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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:47 PM Original message |
Best/worst movie opening sequences? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Alien, Raising Arizona, The Hunger, Blade Runner (not the new titles in the 2007 edition). |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Now you've got me queuing up Bela Lugosi's Dead on my iPod |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Me too :) |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. I saw the Bauhaus a few years back with NIN, summer of 2006. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Awesome! |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What about worst? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Alien is the all-time killer opening titles. I can't think of anything that will top it. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. OOh good choice on Raising Arizona |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. uhm.... |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. the fellowship of the ring has a fantastic opening... |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. it was amazing to see my favorite book on screen |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. LOL I cried too |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. that doesn't make you a nerd |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
47. Are you talking about... |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. the very start with galadriel gave me chills |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. The one where stuff happened, and then there was an explosion |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. you, ma'am, are a philistine. |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I will admit I love POTC... but I love pirates |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. lookin forward to sweeney todd? |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Neverland |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Damn, you took my answers |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. So Alien3 also makes you want to garrote David Fincer with rusty barbed wire? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I'd blame Fincher, but I've decided the movie Never Actually Happened |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Sounds good to me. Aliens was the last movie in the Alien series. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. What, you don't count the ever-so-well-done AvP? :P |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. i didn't even bother watching that. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:37 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Actually, as long as you were expecting it to suck, it was mildly entertaining. :) |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
59. No, Fincher was giving a pile of crap, that had been eaten |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Best opening is a tie between: |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. Repo Man |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. The best: Contact. |
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Va Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. Best: Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
49. That was an excellent opening |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. Worst opening's easy! |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. omg that movie was horrible |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'll probably get nailed for these, but Star Wars, Superman, and Gladiator |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Yep, the whole Star Wars series. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
69. Star Wars |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. Best.. Gladiator |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
56. Gladiator was good... |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. The first Matrix. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Agree! That was my pick. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
30. I have always thought the opening sequence of "Goldeneye" was great... |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I have to second that one. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
36. Patton: George C. Scott in front of a GIGANTIC flag, and memorable speech |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
37. I haven't seen an opening sequence yet that can fuck with Seven's |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
80. THAT's the only thing that is good about that wretched movie... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
38. Touch of Evil. The opening is one long take. Video below. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. That's what I would have mentioned |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Geez. I can't believe it took 38 posts before someone mentioned Touch of Evil. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. I was surprised too. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. Agree With You, 1000% |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
78. Other great single-take openings... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
42. 39 posts, and no one's mentioned STAR WARS yet? That sequence was THE SHIT for 1977! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 06:13 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Movies are better when you pay attention, and so are threads |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. D'oh! nm |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
44. High Anxiety ... |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
48. Best: "The Spy Who Loved Me" |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
51. 2001 |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
52. I like the opening sequence of "O Brother Where Art Thou?" |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Raising Arizona's opening is likewise magnificent |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
53. My Fave Movie Opening of all time: Highlander. Still hit's ya in the face |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
54. I like the opening sequence of Blade Runner. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
55. Well, I don't know if it qualifies as "best", but... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
58. I was going with Alien3 as well |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
63. Elrond, I can't think of any right now. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
64. Alien3 would have been much better if Hicks and Newt had died in Aliens |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Well, yeah, it woud've made sense if Hicks and Newt were already dead. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
66. Blue Velvet |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
67. absolutely right about "ONce Upon a Time..." |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Leone was a master, and Once Upon a Time in the West was his masterpiece. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
71. Best- Dawn of the Dead 2004 |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
72. Let's see,,, |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
73. Original Night of the Living Dead |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
74. Easy... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
75. Worst, Superman Returns |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
76. Any of the Naked Gun movies. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
77. The sublime and the ridiculous... |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
79. 28 days later |
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