# Movies that right up until the last 10 minutes had you going..."Nooo.This isn't really happening." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902 "2015-09-04T14:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/21 "2015-09-15T13:51:28Z")
I’m not sure I’m completely clear on what the OP is asking for, but does “Safety Not Guaranteed” fit? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/22 "2015-09-15T16:03:28Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’m not sure I’m completely clear on what the OP is asking for, but does “Safety Not Guaranteed” fit? Yes. I’ll throw in [Pi](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) and [How To Get Ahead In Advertising](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097531/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/23 "2015-09-15T16:12:01Z")
Oh, and [Frailty](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264616/). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/24 "2015-09-15T16:20:52Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This unfortunately became the norm for Shyamalan movies. I guessed the twist at the very beginning of **The Happening** and said: “No, he’s not going to do _THAT_, is her?” > > He did. The only thing about Shyamalan that is different from Ed Wood is [The Sixth Sense (1999)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_14) and even it doesn’t hold up on multiple viewings. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/25 "2015-09-15T16:28:07Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Since people are posting the opposite, I called The Game pretty much completely as I was putting the disk into the DVD player. > [@Cardinal](#): > > I refuse to see that again, as the ending was so bad. I remember being disappointed by that movie, and it’s about 18 years ago. I think it got made on the basis of getting movie stars to agree to it, not the script. I like Fincher, but _The Game_ is not good. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/26 "2015-09-15T16:57:44Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Since people are posting the opposite, I called The Game pretty much completely as I was putting the disk into the DVD player. > [@Cardinal](#): > > I refuse to see that again, as the ending was so bad. I remember being disappointed by that movie, and it’s about 18 years ago. I think it got made on the basis of getting movie stars to agree to it, not the script. > [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > I like Fincher, but _The Game_ is not good. I confess I enjoyed _The Game_, weird as it was, but I think the ending would have been much better if when Michael Douglas and the girl get into the car at the end, the camera pulls back and you see two helmeted motorcyclists observing them. Then you hear a burst of radio static and someone says, “Begin Phase 2.” And the cyclists follow the car… > [@grude](#): > > Knight And Day- > > I was convinced there was going to be a twist or reveal, the events are a fantasy right? Come on this is too outlandish, there is a island shaped like a smiley face! > > Nope no twist, the movie does not play up any ambiguity but I thought it would happen. I liked _Knight and Day_ more when I pretended the Tom Cruise character was actually Ethan Hunt from _Mission: Impossible_ having a psychotic break. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/27 "2015-09-15T17:04:54Z")
Not a movie but the first season of Game of Thrones. No way that’s gonna happen. No way that’s gonna happen in front of his little daughter. No way freakin’ way. Even as the ax was falling on Ned’s neck, I thought _something_ was going to intervene. After that, I went out and purchased all the books. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/28 "2015-09-16T00:33:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > _Donnie Darko_. I kept watching and thinking “Man, this is really complex. The reveal that explains it all is going to be awesome…okay, getting more weird…this is going to be a helluva twist…okay, we’re running out of movie here…okay, what the hell? They didn’t explain _anything_!” > > What worse is that on the DVD there is an actual explanation of the whole weird timeloop thing and it’s basically a stupid idea badly explained. Movie **fail**. These are almost exactly my thoughts on _Donnie Darko_. I can’t cite this, but I read at some point that writer/director Richard Kelly didn’t intend for his explanation to be the _only_ one and had wanted fans to come up with their own explanations. That’s certainly what I’d advise people to do, because whatever you can think of on your own, no matter how stupid or riddled with holes, is almost certain to be better and more satisfying than the “official” explanation on the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/29 "2015-09-16T01:38:48Z")
_Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull_. I actually allowed the goodwill from the other movies to not make me hate it while I was watching…right up until the end. I was thinking things like “OK, well…that was terrible…but surely there will be an excellent twist explaining what the crystal skulls _really_ are…uh…nope. Aliens. [Fuck you Steve, Fuck you George, Fuck yoo Shia, you’re cool Cate, and fuck you Harrison, I’m out](https://youtu.be/3eGJOqMHsDI)” ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/30 "2015-09-16T04:54:18Z")
Regarding _ **Miracle Mile** _ some corrections: 1. I don’t think there’s ever supposed to be a question as to whether the call he receives is for real. There’s no reason to think it isn’t. 2. The warheads actually hit, they don’t just streak over the sky. That is why the helicopter crashes. I loved that movie, seen it a few times. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/31 "2015-09-16T05:13:24Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Regarding _ **Miracle Mile** _ some corrections: > > 1. I don’t think there’s ever supposed to be a question as to whether the call he receives is for real. There’s no reason to think it isn’t. > > 2. The warheads actually hit, they don’t just streak over the sky. That is why the helicopter crashes. > > I loved that movie, seen it a few times. That is the movie I thought of immediately. I sat there thinking, “But? What? But? Oh it will end ok! What??? Holy what?” ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/32 "2015-09-16T08:44:25Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Oh, and [Frailty](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264616/). No, I don’t think that one fits. Most of the movie you assume that the dad was psychotic and the demons weren’t real. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/33 "2015-09-16T11:49:29Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > _Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull_. I actually allowed the goodwill from the other movies to not make me hate it while I was watching…right up until the end. I was thinking things like “OK, well…that was terrible…but surely there will be an excellent twist explaining what the crystal skulls _really_ are…uh…nope. Aliens. [Fuck you Steve, Fuck you George, Fuck yoo Shia, you’re cool Cate, and fuck you Harrison, I’m out](https://youtu.be/3eGJOqMHsDI)” No, fuck Cate too and her ridiculous Russian ice queen schtick. The only redeeming feature of the film is the return of Karen Allen as Marian. _Such_ a good character in such a bad film. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/34 "2015-09-16T11:59:51Z")
> [@Musky\_Moon](#): > > _Seeking a Friend For the End of the World_… > > I was convinced that the titular “end of the world” would be averted, somehow. I was pleasantly surprised to see the world actually end. Saw this movie right before bed and had the same thought as you. When the movie ended I couldn’t stop sobbing. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/35 "2015-09-16T12:03:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > No, fuck Cate too and her ridiculous Russian ice queen schtick. > > The only redeeming feature of the film is the return of Karen Allen as Marian. _Such_ a good character in such a bad film. Seriously, any movie that can make a freaking monkey army look stupid is hardly worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/36 "2015-09-16T12:21:43Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > _Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull_. I actually allowed the goodwill from the other movies to not make me hate it while I was watching…right up until the end. I was thinking things like “OK, well…that was terrible…but surely there will be an excellent twist explaining what the crystal skulls _really_ are…uh…nope. Aliens. [Fuck you Steve, Fuck you George, Fuck yoo Shia, you’re cool Cate, and fuck you Harrison, I’m out](https://youtu.be/3eGJOqMHsDI)” I didn’t really like the film overall, but I don’t have any particular problem with there being aliens in it at the end. Why is that bad? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/37 "2015-09-16T12:31:02Z")
It happens a little sooner than the last ten minutes, but fairly far into the movie, when you discover that people really are being abducted by aliens in _The Forgotten_. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/38 "2015-09-16T13:05:39Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > No, I don’t think that one fits. Most of the movie you assume that the dad was psychotic and the demons weren’t real. Aye, which means that right up until the last 10 minutes you are sitting there going "nooo, this isn’t really happening"only to discover that, as the OP says, “it’s your own skepticism that kept you from believing.” _Frailty_ fits the bill. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/39 "2015-09-16T13:57:18Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Aye, which means that right up until the last 10 minutes you are sitting there going "nooo, this isn’t really happening"only to discover that, as the OP says, “it’s your own skepticism that kept you from believing.” > _Frailty_ fits the bill. The OP was talking about a movie that seems to be saying something outlandish and you keep thinking there’ll be a twist. Frailty makes you think something conventional and the twist is that it’s actually outlandish. It doesn’t fit the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902/40 "2015-09-16T14:53:22Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > The OP was talking about a movie that seems to be saying something outlandish and you keep thinking there’ll be a twist. No, the OP doesn’t say that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902.md?page=3)