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What movies had a larger story play out subtly in the background just to blindside viewers towards the end? (leminal.space)

submitted 6 days ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/showsandmovies@lemm.ee

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I was thinking about the Sandy Hook Promise: Gun violence warning signs video where a stereotypical teen romance story plays out and in the background someone gives off warning signs that they're going to go on a shooting spree and it's made me wonder if there are movies that follow a similar setup of building something up in the background just to have it completely overtake the main story line.

Like an average city girl following in love with a prince but you see protests and other signs of civil unrest in the background and the prince gets assassinated at the wedding. Maybe some kind of story that ends in 9/11 or the Cold War turning hot. Some kind of discount M. Night Shyamalan-style twist.

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[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I implore anyone NOT to watch the trailer or read anything about it.

This movie works best when you go about in blind.

It's one of my all time favorites, it's so fucking good.

Tap for spoiler

I really wish they would make a prequel which focuses on the operators, a TV series would be so great.

[–] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Your spoiler tag doesn’t work in my app (Mlem, iOS). But I fully agree with that series idea. Like how has that not been done?!

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

I went in blind (I never watch trailers) and I FULLY AGREE. Do not watch the trailer, go in blind. It’s the second most important movie to watch going in blind (under One Cut of the Dead)