Ben, Usual Suspects was the first with that kind of twist - so if you talk to people who saw it before any other "twist" films, you'll get a different reaction.
I saw it at the cinema (1995 was it? Odeon, Hanley, 11:20p.m. showing anyway) and it was totally unexpected - nobody had done a film quite like it before. It was really the film which started the popularity of that kind of thing.
I agree though, having watched it recently, it's not a very good film and is always disappointing compared to my memory of seeing it at the cinema.
Last night though I watched Millers Crossing - excellent. It's got such a fantastic mood, flow and script. It's just a great film to watch. I love the fact it's very much written film noir (no swearing, implied sex and little gratuitous violence) - it makes it kind of innocent, it's difficult to explain, but it just got a great Sunday afternoon matinee feel about it.
Really great stuff, but don't expect you're usual 1920's gangster flick
10/10
I saw it at the cinema (1995 was it? Odeon, Hanley, 11:20p.m. showing anyway) and it was totally unexpected - nobody had done a film quite like it before. It was really the film which started the popularity of that kind of thing.
I agree though, having watched it recently, it's not a very good film and is always disappointing compared to my memory of seeing it at the cinema.
Last night though I watched Millers Crossing - excellent. It's got such a fantastic mood, flow and script. It's just a great film to watch. I love the fact it's very much written film noir (no swearing, implied sex and little gratuitous violence) - it makes it kind of innocent, it's difficult to explain, but it just got a great Sunday afternoon matinee feel about it.
Really great stuff, but don't expect you're usual 1920's gangster flick
10/10