What is the best opening sequence in film history?
What is the Best Ending in film history?
Looking forward to seeing what all you movie buffs pick.
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M$http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW-jSa9_k3M
I also think any discussion of great opening sequences has to include ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''. Pretty much the entire (long!) action scene has become iconic, and the image of Indy grabbing for his hat underneath the rapidly-closing door and racing away from the boulder are synonymous with the character in popular culture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YXw7BxYGMU
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNAUR7NQCLA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0&feature=youtube_gdata
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It's an interesting one, but the ape suits make me think of Monty Python for some reason. :)
This is not Monty Python though...
Yeah, this one definitely occurred to me as well. It's startling and peculiar, kind of putting you off guard for the rest of the movie and letting you know you are about to have a real "cinematic experience" - to see something bigger-than-life, epic in scope and provocative.
The first movie that popped into my head was Touch of Evil (1958).
It has the longest long tracking shot (at the time) on record. It's one of the greatest opening scenes ever.
http://www.bspcn.com/2007/05/10/the-long-take-the-greatest-long-tracking-shots-in-cinema/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBt3Z5HebKM
Even a more recent movie The Player paid homage Orson Welles and his great long shot opening take. It has since become a part of movie history. I watched this opening scene about 10 times when it first came out on video tape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epB5Z6ijpk
But now let's talk about personal taste. Me? I have grown up with and love Alfred Hitchcock. My favorite opening sequence would be Rear Window. I love how the camera introduces all characters in the movie that live in his apartment building.
(I would normally add the Rear Window intro here, but the quality on youtube is atrocious)
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I love Rear Window but I can't remember the opening sequence.
But here's a contender for best opening:
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Yes, Bond has some good openings. This one is the most memorable for me:
(You don't get to it until about 2 minutes into this clip.)
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M$For best, the opening sequence to 28 months later, sequel to 28 days later, were just incredibly intense and frightening
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M$It is true that I may be the only person in the world who thinks this is a great film overall.
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A clip would be nice.
Interesting. I found the opening on YouTube (see below). Watching it again for the first time in a good long while, it is so different from what I remember. Somehow I had edited out the full 4 minute opening credit sequence, linking the opening shot of the earth with the final 40 seconds. So, I withdraw it as a candidate, but am glad to have watched it again.
Since you have withdrawn it as a candidate, I won't vote up your answer, but thank you for your efforts!
If you think of another film you'd like to nominate, feel free to add it as a comment, and I will take that as your answer.
