Best/Favourite Opening Scenes!

[Ziggyman]

Just go a way and spit out some of your favourite opening scenes in movies, no matter the genre!

I'll go first myself and say the ones that came to mind...I gotta go with X2 and the Nightcrawler scene at the White House which was pretty awesome with him teleporting all throughout the building and Revenge of the Sith which I thought was cool...From when they were flying around until they landed the broken ship after saving the Chancellor...

...I would say that the scene should be anywhere from 5-15 minutes long...And a description would be nice though not necessary!

 

[Sam Fisher]

Superman
X2

 

[Sam18]

Gladiator
Saving Private Ryan

 

[Alchemyst]

X2
Blade
Friday
TDK
Batman 89
Mortal Kombat
Street Fighter anime movie
Casino Royale
From Dusk Til Dawn
Dawn of the Dead

 

[Ziggyman]

Oh...I also really liked The Incredibles opening scene...Pretty creative!

 

[Ziggyman]

X2
Blade
Friday
TDK
Batman 89
Mortal Kombat
Street Fighter anime movie
Casino Royale
From Dusk Til Dawn
Dawn of the Dead

Loved the prologue as well, thought the alley scene in Batman 89 was pretty slow in pacing, and the black and white opening to Casino Royale was really good!

 

[Cmill216]

Saving Private Ryan

It thrusts the viewer into its World War II setting with arguably one of the most visceral sequences ever put to film.

 

[dude stannis]

Batman '89
Blade
Superman
Alien 3
Bad Lieutenant

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Hmm, the opening sequence is inarguably one of the most important points in a film. It either serves to set the movie's tone immediately (Once Upon A Time in The West) or throw up some questions that will be answered later in the film (The Long Good Friday, and also quite common in conspiracy/spy thrillers) But it's obviously the very best way to involve your audiences immediately. And leave them wanting to see the rest of the film.

Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
Fabulously edited and establishes a real sense of foreboding.

The Godfather
Need I say more? A heartbreaking story that culminates into a direct view in the mafia's world of ethics, honour and respect.

Sexy Beast
Next to the symbolism of this scène (the rolling boulder obviously represents a threat, a danger coming to Gal's life) it's also ****ing hilarious and accompanied by awesome music.

Layer Cake
I'm just a big fan of these ''welcome to my life'' speeches in gangster films and this one is very, very well done.

The Dark Knight
Yes, I will put this one up aswell. It's just so gut-wrenchingly awesome. A badass 70's style heist including uzi's, guns with machine gun clips, grenades and one of those classic big-ass safe doors. The music kicks up the adrenaline level a notch and oh; there's the reveal of The Joker.

 

[Dark Knight 66]

The Dark Knight
Tropic Thunder
The Shining
Shaun Of the Dead
Scarface
Saving Private Ryan
Predator
Patton
Leon
Goldfinger
GoldenEye
Goodfellas
The Godfather Part 2
Full Metal Jacket
Children Of Men
The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Brazil
Blade Runner
Batman Begins
Apocalypse Now
Alien
28 Days Later

 

[November Rain]

scream

you don't kill the star before the film starts, you just don't

oh and for pure fanboy magic...MORTAL KOOOMBAAAT!!!



greatest opening sequence ever

 

[Lex Luthor]

Reservoir Dogs
The Dark Knight
The Incredible Hulk
JAwS
Friday the 13th
The Invisable Man
Once Upon a Time in the West
Boogie Nights
Lord of War
The Thin Red Line
King Kong '05

 

[PWN3R]

Boogie Nights. It gets better every time.

 

[Nirvana]

The Departed
Goodfellas
The Dark Knight
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Casino Royale
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

 

[Symbiote666]

Fellowship of the Ring- prologue

 

[X-Ray]

Terminator 2

[YT]I49A09-o9ls[/YT]

The Warriors

[YT]GaHdCoMFVOQ[/YT]

 

[Gotham]

I'd have to choose Terminator: Rise of the Machines... I loved the futuristic world that they teased at. Gladiator and Casino are amongst other favorites for me.

 

[DDS]

• Casino Royal
• TDK
• X2
• Scream and
• Saving Private Ryan

Like a lot said already.

 

[Symbiotic]

Blade and TDK are the ones that immediatley come to mind.

 

[Golgo-13]

Blade 2
Blade
The Living Daylights
Bad Boys
Transformers
Bordertown
Hellraiser
TDK

 

[Kent]

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

[WeaponXProject]

I liked the beginning of Memento, alot.

As well as the Matrix.

Episode 3's put me in awe.

 

[Darkfly]

Casino Royale
Saving Private Ryan
Batman '89
Serenity
Wing Commander

 

[JTStarkiller]

Punch-Drunk Love

 

[scifiwolf]

Can't believe you fanboys haven't said anything of the opening shot in Star Wars. That star destroyer completely changed movies forever.

Like a lot of other people, I gotta throw some love out to Casino Royale and The Dark Knight. My all-time two favorites are Top Gun and Blade Runner, though.