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re: Greatest Opening Scene of a Movie
Posted on 12/31/18 at 2:37 pm to Large Farva
Posted on 12/31/18 at 2:37 pm to Large Farva
I'm going to throw in Snyder's 2004 "Dawn of the Dead." I'm guessing most people recognize the brilliance of the credits scenes with "When the Man Comes Around" as a perfect and counter-intuitive accompaniment, but the entire opening sequence before that is an underrated example of how to set the tone through emphasis of certain color saturations, camera angles, and well-done cuts. If you went into this movie completely ignorant of what you were about to watch -- no title, no genre, nothing -- you'd realize even before the zombie girl appeared that something deeply unsettling lurked at the very edge of the normalcy of being at work and coming come to domesticity. Until the girl, there's nothing explicitly horrifying (except for that skull x-ray to open, I guess, but there was a good reason for that to exist) but there's a slowly-developing sense of dread in how Snyder chose to shoot and score it.
Posted on 12/31/18 at 5:30 pm to TechBullDawg
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Apocalypse Now
It really set the tone.
Every minute I spend in this room I get weaker. And every minute Charlie squats in the bush he gets stronger. Every time I look around the walls have moved in a little tighter.
Posted on 1/2/19 at 7:28 am to Large Farva
Mallrats
quote:
One time my cousin Walter got this cat stuck in his arse.
True story. He bought it at our local mall, so the whole fiasco wound up on the news.
It was embarrassing for my relatives and all, but the next week, he did it again.
Different cat, same results, complete with another trip to the emergency room.
So, I run into him a week later in the mall and he's buying another cat.
And I says to him, "Jesus, Walt !
You know you're gonna get this cat stuck in your arse too. Why don't you knock it off ?"
And he said to me, "Brodie, how the hell else am I supposed to get the gerbil out ?"
My cousin was a weird guy.
Posted on 1/2/19 at 1:07 pm to terd ferguson
apologies if this has been listed 10 times already, but Once Upon a Time in the West
This post was edited on 1/2/19 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 1/2/19 at 1:32 pm to Large Farva
Dances with Wolves is pretty awesome.
My favorite narration in a movie opening is The Best of Times
My favorite narration in a movie opening is The Best of Times
Posted on 1/2/19 at 3:04 pm to Thracken13
Gladiator has always been my favorite, with TDK as a close second
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:49 pm to Deactived
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surprised no one has mentioned Top Gun
That opening is as cheesy as it gets...and AWESOME! How can you not get amped when they light up the engine then quickly go from dramatic synthesizer to Danger Zone?
It gave you an 1980's American boner!
Posted on 1/4/19 at 9:14 am to Tempratt
Once Upon a Time in the West is the correct answer but these are all pretty good as well.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Wild Bunch
Patton
The Godfather
Touch of Evil
The Spy Who Loved Me (best opening of any Bond film)
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Blues Brothers
Casino
Pulp Fiction
I can't remember the name of the movie but it starts out showing a bullet being made in an ammunition plant and tracks the bullet as it gets transported halfway around the world and eventually ends up killing some guy in what looks like a third world country civil war.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Wild Bunch
Patton
The Godfather
Touch of Evil
The Spy Who Loved Me (best opening of any Bond film)
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Blues Brothers
Casino
Pulp Fiction
I can't remember the name of the movie but it starts out showing a bullet being made in an ammunition plant and tracks the bullet as it gets transported halfway around the world and eventually ends up killing some guy in what looks like a third world country civil war.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:12 pm to Large Farva
Children of Men deserves a mention
Posted on 1/4/19 at 2:14 pm to 88Wildcat
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I can't remember the name of the movie but it starts out showing a bullet being made in an ammunition plant and tracks the bullet as it gets transported halfway around the world and eventually ends up killing some guy in what looks like a third world country civil war.
Lord of War
Posted on 1/4/19 at 9:19 pm to CoachDon
Robin Hood prince of thieves
Posted on 1/4/19 at 9:20 pm to mattchewbocca
When a stranger calls back
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