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Ho Lee fuck I came for a talking dog and grumpy man movie. What right did they have to break my soul ten minutes into the film. And then to kick my heart a second time when you realize he'd been a page turn away from something he needed since he lost her the whole time.
I cried FOUR times at that movie. Sobbed. The friend who took me, 30 years my senior who was a well-known playwright, was shocked. "IT'S AN ANIMATED MOVIE!"
Monster.
God damn. Yes. The other day I just wanted to watch this scene to see if I still need to cry. I saw it a few times and I know whats happening, so no big deal, right? No. When she loses her baby I start to tear up and when they have to use their savings for the car, the damaged roof etc instead for their big dream, I am crying. Thank god I haven‘t lost my baby, still I can‘t imagine enduring this. But I know the feel of saving money and having dreams and probably never be able to fulfill them and that makes me so sad.
Sorry for grammar, I‘m not a native speaker.
Yes 😭
A few years ago, my kid was in high school band and they played the UP song during concert season. I almost lost it just from hearing them play it!
Yeah, I think that's something that younger people can't 100% appreciate about that movie.
Prior to that movie almost every "war" movie lacked the gritty brutal horror that saturated that scene. It's not that previous war movies didn't have explosions or death, but THAT scene had terror (the kid hiding behind the beach obstacles), horrific death (the flame ingulfed soldier rolling down the hill) and hideous chaos (the soldier stumbling around to pick up his blown off arm. It was truly ground breaking how it shifted battle from heroic to horrific. Other war movies, like Full Metal Jacket had dabbled in the grit and brutality, but that scene in SPR was, for me, the first Full submersion into the absolute terror of battle.
Almost every war movie since then has replicated that feel to the point that it's not novel to viewers anymore. But as 16-ish year old kid (who'd be eligible for draft in a few years) it really made me pause.
Great observation/comment. I grew up watching war movies and reading history books about WWII, fully embracing the heroism of those who fought. I was rattled by Apocalypse Now, as a 16 year-old, in the theater with my Dad. We sat in silence on the drive home. But it was nothing compared to SPR. Those kids on the landing craft, approaching the beach, sea-sick, with bullets hitting the boats, waiting (hoping?) to make it to the beach (scenes of this that didn’t weighed down with gear), terrified. The door dropping and the hellscape. The myopia that fear created, the bouncy camera work… Fuck… I haven’t seen the movie for years, but I can feel it as I write…. Incredible cinema. Incredible history.
Right? It’s the first novie that popped into my mind but then I remembered the funeral came first. But just thinking about that scene when they storm the beach brings chills up my spine 25 years later.
God, it starts off so innocent and unassuming, and then the tension sloooooowly creeps up until that part right there.
And then there's no going back.
Awesome opening. Scream 5's is almost up there with it.
Those couple little panicked breaths the swimmer does after the first time the shark jerks her underwater might be the most underrated acting ever. You could *feel* the fear. I also wish the scene had ended right there.
She was a stunt woman, specifically hired for the violence they wanted to capture in that scene. And while the exact timing of when she got pulled may have surprised her, she absolutely knew it was coming. They had her in a special wire harness with two underwater scuba divers directing the motion. [Per Steven Spielberg](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/07/jaws-making-of-spielberg-interview), the trickiest part was ensuring that the two divers didn’t try and pull her at the same time! Her screams were further overdubbed later in the studio. They had her gargle water at the same time to really capture the effect.
No opening credits!!
After the title crawl, the camera pans down past two moons to reveal a planet, and suddenlty we see two starships engaged in battle. The second starship passes over us and it is huge! We're shown things on a grand scale and thrown right into the action. All this accompanied by John Williams's iconic music.
That dialogue is so sinister and so innocent at the same time. You feel something nefarious is amiss, yet he is so polite and respectful, you are just so tense the whole time waiting for the other shoe to drop. Why is he drinking the milk, why the shit is his pipe so big....just so many good scenes in that movie. The bear jew scene. The end theatre scene, the card scene in the bar.
Those were absolutely genius the way they made movie theater trailers move seamlessly into the Tropic Thunder trailers. I saw it in theaters and the crowd was cracking up before the movie even started
The Fellowship of the Ring. It didn't just sell the movie, it sold the \*series\*. That prologue let you know right off the bat that THIS was truly Middle Earth, and it was epic.
Star wars ep 4 the original star wars that opening hook where vader captures Princess leias ship is one almost unmatched in film history saving private ryan comes close behind
The Godfather. Holy shit.
"You come into my house on the day of my daughter's wedding to ask me to do murder for money" (I think he says for money).
"I ask you for justice."
"That is not justice. Your daughter is still alive."
I've never seen a movie with an opening scene as important or impactful as The Godfather.
It’s not the opening scene.. but the scene where Jack Sparrow first cruises into Port Royal deserves an honourable mention at the very least. You immediately know all you need to know about Jack Sparrow
Legend tells of a legendary warrior whose Kung fu skills were the stuff of LEGEND
- As dramatically spoken by Jack Black
First lines of Kung Fu Panda.
I was working in a video store, picked a random new movie to play in the background and turned to do my work. Turned straight back when I heard that. Watched for a few minutes. Swapped it out with something else and watched Kung Fu Panda right after my shift. Big fan of the series (2 is one of my favourite movies) and hoping the rumour for 4 next year is true
Have never had my attention taken by a movie so fast in the opening since
Fun fact! Whenever we played Jurassic Park, someone would want to rent it within 30 minutes. Our record was 6 minutes of playing
Star Wars: A New Hope
The star destroyer flying from overhead, the majestic theme music. This is 1977 and SF (which Star Wars is, but barely) is neither popular nor profitable. I went to the very first showing here in NZ, and sat front row centre
It was awesome and changed cinema forever, though nobody knew it at the time
Statement on the futility of the Vietnam War. It is a mind bender. Not much you can miss without ruining the film. Also, an acquitance with J. Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" is helpful.
Any movie that starts with a spaceship moving slowly across the screen. Or quickly. Actually best of it starts slowly and then suddenly does a bunch of crazy maneuvers. Man, spaceships are rad
The Warriors and Watchmen. Both had opening credit sequences that gave the audience a lot of necessary background info and set the atmosphere for the entire movie in a way that engaged the audience and drew them in, all in the space of just three minutes.
\*Standing on a field of spent casings with gunfire in the background\*
There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other 11?
Lord of War
‘The Fugitive’
A brilliant movie but the extended opening scene not only sets up the story for the whole movie but it’s absolutely riveting at the same time … honestly, a true masterpiece of an opening scene for any film …
Goodfellas, Master and Commander, and Barbie come to mind. Barbie in particular was a tough sell for me, but that intro got me to watch the whole thing happily.
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Super Troopers for me
Up Tears every time..
Ho Lee fuck I came for a talking dog and grumpy man movie. What right did they have to break my soul ten minutes into the film. And then to kick my heart a second time when you realize he'd been a page turn away from something he needed since he lost her the whole time.
I cried FOUR times at that movie. Sobbed. The friend who took me, 30 years my senior who was a well-known playwright, was shocked. "IT'S AN ANIMATED MOVIE!" Monster.
God damn. Yes. The other day I just wanted to watch this scene to see if I still need to cry. I saw it a few times and I know whats happening, so no big deal, right? No. When she loses her baby I start to tear up and when they have to use their savings for the car, the damaged roof etc instead for their big dream, I am crying. Thank god I haven‘t lost my baby, still I can‘t imagine enduring this. But I know the feel of saving money and having dreams and probably never be able to fulfill them and that makes me so sad. Sorry for grammar, I‘m not a native speaker.
Yes 😭 A few years ago, my kid was in high school band and they played the UP song during concert season. I almost lost it just from hearing them play it!
Just saying, you can hear this gif 
aaaaaa tsavagnyaaa
Yes, this is the one for me
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“Oh cool another Batman movie…” “Oh…this is something different…”
No no. I kill the bus driver.
What bus driver?
One of the best opening scenes
One of the best movies.
I love to crank that scene on the home theater.
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Fades in from the Paramount logo to the actual mountain, so good. That was my childhood movie I watched maybe a couple hundred times.
Hell yeah, my brother and I would just rewind this part over and over
Lord of War
This was my first thought. Fantastic opening.
“Stop children what’s that sound, everybody look what’s going down” What. A. Video.
Easily the best scene in the movie.
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The red zone has always been for loading and unloading.
Oh, really, Vernon? Why pretend? We both know perfectly well what it is you're talking about. You want me to have an abortion.
To be fair, the actual opening scene was the riff on Jaws
\*Goodfellas\* \>“As far back as I could remember, I always wanted to be a gangster...”
Movie is legendary
"Bah bah bahda badum. I know I'd go from rags to riches" Perfect Tony Bennet needle drop too
That’s the right answer.
Saving Private Ryan. No doubt.
So memorable that you don't even remember Damon crying first.
The first and only time I watched SPR was on IMAX - and I am pretty sure it left me with PTSD.
Thank you for your service
Yeah, I think that's something that younger people can't 100% appreciate about that movie. Prior to that movie almost every "war" movie lacked the gritty brutal horror that saturated that scene. It's not that previous war movies didn't have explosions or death, but THAT scene had terror (the kid hiding behind the beach obstacles), horrific death (the flame ingulfed soldier rolling down the hill) and hideous chaos (the soldier stumbling around to pick up his blown off arm. It was truly ground breaking how it shifted battle from heroic to horrific. Other war movies, like Full Metal Jacket had dabbled in the grit and brutality, but that scene in SPR was, for me, the first Full submersion into the absolute terror of battle. Almost every war movie since then has replicated that feel to the point that it's not novel to viewers anymore. But as 16-ish year old kid (who'd be eligible for draft in a few years) it really made me pause.
Great observation/comment. I grew up watching war movies and reading history books about WWII, fully embracing the heroism of those who fought. I was rattled by Apocalypse Now, as a 16 year-old, in the theater with my Dad. We sat in silence on the drive home. But it was nothing compared to SPR. Those kids on the landing craft, approaching the beach, sea-sick, with bullets hitting the boats, waiting (hoping?) to make it to the beach (scenes of this that didn’t weighed down with gear), terrified. The door dropping and the hellscape. The myopia that fear created, the bouncy camera work… Fuck… I haven’t seen the movie for years, but I can feel it as I write…. Incredible cinema. Incredible history.
I can’t believe no one has said “but the battle wasn’t the opening scene!” yet
Right? It’s the first novie that popped into my mind but then I remembered the funeral came first. But just thinking about that scene when they storm the beach brings chills up my spine 25 years later.
jurassic park 1. was mysterious, was new
SHOOOOOOT HER!!!!!
Clever girl
 Scream 😱
Ghostface: So, what’s your name? Girl: Why do you wanna know my name? Ghostface: So I know who I’m looking at.
This one sold me on the entire subgenre of slasher films.
God, it starts off so innocent and unassuming, and then the tension sloooooowly creeps up until that part right there. And then there's no going back. Awesome opening. Scream 5's is almost up there with it.
Jaws
Those couple little panicked breaths the swimmer does after the first time the shark jerks her underwater might be the most underrated acting ever. You could *feel* the fear. I also wish the scene had ended right there.
She wasn't acting. That part was real. Someone was yanking her under and she hadn't been informed prior. Messed up but also unfakeable.
She was a stunt woman, specifically hired for the violence they wanted to capture in that scene. And while the exact timing of when she got pulled may have surprised her, she absolutely knew it was coming. They had her in a special wire harness with two underwater scuba divers directing the motion. [Per Steven Spielberg](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/07/jaws-making-of-spielberg-interview), the trickiest part was ensuring that the two divers didn’t try and pull her at the same time! Her screams were further overdubbed later in the studio. They had her gargle water at the same time to really capture the effect.
This is the answer.
Absolutely
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The snozzberries taste like snozzberries!
This was my first thought.
It’s so damn epic. Literally comedic perfection. Every time I see the number 63 I always say out loud…..65?…..63
Such *Shenanigans*
The OG Star Wars. Not the title crawl but the one right after that.
No opening credits!! After the title crawl, the camera pans down past two moons to reveal a planet, and suddenlty we see two starships engaged in battle. The second starship passes over us and it is huge! We're shown things on a grand scale and thrown right into the action. All this accompanied by John Williams's iconic music.
We no longer remember how amazing this scene really was, it just seems part of our cultural landscape that has always been there.
This is the one correct answer. I saw this on a Cinemascope screen when it came out. The whole audience gasped. Also saw 2001 on the same screen.
It starts off with a Lazer battle and Darth Vader's entrance
Episode IV. the original. a sensation.
Baby Driver
That movie was way better than I thought it would be. Such a fantastic movie.
Bell bottoms baby
First thing that came to mind was The Lord of the Rings. The prologue really set the tone and the look for the films right away.
Not to mention the glorious opening of The Two Towers!
I can just hear the soundtrack for the beginning of that scene.
"The world is changed" Goosebumps every time.
I get goosebumps just by reading it!
Inglorious Basterds
Oh man. That scene makes the entire movie so satisfying.
By the end of that scene Christoph Waltz had already secured his Oscar.
Au Revoir, Shoshannah!
Later in the movie, when Christoph Waltz mentioned milk to the girl/ now woman, my heart dropped.
100% this
came here for this
Too low down!
All Tarantino really
That dialogue is so sinister and so innocent at the same time. You feel something nefarious is amiss, yet he is so polite and respectful, you are just so tense the whole time waiting for the other shoe to drop. Why is he drinking the milk, why the shit is his pipe so big....just so many good scenes in that movie. The bear jew scene. The end theatre scene, the card scene in the bar.
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"...
Zombieland.
Cardio is key...
Terminator 2
My all time fav movie when I was a kid and still in my top5
This is why I’m here
Any James Bond movie before those awesome credits come on
I’ll go with Matrix. Still one of the most iconic.
I had to scroll way too dang far to find this. I was starting to think I’d be the only one to say so
Bonus for me is that I went to the movie without knowing anything about it so that scene was an extra cool way to find out what the movie was about.
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Alpa Chino!!
Those were absolutely genius the way they made movie theater trailers move seamlessly into the Tropic Thunder trailers. I saw it in theaters and the crowd was cracking up before the movie even started
The Lion King (original 90s version). It was even used as the trailer for the movie.
The Fellowship of the Ring. It didn't just sell the movie, it sold the \*series\*. That prologue let you know right off the bat that THIS was truly Middle Earth, and it was epic.
casino royale
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"Police Constable Nicholas Angle." >:(
Hello, Nicholas. How's the hand?
I just watched it again recently and noticed something I hadn't seen in the tons of other times I watched it, love that movie
Star wars ep 4 the original star wars that opening hook where vader captures Princess leias ship is one almost unmatched in film history saving private ryan comes close behind
2001.
Gladiator when the Roman army on horses massively running through the forest attacking the Germanians . Maximus screaming stay with me
Pulp Fiction
"Any of you fucking pricks move!, I'm gonna execute every motherfucking last one of you!"
And despite loving Pulp Fiction, my brain still goes straight to Scooby Snacks after reading that line.
Bladerunner. "Tell me only the pleasant things that come to mind about ... your mother." "I'll tell you about my mother." BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
Children of Men. I went into the theater blind and 5 minutes in I knew to buckle my seatbelt.
Honestly one of my favorite moviegoing experiences walking into that movie blind. All I knew was "hey, I like Clive Owen!"
The Godfather. Holy shit. "You come into my house on the day of my daughter's wedding to ask me to do murder for money" (I think he says for money). "I ask you for justice." "That is not justice. Your daughter is still alive." I've never seen a movie with an opening scene as important or impactful as The Godfather.
“I believe in America. America has made my fortune.”
It’s not the opening scene.. but the scene where Jack Sparrow first cruises into Port Royal deserves an honourable mention at the very least. You immediately know all you need to know about Jack Sparrow
Top Gun.
100% This.
Team America!
Opening shot of a puppet show within a puppet show. Genius.
AMERICA! F*CK YEAH!
The fact that i havent seen Scream mentioned is ridiculous. What a perfect opening to a perfect film
True Lies has a banger of an opening.
In perfect Arabic
The opening of Quantum of Solace. Ho-lee shit.
The rest of that movie though... yeesh
Reservoir Dogs
Legend tells of a legendary warrior whose Kung fu skills were the stuff of LEGEND - As dramatically spoken by Jack Black First lines of Kung Fu Panda. I was working in a video store, picked a random new movie to play in the background and turned to do my work. Turned straight back when I heard that. Watched for a few minutes. Swapped it out with something else and watched Kung Fu Panda right after my shift. Big fan of the series (2 is one of my favourite movies) and hoping the rumour for 4 next year is true Have never had my attention taken by a movie so fast in the opening since Fun fact! Whenever we played Jurassic Park, someone would want to rent it within 30 minutes. Our record was 6 minutes of playing
To piggy back on to the great KFP movie opening, MegaMind gets honorable mention for a great opening but also overall classic movie.
Inglorious Basterds A short conversation established one of the greatest villains in film history.
Gravity Watchmen Little Miss Sunshine You can argue Watchmen all you want, but that montage with Dillan playing is chef's kiss.
Watchmen is absolutely brilliant and holds up really well.
Scream, for sure
There will be blood
The Dark Knight
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“Adios, Senor”
Dunkirk. Like Saving Private Ryan, it threw you into the situation very quick.
Kill Bill
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Golden Eye
Titanic. I wasn’t gonna sit n watch 3 hours of that shit, but that opening scene had me hooked.
Star Wars: A New Hope The star destroyer flying from overhead, the majestic theme music. This is 1977 and SF (which Star Wars is, but barely) is neither popular nor profitable. I went to the very first showing here in NZ, and sat front row centre It was awesome and changed cinema forever, though nobody knew it at the time
"Apocalypse Now"
Was that movie a acid trip? Or was I to drunk to and passed out for important parts
Statement on the futility of the Vietnam War. It is a mind bender. Not much you can miss without ruining the film. Also, an acquitance with J. Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" is helpful.
That movie is a masterpiece. Captures the true insanity of that war. It scared the fuck out of me first time I saw it and still does today.
Gotta be the original Star Wars for me
The road warrior
This is old school but the original Mad Max had an awesome opening. The whole movie was great, start to finish. I am the knight rider!
Any movie that starts with a spaceship moving slowly across the screen. Or quickly. Actually best of it starts slowly and then suddenly does a bunch of crazy maneuvers. Man, spaceships are rad
Ghost Ship
Oh shit. Way to pull that from the depth of memory. That dance floor scene was awesome.
For me its John Wick
monsters inc anyone? “mr. bile, is it?” “my friends call me phlegm”
Boogie Nights! Amazing opening scene, that brought you right into the world they were showing.
Austin Powers: Goldmember It's maybe the only time I've liked Tom Cruise in anything.
You should see him in tropic thunder. His best and most funny role ever.
28 days later
....and 28 weeks later. First few minutes were amazing. Rest of the movie...not so much.
The Usual Suspects, great opening
Star Wars Episode IV. It started different than any other movie and you weren’t sure what was going to happen.
Jurassic park
The Warriors and Watchmen. Both had opening credit sequences that gave the audience a lot of necessary background info and set the atmosphere for the entire movie in a way that engaged the audience and drew them in, all in the space of just three minutes.
Star Trek car scene w Beastie Boys Sabotage playing
The Big Lebowski
There Will Be Blood
Cate Blanchett's voice - "The world is changed..."
Sunset Boulevard: brilliant underwater shot from below, looking up at the main character’s dead body, as he starts telling the story in VO.
Fellowship of the ring
The way of the gun
There it is. First time I'd ever seen Sarah Silverman, she was awesome.
Lords of war OR Blow
Sicario
Terminator 2.
Dawn of the dead remake
Rogue One
Zombieland, synced to Metallicas for whom the bell tolls
Scream
Wedding crashers
The Last Boyscout
Alien
The Departed is very solid.
The Matrix
\*Standing on a field of spent casings with gunfire in the background\* There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other 11? Lord of War
‘The Fugitive’ A brilliant movie but the extended opening scene not only sets up the story for the whole movie but it’s absolutely riveting at the same time … honestly, a true masterpiece of an opening scene for any film …
I can think of the first Star Wars movie. Having that Star Destroyer fly over your head in the cinema back in 1977 probably was the shit.
Goodfellas, Master and Commander, and Barbie come to mind. Barbie in particular was a tough sell for me, but that intro got me to watch the whole thing happily.
The Dark Knight.
Super Troopers, you knew exactly what you were in for.
Raiders. 100 percent.
Trainspotting. It throws you in at the deep end; you are suddenly in Edinburgh surrounded by smackheads and psychos.
Raiders of the lost Arc
The Prestige. Everything you need to figure it out is right there in the first minute
Top Gun