Best start to film.

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rupert the dog

1,433 posts

217 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

12,733 posts

180 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

9,981 posts

222 months

Monday 1st September 2014
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Maserati Quattroporte.

Paris at night.

A haunting soundtrack by Ludovico Einaudi.

Untouchable.


Adam B

27,251 posts

254 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

1,461 posts

126 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

233 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

751 posts

211 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

3,603 posts

158 months

Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Terminator 2

sagarich

1,213 posts

149 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

11,945 posts

242 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

2,108 posts

142 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

1,172 posts

219 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

24,430 posts

196 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

12,703 posts

236 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

240 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

234 months

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

Abbott

2,402 posts

203 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

243 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

190 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Swordfish

Fitz666

638 posts

142 months

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