17 Movies And TV Series That Secretly Ruined The Twist Early On

SSometimes nothing beats a good plot twist. David Fincherhis 1995 gruesome noirSe7en, today marks his 25th anniversary, and is celebrated in many ways.

However, even after repeated viewings, many failed to notice the subtle clues left in the first half of the film, reaching out forSe7en's climactic reveal.

Foreshadowing can be an art used to create a tragic or satirical effect, or it can be an Easter egg hunt for your favorite movies and TV series. It can also be a simple playfulness to reward the viewer.

Breaking Bad to How I Met Your MotherHere is a list of 17 movies and series: indicate. We secretly gave it a big twist early on. 

If I have to sayHeavy spoilers follow…

End of the World

Edgar Wright's 2013 genre romp The World's End didn't spoil the ending as much as the plot as a whole. In the film, which centers around a post-apocalyptic pub circuit, the names of 12 pubs (forming the so-called "Golden Mile") contain oblique references to the events that occur within them ("Two Headed In "The Dog", the main characters are attacked by the twins; But the most notable omen is when Gary (Simon Pegg) declares the group "The 5 Musketeers" and prompts Oliver to reply "You mean the 3 Musketeers, don't you?" happen. He was right, of course, and by the end of the film, two of the five members had died.

Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems released in the UK earlier this year,Adam Sandler excels as the compulsive and chaotic gambler Howard Ratner. After repeatedly pissing off a loan shark (Keith Williams Richards), Howard receives a bullet in the face in the film's breathtaking ending. The problem is that his killer said he would do so only 10 minutes into the movie. "You are dead," he tells him. ``You're dead.

Shutter Island

The ending of Martin Scorsese's 2010 noir Shutter Island  was truly a shocker. After watching detectives Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Orr (Mark Ruffalo) investigate the mysterious events taking place in the island's mental hospital, Teddy is a mental hospital inmate. I understand. back together. There are many small indicators that everything is set up, but a particularly prominent moment comes when Daniels and Aure unholster their firearms. Aure, really a mental hospital employee, fumbled with weapons and momentarily betrayed that he was clearly not a member of law enforcement.

Jaws

Jaws In the ending of Jaws, Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) uses a tank of compressed air to finally move him underwater. 's nemesis, detonating them in the meantime. Inside the shark's mouth. Early in the film, a picture of a shark chewing on a long cylinder is shown, which is very similar to the ending. But the most obvious omen comes when Air her tank is rolling on the ship's deck, and Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) says: Shortly after, Quint (Robert Shaw) tells him: But I don't know what that bastard shark is going to do with it. I think you can probably eat it.

The Prestige

Christopher Nolan's 2006 thriller claims that magician Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) is actually a set of two twin brothers. It featured several major twists, including a revelation. He performs the infamous "Transported Man" trick. However, this was foreseen early in the film when a young boy witnesses a trick of a birdcage collapsing. The boy asks when the magician appears to have restored the crushed bird and exposed his sleeve.

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Reservoir Dogs

In Quentin Tarantino's 1992 pop classic, Snitch's identity was actually Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) It contains many tips. In addition to the prevalence of orange visual symbols dotted throughout the film, the opening coffee scene of him hints at his betrayal to the viewer. When Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) neglects to tip the waitress at the diner, Orange takes him to their meal. boss.

Skyfall

Skyfall, in his decision to kill M (played byJudi Dench), James his It left a huge mark on Bond's canon) at the end of the film. This came as a surprise at the time, but the twist wasn't actually so subtly revealed in the film's opening credits. After Dench's name appears on the screen, the camera zooms in on the gravestone. For a moment, it appears like an inscription.

Bad

The second season of AMC's blockbuster crime drama Breaking Bad follows the actions of Walt (Bryan Cranson) in a flaming plane crash over Albuquerque. New Mexico caused an accident and ended in epic tragedy. However, the creators dropped the hint in the titles of his four separate episodes that season: "Seven Thirty-Seven," "Down," "Over," and "ABQ" (the latter being Albuquerque's airport code). rice field.

Better Call Saul

Vince Gilligan and his companions in the ongoing spin-off ofBreaking Bad,Better as well does the trick. Call SaulGustavo Fring, the malevolent drug-and-fries-hi-chicken baron played by Giancarlo Esposito, made a surprise return in Season 3. However, the twist was prematurely ruined by die-hard fans who realized that the first letters of all 10 of his second-season episode titles could be rearranged to spell "FRING'S BACK."

Saving Private Ryan

Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed war blockbuster A man visits a tombstone in Normandy Cemetery. As the film flashes back to his 1944, it's not clear who of the soldiers storming Normandy's beaches will be this future veteran. It is finally shown to be actually the still-living James Ryan, mentioned in the film's title.  However, anyone familiar with military equipment should have already guessed the identity of the former veteran. He wears the 101st Airborne Division (Ryan's division) pin, while Hanks and others are part of the Army Rangers.

Interstellar

Another film from Chris Nolan, another slice of Blinking Cataphora. A big twist in the space epic – good-natured astronaut Joseph Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) communicating with his daughter via a time-traveling Tesseract in the past – is actually one of his first lines. is implied by When Cooper surprises his daughter Murphy, she says, "I thought you were my ghost." After a three hour movie it turned out he was.

The Thing

This classic horror by John Carpenter takes shape at the beginning of the film when a dog is chased through an icy landscape by a man in a helicopter. revealed the nature of aliens that change the Residents of the research station were shocked to see the scene, but if they had spoken Norwegian they might have understood. A man says: It's not a dog, it's some kind of thing. It's an imitation of a dog, not real. Run away, you idiots."

Game of Thrones

When direwolf puppies were discovered in the first episode of HBO's beloved fantasy series Games Of Thrones,  are divided on what to do. But no one wants them killed more than Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen). When Theon turned on House of Stark later in the series, they should have seen it coming - the direwolf is Stark's symbol.

How I Met Your Mother

whileHow I Met Your Mother honorable mother identity Remaining a mystery until the show's final season, her name, or at least her first name, was revealed very early on. In the Season 1 Thanksgiving episode "Belly Full of Turkey", the future Ted tells her kids about going to the Strip with her Patrick Harris' Barney to have dinner with Neil. increase. For a short time he tricked the children into believing that this was how he met his mother. This only makes sense if it really is the mother's name. Sure enough, the mother's identity was later revealed to be Tracy McConnell.

Magnolia

Paul Thomas Anderson used cash provided in the 1999 porn drama Boogie Nights to create Magnolia created, a wildly ambitious ensemble film that culminated in a barrage of frogs raining from the sky. But those especially familiar with the Christian Bible might have expected it. The verse in question is: "The Nile will be full of frogs, and they will enter your palaces, your bedrooms, your beds, the houses of your officials and men, and your ovens and kneading bowls."

Get Out

Jordan Peele's top horror of 2017 peaked with the revelation that the movie's white villain kidnapped black victims and used their bodies as vessels. High tide reached. This includes the creepy housekeeper Georgina (Betty Gabriel), who is later discovered owned by the Armitage family's grandmother. Bradley Whitford's Dean Armitage says near the beginning of the film, when he says, "My mom loved the kitchen, so here's a piece of her," when the camera pans and it's there. Just before revealing the standing Georgina, it clearly hints.

Se7en

This is one of the most famous twists in cinema. At the end of Se7en, serial killer John Doe (Kevin Spacey) kills his pregnant wife (Gwyneth Gwyneth) in order to carry out his series of crimes inspired by The Seven Deadly Sins. Paltrow's decapitated good cop David Mills (Brad Pitt). Head in the box. Well, you probably had a hard time guessing the ending beforehand, but like Doe, Fincher left some clues. The most insidious of these is the way Paltrow is shot from his neck upwards. This is an iconic decapitation by camera. Just as the subject matter of Doe's final plan is being discussed, one of these "floating head" cutaways of him is inserted into the film.