Predicatble twist.

I think that now, in 2015, the twist is more obvious than in 1995, which has a lot to do with other roles played by Kevin Spacey and the flood of twist movies that came about in the late 90s. But you're not gonna tell me that you knew that most of the movie was a lie based on information on a bulletin board. Because Verbal being Soze is only half of the twist. And some people even believe Verbal wasn't Soze, but just a henchman, supported by statements made by director and cast.

But even if you know the twist, I don't consider it a bore, because it's fun to figure out what really happened or not. Who knows what role "Kobayashi" really played in all of this?

Primal Fear was VERY obvious by the way, and didn't have enough other redeeming qualities in my opinion.

Thank you for the reply. Since posting this and reading up more I think I need to see the film again. I take your point about Verbal being behind it is only half the twist and I can see that actually I have missed a hell of a lot with only having seen this once. Definitely a film I need to see again.
I also take your point with Primal Fear but it fooled me.

I just watched it and was underwhelmed entirely. The movie was ok but nothing special. I didn't figure out the twist as early on as you but I did see it coming and had it figured out before the beginning of the boat fight.

When it came out, most people didn't know it had a twist.
It also pre-dated the widespread use of Internet and forums that could spoil things.

This movie is really the first big twist-movie of the wave of twist-movies that started in the late 90's. It's not a surprise that people nowadays can see the twist more easily, since the style of twist (unreliable narrator) has been done so many times since - for instance in Fight Club.

Most of the times, however, they rely on a more "straight" twist, so to speak. Here, the unreliable narrator is telling his unreliable story to people in the movie as well as to us, making the narration not just unreliable but meta as well.

Ironically, in a way, this movie is most likely responsible for you being able to figure out the twist beforehand.

Quidquid Latinae dictum sit, altum viditur.

I saw this at the cinema when it first came out. I didn't guess the ending. As I saw it at the cinema, I was caught up in it. Additionally, it was a Friday night after a full week's work, a heavy meal and a couple of glasses of wine, so I was rather tired.

However, I loved it and insisted my brother watch it. So we did, on DVD, and he really enjoyed it, but he guessed the ending. The showoff also anticipated the ending of "The Sixth Sense" saying that it reminded him of the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, which at time I hadn't read.

I perhaps come from a family of Sherlock Holmes, but the gene skipped me. I know my mum never read any Agatha Christie (but she did read a lot oh mystery type books), but any whodunnit she watched, she always knew who was guilty.

Did you know there was a twist before watching the movie? Because if that's the case then you're obviously going to be looking for one. For me, I didn't know about any twist and was completely fooled.

Here is what happens with these thinker movies. They get ripped off and then as time goes by they aren't that special anymore.

The Maltese Falcon was the first it's kind but when people look back at that movie today you hear nothing but that it is boring and over rated.

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