I consider myself to be quite an attentive viewer when it comes to watching movies. Maybe that’s why continuity supervision came more naturally to me, and I didn't break a sweat when I suddenly switched roles from being an Assistant Director. In my head, watching a movie is also a game. I try to predict how a movie will end right from the first act. It started as a practice to identify writing tropes, and now it I can’t stop myself. Not to brag, most of the time, I’ve predicted correctly. But today, we’re talking about the other lot—films with endings that I could never see coming (and I bet you can’t either!). So let’s dive right in because these endings will blow your mind. [Spoilers Ahead!]8 Most Shocking Movie Endings1. Shutter Island (2010) Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a U.S. Marshal who visits Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe, mental hospital for the criminally insane, with his new partner, Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), to investigate the disappearance of a female patient, Rachel. Throughout their investigation, Teddy seems on edge, as his investigation and interaction with the other patients begin to trigger his own personal traumas. At the end, after Rachel is found (rather rescued), one thing leads to another, finally leading us to the truth: Teddy is actually Andrew Laeddis, a patient at the same mental hospital who had created an alter ego for himself, Teddy, and living a false life in an attempt to avoid confronting his trauma of killing...
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