Your FAVORITE Movie intro.........
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"We were somewhere around Barstow when the drugs began to take hold."
BillyBatts
ALOHA!
That's a tough scene for me to watch. My Father was there. He didn't take the beach head on in a first landing raid as he was troop transport with the Navy and worked with the SeaBees to clean up and work construction on the beach after it was taken. However he saw the carnage, and was wounded. During a fight on a hot beach like that everyone is in danger. He took Shrapnel in his leg that tore up his cartilage. After what you see on that opening, I'd say he was very lucky in comparison.
He never liked to talk much about it. Only saying to me once when I pressed him to talk about it, "Not pleasant memories. We were young and we just did it, we didn't think about anything much past ten feet ahead of us."
Those guys had balls of Titanium. Rest their souls.
CygnusDen
And so it begins...
Lots of great openings mentioned here. For me, the one-two punch of the opening scene followed by the title sequence of "Serenity" (big-screen adaptation of Joss Whedon's "Firefly" series) instantly came to mind. It's such an efficient introduction to the plot, setting, characters (which includes the spaceship Serenity herself), and Whedon's trademark sense of humor and dialogue. Really impressive technically as well as an effective setup for the film. The rest of the movie doesn't live up to that first 10-15 minutes (nor to the TV series for that matter), but it's still an underappreciated gem.
Youtube only has a couple of minutes of the title sequence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2UPIFQM_Cg
Youtube only has a couple of minutes of the title sequence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2UPIFQM_Cg
Superman I. Love the score as the camera swoops down to the planet.
Didn't even realize there was such a film. Have to see this.
cool9
Super Member
"The Pink Panther Strikes Again" at the insane asylum with Chief Commissioner Dreyfuss and "It's a Mad, Mad World".
Clouseau: "There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm afraid Sgt. Chevallier will always be a follower."
Dreyfuss: And you? Onwards and upwards?"
Clouseau: "Yes. I suppose it is my karma."
Clouseau: "I'm afraid today is just not your day, my friend."
Dreyfuss: "But it 'tis my day!"
Clouseau: "There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm afraid Sgt. Chevallier will always be a follower."
Dreyfuss: And you? Onwards and upwards?"
Clouseau: "Yes. I suppose it is my karma."
Clouseau: "I'm afraid today is just not your day, my friend."
Dreyfuss: "But it 'tis my day!"
Quadman2
Lunatic Member
It's been 11 years since this thread has seen the light of day, so thought to bring to life once more.
Originally, I thought to narrow it down to GENRE, but maybe best left open as this past effort was started in this way. Your choice.
When it comes to movies, I tend to like one that's based on an actual event, even if the characters are made-up (non-fiction), but if on the real people at the time, then so much the better. I like to either do a look-see as what really happened in history, and see how close the production came to the original happening.
For me, "Dr. Zhivago" (1965). It is to a degree time-dated, but has most of the elements that go into the period of time that make this production stand out from the many movies made. In this epic movie, the characters are thrown into a time of massive change, with all the terrible events that took place. And the background music will stay with me forever!
That's my choice of movie. What's your fav that can be enjoyed more than once, and left a lasting impression with you...to this day?
Q
Originally, I thought to narrow it down to GENRE, but maybe best left open as this past effort was started in this way. Your choice.
When it comes to movies, I tend to like one that's based on an actual event, even if the characters are made-up (non-fiction), but if on the real people at the time, then so much the better. I like to either do a look-see as what really happened in history, and see how close the production came to the original happening.
For me, "Dr. Zhivago" (1965). It is to a degree time-dated, but has most of the elements that go into the period of time that make this production stand out from the many movies made. In this epic movie, the characters are thrown into a time of massive change, with all the terrible events that took place. And the background music will stay with me forever!
That's my choice of movie. What's your fav that can be enjoyed more than once, and left a lasting impression with you...to this day?
Q
Quadman2
Lunatic Member
Quadman2
Lunatic Member
Had wanted to expand this thread, but will go with the intended flow of the orig.
For me, the first in the series of "Jaws" stayed with me a long time. And from what I read about this intro, I'm not alone in this way of thinking.
Partially it was that vibrating deep pitched background music that caught me! And from this first movie, a lot of similar themed productions then followed.
Q
For me, the first in the series of "Jaws" stayed with me a long time. And from what I read about this intro, I'm not alone in this way of thinking.
Partially it was that vibrating deep pitched background music that caught me! And from this first movie, a lot of similar themed productions then followed.
Q
Dswankey
Lunatic Member
Were there multiple versions of Gladiator?
