Sat watching the original Italian Job, the combination of Matt Monro and a Miura against the backdrop of the alps. What could be more stylish (well, until the digger destroys the Miura of course)?
Do you have a favourite opening to a film?
Sat watching the original Italian Job, the combination of Matt Monro and a Miura against the backdrop of the alps. What could be more stylish (well, until the digger destroys the Miura of course)?
Do you have a favourite opening to a film?
No surprise and I am sure I will be the first of many to say so but Apocalypse Now has a tremendous beginning.
Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Love how it shows the end of the movie, great graphics and Dylan's soundtrack. Superb
Hat tip to any Saul Bass intro as well.....
All the star wars films start fantastically, never fail to make me smile
Other than that, saving private Ryan
I think any of the recent James Bond films take some beating.... I'm thinking specifically of the first Daniel Craig one (doh, brain not functioning at the moment, can't for the life of me remember the title).
Saving Private Ryan. I was glued to the epic beach landing. At the cinema, you felt like you were there.
Other than that, saving private Ryan[/QUOTE]
100% agree
Touch of Evil (again) is hard to beat, or perhaps Spies.
Has to be saving private Ryan again, the whole filming is great but the first 20 minutes had me hooked
Trainspotting for me
A touch of evil.
Sheer class - the opening shot sets the whole movie up.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Cliffhanger - mince movie but a great shocker of a start with the girl falling. Totally unexpected.
And 'Lost in Translation. Enough said.
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All the votes for Saving Private Ryan has got me thinking it's about time I watched that movie.
In order;
The Empire Strikes Back
The Godfather
Zombieland
Originally Posted by demer03
I have to agree. The best, most exciting opening scene to a film has to be 'Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior'. The prologue montage is EPIC but the opening scene proper is a thing of beauty. When the camera pulls back from the supercharger and you get the howl of the V8, a little bit of wee comes out.
I also LOVE the opening of 'Boogie Nights'. When 'The Best Of My Love' kicks in and the camera wanders around the club introducing the main characters. Sublime.
I'd have to give an honorable mention to 'Cannonball Run' too. When she floors the black Countach passed the cop car at about 2 and a half minutes in. That V12 howl. Wow.
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Another vote for Cliffhanger.
The engine sound at the start of Rush is great too
Saving private Ryan
Wears me out... Brilliant
A lot of my favourites have been named already.
I may add '3 days of the Condor', and, because this is TZ after all, the opening sequence of 'Goldfinger'
- Goodfellas
- 2001
- The Matrix
- The Terminator
- Alien
Err, Betty Blue ?
I think the first "Hellboy" was pretty good, when the Nazis were trying to raise the devil.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
My thoughts exactly. Forgot how it began - parents walked in to the room when I was watching it as a teenager many moons ago. Try explaining that one!
+1 for the three most recent Bond movies. The free-running opener to Casino Royale takes it for me, but the car chase in QoS and the car/bike/JCB/train chase in Skyfall was pretty good too.
Pulp Fiction ranks up there as well, starting and ending in the same place is quite cool.
Desperado - for some reason I remember it was a crap movie with an excellent start.
I like the intro to goodfellas.
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"
Got to be Raging Bull for me , De Niro like a ghost in the ring ........ Fabulous.
Opening scene of "Flight"
Withnail & I and This is spinal tap always spring to mind - probably remind me of a time and not just the films though.
Quite a few have mentioned Saving Private Ryan so I'll share this story. A mate took a girl (they'd been going out a while and are now married) about 5 minutes in she taps him on the arm and asks "whose shooting at them?"
The opening scene of Patton.........amazing...
Kentucky Fried Movie LOL
Its hard to think of a better start than Once upon a time in the West.....not only a great start but a great film.
Also the Thomas Crown Affair ...the original with Steve McQueen was very different for its day with the split screen stuff. Its also worth a mention that Grand Prix with James Garner has a pretty good start straight into the Monaco race.
Saving Private Ryan......now i worked on that film down at Hatfield and was lucky enough to go to the first screening in the uk........and i still sat agast with everyone else starring at the screen and not even looking at my popcorn during the beach landing scene.
And of course as mentioned Star Wars never fails to grip you at the start with the action.
Another fan of Saving Private Ryan.
Inglorious Bastards. Anyone want to admit the hair on the back of their neck didn't stand up during the opening farm house scene?
Lawrence of Arabia - not a lot happens for a couple of minutes or so but....
Once Upon a Time in the West
Saving Private Ryan
The Dark Knight
Bunny and the Bull opening credits are a short film in themselves.
http://youtu.be/Dnc4FAlSpF0
Swordfish
Terminator 2 when he walks into the bar
Goodfellas for me, followed by Up!
I believe that is slightly too much information Paul.
The Naked Kiss and Forty Guns by Sam Fuller. A Touch of Evil by Orson Welles.
At the risk of my sexuality being questioned by other forum members, I'll put forward TOP GUN.
At least you didn't nominate An Officer and a Gentleman. I'd question your gender then!
I'll nominate the final (so far) Star Wars film (I guess that makes it Episode 3), with that calm fly by of the cruiser that then develops into a massive space battle. Ok it's all CGI, sci-fi and special effects, but that's brilliantly done!
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Yeah... "Talk to me Goose" classic
Mother (2009 Korean movie) has one of the weirdest most arresting opening I've ever seen - film isn't bad either. Also recently rewatched Don't Look Now - absolutely devastating opening.
First five minutes of Die Hard. So much information conveyed is a short time...
I also agree about Saving Private Ryan.
The Italian Job.
Scenery, car, music, sunglasses and surprise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lqtNThufkk
Saving private Ryan is well worth getting a copy with the DTS sound track if you have suitable equipment.
Star Wars or Blade Runner. The music by Vangelis and the city with the industrial exhausts letting out fire, while the sad, melancholic eyes are painting a reflection of it.
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