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I kept waiting for a mind blowing plot twist...

posted 9 years ago by andrew31413
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I was pleasantly surprised with Franco and Hill together in roles that deviated from what they were most known for together. It's not the best acting I've ever seen, but I enjoyed the contrast of roles I was used to seeing them in. My only problem is that I kept waiting for some kind of plot twist that never came and felt unsatisfied at the end. I kept thinking some how the 2 characters were connected in some way with the way they made them seem like they "knew each other." Or maybe the wife had something to do with it with the way she kept looking at the pictures and drawing on the wall, and the phone call. I just felt there was no climax to the story and it just dragged on till the very end.

[–] SaliceMcD 9 years ago

I agree with just about everything here - I also thought for a second at the end "He has a twin!! That's it!!" If the filmmakers were intent on sticking strictly to the facts - yawn - I would at least have liked to have seen/heard some of this "overwhelming evidence" so that we could then watch Longo explain it away to Mike, or try to - something to keep us wondering, to inject some tension. The closing statement - that Mike keeps in regular contact with him! - just made the whole thing more frustrating, as their final scene (actually) together implied that Mike was through
with him.

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[–] riversideriverside 9 years ago

It is a story about one personality type manipulating another personality type. Mike realizes how he's been manipulated during the court scene when Longo does the "wink" with his "double negative" remark. Recall that when Mike was teaching Longo how to write, he mentions the wink and the double negative. Hill's reaction in court is the denouement. The rest of the story reveals that Mike will never be out from under Longo's manipulation.

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[–] neonaoki1 9 years ago

I don't get if the movie is poorly written or if these coincidences are supposed to signify something, which seems out of place since this is "based on a real story" rather than an artistic film.

-(When asked to write about love) "I thought you would write M.J. (MaryJane)" - he did, "Mike and Jill", "MJ".

-The policeman using the same sentence Jonah Hill used in his first letter to Franco: "you've sort of been in a trial of your own". Is it just bad writing, like the writer forgot he used that sentence already? It looks like when kids think a sentence is clever and subconsciously keep using it in an essay (and don't proofread).

-The *beep* drawings on Hill's notebook and Franco's letters being the same. Why? How is that explained? Unless the story was going to veer into a "Hill is insane and is actually the killer" plot twist, it's not believable.

-We were also never shown scenes where Hill talks about his wife, which made it seem like Franco was stalking them somehow (or back to the insanity plot twist), but that was never used in the plot.

-This film is 99% red herrings, for no purpose at all, which is very confusing.

[–] MandarineGrace 9 years ago

I didn't know it was actually a true story so I am really disappointed lol. It started off so well and there were so many interesting things I thought could be uncovered. What a waste of time I rarely watch movies and got really into this one for about 40 minutes until the plot didn't seem to be unfolding . At least I know why lol