2. Its On The DVD Cover - The Planet Of The Apes
The Twist: Its Earth. Like Star Wars I could make the argument here that the fact every movie since (excluding Tim Burtons consistently ridiculed remake ) has been based off the twist, with the franchise now the story of how apes took over Earth, rather than a world they rule is a perfect reason to ruin the twist. But with The Planet Of The Apes theres more. Star Wars has a galaxy beyond Anakin Skywalker, but for POTA the Statue Of Liberty doles out the beginning, middle and end. Try and get someone into Planet Of The Apes and not ruin the twist. They cant go near the internet or TV listings, so you go into your own personal collection to lend it. But even then theres no escaping it; the statues there on the cover in all its battered glory. Youd have to give them just the disc (and in some editions even thats not enough). OK, so this is one twist that itd take impossible lengths to not ruin, but that still means its OK to spoil; its not really your fault. This isn't a new thing either; less than three years after the films initial release it was being given away left, right and centre. Both the trailer and opening of the sequel use the iconic shot and the TV series of the same name uses it liberally as a basic concept.