you could Google something and half the first page WASN'T sponsored ads that had nothing to do with what you looked up. And you could go to a website and it DIDN'T block the page with a full screen ad asking for your email to join their mailing list or save 10% on their merchandise."
GiphyFiguring It Out
"That all the webpages were just random people trying to figure out HTML."
"There really wasn't a corporate presence at all. It was just a place for people to experiment."
"You could click on a button and make a cardboard hand wave at someone's cats. You could dispense a coke from a machine in some dorm. It was dumb and fun."
GiphyEndless Learning
"The learning was endless."
"There were almost an infinite source of information from all over the world. If you wanted to find something all you had to do was search for it in Ask Jeeves or whatever and you'd find any website that had ever mentioned that thing."
"There were more than 10 different websites. And at least it didn't feel like I was being forced to sign up for a subscription after every click."
"There were so many fun, cute stores to shop. Now it feels like everyone dresses and decorates the same."
"I miss a lot of things about the early internet. I'm probably wrong, but it just felt safer than it does now?"
GiphyMaking Friends
"I was in my late teens when the internet was becoming accessible to everyone. Our one household computer was in the kitchen & facing in a way so anyone coming in could see your screen."
"I remember looking at someone's website and my Dad passing by to get something to eat, asking me if the person on the website was my friend."
"I miss those old days! The internet seemed endless & friendly."
GiphyA Base Level For Participation
"Most people were smart."
"In the early days (by far) most people on the internet were in college, either as a teacher or student. Beyond that, people had to to be in a lab or make their computer talk to a connected computer which was not so easy in the old days."
"It acted as a sort of intelligence barrier one needed clear to participate in internet things."
- tsoldrin
"Higher barrier to entry."
"I remember the fond days of SLIP and Trumpet Winsock when you had to know at least a little about tech to get on and participate."
"There was still stupidity, but it just wasn't as loud as it is now."
- dramboxf
"In the very very early days, pre-AOL, you needed skill and knowledge to get online."
"Then AOL came onto the scene an d anyone could get online at the push of a button."
GiphyGo Away Now
"I miss when what happened on the internet, stayed on the internet."
"You could turn off the beige box and go about the rest of your day without it affecting you."
"The fact that is only existed on a big computer in the house, as long as no-one was on the phone. It wasn't some all-encompassing thing."
- dienices
"The internet not following me around. When you logged off, you effectively put the internet away."
GiphyIt Used To Be...
"How people used to treat it."
"The internet was not just a novelty, but an amazing piece of technology that let anyone share anything. It was so wholesome and loving, with everyone still being amazed at what we could do now."
"Now? There's so many websites that are designed to make you angry and radicalize your beliefs. It's quantity over quality."
"There was a time when nobody on Reddit shared politics, when Facebook was for socializing, when YouTube was where people uploaded stuff they were passionate about."
GiphyWe Used To Love Yahoo
"Yahoo Answers"
"Yahoo Pool"
- inaclick
"I can't remember what it was called, but Yahoo had this great music video program where it showed popular artists, and some very unknown folks."
"I discovered some of my favorite artists having it play in the background all the time."
"Launchcast/Yahoo Radio. It was revolutionary for music streaming and the 1-5 star system worked really well. I preferred it over Pandora's up/down system."
GiphyOn a personal level, I want to go on record and say MusicMatch was the greatest music program in the history of life.
It just was.
I will die on this hill.
It was dopeness in all forms. MusicMatch Jukebox? Dope. Yahoo MusicMatch? Dope.
So what relics from Ye Olde Internet are you passionate about? Sound off in the comments!
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The dogs owner shared the video along with a post asking professionals to shed some light on why he does what he does.
Owner-obliviousness as they gushed about how adorable it was made the awkward even better.
The owner explained the Frenchie often makes aggressive eye contact and licks his lips while he "plays air guitar"—which is what the family calls it—and how cute & funny they all find the behavior.
GiphyThe video was the dog, casually chilling, using his paw to rub the tip of his penis while staring awkwardly at the camera and licking his lips like a pup possessed.
Three hundred and fifteen laugh-reacts—at the time that I saw it—and only three comments:
1. a vet explaining that the behavior showed in the video was the dog masturbating while making direct eye contact
2. the owner giving a simple "thank you" and
3. the admins of the group closing the comments.
So, why am I sharing this with you?
Because Reddit user Drakmamman asked:
"Dog owners of reddit, what the dog doin?"
... and so now you get this whole article just so I had an excuse to tell y'all about a furiously fapping Frenchie, 'cause somebody else needed to know about him.
I cackled for a good 20 minutes imagining the family getting all giddy about their dog "playing air guitar"—making the little air guitar meedly squeedly noises while he played, maybe even playing along thinking they're enjoying a fun little game—but they're really just been giving a hair metal soundtrack to their dogs stroke sesh.
Something tells me now the owner knows what "air guitar" really is, they're not likely to rush and tell Reddit all about how they've been gathering as a family to watch cause it's just so cute.
That's what I'm here for.
Anyway, here's the stuff other people's dogs are up to. It's not fapping—or if it is, the owners aren't telling Reddit.
Partner Preference
Giphy"Wife just came home with the baby. Dog is acting like she's been abandoned for years running up and down, barking and jumping on everything."
"They'd only been out an hour and I was with her the whole time." - Single_Goose7015
"My dog does this too when my wife comes home. Like what am I, chopped liver?" - jackof47trades
"I feel your pain. My dog started howling mournfully when my partner went back to work last week… I was right there!" - TreatOutside
"Staring at the door waiting for the only human he cares about to come home (obviously not me)" - SnarkyRedhead
Herding Cats
Giphy"Probably trying to herd the cats."
"He's a border collie mix who's afraid of goats and sheep, but even after six years of living with them he still thinks he can control where the cats go."
"He's a good boy, he's very persistent, but not terribly bright sometimes." - TokesNotHigh
"After 8 years our border collie still herds the cats, and the vacuum." - psychologicaluse28
"Big heart, small brain. I have one of those dogs too. They are the sweetest." - Technobucket
Wretched Existence
Giphy"She has flung herself flat across the bed and is playing dead, quiet except for the occasional pitiful whine. Every now and then she lifts her head up and fixes a desperate look upon me, silently begging for release from her wretched existence."
"She's a bit overdramatic about having to wear a cone. The issue is an abrasion on a toe that she won't stop licking, which is making it worse."
"I've been alternating between bandaging it and having her wear a cone. She's been consistently a drama queen." - halfinboxes
One Hour
Giphy"Staring at me because their dinner time is in one hour and they need to start letting me know that, in an hour, they need to eat...in an hour, so I better not forget...cuz they're hungry, which is why they're staring at me...and it's almost dinner time."
"Just one more hour, And they want to make sure I don't forget. Because maybe I will."
"So, they need to remind me. By staring at me. Every day. One hour before dinner." - MotherOfFred
A Little "Light" Exercise
Giphy"Mine loves light reflected off watches or phones. And loves lasers."
"It's sunny and he sees light on the wall so he is bothering me to use my watch or phone so he can chase the light. I've spent the last hour doing it."
"I even got him a cat laser toy that's automatic for him and he runs himself tired as all hell with it. But he is STILL asking for it."
"Used the laser toy also too, so he is panting dripping tongue and still wants to play more..." - boomgoon
Vicious Predators
Giphy"Last night my dogs chased down and killed a rabbit in the backyard. They are usually so gentle; this was weird and unexpected."
"I watched the whole thing helpless because it was so fast. The rabbit screamed, it was insane."
"Now, I'm watching them sleep on my couch and can't help but think they just murdered someone."
"They are just vicious predators, right here, in my house. On my couch."
"But they snuggly as f*ck. This trips me out." - Atheist_Redditor
A Problematic Princess
Giphy"We have two chihuahuas. One is a 15 year old (quite appropriately) named Princess and one is a one year old named Charlie."
"Both have their own dog beds on the couch since they are spoiled."
"When Princess is feeling particularly moody or like asserting her dominance, she will drag Charlie's bed into her bed and lay on top of BOTH of them and snarl at him if he comes close to her personal space bubble/bed mountain."
"And when we tell her she can't have both beds and put his bed back to the side, she just glares at us. Lol." - mslm90
Shoe-nanigans
Giphy"She's currently in her cage resting after her great adventure."
"She managed to get upstairs and grab a hold of one of my shoes. Not just any old shoe, but one of the shoes I am planning to wear this weekend for my wedding."
"After running around, she dropped the shoe to chew on a shirt - at which point she was cornered, and then brought downstairs."
"Pup and shoe are both unharmed and doing well. My nerves, not so much." - still_interesting23
So ... what's YOUR dog been up to lately?
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