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* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Seriously. Don't watch the trailer until you've seen the film.
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Seriously. Don't watch the trailer until you've seen the film.
** Even more frustatingly, Zemeckis openly admits to spoiling his films in trailers on purpose, saying that marketing shows that audiences want to know what EXACTLY what they're going to. Thus, most of the suspense of the film is sapped upon seeing said trailer.
** Even more frustatingly, Zemeckis openly admits to spoiling his films in trailers on purpose, saying that marketing shows that audiences want to know what EXACTLY what they're going to. Thus, most of the suspense of the film is sapped upon seeing said trailer.
* [[The Un Reveal]]: We never find out what's in the last FedEx box. Hell, we never even find out why he didn't open it. (See [[MacGuffin]], above.)
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: We never find out what's in the last FedEx box. Hell, we never even find out why he didn't open it. (See [[MacGuffin]], above.)
** One popular theory is that the wings on the package were a symbol of hope for Chuck.
** One popular theory is that the wings on the package were a symbol of hope for Chuck.
** Another is that he left one package to keep himself grounded. "I'm still a civilized human being, isolated in survival mode or not. Someday I will deliver this package, dammit!"
** Another is that he left one package to keep himself grounded. "I'm still a civilized human being, isolated in survival mode or not. Someday I will deliver this package, dammit!"