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Jokes On You In the spirit of tomorrow being April Fools Day, I thought I would write a blog dedicated to all of the films that have a major “whoopsie!” moment.  The movies that slowly and carefully lead us, the viewers, down a deliberate path and then BAM the jokes on you and nothing is as it seems.  Like in Brotherswhen Natalie Portman’s character thinks that Tobey Maguire is dead as a doornail.  She moves on with her life and snuggles up to his brother, Jake Gyllenhaal (can’t say I blame her) but then, WHAM, Tobey is back from the dead and slightly irritated that his kid brother is encroaching on his turf.  Or in Desperately Seeking Susan when you’re thinking “oh wow, Madonna is so cool and original” and then all of a sudden – POW! - she has a doppelganger in the form of Rosanna Arquette.  Or Hot Tub Time Machine where John Cusack and his group of friends are middle-aged and resigned to having a mediocre life, then BOOM they all get a second chance and Lougle is born.  Or Shutter Island where, let’s face it, the joke is on Leonardo DiCaprio and not us.  Leo is a U.S. Marshall one second and then KAPOW, he’s just as coo-coo crazy as the bald lady in the loony bin.  Don’t even get me started on The Usual Suspects. So, what films have thrown you for a loop?  The Sixth Sense, Fight Club and The Game are just a few more that come to mind for me.  Oh, and Finding Nemo. L.T.

Jokes On You

In the spirit of tomorrow being April Fools Day, I thought I would write a blog dedicated to all of the films that have a major “whoopsie!” moment.  The movies that slowly and carefully lead us, the viewers, down a deliberate path and then BAM the jokes on you and nothing is as it seems. 

Like in Brotherswhen Natalie Portman’s character thinks that Tobey Maguire is dead as a doornail.  She moves on with her life and snuggles up to his brother, Jake Gyllenhaal (can’t say I blame her) but then, WHAM, Tobey is back from the dead and slightly irritated that his kid brother is encroaching on his turf.  Or in Desperately Seeking Susan when you’re thinking “oh wow, Madonna is so cool and original” and then all of a sudden – POW! - she has a doppelganger in the form of Rosanna Arquette.  Or Hot Tub Time Machine where John Cusack and his group of friends are middle-aged and resigned to having a mediocre life, then BOOM they all get a second chance and Lougle is born.  Or Shutter Island where, let’s face it, the joke is on Leonardo DiCaprio and not us.  Leo is a U.S. Marshall one second and then KAPOW, he’s just as coo-coo crazy as the bald lady in the loony bin.  Don’t even get me started on The Usual Suspects.

So, what films have thrown you for a loop?  The Sixth Sense, Fight Club and The Game are just a few more that come to mind for me.  Oh, and Finding Nemo.

L.T.

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