MovieChat Forums > Cenizas del paraíso (1997) Discussion > Watch it if you like Usual Suspects

Watch it if you like Usual Suspects



Both movies are entertaining, Usual Suspects has a much better ending in my opinion tho...
..& Cenizas del paraíso has a better more complex plot.

reply


I liked both movies, though I don't see much in common between them (I can see it between 'Nueve Reinas' and 'The Usual Suspects', but not with 'Cenizas del Paraiso').

I loved the ending in both movies, but in TUS what was great was the surprise, in CDP was the excellent allegory.

~Dream: Don't rush to master the 'how' (technique) & then brush past or forget the 'why' (meaning)

reply

I liked Cenizas del paraíso much better (though I found Usual Suspects entertaining enough), but I don't think the plotlines have anything in common beyond the most common-denominator themes (corruption), which is almost like saying "good vs. evil" -- in other words, a description that would comfortably fit about half the movies out there (if not more).

reply