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welcome to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10
hidden details in opening movie scenes
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you know what this is it's the world's
smallest violin playing just for the
waitresses for this list we're taking a
look at the easily overlooked things
featured in the introductory scenes in
films
even though they're at the beginning of
their respective movies these entries
will still contain spoilers
so be warned let us know of any details
you spotted that we didn't in the
comments below
number 10 presidential foreshadowing x2
x-men united
excuse me sir are you lost
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checkpoint the second film in the x-men
franchise begins with a bang
or maybe a banff as a brainwashed
nightcrawler teleports his way through
the white house
in an attempt to take out the president
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it's outside the oval office however
before things get crazy
good nightcrawler attempts to blend in
as a tourist to get close to his target
while walking through the white house
halls several portraits of former
presidents are highlighted
including abraham lincoln jfk and
william mckinley
the fact that all of these deceased
presidents were assassinated while in
office
serves as subtle foreshadowing of
nightcrawler's intentions
number nine the product no one wanted a
quiet place
this movie does a remarkable job of
conveying its story of an isolated
family surviving in a world
overrun by aliens that react to sounds
with almost no spoken words at all
still even eagle-eyed viewers may not
pick up on some things
the opening scene follows the abbott
family on a trip into town
shopping in a deserted store for
supplies although the place has been
thoroughly picked clean of most things
they're still able to find what they
need
however there's one product that neither
they nor anyone before
them seem to have touched chips nobody
wants a crunchy snack when sound hunting
aliens might kill you just for taking a
bite
number eight freeze frame foreshadowing
shutter island
pull yourself together
it's just water shutter island is a
twisty thriller that features one heck
of a reveal who are you tell me
don't you recognize me andrew
i've been your primary psychiatrist for
the last two years
however what most viewers may not pick
up on the first or even the third time
watching it it's that
certain elements of the reveal that
teddy daniels is actually andrew latest
who killed his wife are foreshadowed in
the very first scene
for instance those familiar with martin
scorsese's other work
will recognize that the director uses
freeze frames at
important moments in its protagonists
lives making the early frame devoted to
teddy's wife an early hint at her
importance the first scene also
establishes teddy's aversion to water
which we later learn is due to its
connection with his wife's death
why are you all wet
i missed you number seven
underground hints us us is a disturbing
film from the new master of horror
jordan peele
the movie features uncanny doppelgangers
of many characters attempting to kill
and usurp them
it's eventually revealed that they've
lived in underground bunkers located
across the u.s
oh it must have been to grow up with the
sky
to feel the sun the wind the trees
but your people took it for granted
we're human too you know however this
revelation is actually insinuated to the
audience in the very first moments of
the film
sure there's the opening caption but
it's also themed into background details
such as the vhs tape shown next to a tv
which include
chad and the goonies two films that deal
with underground
areas likewise the boardwalk scene
features the young adelaide's father
playing whack-a-mole which involves
hitting moles that pop up from holes on
a machine
number six hence landa's wrist grab
inglorious bastards
quentin tarantino writes amazing
dialogue and the opening scene of this
world war ii flick is no exception
but like any enterprise when under new
management there's always a slight
duplication of
efforts most of it being a complete
waste of time
but needs to be done nevertheless still
while viewers may be holding their
breath as
nazi colonel hans landa interrogates a
french farmer he suspects of hiding jews
they may miss out on a non-verbal detail
of the scene
when landa stops one of the farmer's
daughters from fetching wine and asking
for milk instead
he grabs her by the wrist
while this is enough to get our hearts
racing it's her heart that landa is
checking
he's taking her pulse to see how nervous
she is given how skilled a detective he
is
it's probably he already knew the jews
were there but a little confirmation on
his part is an interesting touch
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number five foreshadowing mr pink's rant
reservoir dogs like a virgin is not
about some sensitive girl who meets that
nice
fella that's what your blue's about nope
granted no argument about that which was
true blue
oh you ain't her true gloves speaking of
tarantino's work
the first scene of his first film also
highlights his skill at dialogue
featuring a round table of colorful
criminals having a conversation about
everything from the meaning of madonna
songs to 70s music
its most prominent topic though is the
subject of tipping
weight staff which one of them mr pink
objects to
after his waitress doesn't give him as
much coffee as he wanted i ordered
coffee right now we've been here a long
time she's only filled my cup three
times i mean when i order coffee i want
to fill it six times
if you pay attention earlier in the
scene you can see mr pink look around
for the waitress and look at his cup and
dissatisfaction
setting up his eventual tipping diatribe
these people bust their ass
this is a hard job so i was working at
mcdonald's but you don't feel they need
to tip them do you
why not they're serving your food number
four shoe insulation
the dark knight he thinks he can sit it
out and still take a slice
i know why they call him the joker the
opening scene of the dark knight is a
brilliantly tense bank heist
perpetrated by the joker and several
unwitting pawns and clown masks whom he
makes bump each other off after their
task is complete
that's funny it didn't dial out to 9-1-1
it was trying to reach a private number
is it a problem no i'm done here
it's a spectacular scene that draws the
audience into the film instantly
yet one of its smaller details can get
lost on some viewers
when the robber in charge of cracking
the vault drills into it he's
electrocuted
the scene then cuts away but when it
returns the man has put his shoes on his
hands in case there's more voltage
running through the vault door
where's the alarm guy boss told me when
the guy was done i should take him out
one less share right honey you told me
something similar no no number
three scar origins indiana jones and the
last crusade
like other entries in the indiana jones
franchise the last crusade begins with a
rollicking action scene
although on this occasion it follows a
young indie in the days before
he became an archaeologist that cross is
an important artifact it belongs in a
museum
indy's attempts to stop a group of relic
hunters aboard a train carrying circus
animals
lead to several defining moments for his
character such as his fear of snakes and
his acquisition of his signature whip
this latter one leads to young indiana
accidentally whipping himself
trying to fend off a lion leaving a scar
which is shared by adult indiana
and actor harrison ford who acquired his
in a car accident
if it were us we'd go with the lion
story even if it
is from a movie
number two vincent's early appearance
pulp fiction
quentin tarantino sure likes his little
details doesn't he
with so many things hidden throughout
his non-linear movies is it any wonder
they're so rewatchable
i'm ready let's do it right now right
here come on
all right same as last time remember
your crowd control my hand employees the
opening of pulp fiction
actually takes place near the middle
chronologically and features two thieves
robbing a diner
vincent and jules two other criminals
whose story we follow throughout the
movie are also present
however while the duo's confrontation
with jules and vincent doesn't take
place until the end of the film
vincent himself can be seen in the
background of the very first scene
linking him to the restaurant for those
with eyes sharp enough to pick him out
to be continued before we unveil our
number one pick here are a few honorable
mentions
darker logos the harry potter franchise
as the movies get darker
so do the warner brothers logos
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michael shannon is the monster the shape
of water
shannon's name shows up as the narration
mentions the villain
or perhaps i would just warn you about
the truth of these facts
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and the tale of love and loss
and the monster who tried to destroy it
all
not so scarface zombieland this tony
montana wannabe
is rhett reese the film's co-writer
peter quill's alien tracker guardians of
the galaxy vol
2. it's crafted from an electronic
football game made by mattel
show time a-holes it'll be here
any minute the original night owl stops
a familiar mugging
watchmen is that the wayne family before
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number one setting up the entire movie
back to the future
for a time travel movie back to the
future is actually pretty
straightforward
however it's not without its little
secrets october is inventory time
so right now staedtler toyota is making
the best deals of the year
some of them are hidden right at the
start of the movie which opens on an
extended rube goldberg machine sequence
in doc brown's house
the single long tracking shot sets up a
lot that follows afterward from doc's
obsession with time to the fact that
he's going to hang off the clock tower
later
to the fact that he stole the plutonium
being discussed on the news
and many more little details that pay
off later officials at the pacific
nuclear research facility have denied
the rumor that a case of missing
plutonium was in fact stolen from their
vault two weeks ago
such a short sequence manages to prime
the audience for the rest of the movie
even if they don't spot everything the
first time around
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