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Masspoint

Movies with a carefree intro that turn eventfull and ominous quickly on a major scale

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To be more specific I love movies that start off with just a day in the sun, and suddenly they see an asteroid and it's heading for earth, or they hear a signal from outer space, of they find an alien crashship, a virus breaks loose.

You know movies that have a contrast with normal day life and suddenly shit hits the fan real quick, it doesn't have to necessarily bad, but the event changes everything quickly on a major scale.

What movies you thinking about with such scenarios

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Posted Sep 26, 2023, 3:37 PM UTC

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AlpacamyLlama•

A perfect example of this is Enduring Love. Details below

!A couple are enjoying a picnic in the countryside when suddenly an out-of-control hot-air balloon crashes across causing havoc. Daniel Craig's character attempts to stop said balloon with a few other people on the scene, with tragic consequences. This takes place in the first five minutes.!<

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tifftab_098•

Blue Velvet

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baby_betty_davis•

Isabella Rossellini’s rendition of the song plays in my head nonstop

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tifftab_098•

That dude with the lamp’s rendition of In Dreams plays in my head nonstop.

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Pettyyoungthing•

I said same thing. The first few minutes perfectly encapsulates the rotten underbelly of charming suburban bliss lol

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Ordinary-Drop-6152•

I’d say it’s ominous from the very beginning with the ants.

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anasui1•

Independence Day plays the setup part of the invasion really well with bored people looking at screens, Goldblum playing chess and life going on as always

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MasspointOP•

yeah I was kind of thinking of independence day when I made the post

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po3smith•

It also is a textbook example of how to introduce a shit load of characters give them proper backstory and make the audience like them all within 20 minutes. Something that most modern movies can't accomplish with their entire runtime

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JeffRyan1•

Greenland. In like 45 seconds you go from "hey, what's that on the news" to "we don't have room to save all of you."

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MasspointOP•

never heard of that movie, looks interesting

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mbattagl•

It as actually pretty good.

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peioeh•

To give you a contrasting opinion, I thought it was shit and did not finis hit

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MasspointOP•

well thanks lol

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cmirsch•

Such a great and underrated disaster movie!

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sringray23•

Spirit stallion of the cimarron. Can't get much more carefree than a herd of wild horses running free and an Eagle soares over the landscape.

And then man turns up.

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doogie1111•

That one's funny though because horses were brought to the Americas by humans.

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sringray23•

That's brilliant

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Striking_smiles•

The Impossible. Just a regular vacation day for a family at a resort in Thailand until a tsunami hits.

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Unsettling_Cow•

Honestly, the majority of Christopher Nolan's filmography. Even his most convoluted and disappointing endeavors all begin with masterful intros that immediately pull you into the film. My favorite of the bunch being Oppenheimer and the Prestige.

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mbattagl•

I’m partial to The Dark Knight bank robbery.

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username161013•

Releasing that scene into imax theaters as a trailer before another movie was a brilliant move. Of course it leaked. For many people like myself who were doubting the casting of Heath Ledger, seeing a shitty quality hand held video of it on YouTube instantly sold you on it.

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Ixothial•

The Cabin in the Woods

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LincolnCassiusClay57•

We’re just gonna go to this cabin, get high, and fuck like normal high school kids that look 25-30 years old. Sure there won’t be any world ending demons nearby to summon

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SchufAloof•

Pan's Labyrinth.

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VelociRapper92•

Except for the opening title, the first few moments of Cujo are like a family friendly animal film until the dog gets his head stuck in a log.

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droidtron•

Watch Miracle Mile without knowing anything about it.

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Grisshroom•

Well I now know it exists so you've ruined it.

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ElDuderrrrino•

Dawn of the Dead (2004) remake. Nurse gets home from work and goes to bed. Wakes to a zombie child from next door trying to eat her.

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mf_dcap•

This is one of my favorite movies 😍

Did you see 28 weeks later? :)

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ElDuderrrrino•

Yeah, that was amazing as well! Although I liked the first Dawn of the Dead better, the remake had a modern appeal to it as shopping malls were still around at that time. I can actually remember department stores selling rifles and shotguns in the same store with Sunday suites.

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mf_dcap•

I totally agree man. The blue zombies, the elevator scene. I just have rewatched the2004 one a lot more :) have a good one m8 ✌🏻

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KoopaKommander•

Just showed this to my 14 year old for the first time. Third zombie movie in as many days.

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TheSaladDays•

Wasn't that her daughter?

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ElDuderrrrino•

I really thought it was the neighbor's kid. When she pulled into the driveway, I want to say something was said that made me believe it was not her kid. And that's why she was so surprised when she woke up and the little girl was in her bedroom.

I have not seen the movie in a couple years, but that is what my brain thinks. Could be wrong. LOL

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puckit•

The shot where she goes outside and the camera is behind her as she sees all the devastation is one of my favorites in all of film.

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VictorBlimpmuscle•

Funny Games gets real dark real quick

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SpuffJob•

A Quiet Place 2 is probably the best example of this.

For a long burn, Fellowship of the Ring

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king_of_the_nothing•

The Fortress (Australian 1985)

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charliefoxtrot9•

Oh man, father christmas vs Donald duck

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dsonbeast012•

Hot fuzz

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stroopwafelling•

Wait… are you saying this wasn’t an accident?

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bobtheflob•

I love the breakfast scene at the beginning of Alien. Obviously they're on a spaceship so its not like normal life for us, but it does a great job showing that these are just regular people working their job before all hell breaks loose.

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onelittleworld•

just regular people working their job

That was Ridley Scott's brilliance. Sci-Fi never really felt like that before.

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Rsubs33•

A Good Person.

!Starts off with a couple(Florence Pugh and Chinaza Uche) celebrating at their engagement party and afterwards showing they are a happy couple. Then Florence Pugh is on her way into the city with her future sister-in-law and brother-law when they get into a car accident which takes the story down a different path.!<

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thingsIdidnotknow•

Ghost ship, best opening to any movie ever.

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K-Tanz•

"Sorry to Bother You". I'm still scarred

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