Best Film opening scenes

[Zoophonic]

The start of Mission Impossible 7 - The Dead Reckoning Part 1 must be up there - 11 mins long

 

[Andybarca]

The opening credits to Watchmen

 

[ska66]

Once Upon a Time in The West, waiting for Charles Bronson (Harmonica) at the Train Station

 

[Jonny Ingbar]

Up! And WallE are fantastic, in different ways.

 

[Nero]

Pulp fiction.

Next.

That was my first thought.

 

[joeydiaz]

Since my 2 in Inglourious Basterds and The Dark Knight have been taken I’ll offer up Gravity as it’s awesome.

 

[festa5]

Raiders of the Lost Ark (iconic obviously).

And Last Crusade with River Phoenix playing the young Indy.

 

[UTB70]

Austin powers groovy and so british 60s dance opening scene.

 

[Jonny_Rondos_Disco_pants]

I enjoyed the first 10 minutes of Gladiator where the Romans were fighting some German tribes in the forest. In the film the Romans won, but in reality they never conquered most of modern day Germany and got a couple of awful beatings.

Have you watched Barbarians on Netflix?

 

[Redwurzel]

Are you recommending it? Jonny.

 

[Frazza65]

The Way of the Gun

GET OFF THE CAR

 

[go-nads!]

2001: A Space Odyssey
Full Metal Jacket

Kubrick knew how to get you hooked.

 

[allied_assault]

Dracula - superb opening at the time.
The scene with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing

 

[B_G]

Pulp fiction.

Next.

Tarantino is the master of this.

I actually prefer the opening scene to Reservoir Dogs

 

[B_G]

2001: A Space Odyssey
Full Metal Jacket

Kubrick knew how to get you hooked.

Full Metal Jacket is a great shout.

 

[allied_assault]

Jaws

 

[Juninhoburger]

Snatch

 

[guisborough_rob]

Polanski’s Macbeth is pretty good in that it prepares you for the brutality and bloodiest to come.

 

[sadgit]

Dog Soldiers anyone

I bl00dy love that film. We went to the Boro "premier" as my wife knows Leslie Simpson

 

[StanleySmith]

Opening sequences of Quantum of Solace are superb!