[YT Edit] The Usual Suspects

I mean, that's a semantic difference in the sense that you do see the conversation. Whether or not you see the bullets hitting him is irrelevant, you see that the conversation occurs between Keaton and another man.

Tyler Foster

Actually, Keaton is never shown to be shot in the beginning... you hear the shots, but made to assume he was shot.

Doug Fisher

I think concern about Spacey and Singer is valid, but the movie is also already made and is going to continue to exist. I don't mean to say one has to separate the art from the artist necessarily, more to say that there's evaluating the movie and personal evaluations of the people who made it, and those thoughts are separate actions that I can hold in my head simultaneously, and I think the best way to do both is to just be informed and well-spoken as possible.

Tyler Foster

TBH I'm not sure how I feel about this film knowing what we know now about both Kevin Spacey and Bryan Singer.

Jake McNulty

Mixed feelings about this one, and I feel your reaction is a good look into why. I feel the movie fumbles its own story a little by showing the audience enough that they could never coherently believe it's Keaton -- you're not confused because of the performances, or because of what you believe about Keaton, you're confused because the movie shows someone shooting Keaton at the beginning of the movie, and when Kujan is making his case, there is an inexplicable shot of Keaton as the gunman. Someone else in this thread brought up Memento, which I think is a good comparison. I can't explain it in too much detail, because you haven't seen the film, but there is a part during the climax where two people are arguing over the truth, and the movie shows you a memory twice, each version matching with one of those people's perspectives as if it were the truth. The Usual Suspects would be a much stronger movie if what we saw at the beginning was less clear: the guy on the boat, from a distance, walking down to the lower deck, talking to someone we can't see, saying things we can't quite hear, and then two gunshots and a pan over to those boxes. Later, when Kujan and Verbal are arguing over Keyser's identity, we could see a version that matched each of their arguments, before we knew which one was the truth. That aside, the movie still largely works because the performances in the office discussion between Kujan and Verbal are just so good, they're like a little play that gives the movie its backbone. The whole movie is worth watching for that alone, and even if I have my nitpicks with the rest of it, there are also other good things going on outside of it. On the whole, a good movie, but I wish the writing were a little bit smarter.

Tyler Foster

And let's not forget his role on Homicide: Life on the Street (as Yaphet Kotto's son(!)).

Happy Hanukkah

@Al: I have never watched BREAKING BAD or BETTER CALL SAUL, but I have seen him in COMMUNITY, THE BOYS and THE MANDALORIAN. This movie, however, was the first thing I ever saw him in and, before I eventually learned his name, the thing I remembered him from whenever I recognized him in anything else ("Oh, hey! That's the guy from THE USUAL SUSPECTS!").

Stick Figure Studios

Such a good movie, a classic for sure!

Always your finger on the pulse, Alan.

Shaun Ganyo

Also currently playing him on BETTER CALL SAUL.

Patrick Flanagan

Another good one. ;) Also, Jeez the Oscars hahahahahahahaha oooooh dear oh dear. still hoping for more anime/ghibli reactions for patreon

Groucho Barx

I just realized he played Gus Fring in Breaking Bad. Man, does time fly.

Al Swearengen

Thanks, guys!! That's what I was thinking

Orcagirl78

What was the over/under on Cassie saying What?! 😏

Robin Craft

So I saw this for the first time back in the middle ages. And not to sound like Charlie Chan or someone, but the sheer randomness of the details of Spacey/Verbal's story made me suspect him immediately. Must see Chazz Palminteri and DiNiro in "A Bronx Tale."

Stephen Malloy

I agree with Cole! If you’ve never seen it at least watch the full reaction with Cassie instead of the YT edit.

Krusty “Topher”

Cassie’s editor is amazing, but you should find a way to watch the full reaction with her, or watch it in full and then checkout the YouTube edit😊

Cole Jennett

So, I've never seen the Usual Suspect (shocker, I know). Should I wait to watch this or should I wait till see the whole thing 🤔?

Orcagirl78

Best use of the 'unreliable narrator' ever.

Connor Delaney

I do not exist.

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I am Keyser Söze.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9MysTXM_P4&t=29s

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Don’t worry. I was fooled too. I thought Kobayashi was Kaizer Sōze.

Björn Von Knorring

Just FYI, when the Giancarlo Esposito character mentions "The Incredible Hulk," he's referring not to the MCU movie (which didn't exist yet), but to the old TV show with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno.

Stick Figure Studios

Cassie - The Fence/Redfoot (Peter Greene) was a bad guy in: The Mask (Dorian Tyrell, mafia guy), and Pulp Fiction (Zed). Those are the only two things I know for sure you've seen him in.

Bill W