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I was watching a film yesterday (went in blind) and during the opening credits I saw something along the lines of "Special effects artist for the Creature". I had no idea the movie was going to have a creature in it before reading that, so when it was eventually revealed later in the film I was kinda annoyed that I knew it was coming. Would have been pretty cool to have it sprung on me out of the blue, because there were no hints during the preceding part of the film that anything supernatural or weird was happening.

It got me thinking about what other films contain spoilers in the opening credits. Do you have any other examples?

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[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's been a long time since I watched the theatrical cut of Dark City but IIRC, there's a narration by Keither Sutherland that explains a lot of the premise.

I think it's better in the director's cut which removes this and you discover the story as you watch the film.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I actually saw the theatrical release when it was in theaters but was like a minute late walking in and luckily missed that part, so it didn't get spoiled for me. Watching the movie though and knowing I was late, I kept thinking I had missed something crucial, but guess it worked out well.

[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In case you're interested, his name is spelled Kiefer.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

Sorry, autocorrect on the phone strikes again.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Naruto is bad for this at times. They use opening credit animations that reveal things that will happen during the current story segment. They should have staggered it by one segment so that it would show important things to know about from the previous segment, not spoil stuff yet to come in the current one.

Like big enough things that I won't mention them here because they are massive spoilers.

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Anime does this a lot with the episode names.

Previously on ANIMESHOW: Oh no, Thompson has been captured by the Brookdale Pirates, will his friends be able to rescue him?

Episode 72: Thompson gets murdered by the Brookdale Pirates!

[–] Doesntpostmuch@possumpat.io 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The last mission impossible movie had opening credits which were just the highlights of what you were about to watch. It was pretty annoying.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Just curious as to what movie that was...

[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Bear. The whole series took a violent turn when the grizzly showed up.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Possession (1981)

Most of the movie is about

spoilera couple and their young son going through a divorce, along with severe bouts of mental illness and destructive behaviour. Enough of it that it would earn the "horror" genre tag on its own.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Oh, yeah, I could see where that would be a spoiler...

[–] clark@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago

Oh, banger movie.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

The hulk reveal in Thor Ragnarok pisses me off to this day.

That would have been so cool to be surprised by!

[–] daddyjones@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Not in the opening credits, but a lot of BBC dramas have a "Next" section at the end of each program. It's sort of a trailer for the next episode, but, like many trailers, it contains spoilers.

I have no idea why they do it.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If you ever watch Dark City (great movie btw), be careful to watch the Director's Cut. In the original version of the movie the opening narration spoils the entire story. It was added by Warner Bros. against the director's will after test audiences were confused about the plot.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Not a movie, but a book I started reading had a forward by the author that said he doesn’t like that he killed off a main character 100 pages in. Wtf.

[–] Harpsist@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That m night movie about a culture living in the woods.

We called the plot within seconds of the movie starting.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I don't remember the opening of the film, but I remember calling the plot based on the trailer.

The movie was fine, but the twist was obvious.