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Such an incredible scene, and it really brings home the horror the soldiers went through
The Matrix
Their lead up to release campaign was also great. Just "what is the matrix?" in a bunch of places. Way better than trailers that make watching the movie unnecessary because they include the best jokes and action scenes. Especially since with the Matrix, the whole premise of the plot was the twist, so they couldn't really give you anything.
Inglorious bastards
Terrifying performance.
Zombieland is overall underrated, but the intro is impeccable. Perfectly sets up the rules and the humor the rest of the movie follows.
also, just thinking about the start of cool hand luke makes me giggle uncontrollably.
I remember being very impressed with their use of text, too.
WALL-E
I liked Manhunter opening scene too. The colours and the quiet.
Bladerunner, obviously.
Contact
Love the opening to Pulp Fiction
2001: A Space Odyssey
Simply the sun rising over the Earth set to Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
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Children of Men (2006) sets the scene perfectly: the future is filthy, the youngest person on the planet has just died, and our protagonist just narrowly survived a terrorist act. Marvellous film.
The Dark Knight - great IMAX-shot visuals, amazing atmosphere and music, action right out of the gate. Sets the tone that the Joker is one crazy mf'er while being basically an entire heist movie in a few short minutes.
Star Trek: Into Darkness - The first 10 minutes is my favorite demo sequence of all time. COLORS are really vivid and make the alien world look actually, well, alien. Good audio effects with spears whooshing by and water falling off the ship. Really nice cinematic shots of the Enterprise and the volcano. Ignore what the characters are saying (because it's all dumb) and stop watching the movie after the alarm clock goes off, but everything else is about the best thing you can watch on a really nice home theater setup.
Pretty hard to beat the opening sequence of The Dark Knight. Really sets the tone for the whole movie.
It's Baby Driver for me too, I will always be happy to watch
I think Raiders of the lost Ark is perfect in a way.
I also love
Leon: The Professional La Haine Home Alone Braindead
I'm still trying hard to remember the one I thought of a while ago while writing these down.
The Dark Knight
Equilibrium. Definitely a B movie. Call it a Matrix clone if you will, but that opening was an incredible experience in the theater.
x-men origins wants a word (rest of the movie is...not that great) https://youtu.be/kpcQOPz-HaE
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Vada Chennai
Shaun of the dead
Reservoir Dogs (1992) by Quentin Tarantino
"Let me tell you what like a virgin is about. It's all about a girl who digs a guy with a big dick. The entire song is a metaphor for big dicks."
And then with the waitress's tip, it shows how none of them really knows each other, they're all shocked when the one jerk won't contribute. It's not a team, just a job.
Not quite the FIRST scene but I've always really liked the opening sequence of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas where they're driving through the desert.
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.
We can't stop here. This is bat country.
Did you just see what god just did?!
God didn't do that, you did. You're a fucking narcotics agent. l knew it.
Drive
Standalone short film that would've gotten into 80 festivals lol
Scream. Pure camp, but actually scary. So good.
Baby Driver
Casino Royale
Dawn of the Dead 2004
Not really the opening scene, but I love the opening credits of Thank You For Smoking
Did you know Katie Holmes turned down her role in the Dark Knight because of her sex scene with Aaron Eckhart in Thank You For Smoking?
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The long, slow burn exploring the depths of his alcoholism at the start of Leaving Las Vegas.
I recently re-watched 2001: a space odyssey and its both one of the best and worst opening scenes ever.
Care to explain?
Not that person, but I'd assume that its artsy vagueness and self importance are both good if you wanna get into analysation and terrible if you know nothing about it and are just trying to watch a regular sci Fi movie and understands what's immediately going on
Star Wars 1977
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