10 Subtle Signs Movie Characters Weren't Telling The Truth
John Hammond spared plenty of expense, actually.
Most movies are driven by the relationships between their characters - the bonds, the feuds, and yes, the lies.
Characters all have their own vested interests and means for doing what they do, for better or worse, and heroes and villains alike have willfully twisted the truth to service their own agenda time and time again.
This can often be set up to deliver a turn of events that leaves the viewer stunned with shock, or simply provide an added complication to the hero's journey.
But because revealing a character to be duplicitous totally out of nowhere can feel lazy and manipulative, smart filmmakers will often sew some seeds throughout the film leading up to this moment.
After all, if nothing else, it makes rewatching the movie tremendously rewarding, to be able to see events play out with new context for the characters.
These 10 movies all focused on dishonest characters whose penchant for lying was actually signposted in a devilishly sly way earlier in the film. If you caught any of these "tells" on your own, well done, but they're sneaky enough that you shouldn't feel bad at all if you didn't...
10. Elsa Cries At The Book Burning - Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade eventually reveals that Indy's (Harrison Ford) love interest Elsa Schneider (Alison Doody) is actually secretly in league with the Nazis in an attempt to get her hands on the Holy Grail.
At the end of the movie, when it comes to selecting the correct Holy Grail cup, villain Walter Donovan (Julian Glover) allows Elsa, an art professor, to pick the right one.
But moments after drinking from said cup, Donovan withers to dust, as Elsa intentionally gave him the wrong cup in an attempt to secure the actual Holy Grail for herself.
Throughout the movie, there are some clear signs leading up to Elsa's betrayal of Donovan and lack of affinity for the Nazis beyond them simply being a means to an end for her.
Most notably, at the Nazi book burning in Berlin, Spielberg focuses on Elsa tearfully watching it all unfold, which while interpreted as solemn joy by some, is really indicative that she hates what they're doing and is playing along purely for her own interests.
With that in mind, it shouldn't be terribly surprising that she deliberately picks the wrong cup for Donovan.