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[[caption-width-right:1000: No chance left.]]
* The opening sequence, which ends with the Earth being completely destroyed.
** Even disregarding the terrifying climax of the opening sequence it sure doesn't stint on disturbing imagery: The very first shot we see is Justine in her wedding dress, giving the audience a disconcerting ThousandYardStare while dead birds fall from the sky in super slow-motion – quite an opening shot...
* Justine's simple, quiet speech on the fundamental evil of life on Earth, and the fact that this is the only place in the universe where life is to be found -- and soon it will be gone.
* The look of sheer panic on Claire's face when she realises that Melancholia is moving ''towards'' Earth and not away from it.
* A simple flyby is enough to steal a large enough amount of the atmosphere as to render everyone short of breath from there on out. Who's to say what it would be like at higher altitudes, or if Melancholia had come just as close but missed its second pass?

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