Best Opening Credits/Scene to a Film (Movie)
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Philistinescrispybug2 wrote:BelgianBeerGeek wrote:The Long Good Friday
If we were choosing the best closing scene then you would probably be correctEcrasez l’infame0 -
I believe,as stated,this thread should have ended there.Matthewfalle wrote:0 -
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More agreement here, would be the perfect film if they got rid of the kissing shite and had more planes. Happy memories as a spacey waiting for a flying slot whilst watching thisMatthewfalle wrote:laurentian wrote:crispybug2 wrote:Top Gun
Nothing else comes close
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Troy
Best opening line and start to a film
"Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?" -Odysseus0 -
The original version of Assault On Precinct 13 with John Carpenters simple but telling theme tune providing the backing to the plot setting.0
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Where Eagles Dare....0
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darkhairedlord wrote:Where Eagles Dare....
Yes, spectacular aerial views of the snowy mountains that feels vast with only the howling wind for sound at first then the aircraft coming into shot and building into the theme tune. Superb.
Terminator 2 is also a good shout as is Saving Private Ryan mentioned early on, I'm sure it doesn't get close to the true horrors but it was the first time I'd seen a main stream film attempt to portray the grim reality rather than just showing people falling down dead with a bit of dirt and blood on them.0 -
I'd add in Gladiator.0
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PBlakeney wrote:Up.
This is the correct answer.
The rest of the film just can't match it. It's an amazing piece of work.0 -
laurentian wrote:crispybug2 wrote:Goodfellas
Nothing else comes close
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You mean the bit in the car? It's ok, but not exceptional compared to some of the other parts of the film (like the restaurant kitchen tracking shot, the Layla sequence). I love that film.
Edit to add this that I hadn't read before about filming the restaurant tracking shot: https://filmmakermagazine.com/93916-ste ... BzqolX7SUk0 -
Lots of great calls here but no mention so far for Dirty Harry ?
Clint in his prime with lots of panaromic shots of San Francisco to a Lalo Schrifin soundtrack, just fantastic0 -
"The Sound of Music" or "West Side Story"
Same director, same basic concept, very different locations.0 -
Probably not going to make many people's list but i'm going for Anchorman
If only for the opening disclaimer of:
'The following events are based on a true story.
Only the names, places and events have been changed'www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0 -
See also " Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "The Lion King" for films that peak with the opening sequence.KingstonGraham wrote:PBlakeney wrote:Up.
This is the correct answer.
The rest of the film just can't match it. It's an amazing piece of work.0 -
Four i can think of
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Alien
Halloween 1978
The Mercenaries / Dark Of The Sun0 -
Nobody mentioned Raging Bull?0
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Apocalypse now0
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Cars.
don't mock it 'til you've watched it.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Get Carter0
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eric draven wrote:Full Metal Jacket,in the barbers,faceing up to the grim reality you were going to war wether you volunteered or not
On now, yeah brilliant!0 -
Toy Story 30
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The Spy who loved me.
Bond skiing off the cliff and then opening the Union Jack parachute has stayed with me from childhood.“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
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mrfpb wrote:
See also " Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "The Lion King" for films that peak with the opening sequence.KingstonGraham wrote:PBlakeney wrote:Up.
This is the correct answer.
The rest of the film just can't match it. It's an amazing piece of work.
And a whole lot of James Bond films.0 -
Nope, Apocalypse Now..
https://youtu.be/ntPHFVWDIqM
he wasn't acting when they did the hotel room scene.0 -
To go from the sublime to the ridiculous; I saw a film on TV 40+ years ago notable for two things; the most wooden acting outside of a Gerry Anderson puppet show and a seriously odd title sequence. Accompanied by some ponderous piano music, there was a back-lit, silhouette of a man sitting behind a large desk playing Russian Roulette, slowly. Whirr, gun to head, click! After a few repeats, an arm, holding a gun, appeared from the the side of the screen. A shot was fired and the man slumped on his face. Fade out. I've never been able to find out what the film was called. Any of you film buffs got a clue?I'm gonna live for ever. . .or die trying!!0
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Apocalypse Now.
But more recently I was impressed by this opening scene
https://youtu.be/lvS0LRyqxGw
As a comment says, it was the best part. And it was a good film. After all, aren't all infantry men/paras, going into battle, the living dead?0 -
YES!Slowmart wrote:The Spy who loved me.
Bond skiing off the cliff and then opening the Union Jack parachute has stayed with me from childhood.
The Dawn of the Dead remake has a good opening sequence - they released it online before the film came out, not a film I would have otherwise rushed to see but I couldn't wait after seeing that.0 -
