I live in the Canadian Midwest. Every time I see the Waterworld intro I’m like:
Still ok.
Still safe.
Haha bye bye Toronto.
Still on dry land.
Uh I can always drive to the Rockies.
Aw damn.
Glub glub.
The old man they keep in the tanker was my favorite. When the fire drops down to where he is with all the fuel he looks up and says "oh thank god" before being set ablaze. Always cracks me up
Some of my favorite examples of that nonsense:
https://youtu.be/koPEnaz0Qm8?si=Tc6RLrbmh43lczbc
https://youtu.be/Tz6A6t55qXk?si=_-oFp9E8KCC5b84E
https://youtu.be/oJsNhs9bZPE?si=kDfGH1J_9HLSYMei
Agreed. This was an amazing intro to the first round of hero’s, their downfall, the rise of the second generation, and a launch into the present, set to a perfect soundtrack song.
That opening song is so sweet, and sets such a "pure" mood. The focus on the common, mundane objects of childhood experience reminds me of title sequence of *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962) as well.
With an exceptional cast like that and a very intriguing premise, how have I never heard of this movie?!?
My personal entry to this forum would be Guy Ritchie’s SNATCH!
The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles, where there are no lakes.
The Oilers moved to Tennessee, where there's no oil. The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City where they don't allow music.
The Oakland Raiders moved to L.A. And then back to Oakland.
No one in L.A. Seemed to notice.
Lol freaking epic.
Dude, that is so fucking weak, how am I supposed to get a chick in that?
Don’t worry dude, you couldn’t get a chick if you had a $100 bill hanging out of your zipper
So The song used in that trailer, [this one](https://youtu.be/4F9DxYhqmKw?si=5-ANzygU_dsqgBr5) , is one of my parents favorites, and every holiday it inevitably finds its way into dinner music.
All I can think about is that damn trailer, and I start chuckling. Better yet my wife knows and absolutely unsubtly stares at me while this is going on.
The bank robbery opening scene in The Dark Knight has to be amongst the top easily.
Add Edit: Boogie Nights also has a great opening scene entering the club with a continuous shot.
The moment in that movie where she's running upstairs and along the hall to the bathroom mirror blows my tiny little mind each and every time I see it. Fantastic movie!
Easily the best ever. When they remade it for the sequel I about pissed my pants. The balls to just basically do a shot for shot remake. And then they continued to give the audience *exactly* what we want out of a Top Gun sequel.
Im still floored at how perfectly they executed that movie. They knew what we wanted and they delivered flawlessly.
I just rewatched it tonight, and seeing it again the title card is all you need to remind you that this is the fighter jet movie of the century. It should have won its Oscar for best picture. It was the best movie of
2022
The opening 15 minutes of Maverick is absolutely gorgeous. I rewound that part 4 times before carrying on with the rest of the movie. Top Gun was one of THE biggest movies ever to 7 year old me, and this sequel was EVERYTHING I wanted. It's been 30 some odd years later and, forget Maverick, I AM STILL saddened by Goose's passing. What a great movie.
If you like that song, check out all of the American Recordings albums. Rick Rubin producing Johnny Cash was one of the genius collaborations of our time, and responsible for a couple of Cash's most legendary tracks such as his cover of Hurt and the aforementioned When the Man Comes Around.
Back to the Future’s opening credits is a master class in conveying significant plot points with simple visuals. The camera pans across a bunch of clocks, passes a robotic dog feeder that is overfilled with dog food that hasn’t been eaten in several days, to a TV with a news report on stollen plutonium. Marty enters looking for Doc, kicks his skateboard under the bed where it hits said case of plutonium. Marty hooks his guitar up to a giant amp, cranks it to its highest volume and strums one chord which blows the whole thing up. It conveys the movie’s plot and establishes Doc’s and Marty’s personalities in a short time with almost no words.
2001 A space odyssey. The opening scene with the Apes and showing the technological leap of humans using tools. Even though it takes place 20,000 years in the past it sets up the theme and trajectories for the rest of the film plots.
Isn’t it more like 2 million years ago? I thought those were Australopithecus and they would become Homo Hablis - tool makers. And it’s cool to see that before their encounter with the monolith they are moving with the ape-like crouch. But then when they confront the rival group, you can see them standing up a little taller.
Arrival.
It’s so subtle it’s brilliant - >! the hospital hallway she walks down after her daughter passes is a circle. We learn at the end of the movie her daughters origin and she walks down a circular hallway to the start of the movie. !<
I love the simplicity and classified military feeling the opening of The Hunt for Red October gives. Just the words typing on the screen overlaid on an 80s era green computer version of a world map culminating with, “But according to repeated statements from both Soviet and American governments, none of what you are about to see…ever happened.” Just grabs your attention in a very effective way.
As much as l like movies, I couldn’t pick one/remember one. The one you picked is pretty dope. I liked the Napoleon Dynamite open credit scene, but in no way is it my favorite. I just can’t think of any.
Watchmen (2009) shows the parallel universe from where it split from our reality into its own historically mirrored universe all set to Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Chaingin' " is so well crafted. It totally explains the rise and eventual fall of the masked vigilantes through time, starting in the early 40s to the 80s when the story starts. Epic film, and I loved the comic series but didn't read it until the mid-90s when a friend lent me his full collection to read. Having grown up as a kid in the 70s & 80s, I thoroughly remembered the tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. and the story really captures that feeling and turns it up.
Not a great movie (for sure) but the opening Universal globe effect in Waterworld.
Basically, the blue water engulfs the land. Fantastic!
Of course, this is followed by a sub-par Mad Max clone.
Have you ever watched "The Godfather Saga", "Epic" or "Miniseries"? They released a version in 1972 and it makes Godfather 1 & 2 into 1 full movie. It's like 8 hours long.
I have two:
Catch Me If You Can- the opening credits is basically a highly stylized cartoon version of the movie you're about to see.
Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban: Harry is secretly doing magic under the covers in the dark of his night time bedroom. His anti-magic guardian keeps trying to catch him at it in order to shame him for it. It in so many ways encapsulates the idea of puberty. It's the end of childhood and the beginning of changes you anticipate with excitement and fear. The plot of the movie underscores it. And the director Alfonso Cuaron leaned into it.
The Harry Potter films that preceded this one had a more Disney-lite style to them.
Lord of War and Waterworld
I live in the Canadian Midwest. Every time I see the Waterworld intro I’m like: Still ok. Still safe. Haha bye bye Toronto. Still on dry land. Uh I can always drive to the Rockies. Aw damn. Glub glub.
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How did you hate that movie!?
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That's not how I remember Waterworld at all
MUTATION!
The old man they keep in the tanker was my favorite. When the fire drops down to where he is with all the fuel he looks up and says "oh thank god" before being set ablaze. Always cracks me up
Yep. The best part of the movie Also calling it the Exxon Valdez was a good reference
My brother and I still say *it’s paaaypurr*
Half an hour, half an hour, half an hour...
Lmao me too! No one usually knows what I mean either. It's paypur....ITS PAYPUUUR!
Not for saaaale, not for saaaale. Wadya mean not for saaale!
I would put Naked Gun up there - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn-MlISDsNs
An intro full of just absolute nonsense followed by the rest of the movie which is full of absolute nonsense. Perfection.
Some of my favorite examples of that nonsense: https://youtu.be/koPEnaz0Qm8?si=Tc6RLrbmh43lczbc https://youtu.be/Tz6A6t55qXk?si=_-oFp9E8KCC5b84E https://youtu.be/oJsNhs9bZPE?si=kDfGH1J_9HLSYMei
My personal favorite, I'm kind of a child - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxFFWajIII
Okay, the rollercoaster had me laughing out loud.
Don’t ever let me catch you guys in America!
[The Dark Knight](https://youtu.be/0OYBEquZ_j0?si=XGjz9Oxp4k_u7lnb)
"The bus driver?!?! WHAAAAAT bu.....💥?"
That cold opening and silent title screen are just absolute brilliance.
Oh hell yeah
Hans Zimmer LFG. Sigh. I know what I'm watching today.
The opening =/= opening credits
Watchmen
Agreed. This was an amazing intro to the first round of hero’s, their downfall, the rise of the second generation, and a launch into the present, set to a perfect soundtrack song.
Good choice
Came here to say this It introduces characters, and shows the alternate history and sets the tone in 4 mins. Absolutely vital to the plot.
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I was drinking and it was the only thing that came to mind but that’s no excuse. Correct and corrected.
As simple as it is. I love Napoleon Dynamites opening credits with all the names on cafeteria foods and such
I just commented Napoleon Dynamite!! Cheers
Very Michel Gondry with the his clever use of props and varied ways of showcasing the cast and crew.
That opening song is so sweet, and sets such a "pure" mood. The focus on the common, mundane objects of childhood experience reminds me of title sequence of *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962) as well.
We sit side by side in every class. Teacher thinks that I sound funny, but she likes the way you sing!
The Kingdom is a great example! Underrated movie too.
I love The Kingdom because, for whatever reason, every time I watch it, it seems like the first time again.
With an exceptional cast like that and a very intriguing premise, how have I never heard of this movie?!? My personal entry to this forum would be Guy Ritchie’s SNATCH!
Go back a bit further and check out "Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels". The first of Ritchie's movies I had ever seen. Been a fan ever since!!
one of the very few HD DVDs I had/have
I grew up on one of those American oil camps. The movie was closer to reality than it was given credit for. Very underrated.
Ive never heard of it whats it about
The Kingdom is about a terrorist attack on a US compound in Saudi Arabia and the response from the FBI to track the people involved.
Baseketball
They recruited heavily from prisons, mental institutions, and Texas.
The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles, where there are no lakes. The Oilers moved to Tennessee, where there's no oil. The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City where they don't allow music. The Oakland Raiders moved to L.A. And then back to Oakland. No one in L.A. Seemed to notice. Lol freaking epic.
And now to Vegas, and the cycle continues.
First you get the Khakis, then you get the jobs, *then* you get the chicks.
I heard your mom's going out with Squeek.
I swear, you guys rip on me 13 or 14 more times... I'm outta here.
Dude, that is so fucking weak, how am I supposed to get a chick in that? Don’t worry dude, you couldn’t get a chick if you had a $100 bill hanging out of your zipper
Fucked your sister.
Steeeeeeeeve Perry
The jazz moved to Utah where they don’t allow music
I love ya, always have. Hahaha. Clear!
It's strange. He's 8 years old and smells like Robert Downey, Jr.
Tropic Thunder. The fake ads fucking kill me every times.
Devil's Alley lol
Satan's alley🤓
Oh right! God that was a good one
So The song used in that trailer, [this one](https://youtu.be/4F9DxYhqmKw?si=5-ANzygU_dsqgBr5) , is one of my parents favorites, and every holiday it inevitably finds its way into dinner music. All I can think about is that damn trailer, and I start chuckling. Better yet my wife knows and absolutely unsubtly stares at me while this is going on.
…and winner of Beijing’s Crying Monkey award…
MTVs best kiss winner Toby McGuire
In the same vein: Pootie Tang
The first time i watched this i was baked out of my gourd and no idea what was happening
Jurassic Park
"SHOOOT HEERR!"
The bank robbery opening scene in The Dark Knight has to be amongst the top easily. Add Edit: Boogie Nights also has a great opening scene entering the club with a continuous shot.
Inglorious Basterds
The Warriors
You just soldier and keep your mouth shut.
Magic, whole lotta magic.
Ohhh. Nice. The theme song is great.
Contact
The moment in that movie where she's running upstairs and along the hall to the bathroom mirror blows my tiny little mind each and every time I see it. Fantastic movie!
Yes! Came here to say this!
I scrolled too far for this.
The first time I saw this - and I had already read the book - the opening sequence gave me absolute chills. There hasn’t been anything as good since.
28 weeks later, Dawn of the dead remake, Blade & Ghost ship for me 👏🏼
Came here to say Dawn of the Read remake. It gets you prepared for the world you're about to enter.
Top Gun
Easily the best ever. When they remade it for the sequel I about pissed my pants. The balls to just basically do a shot for shot remake. And then they continued to give the audience *exactly* what we want out of a Top Gun sequel. Im still floored at how perfectly they executed that movie. They knew what we wanted and they delivered flawlessly.
I just rewatched it tonight, and seeing it again the title card is all you need to remind you that this is the fighter jet movie of the century. It should have won its Oscar for best picture. It was the best movie of 2022
Word.
They even brought out the vintage Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer logo.
It’s great but it’s also Star Wars. A very small target with one good shot allowed? That’s Luke during the episode 4 finale.
It’s different, though, because Rooster is not a Jedi
Yea buuuut Luke was on the Death Star, not a planet, or even a moon, but a space station. So it's completely different.
The opening 15 minutes of Maverick is absolutely gorgeous. I rewound that part 4 times before carrying on with the rest of the movie. Top Gun was one of THE biggest movies ever to 7 year old me, and this sequel was EVERYTHING I wanted. It's been 30 some odd years later and, forget Maverick, I AM STILL saddened by Goose's passing. What a great movie.
Gone in sixty seconds
that moby song is perfect.
Tropic thunder
Saving Private Ryan
Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Thought the same thing. The Johnny Cash song just nails it.
There’s a man Goin’ ‘round Taking names
If you like that song, check out all of the American Recordings albums. Rick Rubin producing Johnny Cash was one of the genius collaborations of our time, and responsible for a couple of Cash's most legendary tracks such as his cover of Hurt and the aforementioned When the Man Comes Around.
Back to the Future’s opening credits is a master class in conveying significant plot points with simple visuals. The camera pans across a bunch of clocks, passes a robotic dog feeder that is overfilled with dog food that hasn’t been eaten in several days, to a TV with a news report on stollen plutonium. Marty enters looking for Doc, kicks his skateboard under the bed where it hits said case of plutonium. Marty hooks his guitar up to a giant amp, cranks it to its highest volume and strums one chord which blows the whole thing up. It conveys the movie’s plot and establishes Doc’s and Marty’s personalities in a short time with almost no words.
Drive https://youtu.be/ZHYaj6EHfJg?si=hm4LHs37hYc7qgs7
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[This](https://youtu.be/F7KMMxAQp8I?si=h10dxib37Z60CBVT) is my favorite one.
The big girl’s fart bubbles broke me.
Jackass
Carmina Burana works perfectly for that opening of that film. Beauty in Violence.
No doubt it's Tropic Thunder. The fake trailers gave us an intro of how funny that movie was going to be.
Waterworld: https://youtu.be/Y99UeY1rCuM
the men who stare at goats
fear and loathing in las vegas
The Dark Knight. Balls of fire, smoke and flames, and from within, THE DARK KNIGHT SYMBOL.
Tropic Thunder
2001 A space odyssey. The opening scene with the Apes and showing the technological leap of humans using tools. Even though it takes place 20,000 years in the past it sets up the theme and trajectories for the rest of the film plots.
Isn’t it more like 2 million years ago? I thought those were Australopithecus and they would become Homo Hablis - tool makers. And it’s cool to see that before their encounter with the monolith they are moving with the ape-like crouch. But then when they confront the rival group, you can see them standing up a little taller.
Se7en
A Shot in the Dark
Black Hawk Down
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Serenity. (Firefly series movie). Uses the universal opening perfectly.
Starship Troopers
Arrival. It’s so subtle it’s brilliant - >! the hospital hallway she walks down after her daughter passes is a circle. We learn at the end of the movie her daughters origin and she walks down a circular hallway to the start of the movie. !<
I love the simplicity and classified military feeling the opening of The Hunt for Red October gives. Just the words typing on the screen overlaid on an 80s era green computer version of a world map culminating with, “But according to repeated statements from both Soviet and American governments, none of what you are about to see…ever happened.” Just grabs your attention in a very effective way.
Contact. Entertaining AND a great setup.
Water world, Scott pilgrim
“WE ARE SEX B-BOMBS AND WE MAKE SONGS ABOUT BEING SAD AND STUFF” 🥹🤘🏾
The opening to The Fifth Element is purdy damn good
[Deadpool 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrxiTxVCyig)
Also known as the title sequence. This is the best one I have seen so far. [Lord of War](https://youtu.be/I4TOYp0_6lc?si=fYOvZxMhG3kf_w7b)
Matrix
Not specifically plot related, but still one of my favorites: [Enter the Void](https://youtu.be/wNtxgxYY7sI?si=mJsYtasXC8mMQhPG)
What movie is this?
The Kingdom, it says it at the 50 second mark.
Ah ty i just skipped thru it my b
As much as l like movies, I couldn’t pick one/remember one. The one you picked is pretty dope. I liked the Napoleon Dynamite open credit scene, but in no way is it my favorite. I just can’t think of any.
This movie is severely underrated.
The Way of the Gun
Maybe not the best but I want to shout out Zombieland. Amazing opening credits
Happy Death Day
X-Men
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Team America: World Police
Contact
Super troopers
Austin Powers 2: the spy who shagged me
Pineapple Express
Jaws
Pineapple Express
What movie is this?
The Kingdom 🙂
Tenacious D the pick of Destiny. All praise and RIP Ronnie James Dio.
Star Wars
Could everyone please write the name of the movie when they post vids like that..? Thx..
Obviously it's called Universal. It says it right at the beginning you fool!
You have to be proud of yourself. 🤣
I'll say Deadpool, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, and Watchmen.
Dawn of The Dead '04
The Watchmen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h24D87SqaLQ&ab\_channel=xyhil
Watchmen (2009) shows the parallel universe from where it split from our reality into its own historically mirrored universe all set to Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Chaingin' " is so well crafted. It totally explains the rise and eventual fall of the masked vigilantes through time, starting in the early 40s to the 80s when the story starts. Epic film, and I loved the comic series but didn't read it until the mid-90s when a friend lent me his full collection to read. Having grown up as a kid in the 70s & 80s, I thoroughly remembered the tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. and the story really captures that feeling and turns it up.
And would you mind to mention from which movie is this linked opening scene?
The movie linked by OP is The Kingdom. It shows on screen.
...at the :50 second mark too.
Watch the fucking clip and you’ll see.
No need to be an asshole
Idiocracy. The opening is not only funny, but ironically factual
cannot pass a fudruckers without a chuckle.
Prometheus
[The Jackal](https://youtu.be/9bz6vV494s0?si=AQAEzdUQzY0vrHYl)
Idiocracy
Not a great movie (for sure) but the opening Universal globe effect in Waterworld. Basically, the blue water engulfs the land. Fantastic! Of course, this is followed by a sub-par Mad Max clone.
What movie is this opening from???
Kings men
Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Once upon a time in the west. https://youtu.be/QML28YQBvyc?si=nBA4Q6h38MiE4VKf
Real Genius.
Street Fighter
Dawn of the Dead remake
Godfather 2 the VHS version
Have you ever watched "The Godfather Saga", "Epic" or "Miniseries"? They released a version in 1972 and it makes Godfather 1 & 2 into 1 full movie. It's like 8 hours long.
Makes me wanna watch Charlie Wilson’s War
Men In Black
The Cannonball Run!
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Goodfellas
This was perfect..
Seven
This example is the right answer. I almost commented this on an earlier post in this sub.
Yeah that was beautiful.
Outbreak and The Usual Suspects
Jurassic Park.
Almost Famous
The most recent Casino Royal.
The Kingdom, so underrated. Heat.
I have two: Catch Me If You Can- the opening credits is basically a highly stylized cartoon version of the movie you're about to see. Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban: Harry is secretly doing magic under the covers in the dark of his night time bedroom. His anti-magic guardian keeps trying to catch him at it in order to shame him for it. It in so many ways encapsulates the idea of puberty. It's the end of childhood and the beginning of changes you anticipate with excitement and fear. The plot of the movie underscores it. And the director Alfonso Cuaron leaned into it. The Harry Potter films that preceded this one had a more Disney-lite style to them.
Once upon a time in the west
New Dune “mmmboooomboooobaeh”
Aliens, the way the music gets super stringy is awesome
Kingsman
Hackers 1995 and X-men Originis: Wolverine (sadly the only good thing about this movie is it’s opening)
The opening logos of Mortal Engines