Post your favorite movie opening sequences here.

John Sellers · 08-09-2012, 06:22 PM

Sundae · 08-11-2012, 10:01 AM

I don't really rate films highly.
It's not my art form of choice.

What I value in a film opening is: NOISE.
Stun the audience, shut up the chatterers, let people take a slurp of drink or a crunch of popcorn and get it out of their system.
And hook people through the throat from the get-go.

Sadly, few producers have read my weighty thesis (which touches on issues such as cinema air-conditioning/ dry throats/ long films/ toilet breaks) and they try to build suspense with sneaky, creepy, shush starts. Leaving people like me all frowny and cross and not in the best mood to apprecaite a film.

Worst one ever - Gladiator.
Started SO quietly. I had a cough. Not a great idea on my part, but surely it's a film full of blood and guts and sand and shouts? Oh noes... I had to silently consume over 500ml of Diet Coke just to get through the opening without making a nuisance of myself. Meaning I was desperate about halfway through the film, much to the Evil Ex's disgust. Luckily, very little had happened in the time I was away. Killings and stuff. Plenty noisy then I'll tell you! Could've coughed as much as I wanted!

ANYWAY.

The bottom line is I can't think of a favourite film opening sequence that isn't simply a result of loving the film and watching it countless times on DVD. But I promise I will have a think and get back to you.

John Sellers · 08-11-2012, 06:10 PM

Whutever dude.

I kinda agree tho. There aren't many movie openings that impress me as much as the movie itself, but a few do, even if they're rather simple, like the one above.

Pico and ME · 08-11-2012, 06:54 PM

DanaC · 08-11-2012, 06:59 PM

That was one of my dad's favourite movies

And that was the music that played as we carried his coffin into the church. The version without all the gunshots through it :p

Pico and ME · 08-11-2012, 07:15 PM

Its a classic, isn't it. We saw all three of the movies at the drive-in (the Y&W, in fact), and Mom had the album. All of us loved it.

Happy Monkey · 08-11-2012, 10:18 PM

Obvious...

Happy Monkey · 08-11-2012, 10:27 PM

One of my favorite movie openings of all time.

Beest · 08-12-2012, 01:10 AM

The watchmen one is great, if you've read the 'book' it tells almost the whole story.

For me.

08-09-2012, 06:22 PM	#1
John Sellers Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 807	Post your favorite movie opening sequences here.

08-11-2012, 10:01 AM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I don't really rate films highly. It's not my art form of choice. What I value in a film opening is: NOISE. Stun the audience, shut up the chatterers, let people take a slurp of drink or a crunch of popcorn and get it out of their system. And hook people through the throat from the get-go. Sadly, few producers have read my weighty thesis (which touches on issues such as cinema air-conditioning/ dry throats/ long films/ toilet breaks) and they try to build suspense with sneaky, creepy, shush starts. Leaving people like me all frowny and cross and not in the best mood to apprecaite a film. Worst one ever - Gladiator. Started SO quietly. I had a cough. Not a great idea on my part, but surely it's a film full of blood and guts and sand and shouts? Oh noes... I had to silently consume over 500ml of Diet Coke just to get through the opening without making a nuisance of myself. Meaning I was desperate about halfway through the film, much to the Evil Ex's disgust. Luckily, very little had happened in the time I was away. Killings and stuff. Plenty noisy then I'll tell you! Could've coughed as much as I wanted! ANYWAY. The bottom line is I can't think of a favourite film opening sequence that isn't simply a result of loving the film and watching it countless times on DVD. But I promise I will have a think and get back to you. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-11-2012, 06:54 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	__________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

08-11-2012, 07:15 PM	#6
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Its a classic, isn't it. We saw all three of the movies at the drive-in (the Y&W, in fact), and Mom had the album. All of us loved it. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

08-11-2012, 10:18 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Obvious... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-11-2012, 06:10 PM	#3
John Sellers Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 807	Whutever dude. I kinda agree tho. There aren't many movie openings that impress me as much as the movie itself, but a few do, even if they're rather simple, like the one above.

08-11-2012, 10:27 PM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	One of my favorite movie openings of all time. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-12-2012, 01:10 AM	#9
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	The watchmen one is great, if you've read the 'book' it tells almost the whole story. For me.

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