# Early twists in films (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080 "2012-06-04T20:58:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080/41 "2012-06-15T21:26:59Z")
Open Spoilers? Okay this one’s a whopper. Once the murder occurs in [In The Bedroom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247425/), I kind of figured, okay. What the hell. NOW where will this thing go? Unexpected horrific right hand violent turn. Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080/42 "2012-06-15T22:03:36Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > We’re all familiar with twists at the end of films, but what about those near the start - say the first quarter of the film? Doesn’t quite fit, but _Romancing the Stone_ starts off as a Mills & Boon drama, before seguing dramatically into the real world. Quite a lot of films pull this trick - _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_ for example - but it threw me the first time I saw _RtS_ because I knew very little about the film in advance. Odd that such a popular mini-franchise should have had so little lasting impact. I guess Michael Douglas went on to play morally dubious people, and people forget that he was once a heroic leading man. Meanwhile, Kathleen Turner decided to find out if it was possible to eat lots of pies without gaining weight (answer: it wasn’t). Yeah, and that escape pod… there _were_ droids in it all along! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080/43 "2012-06-15T22:32:32Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > In **DOA: Dead Or Alive** , not only is the protagonist murdered early in the film, but he then tries to solve it himself! It’s a twist because you think it’s gonna be a bad movie, but then you change your mind because, hey, boobs! And then you watch and realize that it sucked all along. > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I very much doubt that _Psycho_ was ripping off a TV show that aired 20 years after it was made. 🙂 Not only that, but _Airplane!_ is suspiciously similar to _Zero Hour!_! :eek: I am outraged! > [@tdn](#): > > Starring Guy Pearce, who also starred in the first five minutes of **The Hurt Locker**. Also, Ralph Fiennes shows up and promptly gets killed, although I don’t remember how far in. The middle perhaps? I think yours is more shocking, though. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080/44 "2012-06-15T23:00:24Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Open Spoilers? Okay this one’s a whopper. > > Once the murder occurs in [In The Bedroom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247425/), I kind of figured, okay. What the hell. NOW where will this thing go? > > Unexpected horrific right hand violent turn. > > Brilliant. Yup. It’s considerably less of a shock in the original short story, which it titled “Killings,” which also happens to hint at the “now where will this thing go” aspect. Love that movie. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080/45 "2012-06-15T23:07:54Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > It’s a twist because you think it’s gonna be a bad movie, but then you change your mind because, hey, boobs! And then you watch and realize that it sucked all along. Do you mean [the original D.O.A.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.O.A._(1950_film)) or [the remake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.O.A._(1988_film))? The original is a great film. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080/46 "2012-06-15T23:35:19Z")
Semi-seriously, and based on **Maserschmidt** giving the title as “DOA: Dead Or Alive” and not “D.O.A.,” it’s a reference to this [travesty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOA:_Dead_or_Alive). I am not sure which movie was meant, although it looks like in that one has a guy you think dies but then is alive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-twists-in-films-open-spoilers/624080.md?page=2)