OT: Movies with perfect openings.

[PrtLng Lion]

(my entry is much more recent)

Avengers Infinity War. Thanos decimates the Asguardians then kicks Hulk’s butt. Marvel is showing this isn’t your typical villain.

 

[LionJim]

No Country for Old Men.
The opening monologue set against the empty Texas landscapes which then shifts to the arrest of the villain.

 

[ao5884]

Never gets okd

 

[ao5884]

This also

 

[Roar More]

Patton. Has to be in the conversation for GOAT movie opening.

I saw "Patton" at Ft. Meade. It was my first week stationed there. My two previous posts always played the national anthem before starting the movie. The flag appeared on the screen and half the audience dutifully stood up. And here comes some guy in a uniform to stand in front of an old timey flag. WTF? Confusion as the "Call to Colors" is played. And then this old guy in uniform starts swearing. By then we had all resumed sitting. Sheepishly.

 

[Agoodnap]

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

The Dark Knight

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Some nonsensical dialogue aside, the technical achievement in The Dark Knight Rises is spectacular...

 

[Petch]

Moulin Rouge was interesting.

 

[NedFromYork]

Shoot to Kill with Sidney Poitier.

 

[Metal Mike]

I enjoyed the opening to the Right Stuff

 

[MtNittany]

I'll double down on the Dazed and Confused opening (after watching the movie for the 50th time this AM). That opening scene is like a time machine. There is NOTHING out of place, and everyone and everything is perfect. I don't often heap praise on hollyweirdos, but Linklater got it done here. For sure.

 

[Lion Son/Husband/Father]

I’ll execute every one of you mother fvckers

 

[bobroars]

In Virginia, high school football is a way of life - Remember the Titans

 

[Nittany_93]

I've always loved the opening of Apocalypse Now
(Technically after the musical intro by the Doors)

 

[LionJim]

I'll double down on the Dazed and Confused opening (after watching the movie for the 50th time this AM). That opening scene is like a time machine. There is NOTHING out of place, and everyone and everything is perfect. I don't often heap praise on hollyweirdos, but Linklater got it done here. For sure.

You’d be happy to know that Linklater is not a “Hollyweirdo.” He’s based in Austin.

 

[LionJim]

I'll double down on the Dazed and Confused opening (after watching the movie for the 50th time this AM). That opening scene is like a time machine. There is NOTHING out of place, and everyone and everything is perfect. I don't often heap praise on hollyweirdos, but Linklater got it done here. For sure.

 

[MtNittany]

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Plus it had Joey Lauren Adams

 

[phillybillyreprise]

 

[Hotshoe]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

 

[CVLion]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

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Yes, although the opening is overshadowed by the epic ending.

 

[LionJim]

Plus it had Joey Lauren Adams

Yes, a striking girl.

 

[Ski]

Back to the Future. Turns on every switch and cranks every nob to the max. Turns on overdrive. Stands in front of the huge speaker, hits a chord and gets blown across the room with a shelf falling on him. Lifts his head out of the clutter........"Whoa, Rock and Roll". Perfect for 1985

 

[MtNittany]

You’d be happy to know that Linklater is not a “Hollyweirdo.” He’s based in Austin.

Sometimes I paint w/ a broad brush Jim - as do my adversaries.

 

[Relayer]

Pretty much ANY Bond movie.

Good story behind the Bond ski jump in '77. There were lots of great Bond stunts over the decades, but as far as opening scenes go.....

https://www.thebondbulletin.com/stu...ount-of-the-ski-jump-in-the-spy-who-loved-me/

 

[Tri-Power65]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

 

[MtNittany]

Yes, a striking girl.

Few strikinglier than her. Great MWC character too.

 

[Skilion2]

Trainspotting

 

[Lion Son/Husband/Father]

Trainspotting

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I gotta rewatch that DAMN remember the infant on the stairs omg

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

An obscure movie, to be sure, but; The Stuntman had an introductory scene that allowed you to know you were going to watch a movie that was a little bit different. For me, it occurred at the 00:00:45 mark of this clip. The dog lovers will appreciate this...

Here is a good summary...
http://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/in-honor-peter-otoole-stunt-man-1980/

 

[Leo Ridens]

Raiders of the Lost Ark is the model here, I guess. Here’s my humble submission, Fat City.

I nominate the Overture to Kubrick's masterpiece:



When the film premiered, it was condemned as a glorification of sex and violence, and Kubrick (irony noted) even received death threats because of it, but it was no such thing, It was instead a meditation on what in classical philosophy is called the Free Will Theodicy: must evil exist for there to be good, and more specifically, can man be considered good without free will? This is a question that occupies much of Anthony Burgess in his novel on which the film is based. Neither Kubrick nor Burgess glorified the sex and violence, but used them as the means to explore the fundamental link between "the good" and free will. The Moog-synthesized version of Purcell's "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" sets an ominous dystopian mood for the opening monologue by the antihero Alex, and what is to follow. It frightened and disoriented many viewers, which was exactly the intended effect. Perhaps it worked too well for those who misunderstood the film, and thus caused the backlash.

 

[Nitt1300]

not right at the opening, but

 

[ericstratton-rushchairman]

One of my all time favorite movie openings... Replacement Killers