I Think Mel's Point Was It's Not A HOLLYWOOD Ending, If You Know What I Mean

Fed up with Hollywood's penchant for gut-grabbing, narrative logic-defying, lazy writer-emanating twist endings, David Edelstein asked readers for their nominations for the "most-idiotic-twist endings" in the movies.

After all, he says, "For every The Sixth Sense, there is a correspondingówell, The Village." [Actually, the accounts of the sheer suckitude of The Village almost make me want to see it. Flight paths? Who knew? Oops, besides you, now.]

And what would a column about surprise endings be without a surprise ending of its own, hilariously provided by Slate reader Charles Monagan: Oh, um, SPOILER ALERT !!!!

"The Passion of the Christ
He's not really dead!"