Great openings to great movies...

[huskyrob1]

Three that come to my mind are "Places in the Heart", Hitchcock's "North By Northwest", and Martin Scorcese's great film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". I had never even heard of Alice Faye the singer until I saw ADLHA. Her singing during the opening credits which Scorcese brilliantly blended into the first dream like scene is entrancing. Have been a fan of hers, a long forgotten singer and actress, ever since.

 

[SubbaBub]

Saving Private Ryan gets a lot of rep for its opening sequence.

For pure anticipation, it is hard to beat the opening theme sequence from the Star Wars movies.

 

[storrsroars]

I've always enjoyed the opening of Waking Ned Devine. Then again, I was a huge fan of that era of the Waterboys.

 

[G0UCONN]

Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Speed all come immediately to mind.

Others include Halloween, Inglorious Bastards, Reservoir Dogs, and most James Bond movies.

 

[Chin Diesel]

1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Everything else

 

[G0UCONN]

1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Everything else

Full Metal Jacket is good one.

First half of movie.....great

Second half (when they get to Vietnam).....mediocre.

 

[Mano]

Probably my favorite all time film has a great one: Heat.

Some more: The Dark Knight, All the Indy's, There Will Be Blood, The Professional, about a million more that I'll have to think about later.

 

[G0UCONN]

Probably my favorite all time film has a great one: Heat.

Some more: The Dark Knight, All the Indy's, There Will Be Blood, The Professional, about a million more that I'll have to think about later.

Heat and The Dark Knight are great calls.

I liked The Professional alot but dont recall the opening. Does he "hit" someone?

 

[Dove]

Jaws, fins down.

 

[dbmill]

The opening lengthly track shot in the Orson Welles directed Touch of Evil.

 

[dbmill]

Three that come to my mind are "Places in the Heart", Hitchcock's "North By Northwest", and Martin Scorcese's great film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". I had never even heard of Alice Faye until I saw ADLHA. Have been a fan of hers, a long forgotten singer and actress, ever since.

If your talking Hitchcock and great openings, I'd go with Vertigo.

 

[huskyrob1]

If your talking Hitchcock and great openings, I'd go with Vertigo.

With NBN I don't mean the opening scene, I actually mean the opening credits blending into the sides of the NYC skyscrapers, Hitch trying to get on a bus but door closes on him before he can get in, and most of all Bernard Hermann's opening music. The first scene in Vertigo is a classic.

 

[huskyrob1]

Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Speed all come immediately to mind.

Others include Halloween, Inglorious Bastards, Reservoir Dogs, and most James Bond movies.

Good call on Saving Private Ryan and the James Bond flicks.

 

[Mano]

Heat and The Dark Knight are great calls.

I liked The Professional alot but dont recall the opening. Does he "hit" someone?

Yes and no, after a brief convo with Danny Aiello's character to set him on his task it cuts to him infiltrating and taking out guys before giving a message to their boss.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I've always enjoyed the opening of Waking Ned Devine. Then again, I was a huge fan of that era of the Waterboys.

This one and Star Wars came immediately to mind for me.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Here is what some guy on the internet says.

Looked at the clips and Up absolutely was superb. So was Halloween.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Tropic Thunder

 

[Jay-Bone]

For me, The Matrix. I knew it was on after that entry. And it didn't let down.

 

[The Viking]

Tropic Thunder

I’m not even joking that’s one of my favorite intros with each of the characters movie trailers. Hysterical.
Tug speedman saving the earth for a fifth time LOL

 

[The Viking]

Tropic Thunder - opening trailer to start the movie

 

[The Viking]

Followed by Robert Downey's "Satan's Alley" trailer...There were a few other trailers in the first 5 minutes of TT but you get the gist.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I’m not even joking that’s one of my favorite intros with each of the characters movie trailers. Hysterical.
Tug speedman saving the earth for a fifth time LOL

Isn’t the initial scene, them re-enacting the helicopter evac, a filming of that film’s trailer or something? I remember he British director guy, or maybe Stiller’s character, at some point being YES, THATS OUR TRAILER

 

[The Viking]

I think it's the 4 fake trailers first. I remember seeing the movie in the theater the lights dim as if the movies about to start and then these other trailers start and I was confused - only to realize its part of the actual movie. Then the choppers through the Vietnam jungles to really start the movie....but maybe my memory is off.

 

[intlzncster]

Best I've seen on the big screen: The parkour scene in Casino Royale. On the edge of your seat excitement.

• 2001 Space Odyssey
• Trainspotting
• Pulp Fiction
• Fight Club
• Lord of War bullet scene was cool
• Darkhorse: Cliff Hanger. Holy f@#$ was that tense. Not a huge fan of heights though.

While I don't think it's the best, I really liked the opening scene to Dazed and Confused (Sweet Emotion). Perfectly sets up the movie.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

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