The Only Perfect Movie Ever to Be Made

Rating: 10/10 (24 March 2002)

SPOILER
I read some other comments, and one man declared that The Usual Suspects lied to the viewers, and that it went against the whole basis of film making. The thing is, The Usual Suspects changed the plot diagram, lied to the audience, and yet not one line spoken, not one note in the music, not one camera angle, and not one element of the story is wrong. John Ottman's music is ideal. It is subtle during the building plot, and when you know Verbil Kint is not exactly Verbil Kint, well then the music hits off once Chazz Palmentari or however you spell it drops his coffee mug, and even then it is not too epic. The plot diagram was changed since there is a climax, then a short resoultion, and then another ending. First it is Dean Keaton, and then it is Verbil Kint. And the whole time the movie is a lie. The whole point was that the movie was a lie. We saw a story in a movie that never even happened. We can't even guess what actaully happened and what Keyser Soze did. But like in the end, we know Kobayashi exists, and that there is a middleman. Pete Postelshwate or however you spell it picks up Soze outside the police department. It is hilarious, but keeps a calm tone. The camera angles and the whole style is film-noir. And the best thing about it all is that it does make sense in the end. The more you try to figure it out, the more you do figure it out. I have seen the movie a thousand times and I know what happens. You watch it a thousand times, and you will know. And best for last, in the first scene, you know Dean Keaton isn't Keyser Soze, so the movie is never unbelievable...