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MONDAY MOVIE MEME

Molly looked around for a weekly meme about movies and did not have any luck. So therefore she decided to start her own! Andy will play along as well - hopefully you will too. Go to your blog and create your own post on the topic, linking back to us in your post, then come back and leave a link to your post here in our Comments section. If you don’t have a blog, just share your response in the Comments section.

This week's movie topic is all about Surprise Endings...

So around these parts we are getting ready for Halloween. But we've already covered horror movies. There's always candy on Halloween, but we've already talked about movie snacks too. Of course those little ghosts and goblins planning to ring our doorbell for the candy will greet us with a chorus of Trick or Treat! We always avoid the tricks by giving them the treats. But we do enjoy tricks when they come in the form of a shocker movie ending. Share on your blog movies that you thought you had all figured out which then left you with your jaw hanging open in wonder at the final scene. Don't forget to link back here at The Bumbles so we can share recommendations and visit your fellow participants!

The Usual Suspects (1995) - Kevin Spacey took this role and parlayed it into great success. If you don't know who Keyser Soze is, pop this movie in and let Verbal Kint tell you all about it. I guarantee you will want to instantly watch it all over again when it ends to look for all the possible hints.

Seven (1995) - Here's another shocker a la Mr. Spacey. Hmmm. And it came out in the same year as The Usual Suspects. Who knew we could be duped twice in the same year? Terrific cast covering a gruesome serial killer fascinated with the Seven Deadly Sins.

Saw (2004) - Talk about gruesome serial killers, Jigsaw takes the cake. And your life if you can't get out of his sadistic, yet ironic, traps. And the ending will take your breath away. The five sequels? Not so much.

No Way Out (1987) - Kevin Costner wearing his tight Navy whites may be the reason Molly was distracted from the truth revealed at the end. Then again it could have been the incredible stress throughout as Costner's character is the unidentified prime suspect in a murder and he is the one in charge of tracking himself down. That's not a spoiler. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

Ocean's Eleven (2001) - Having never seen the original Rat Pack version, we're not sure if it contained such elaborate trickery as the modern remake. But it was pure fun discovering exactly how George Clooney's band of thieves implemented their attempt of robbing one of the richest casinos in Vegas.

The Crying Game (1992) - This was perhaps the worst kept secret ending in Hollywood. So we're pretty sure you are aware of the big reveal. But since we hate spoilers we'll keep it to ourselves. This movie gives the complication of love between Britain and the IRA a whole new meaning.

The Sixth Sense (1999) - Did you see all the dead people? I bet you missed one of them. Look closely - because it's all laid out for you. And we still fell for director M. Night Shaymalan's trick. Possibly because Haley Joel Osment and Bruce Willis' performances were so good.

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