The unexpected

I’ve been spoiled by watching The Umbrella Academy (and, to a lesser extent, Knives Out: Glass Onion). I now crave the unexpected…and not just a plot twist, but a highly quirky, somewhat off-kilter, but still in-line-with-the-story-and-characters plot twist. Nearly all other films/series fall short of this new expectation.

“Whuuuuu??“

Case in point: Netflix kept pushing the movie The Pale Blue Eye on us and a friend gushed about how good it was, so I decided to watch it with the fam. I came out of it fairly disappointed. It was through no fault of the acting (I’m a fan of Gilliam Anderson, Toby Jones, and Christian Bale) or the generally solid storyline. But there was nothing unexpected. I could predict what was going to happen and why, so I was a bit bored. (SPOILER ALERT: I also don’t care for sexual violence as a plot device)

Considering that Agatha Christie wrote a pretty surprising plot twist with And Then There Were None in 1939, I kind of expect more from mystery stories 80 years later.

What about you? Watched anything lately that knocked your socks off? Anything you care to recommend?