we definitely should have seen that
coming
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
instances of foreshadowing in film
single structures a fried off for this
list we’re looking at those big screen
moments that seemed inconspicuous or
irrelevant but ended up predicting an
important part of the movie and I guess
I’d just rather stuff Murray’s because I
hate the look of beasts when they’re
stuffed as you can expect there are some
major spoilers ahead so spoiler alert I
number 10 Grace’s death avatar the
wounds were too great Sigourney Weaver
playing a fierce independent woman in
space stop me if you’ve heard this one
before there is something really
interesting going on in there
biologically Weaver plays dr. grace
Augustine who runs the Avatar program on
Pandora early in the film when asked
about the tree of souls she boldly
states I die to get a sample I would die
to get samples while this was in line
with her characters nature it would come
full circle at the end of the film when
she is mortally wounded and carried to
the tree it was not enough time she is
with a whanau
number nine man’s red fire The Jungle
Book I wanna be like you
while foreshadowing can be hit you over
the head obvious Disney went for the
more subtle route in the jungle book the
I wanna be like you number is one of the
more memorable songs from the Disney
Pantheon but it also revealed how the
film would end late a secret army of
man’s red fire but I don’t know how to
make fire wishing to be human King Louie
asks Mowgli to teach him to make fire
which he believes separates animals from
men
what I desire is man’s red fire to make
of course Mowgli eventually defeats the
ferocious sheer Khan by tying flaming
branches to his tail which proves
Louie’s theory look behind you chum
number eight verbal Kint story the usual
suspects Keaton was Kaiser salsa you
can’t have an incredible twist ending
without subtle indicators throughout the
film that make the audience say I should
have seen that coming
after a second viewing and like that
he’s gone in a movie littered with
foreshadowing one of the best examples
is the gold lighter and watch that
Keyser söze has at the beginning of the
usual suspects which are given back to
verbal Kint as part of his personal
belongings when he leaves the police
station watch gold cigarette lighter
gold you can also pick up on subtle cues
like Kent looking at various objects in
the detectives office including the
bottom of a coffee cup with the name
Kobayashi printed on it tell me every
last detail
I work for Keyser solo anniversary
convinced me
number seven Ed’s plan Shaun of the Dead
total a whenever a breakup occurs it
seems like the advice given by the best
friend is always the same
get drunk oh we should do tomorrow keep
drinking while Ed’s plan seems entirely
geared towards getting the pair hammered
it actually predicts the next day’s
events perfectly the pair kills a zombie
named Mary Bloody Mary first Inge
discovers that Sean stepdad has been
bitten on the neck by a zombie by the
king Jay rescues Liz and her friends
Dave and Diane comfort a little princess
and pretends to be zombies to get inside
the Winchester pub where they end up
making a last stand with a rifle stack
of a camera
and back of the ball for Sean the plot
of the entire film is revealed in
literally less than 10 seconds how’s
that the slicer fried dough number six a
fistful of dollars Back to the Future
Part two Marty McFly taking a page out
of the man with no names book how
awesome is that
bulton first in the second installment
of this trilogy Marty confronts
alternate 1985 Biff who’s sitting in a
hot tub with a woman under each arm
watching a fistful of dollars
party’s over Biff the specific scene
that appears on the TV is when Clint
Eastwood uses a hidden plate to block
the bad guys bullets it’s clear Marty
saw the scene as well as he uses the
exact same technique in the third film
to save his own life in a duel against
Biff’s ancestor Buford Mad Dog Tannen
number five you either die a hero or you
live long enough to see yourself become
the villain the dark knight you wouldn’t
dare try to justify yourself if you knew
what I’d lost
anyone who knows the story of Batman was
well aware of Harvey Dent’s impending
downfall before the film even started
you either die a hero or you live long
enough to see yourself become the
villain still that doesn’t make this
quote by Harvey any less significant
maybe when Batman saves Harvey after
he’s captured by the Joker the decorated
District Attorney begins to drift into
madness due to the severe burns on his
body and the guilt he feels over
Rachel’s death please
robbed of his chance to die a hero
Harvey turns into two-face and begins
terrorizing those he blames for Rachel’s
death by deciding their fate with a coin
toss unbiased unprejudiced fair his sons
got the same chance she had 5050 number
for x marks the spot
the departed look there is a rat in your
unit that is a fact
all right the phrase x marks the spot
usually signifies treasure or a reward
in Martin Scorsese’s world however X
signifies impending doom
Scorsese scattered exes throughout the
crime drama we see them in the form of
graffiti handwriting floor patterns and
shadows to name a few all of the
characters that appeared on screen with
an X in the frame ended up dying at some
point in the movie the only two main
characters that never appeared on screen
with an X Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg
number three dr. Grant’s Raptor story
Jurassic Park and even the word Raptor
means bird of prey Jurassic Park is a
movie littered with foreshadowing
including a scene where dr. grant ties
his seatbelt together indicating how the
dinosaurs found a way to breed despite
the fact that they were all female look
what I blinded by the time you get it
right
it’s dr. Grant’s story about
velociraptors at the beginning of the
film however that earns a spot on our
list that’s when the attack comes not
from the front but from the side the
paleontologist describes how raptors
worked together in groups to trap their
prey while also commenting on how clever
they are you stare at him and he just
stares right back we later see this come
to fruition when Raptors ambush and kill
Robert Muldoon and when they corner the
children in the kitchen
number two luke’s vision in the cave
Star Wars Episode five the Empire
Strikes Back why wish you become Jedi
most because of my father again from
Plato – Aladdin to Harry Potter caves
always seem to play an important role
when they’re featured in a story any
must gone when Luke enters the Dagobah
cave he asks Yoda what he will find to
which Yoda responds only what you take
with you Luke sees a vision of Vader in
the cave and strikes him down only to
see his own face under the mask
revealing what would happen if Luke
turned to the dark side of the force
this neat little piece of foreshadowing
also hints at the deeper soon to be
revealed relationship between Luke and
Vader himself before we reveal our
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions we’ll bring the dog I love
animals I’m a great cook
you
my hobby is stuffing things you know
taxidermy number one power loader aliens
well I can drive that loader the top
spot on our list goes to one of the best
action films ever created Sigourney
Weaver makes another appearance in our
countdown this time as Ellen Ripley
Thank You officer Ripley that will be
all Ripley’s claim that an alien killed
all of the crew of the Nostromo is
initially met with skepticism thank you
that will be all god damn it that’s not
all in an effort to fit in with the
Marines
Ripley demonstrates her ability with a
power loader a powered exoskeleton that
helps boost the endurance and strength
of the wearer where you want it
Ripley’s prowess with the machine is
important as she would later use it to
help defeat the alien queen in an epic
standoff get away from her you bitch
do you agree with our list after that my
guess is you’ll never hear from him
again what’s your favorite instance of
foreshadowing in film for some reason I
thought of my first fight with Tyler for
more exhilarating top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com okay fine
coming
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
instances of foreshadowing in film
single structures a fried off for this
list we’re looking at those big screen
moments that seemed inconspicuous or
irrelevant but ended up predicting an
important part of the movie and I guess
I’d just rather stuff Murray’s because I
hate the look of beasts when they’re
stuffed as you can expect there are some
major spoilers ahead so spoiler alert I
number 10 Grace’s death avatar the
wounds were too great Sigourney Weaver
playing a fierce independent woman in
space stop me if you’ve heard this one
before there is something really
interesting going on in there
biologically Weaver plays dr. grace
Augustine who runs the Avatar program on
Pandora early in the film when asked
about the tree of souls she boldly
states I die to get a sample I would die
to get samples while this was in line
with her characters nature it would come
full circle at the end of the film when
she is mortally wounded and carried to
the tree it was not enough time she is
with a whanau
number nine man’s red fire The Jungle
Book I wanna be like you
while foreshadowing can be hit you over
the head obvious Disney went for the
more subtle route in the jungle book the
I wanna be like you number is one of the
more memorable songs from the Disney
Pantheon but it also revealed how the
film would end late a secret army of
man’s red fire but I don’t know how to
make fire wishing to be human King Louie
asks Mowgli to teach him to make fire
which he believes separates animals from
men
what I desire is man’s red fire to make
of course Mowgli eventually defeats the
ferocious sheer Khan by tying flaming
branches to his tail which proves
Louie’s theory look behind you chum
number eight verbal Kint story the usual
suspects Keaton was Kaiser salsa you
can’t have an incredible twist ending
without subtle indicators throughout the
film that make the audience say I should
have seen that coming
after a second viewing and like that
he’s gone in a movie littered with
foreshadowing one of the best examples
is the gold lighter and watch that
Keyser söze has at the beginning of the
usual suspects which are given back to
verbal Kint as part of his personal
belongings when he leaves the police
station watch gold cigarette lighter
gold you can also pick up on subtle cues
like Kent looking at various objects in
the detectives office including the
bottom of a coffee cup with the name
Kobayashi printed on it tell me every
last detail
I work for Keyser solo anniversary
convinced me
number seven Ed’s plan Shaun of the Dead
total a whenever a breakup occurs it
seems like the advice given by the best
friend is always the same
get drunk oh we should do tomorrow keep
drinking while Ed’s plan seems entirely
geared towards getting the pair hammered
it actually predicts the next day’s
events perfectly the pair kills a zombie
named Mary Bloody Mary first Inge
discovers that Sean stepdad has been
bitten on the neck by a zombie by the
king Jay rescues Liz and her friends
Dave and Diane comfort a little princess
and pretends to be zombies to get inside
the Winchester pub where they end up
making a last stand with a rifle stack
of a camera
and back of the ball for Sean the plot
of the entire film is revealed in
literally less than 10 seconds how’s
that the slicer fried dough number six a
fistful of dollars Back to the Future
Part two Marty McFly taking a page out
of the man with no names book how
awesome is that
bulton first in the second installment
of this trilogy Marty confronts
alternate 1985 Biff who’s sitting in a
hot tub with a woman under each arm
watching a fistful of dollars
party’s over Biff the specific scene
that appears on the TV is when Clint
Eastwood uses a hidden plate to block
the bad guys bullets it’s clear Marty
saw the scene as well as he uses the
exact same technique in the third film
to save his own life in a duel against
Biff’s ancestor Buford Mad Dog Tannen
number five you either die a hero or you
live long enough to see yourself become
the villain the dark knight you wouldn’t
dare try to justify yourself if you knew
what I’d lost
anyone who knows the story of Batman was
well aware of Harvey Dent’s impending
downfall before the film even started
you either die a hero or you live long
enough to see yourself become the
villain still that doesn’t make this
quote by Harvey any less significant
maybe when Batman saves Harvey after
he’s captured by the Joker the decorated
District Attorney begins to drift into
madness due to the severe burns on his
body and the guilt he feels over
Rachel’s death please
robbed of his chance to die a hero
Harvey turns into two-face and begins
terrorizing those he blames for Rachel’s
death by deciding their fate with a coin
toss unbiased unprejudiced fair his sons
got the same chance she had 5050 number
for x marks the spot
the departed look there is a rat in your
unit that is a fact
all right the phrase x marks the spot
usually signifies treasure or a reward
in Martin Scorsese’s world however X
signifies impending doom
Scorsese scattered exes throughout the
crime drama we see them in the form of
graffiti handwriting floor patterns and
shadows to name a few all of the
characters that appeared on screen with
an X in the frame ended up dying at some
point in the movie the only two main
characters that never appeared on screen
with an X Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg
number three dr. Grant’s Raptor story
Jurassic Park and even the word Raptor
means bird of prey Jurassic Park is a
movie littered with foreshadowing
including a scene where dr. grant ties
his seatbelt together indicating how the
dinosaurs found a way to breed despite
the fact that they were all female look
what I blinded by the time you get it
right
it’s dr. Grant’s story about
velociraptors at the beginning of the
film however that earns a spot on our
list that’s when the attack comes not
from the front but from the side the
paleontologist describes how raptors
worked together in groups to trap their
prey while also commenting on how clever
they are you stare at him and he just
stares right back we later see this come
to fruition when Raptors ambush and kill
Robert Muldoon and when they corner the
children in the kitchen
number two luke’s vision in the cave
Star Wars Episode five the Empire
Strikes Back why wish you become Jedi
most because of my father again from
Plato – Aladdin to Harry Potter caves
always seem to play an important role
when they’re featured in a story any
must gone when Luke enters the Dagobah
cave he asks Yoda what he will find to
which Yoda responds only what you take
with you Luke sees a vision of Vader in
the cave and strikes him down only to
see his own face under the mask
revealing what would happen if Luke
turned to the dark side of the force
this neat little piece of foreshadowing
also hints at the deeper soon to be
revealed relationship between Luke and
Vader himself before we reveal our
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions we’ll bring the dog I love
animals I’m a great cook
you
my hobby is stuffing things you know
taxidermy number one power loader aliens
well I can drive that loader the top
spot on our list goes to one of the best
action films ever created Sigourney
Weaver makes another appearance in our
countdown this time as Ellen Ripley
Thank You officer Ripley that will be
all Ripley’s claim that an alien killed
all of the crew of the Nostromo is
initially met with skepticism thank you
that will be all god damn it that’s not
all in an effort to fit in with the
Marines
Ripley demonstrates her ability with a
power loader a powered exoskeleton that
helps boost the endurance and strength
of the wearer where you want it
Ripley’s prowess with the machine is
important as she would later use it to
help defeat the alien queen in an epic
standoff get away from her you bitch
do you agree with our list after that my
guess is you’ll never hear from him
again what’s your favorite instance of
foreshadowing in film for some reason I
thought of my first fight with Tyler for
more exhilarating top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com okay fine
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