Your Favorite Opening Credits Sequences

[Homer J. Fong]

Spider-Man 2
(Gorgeous Alex Ross paintings = perfect way to recap the previous movie.)

Thunderball and The Spy Who Loved Me
(I'm not sure which of these two Bond main titles I like more, but I think these two represent the best of Maurice Binder's work on the series.)

Jackie Brown
(Perfect marriage of image and song, great way to open the film.)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(Burton has a knack for great tone-setting opening credit sequences, and this might be his best. Wonderfully macabre introduction.)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(The imagery in this brief intro is more haunting and evocative than the entirety of Terminator: Salvation.)

Psycho
(Alfred Hitchcock, Saul Bass, and Bernard Hermann. 'Nuff said.)

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Jackie Brown
(Perfect marriage of image and song, great way to open the film.)

This is a hell of a good one here. Good call.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKQWn-UBDTo

 

[Vile]

Zombieland!

The slow-mo shots of various people being chased by Zombies.

 

[Cagefighterkip]

Psycho
(Alfred Hitchcock, Saul Bass, and Bernard Hermann. 'Nuff said.)

FTW <3 gr8 gr8 gr8 pick

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Blade Runner

 

[gwynplaine]

Zombieland!

The slow-mo shots of various people being chased by Zombies.

With "For whom the bells toll." Perfect.

 

[Skink]

There's a whole website devoted to opening titles called The Art of the Title Sequence.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

Spider-Man trilogy
Wolverine Origins
Jurassic Park
The Dark Knight [blubell flames ftw!]
Batman begins
home alone
ghostbusters
batman 89
jackass 2.5
Zombieland
all 6 star wars

 

[Incrediblejeff]

My 2 favorites that haven't been mentioned are The Lion King and Aladdin.

 

[X-Woman]

I know it's already been mentioned, but I wanted to put in another vote for Superman Returns. I think it was the best opening credits sequence I've seen that I can remember.

I also got a kick out of the opening credits for Young Frankenstein. I liked the way it mocked film credits from the 1930s and 1940s. Pretty funny.

 

[ImWithTeamConan]

Terminator 2

 

[Doctor Jones]

Ed Wood.

Has this been mentioned yet? Because I ****ing loved the title sequence.

 

[Golgo-13]

Daredevil - hated the movie, but the brail was cool.
Ang Lee's Hulk
Batman '89
Burton's Planet of the Apes
Casino Royale

 

[ImWithTeamConan]

OH and another one: Watchmen.

 

[Tron Bonne]

The Dark Knight [blubell flames ftw!]

Not sure if you can count this one since there aren't any opening credits to go along with it

 

[Schlosser85]

Watchmen

Spider-Man 2

Terminator 2

Nick Of Time (Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken)

Tomorrow Never Dies

Goldeneye

 

[CBGB]

Reservoir Dogs.

 

[jacobed]

Watchmen- Huge Bob Dylan fan and it's amazingly shot
Zombieland- Just a bad ass opening, especially with Metallica playing
Spider-Man 3- It's basically the same as Spider-Man 2s but I love the music more
Batman 89- Batman 89's theme is fantastic
Sherlock Holmes
Haha I just realized I'm a really big sucker for great music in the opening credits

 

[Squidboy]

Watchmen.
It perfectly sets up the alternative history to Bob Dylan's amazing "Times they a changing". Pure brilliance.

I completely agree. The scenes that preceded it were decent, but the opening credits was such an amazing addition to the movie.

- The original Halloween.

- X2: X-Men United (Nightcrawler's intro)

- Blade (the bloodbath scene)

- Saw III

- Deathproof

 

[gwynplaine]

Bond films.

 

[Art_of_Crime]

"Catch me if you can" had such a great title sequence. To bad once the credits were over the movie just went down hill like frozen ****.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Back to the Future Part II. I love the how the backdrop is a just a sweeping abyss of sky and clouds. That's how i've always pictured a superman movie to begin, furthering my resolve that robert zemieckis should direct a superman, assuming he get over his addiction to mo cap. somebody should make a patch or something lol

 

[Hotwire]

Zombieland- Just a bad ass opening, especially with Metallica playing

Hell yeah!!

 

[higrass]

Back to the Future Part II. I love the how the backdrop is a just a sweeping abyss of sky and clouds. That's how i've always pictured a superman movie to begin, furthering my resolve that robert zemieckis should direct a superman, assuming he get over his addiction to mo cap. somebody should make a patch or something lol

yeah!!!

 

[Abraham]

Catch me if you can

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