The Greatest Opening (or otherwise) Scenes Ever Thread.....

[Mandon Knight]

Can be from any film, what are your favourite scenes in any film, whether they be opening or not.

A few nominations to kick us off....

Opening scene....

Pulp Fiction - In the Diner

Scenes in General....

The Joker & Batman Interrogation Scene (TDK)

The twist reveal in Psycho

Superman's first reveal to the public (Superman : The Movie)

'We're gonna need a bigger boat' (Jaws)

Could name a million, but onwards with yours folks....

 

[RomanticPenguin]

flight scene in MoS

 

[DACrowe]

I'll just stick with opening scenes, because that seems like a more interesting parameter.

The Godfather:



Star Wars:



The Dark Knight:



Inglourious Basterds:



And although I can't show it given the language, Goodfellas.

 

[Lighthouse]

I'm rather fond of the ticking clocks and abandoned gizmos at the start of "Back to the Future".

 

[Iceman]

I like the opening to The Spy Who Loved Me.

 

[Mandon Knight]

I'm rather fond of the ticking clocks and abandoned gizmos at the start of "Back to the Future".

I don't think a scene, bar few, where it gives you ALL the exposition you need visually, without a word of dialogue, so early, so precisely.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Once Upon a Time in the West has my favorite opening scene ever.

"Did you bring a horse for me?"
"Well, looks like we're shy one horse."
"You brought two too many."

 

[moviedoors]

First thing that popped in my head was Inglourious Basterds.

 

[Boom]

There Will Be Blood

 

[Mandon Knight]

This should serve well for a good starting point to discuss from...

https://screenrant.com/best-greatest-opening-movie-scenes-ever-all-time/

 

[Immortalfire]

The Godfather

 

[Pennywise]

The Dark Knight
A New Hope
Saving Private Ryan
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
Pulp Fiction
Batman 1989
The Lion King
Jaws
Ghostbusters
X-Men

 

[Resistance61513]

I'd say as far as openings go...

Michael Mann's HEAT and Ben Affleck's The TOWN.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Blade - Bloodrave
X2 - Nightcrawler in the white house
Thor Ragnarok - Immigrant Song
Batman 89 - "Who are you?"

 

[childeroland]

The opening scene of Millennium Mambo

 

[StarLord]

Opening scene of Drive.

 

[Schlosser85]

Skyfall

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Opening scene of Drive.

Yup, that was legendary.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

The opening sequence of T2. It's perfection.

 

[Brother Jack]

Gangs of New York. The movie arguably peaks with the prologue scene, actually.

 

[Schlosser85]

The opening of BvS is the best part.

 

[hitmanyr2k]

Strange Days - opening robbery scene.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Blade Runner.....

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Oh. My. Word. To this day, still magnificent.

 

[Poppy]

The opening of BvS is the best part.

Yep

 

[Spider-Fan]

Gangs of New York. The movie arguably peaks with the prologue scene, actually.

I find it to be vastly underrated, actually.