Best start to film.

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rupert the dog

1,433 posts

216 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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Mojooo said:
rupert the dog said:
wtf?
Erm, obviously the bit at the end of the credits - you know, the sunrise, the plane engines cranking up, the takeoff? No? Oh, well...

Mojooo

12,670 posts

179 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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rupert the dog said:
Mojooo said:
rupert the dog said:
wtf?
Erm, obviously the bit at the end of the credits - you know, the sunrise, the plane engines cranking up, the takeoff? No? Oh, well...
No chance.

For me it would have to be ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST.

Arguably that starting scene goes on for 2 or 3 scenes.

Legend83

9,947 posts

221 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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Maserati Quattroporte.

Paris at night.

A haunting soundtrack by Ludovico Einaudi.

Untouchable.


Adam B

27,142 posts

253 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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scdan4 said:
Is there a better start to a film, ever, than this? Gives me the full goosebumps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju5F-Y585YQ

Probably not critically great, but those roads, that car, that noise, the "sticking it to the man". I am suddenly 12 again. Good stuff. Makes me happy.
I loved it when I was 12 as it was very hard to see Countachs anywhere.

Now? utterly st film and ruined the Countach with that stoopid front spoiler - sorry

Nezquick

1,453 posts

125 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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Wheat said:
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Excellent.....Lock Stock - brilliant film! Good start too.

Saving Private Ryan for me - just brilliant in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound!

Rude-boy

22,227 posts

232 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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I think that there is a lot of shock and awe that is firing people up on the replies here.

Don't get me wrong, there's some seriously great intros there, The Italian Job for a starter.

On the other hand I love the subtlety of the start of Le Mans. 36 minutes before the first real dialogue. Those of you who are new to this fact but have seen the film, think back, did it really seem that long? Would you have guessed how long it was? The sights, the sounds, the images. Okay so perhaps not up there with QT on one of his better days for 'slickness' it conveys everything you need to know and that, to my eyes, is skill.

jamiem555

750 posts

210 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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By far, the best! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO8RGw-1RJs
As Rude Boy suggests.

EarlOfHazard

3,601 posts

157 months

Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Terminator 2

sagarich

1,210 posts

148 months

Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Nezquick said:
Saving Private Ryan for me - just brilliant in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound!
Good call!

droopsnoot

11,817 posts

241 months

Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Pre-title sequence of 'Tomorrow Never Dies' is one of my favourites, in particular the sequence as the missile is en route to the arms bazaar. Though a lot of the rest of the film is a bit of a let-down.

menousername

2,107 posts

141 months

Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Legend83 said:
Maserati Quattroporte.

Paris at night.

A haunting soundtrack by Ludovico Einaudi.

Untouchable.
which film are you referring to ?

Nardies

1,165 posts

218 months

Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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I quite enjoy the opening of Layer Cake, especially the Audi RS6 and She Sells Sanctuary combination.

ZesPak

24,423 posts

195 months

Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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DervVW said:
Lord of War

Watchmen
Oooh, both good calls.

I'll nominate "Contact" as well.

Zad

12,695 posts

235 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Nardies said:
I quite enjoy the opening of Layer Cake, especially the Audi RS6 and She Sells Sanctuary combination.
Not bad is it biggrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4thL6DPmA_g

To me it is very PH. Nice little mews apartment, subtle sledgehammer of a car, pulling up outside the tasty Stoke Park country club and meeting some seriously shady characters.

Allaloneatron

3,123 posts

239 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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I love the opening sequence of Disney Cars. There I said it.

skoff

1,387 posts

233 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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The opening of Blade Runner is pretty good

Abbott

2,339 posts

202 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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jamiem555 said:
By far, the best! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO8RGw-1RJs
As Rude Boy suggests.
The best by far The Italian Job

chippy17

3,740 posts

242 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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as a bit of fun have always liked this opening, beware there are some boobies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOYGHAYR_FE


ChrisDT

1,863 posts

189 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Swordfish

Fitz666

634 posts

141 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Taxi, the original one, not the 'Murican remake.....