> > You can't throw plot twists gratuitously. Your audience will hate it. *GOOD* plot twists are
> > highly rewarding, but there's more to a "good plot twist" than it seems. For a plot twist to
> > work, it can't be so outrageous as to induce laughter; rather, the audience ideally must have
> > ALMOST seen it coming.
>
> Which is why "Entrapment", while a fairly good movie for a first viewing, cannot really be
> appreciated twice -- because you know too much the 2nd time around.

It depends, I feel, on what kind of plot twist it is. Most of the plot twists in "Entrapment", I imagine (not having seen it), are of the kind where you know there's going to be a plot twist, you just don't know what. Once you know what it is, it's all gone, which is why it doesn't stand up to repeat viewings.

On the other hand, you get the other kind of plot twist, which is totally unexpected (and yet, as Sam said, *almost* obvious). Plot twists like this, done well, can stand up to repeated viewing - what you lose by knowing it's coming, you gain by being able to spot all the little subtle clues you missed the first time through.

(ObPhantomMenace: Guess what was one of my two major reasons for seeing TPM the second time...)

Paul