Top 10 Uses of Foreshadowing in Movies
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My favourite movie foreshadowing is from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
Within the opening narration, it introduces his invention, spray on shoes which he can't remove and wears throughout the whole movie, and also shows a brief shot from the end of the movie, of Flint's looking up from something, as he hangs from the FLDSMDFR.
During this shot, the narration says "But when all seemed lost, I stared at defeat, and found hope" and at the end of the movie it is revealed he was staring at his feet, prompting him to stop the machine with his spray on shoes.
I stared at defeat -> I stared at da feet... The end was revealed within the first 5 minutes by a pun, lol
oooooh shit
You wrote that for Cloudy with a fucking chance of meatballs
Bruhhhhhhhhh
Well personally I think this is very ackward foreshadowing but a clever one. If the directors were willing to hide such a ridiculous foreshadowing as to not spoil the ending that's pretty clever indeed. Although this video really got batman the dark knight totally wrong. For one thing while Harvey dents quote was related to his downfall that's not all there is to it. Its more of how Harvey dent actually goes on a downward spiral. Eventually little by little we see that as batman and the Gotham police force. Do thier best within everything within thier power to deter people from trying to pretend to be batman and do things batman won't normally and would downright break his moral code. (using guns and killing people). It certainly does show alot as we see the movie progress one of jokers first points is that at one point. Even if everything they do is to stop crime no one is perfect and would break and not always stick to a code. As most of Gotham police and batman himself have been very active and stopping crime. Eventually everyone will have a grey area that breaks such so called rules and make them no better than those who they try to stop. So as we see he eventually shows joker eventually becomes so much of a threat the only way to stop him was to capture his henchmen who tried to kill Gordon. Although it fails Harvey dent captures one of them although the man he captured was insane. He was willing to do almost anything to get the joker and was willing to kill him after he flipped once. After he failed the guy admits he knew nothing about joker he flipped again to decide his faith. But after batman catches the coin he tells him all about how hes an insane mental patient used by the joker in Arkham asylum and tells dent he will reveal his identity to stop the killings. so if anything happens gotham will have Harvey dent and the gcpd backing him up. In this moment we see how joker is right and dent becomes more dark. But since he was trying to suppress his other at least self proclaimed dark half. Since he was know for having a unique personality its almost like they were two personalities which is his nickname Harvey two face that and his coin with two faces to. In the scene in the dark alley we see that half his face is entirely blacked out showing hes most likely at the edge. But given he still believes in batman he go evil and do what he would never have done so with this scene. We actually reach a climax and see all the things that makes Dent unique and similar to Bruce. But given he also feel into madness after blaming gcpd, himself and batman for Rachel's death its truly tragic. We were looking at the main villain the whole time just developing and eventually after having 1 bad day and losing everything. He was no longer Gothams white knight its also sad and plot irony (regarding Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent). Such similar characters only that dent couldn't handle it. After all the stuff u cant really blame Harvey dent after all he went through although its pretty tragic foreshadowing none the less. Bruce Wayne was the hero but Harvey dent survived and became the villain against the city and hero. He tried to help but at least I am happy at the end of the movie Harvey Dent forgives Bruce Wayne he was truly the hero Gotham deserved but not the one it needed.
This video foreshadowed the number one spot in it's number ten spot...
Well.........color me impressed.
No
I think that the Aliens "foreshadowing" is incorrect because her using the power loader in the beginning merely sets up that she is skilled in operating one. The fact that she uses it later and is good at it is NOT foreshadowing. If there is a movie about somebody that draws and in the beginning they are clearly good at drawing and then in the end they win a drawing competition, that's not foreshadowing that's just probability.
Johnny Skinwalker Probably not
Amen to that. This is a Chekhov's gun, not a foreshadowing.
TheIncognito90 Chekhov's gun is foreshadowing. "You see this item here? It's going to be used by the finale." Besides, Chekhov's gun is a principle that you should cut out superfluous things, not a literary device
Hunger games deserved that spot :/
XBlueM0ndayX chekhov's gun also negates the writing gimmick of a red herring, which comes in quite handy when writing a detective story, eh? :)
even trickier is how easy it can be to confuse foreshadowing with call-backs....
(edited to replace 'principle' with 'gimmick.')
"I thought you were the ghost" start of Interstellar, he ended up being the ghost
That movie was confusing as shit
Chuck Norris watch it a few more times, it’ll make sense
Great list but some of these aren't foreshadowing... It's a thin line between creative symbolism and plot foreshadowing.
ikamts2 I agree! I also think they're confusing foreshadowing with clues, both are similar but not the same. The only one they definitely nailed was Dark Knight Rises.
FallenAngel1508 .....You mean the Dark Knight right? Rises had no Joker
GRANDM@$TER oops my bad! I always confuse those two titles for some reason. Thanks for the correction. :)
GRANDM@$TER i kinda wonder if they'd include the joker card from the first nolan movie as forshadowing too
Chizerz The power loader is a Chekhov's gun, not necessarily foreshadowing. Man's red fire is more of a McGuffin than it is foreshadowing. Grant's explanation of how raptors hunt in packs is just simple explanation of animal behavior. It's no more foreshadowing than saying the T-Rex relies on motion to see. Shaun of the Dead, the X's to foreshadow someone's death (or oranges in the Godfather), the clip of Eastwood and even the tying of the female seatbelts are good examples of foreshadowing, but the ones I mentioned seem to be other plot devices more than classic foreshadowing.
The Prestige should of been on here!
"You killed him!"
"No hes still alive, look."
"But wheres his brother?"
The whole of prestige was foreshadowing
you just blew my fucking mind sir!
I would've liked it better if it didn't have that flashback scene where it reveals all the foreshadowing, would've watched many more times eager to look up for those
Yes, clever foreshadowing ❤️❤️
Sean Bean in a movie.
John Mathews not bad
invalid since martian unfortunately
Honestly, the whole Cornetto Trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End) are filled with foreshadowing, it's Edgar Wright's signature.
In Hot Fuzz, Danny asked a lot of ridiculous action movies question (have you ever fired two guns whilst jumping through the air, etc.) which were all done during the second half of the movie.
(Spoilers) In The World's End, the names of the pub basically tells the whole story.
• The first pub they go to is The First Post.
• The second pub they go to is The Old Familiar which looks identical to The First Post, where they meet Oliver's sister, Sam.
• Gary is featured in the banned board in The Famous Cock.
• They found out about Gary's lies and then fight the robot teenagers in The Cross Hands.
• The see local drug dealer Reverend Green in The Trusted Servant.
• The fight the robot twins in The Two-Headed Dog.
• The gang is tempted by robot women at The Mermaid.
• Gary King slams his head against the wall at The King’s Head.
• A car is driven through The Hole In The Wall, which makes an actual hole in the wall.
• And the world ends at The World’s End.
the whole damn movie are foreshadows
😦🧐I think I should watch the Cornetto trilogy again.
Every edgar wright movies has a foreshadowing
Cornetto Trilogy enthusiasts 💞
What?! *No Fight Club!* I love Aliens, but is it even _really_ foreshadowing that much??
For sure! The majority of the movie is a foreshadow
You're not supposed to talk about Fight Club
UnkeptMoss328 i don't understand how its foreshadowing . she just used it as a weapon . i wasn't like ''i was so suprised when she finally used that thing as a weapon'' . actually the whole movie i was like ''come on use the power loader i know you can use it !'' how is this foreshadowing ?
Right as I saw the name of the video, I thought of Fight Club. The fact that it didn't even get an honorable mention is ridiculous.
"Oh we have the exact same briefcase"
In "The Godfather" every time we see oranges someone is about to die =))
+Tardisuis Yeah. I heard that, too. Coppola, himself, said he didn't notice that until much later.
Not really foreshadowing. That's kind of like every time Vince goes to the bathroom in Pulp Fiction something bad happens
And fishes as well.
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WatchMojo.com How did you not mention on #10 that her death at the soul tree was itself a foreshadowing to how the two protagonists would eventually become the same race/species and be able to be together? That was the real foreshadowing.
WatchMojo.com This is the end: james Franco spoils his death to Seth in the first part of the movie ( eaten by Denny while trying to save Seth's life ) . The end of the world: They spoils many things ( 5 musketeers were too many so 2 of them had to die! Also, every pub's name spoils ( moreless ) what will happen in there, and the flashback at the beginning explain and spoils an "alternative version" of how the story will continue in the movie ) and also The interview: Dave explain his absurd plan to kill KimJong Un to the CIA... and that's exactly the ending of the movie.
Sorry for my bad english ;)
WatchMojo.com Planet of the Apes!!! The best ever...Dr. Zira: What will he find out there, doctor?
Dr. Zaius: His destiny.
WatchMojo.com What about "The sixth sense" when they led up to the main character being dead the whole time
+WatchMojo.com Nice foreshadowing with Sigourney Weaver at #10
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No thx
Wait, wait, wait. Darth Vader was his father? SPOILER ALERT!!!!
Dude I skipped that clip to avoid the spoiler and you literally ruined it in a instant in the comment section.
Gol. D Rodger You skipped the clip but you decided to read the comments. You have nobody to blame but yourself.
I think he's being sarcastic 😂
Tom Wheal That makes two of us...
Gol. D Rodger ikr smh
Wow that Shaun of the Dead one blew my mind! I never ever would have realized that foreshadowing!
Yeah that fucked with my head, brilliant writing
They do the same thing for Hot Fuzz "Everyone and their mum has a gun around here..." and The End of the World when describing the pub crawl...
@@OJ9992 fuck with your hand
HOW COULD YOU NOT HAVE SIXTH SENSE ON HERE
+Shiryu Rain You're right, that film is lousy with foreshadowing.
For real...the entire movie was foreshadowing to prepare us for the plot twist that Bruce Willis was dead all along
hehe. Watchmojo forshadowing the number 1 spot by hinting at sigourny weaver. YOU CLEVER DOGS.
Watchdogs game sequel confirmed!
OMG MIND=BLOWN!!
Tip of the cap for noticing, and same goes to WM for sticking to the title
Damn good catch!!! Lol
Jesse Compton i think they just used her twice, no foreshadowing
Karl Hans "It would come full circle at the end of the film..."
Top 10 Movie Posters would be amazing
HobbitCraft with Trexcw I especially would like to see teaser posters.
HobbitCraft with Trexcw First three came to my mind: The Silence of the Lambs, Aliens, Jaws
HobbitCraft with Trexcw Fear and Loathing in Las Vagas!
HobbitCraft with Trexcw I dunno about anyone else but I love the birdman poster. The one with Michael Keaton floating.
HobbitCraft with Trexcw Sin City, Kill Bill Vol 1, Apocalypse Now, & American Beauty spring to mind
Just a thought on the Back to the Future foreshadowing, they say Marty saves his own life by using the Clint Eastwood technique in A Fistfull of Dollars because he's seen the movie himself. However, when he goes back to 1885 in part III and goes under the persona of Clint Eastwood, everyone sees him use this technique against Mad Dog. Did Marty really get the technique from Clint Eastwood? Or did the movie get it from Marty? Paradoxes you see....
Great Scott!
Thats some serious shit!
that's heavy
OMG how did I not notice that! Awesome!
Bootstrap paradox
That's similar to the Johnny B. Goode scene in Back to the Future 1.
Her using the robot suit isn't foreshadowing. It's simply a plot device to tell the audience: HEY SHE CAN OPERATE THIS THING OKAY? So at the finale we aren't suprised when she uses it...
+JamesB00n Correct. It's not foreshadowing, it's a set up for a later scene.
It's called a Chekhov's gun in cinema. It's a theory that says " If a gun is portrayed in the first act, then it must have a usage in the second one."
but it was used in the 3rd act.
yes it is. That hints at what's gonna/could happen in the climax of the film. That's what foreshadowing is, except it doesn't necessarily need to be the climax.
This list is terrible. All these movies have way more than four shadows.
I get it!
Wes Don get this man a cookie.
Wes Don im srry i dont get the jk
not jungle book
+Wes Don LMAO xD
How is Fight Club not even an honorable mention? Or Memento?
Literally my first thought
They mentioned it at the end
Dylan Kitterman They didnt mention it. They showed a clip of it, doesnt mean it is an honorable mention.
Can't seem to think why memento would be here. How did it foreshadow?
ExpensiveFridge forever your life is ruined because your pick was not on the list. how will you carry on?
Fight club should be on this list. Before the narrator meets Tyler durden, you can see him in a few seconds
3 times i think
Sam Sam And there is a moment when the narrator is talking to Marla and Tyler is telling him what to say.
UnkeptMoss328 there is so many hints in fight clib it is ridiculous
Don't forget Tyler Durdens porno things in movies than at the end BAM!!! Penis
klaus munthe øren And yet I still never realised.
The 'Aliens' one isn't even a foreshadowing. It's just establishing her skills with the power loader. Foreshadowing would be if it somehow referenced her actually using it to fight.
Yes there is a difference between foreshadowing and setup / payoff
Grandpa`s "EPA" warning - The Simpsons Movie,
The X-Force deaths - Deadpool 2
and Deadpool, the merc without a mouth - X-Men origins: Wolverine.
Jane Axon The lines can at times be blurred. Isnt foreshadowing also setup and payoff anyhow?
The scene in The Prestige where the Borden helps a magician do a trick which involves killing a bird and then replacing it with an identical bird is (spolier alert) forshadowing how Borden does his trick and eventually cheats death because he has a twin brother.
Another chance for WatchMojo to felate The Dark Knight. Yes, the fact that everyone knew he was going to be Two-Face absolutely negates his poignant words. If it was something you catch on a second viewing, then ok, but I think everyone heard that line for the first time and just groaned at how little subtlety it had.
I'd love to comment but apparently the jokers in my mouth.
WatchMojo.com omg dead solo funny
WatchMojo.com #nailedit
RatFacedJasper "Everyone" EXCEPT people like me who don't read comic books. I had no idea he would become 2face.
Golgotha_Mythos69 I've never read a comic, dislike DC, have only seen bits and pieces of that movie--still knew he was going to be two face. Lol. And that line was not subtle at all.
The dark knight was amazing
In my personal opinion the dark knight trilogy was awful
***** Punch the guy in face, Telling him how his opinion sucks? Maybe...
James Campbell weird.
all 3 got above 85% on review sites.
***** Maybe, I would kick him for being fanboy over something instead of just enjoying good movies? I don't know. Probably.
***** Well if that's his opinion I think he should enjoy it. Hipsters. Gosh.
Star Wars ("A New Hope") foreshadowing that tops what was shown in The Empire Strikes Back: The looks and comments exchanged by Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru when discussing Luke's father.
Aunt Beru: Luke's just not a farmer, Owen. He has too much of his father in him.
Uncle Owen: That's what I'm afraid of.
arbalus I am glad I am not the only one who saw that...
How's that foreshadowing 🤦🏻♂️
Weak ass foreshadowing
Wait, grace died? I was daydreaming through the last hour of Avatar...
Now I don't have to waste my time.
Dear WatchMojo.com,
You missed the whole scene in The Dark Knight, which was more than just the motto Harvey mutters.
Here's what I mean: the ENTIRE DINNER SCENE is foreshadowing to what happens. Harvey refers to the "Protector of Rome", which would become Caesar, a dictator. This suggests a dark side to trying to do right in public service. The ballerina in the dinner scene also holds up a piece of paper to cover HALF of Dent's face (the bottom half, but an allusion nonetheless), suggesting he's Batman.
Thank you.
Frank Gamer Also worth mentioning, WatchMojo.com, is that Bruce says "one night with my friends and you'll never have to fundraise again." This turns dark when you realize that one night with the Joker and Harvey's life was over. Although, this might be speculation. The paper to the face during dinner was more obvious foreshadowing (or an allusion to his Batman Forever transformation into Two-Face).
Frank Gamer Also, the scene where he was scaring and interrogating one of the Joker's henchmen by flipping his coin before one side was damaged, he showed his true, dark side. This was exactly the night before Rachel's death and his transformation into Two-Face. Yet, he already had that darkness within him. And as the Joker said in his last scene, "..all it takes is a little push."
Umm I got a good one:
“No capes!” -The Incredibles.
In the 2001 Jamie Blanks movie - *_Valentine_*
When Jeremy Melton/Adam Carr asks each girl for a dance they each state a mean comment right after he asks them. This foreshadows each of the girls' fate.
- Shelley "In your dreams, loser."
Killed while lying down in a sleeping position in a body bags.
- Lily "Eww!"
Receives maggots in a chocolate box and her body lands in a dumpster.
- Paige "I'd rather be boiled alive."
Gets thrown into a hot tub and is later electrocuted.
- Dorothy "He attacked me!"
Makes everyone believe she was "attacked" by Jeremy after being caught kissing him behind the bleachers. Adam makes everyone believe that all the killings were Dorothy's doing.
- Kate "Maybe later, Jeremy."
Jeremy/Adam lets Kate live since she is the only girl that did not insult him and wasn't mean to him. She does eventually dance with Adam and have a relationship with him.
Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" has the best forshadowing I have ever seen. There are tons of very subtle hints throughout the movie alluding to the end when you finally find out how Borden does his trick
How about Jaws? Robert Shaw's character was called Quint... He was the fifth victim of the shark.. Quint is latin for five/fifth.
+Leanashe23 Ha! Never thought of that :P
The Jaws foreshadowing should be at the top of the list. Not the name Quint or anything, but Richard Dreyfuss explaining the oxygen tank blowing in the middle of the movie
Also Quint predicts Dreyfus's Character having trouble in the Shark Cage. This is even more interesting when you realize that his character died in the Cage in the book and that was in the original script too. They altered his death scene because of the shot they got of the real shark getting tangled up, which looked awesome.
+Leanashe23 Wow. Cool. Didn't know that one.
Dude tinfoil hat conspiracies have nothing to do with foreshadowing 🤦🏻♂️
Harvey Dents "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" applies to Bane in TDKR too. Mind = Blown. Nolan is a pure genius.
one of my favorite foreshadowing is the beginning of Tangled "This is the story of how I died." it's a great opening line that pulls the audience in but also forgets about by the time Flynn actually "dies"
Erm, a lot of these are not foreshadowing; they are set up for later scenes. For instance number 1, that scene exists so that we know Ripley can use a power loader.
I was about to make the same comment. The Jurassic Park foreshadowing was just advancing the plot while the seat belt was foreshadowing (and one I've never noticed. Mind blown...)
nope. All of them are foreshadowing. ANd you described what foreshadowing is in your example.
awesome420ication No, it's not foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is a very subtle, otherwise unremarkable clue as to what happens later in the plot. As in my example, Ripley using the power loader is more to do with making the plot make sense. If she had randomly jumped in and started using a power loader during the climax, it would've been a plot hole. And so, to ensure the continuity makes sense, they have her use the power loader in a previous scene; providing the audience with the knowledge that she has enough skill to use one and setting up the final confrontation with the Xenomorph Queen.
There's tons of foreshadowing in Fight Club!
I just came up with a drinking game. Take a shot every time you see a "running out of ideas" comment on a WatchMojo video.
*First shot taken right after this comment*
Also how could they mention the Departed without mentioning the fact that Scorsese was referencing 1932's original Scarface which also used the X symbol to signify death.
"Aren't you dead?" Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. After the Kobayashi Maru test when Kirk leaves the simulator room, he meets up with Spock and joking asks, "Are you dead?" In which then both Spock's ultimate solution to the no-win scenario which cost him his life fell under the category of "Should have seen that one coming".
How could anyone miss that?
A portent to the greatest death scene ever committed to celluloid
The Power Loader at no.1..? That's barely even foreshadowing. Shaun of the Dead is filled with more foreshadowing than only Ed's drinking proposition. The film is laden with it.
Shaun of the Dead is on here, but pretty much every line in Hot Fuzz foreshadows the rest of the film.
The irony. You guys foreshadowed Sigourney weaver at the top spot. Clever thing to do
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
This shouldn't even be on this list. Everyone saw this coming from a mile away.
I love it when a Cornetto Trilogy film makes it into one of your lists :)
tbh i think theres been a confusion between foreshadowing and exposition, but whatevs, shits still good
What's foreshadow to you then?
nowonmetube exposition is saying something that will be useful during or throughout the story, foreshadowing is giving clues to events that will happen later in the story so the mans red fire one doesn’t count as foreshadowing, it’s literally like saying a knife will be useful in killing the dark lord but really vaguely( this happens a lot in Disney movies) , and than the main character only gets it in the final battle. It’s more setup /payoff/Chekhov’s Gun than foreshadowing really.
The opening credits in Final Destination were undoubtedly creepily best!
what about one flew over the cokos nest? the scean were jack Nicholson trys to throw the sink out the window.... then the chief escaped doing that
The Sixth Sense should have been on this list. It has the best instances of foreshadowing. Some of these weren't very good.
where's Fight Club and Big Lebowski plenty of foreshadowing
+Marcel Zachary agree. Fight Club litterally screams the plot twist since the first time we meet Tyler.
+Nicolás Riveros sure, but even before that we get the one frame flashes of him and shit
Not really. I was confused about the frames, too, but he tells the whole story while he is with Tyler, up in that tower, waiting for the bombs to go off. The story is not told in the present so that's not relevant.
like what?
Another was in the payphone. He's calling tyler (IIRC), but a sign on the phone says 'no outgoing calls'
One of my faves is from the new Thing prequel, the radio at the beginning playing 'Who can it be now?', impending the cast later asking who is the alien impostor among them. Similar was in the original Carpenter Thing movie 'Very superstitious' playing implying the weird alien encounters and deaths that would soon happen. The Norwegian speaking to the american team untranslated in the film actually saying the dog was a monster before its initial transformation I don't think counts.
The opening scene of Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" is by far the most extensive foreshadowing I have ever scene on film. It's the first seconds, in absolute quiet, and the films main quote "are you watching closely" is quickly played before it cuts to black. You weren't watching closely. If you were, you'd know the hats and the cat meant something. Just like everything else. HOLY HELL that was amazing.
That definitely should have been included.
Anybody else notice that the narrator foreshadowed what the number 1 spot would be at number 10 when discussing Sigourney Weaver?
Does Man of Steel count? I think Pa Kent and Jor-El pretty much foreshadowed the circumstances behind Batman v Superman.
"They will stumble, they will fall"
"It will change our beliefs, our notions, what it means to be human"
"You'll be a god to them"
Even the destruction at the end will probably link into BvS.
Well it hasn't come out yet so they cant
Hope thats not foreshadowing, that's a narrative.
TheGamercore47 wut
Eaglesolidus Batman v Superman hasn't come out yet
Hope None of that is going to happen in Dawn of Justice.
Please do part 2 of this list - it was really great and creative! :-)
My favourite ever fore-shadowing in a movie is Russell Crowe walking through the wheat field at the beginning of Gladiator. Unknown to the audience until the end of the movie, the wheat field is actually Elysium. The Roman Heaven and Maximus true home where he is finally reunited with his family.
where is planet of the apes? Charlton Heston goes on to say at the beginning of the movie that it's been so long since they left that they probably would not recognize the Earth if they came back, which is exactly what happened.
What about in This is the End when James Franco says the whole plot of the movie when they're talking about a possible Pineapple Express 2 haha
This is a great list. I enjoyed watching it. Please make another list
Clever job, Watchmojo. You forsshadowed what your number 1 would be near the beginning of your list. Clever.
Hot fuzz.... the whole freaking movie is foreshadowing and its awesome!
We got Shaun already, okay?
What about Of Mice and Men? That's the first time I ever heard of foreshadowing
Good List, I also liked how you foreshadowed your number 1
Lion King should have been in here. the part where scar is going to kill a mouse and says "i will never be a king as you will never see the light of another day" then mufasa interrupts him letting the mouse free.
Do you guys keep making lists so the dark knight can win or something????
Josh MacDouGaLL It's just that awesome.
You spelt my name wrong.... ;)
Josh McDougall .
Josh MacDouGaLL yeh they could have chosen any nolan film for foreshadowing he's a massive fan of it, except interstellar cause im not sure the bookshelf counts as foreshadowing
No, the Dark Night is just a well constructed great film.
I didn't know about the X's lol
Grandpa`s "EPA" warning - The Simpsons Movie,
The X-Force deaths - Deadpool 2,
Deadpool, the merc without a mouth - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Rosie's death, Jojo's affections for Elsa and Captain K's costume design - Jojo Rabbit.
Love this channel on it almost everyday
you should have just put the whole cornetto trilogy
Jurassic Park scene isn't foreshadowing. It's just how dinosaurs work.
Yeah but it's choosen placement in the film is foreshadowing. As is the later conversation about Grant likes scaring kids(foreshadowing the fact he will be forced to overcome his dislike of children).
8:00 at this scene my mum yelled at the tv “Where did that one come from? What happened to the other one?” So I said “Thats when the attack comes, not from the front but from the sides” 😂
I've seen all these movies but I now want to go and watch them over! All great flicks
Cave in Harry Potter? The Chamber of secrets? Or the cave where Voldemort hid the Slytherin's locket? I'll never know what you meant.
I was thinking the same thing.
I've seen quite a few of movies and here we go on what I think about the following:
6 - I actually knew this one. How about that!
5 - "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Yes, he becomes the bad-guy as he predicts...
But also in The Dark Knight Rises, Batman dies (or at least fakes it) as a hero as he takes the "shot" for Gotham... just like his father in Batman Begins takes the fist shot for his wife. Is your mind blown?
On a side note: Two-Face fell but didn't learn to pick himself up. LOL
3 - I got how the raptors behavior was predicted but didn't realize the seat belt thing until now. I'll never unsee it now: two female seat belt connectors. I feel dumber. Ha.
2 - I like how the Dark Side cave (That's what I call it.) where in Luke's vision or whatever he defeats Vader or to see he could become Vader.
Now check this out: take what we learned and read this quote from the Emperor in The Jedi Returns: "Good! Your hate has made you powerful. Now, fulfill your destiny and take your father's place at my side!" Wow! Maybe this was the Sith's plan the whole time... or maybe there was more to it but was ended with the Emperor's death. That's a lot of food for thought!
One of my favorites is in Transformers 3 when at the beginning the small transformer (don't remember his name) watches an episode of Star Trek and says "this is the one where Spock goes nuts", which foreshadows sentinel prime going crazy since he was voiced by Leonard Nimoy aka Spock. I know it's not an iconic film like most of the listed but it's still awesome foreshadowing
Thanks for another fun vid! I did of course know as soon as a I saw Ripley show off her power loader skills to the marines that she would be fighting an alien with it later.
Some might say that the avitar one at the start was foreshadowing the last spot of aliens. Same actor. FORESHADOWING
What about fight club? The entire movie is rife with foreshadowing!
Did anybody notice that watchmojo actually used foreshadowing in the video? They foreshadowed the final choice of the video with the first choice of the video. Also, "Sigourney Weaver playing a fierce, independent woman in space? Stop me if you have heard this one before." 0:40 - 0:52.
It's good to mention that the same thing with powerloaders was done in Avatar. They were some sort of military exoskeletons but their purpose in the story was the same. First Jake learned to use it as a soldier then used it in final battle against the bad guy.
These top10s are getting more and more deeper ... what's next?
"Top 10 Hot Chics in movies that didn't made it to the actual movie, but they made it into a low budget movie. (*)
How is this confusing?
Whatsgoingoninmycrib They got too deep into the top10s. foreshadowing?, top characters named Jack?... top ice cream flavours? ...
Top ten movies with extras that wear red who appear more than twice in the film in one scene and who were paid $12 for exactly 1:12 minutes of film time
Lucareeo how is that confusing?
Hope #1 Scarlett Johansson.
I'd love to see a top worst uses of foreshadowing
This top 10 list is a good example of foreshadowing. Foreshadowing the no. 1 pick at no. 10 when saying "Tell us when you hear that again"
In Shaun of the Dead Ed says the line "Next time I see him, he's dead" about Pete after they have an argument. Shaun of the Dead is FULL of foreshadowing. and basically has the same half a script repeated twice both before and after the zombie outbreak to make the full movie. Love it!
Top Ten Uses of Foreshadowing In Torture Scenes of Anime Films Starring A Character Named Jack.
spookycookies not an anime
Ok I don't think the Aliens power loader was that big of foreshadowing... I think the Jurassic Park one should have gotten before that
Jake Hendricks I don't think it even qualifies as foreshadowing. It's more of an artistic coincidence, maybe?
I love how the 10th foreshadowing on the list includes sigourney weaver, and thus makes it a foreshadowing of this video to what will be at number one, which is weaver again.
another thing to note about harvey dent is that most scenes with him that didn't have his face completely burned, pay attention to the lighting in some scenes, it shows the two sides of dent's persona perfectly, foreshadowing two face
Lol, there was no foreshadowing in Usual suspects. By the last scenes with the cup and watches they literally told us: It's him!
If you haven't seen This Is The End - spoiler alert. If you have then you know that early on in the movie James Franco gives clues as to how the movie ends.
love the foreshadowing in this very video, honestly didnt see it coming!
This video is just one big foreshadowing. Nice job, WatchMojo.
Haha....They foreshadowed the #1 spot lol.
Pretty interesting topic... I'm going to guess Fight Club for no.1 though!
UnkeptMoss328 WRONG!
*In lex luthor's voice*
SANIC Argh, lex! You always have to spoil it don't you!
UnkeptMoss328 Foreshadowing here mostly consists of symbolism. Basically, foreshadowing here hints towards what event is going to happen in the future instead of hinting towards some mystery in the movie. Then again, I am not sure what unusual suspects is doing on the list.
Why, oh why, do numbskulls comment before watching the video? What a maroon.
BOB COTTRELL Well I like to post a prediction before the list. But thank you, I do like the colour maroon.
Lost Highway, without a doubt one of the most iconic foreshadowings ever:
"Dick Laurent is dead."
Also, OLDBOY (2003). That movie has a lot of genius foreshadowing throughout.
Never noticed the Sean of the Dead one and its one of my favorite films...clever!
Do this for TV please! I can think of a few.
Daenerys Targaryen Yes, or literature! Though there would almost be too much to choose from.
Daenerys Targaryen Breaking Bad definitely
Daenerys Targaryen Breaking bad the pink bear in the swimming pool :D
***** Gus's friend shot infront of him leaving him lying on the side of his face crying mouth open... :)
The whole HIMYM lol
my favorite is this is the end
+Jr. Chea It's about time somebody else mentioned This Is The End.
Another use of foreshadowing in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers when Galadriel tells Elrond that "the quest will claim [Frodo's] life"
At first it seems like Frodo won't survive the journey to Mordor, but he does. However, the physical and psychological trauma he suffered forever changed his innocent outlook on the world, which left him unable to settle back into his simple life. So, in a way, the quest did claim his life (his old life).
Foreshadowing the last entry with the first entry in a list about foreshadowing. Well played.