Your favourite film opening scenes?

TheMightyTen · 18 Oct 2013 at 14:09

What are your favourite opening scenes to a film? Doesn't have to be your favourite film since as we've all experienced a film can start off well and rapidly tail off into oblivion.

For me it has to be

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Just the mayhem and sound of the surpise attack by Acheron on HMS Surprise really does give a horrific insight into the terrible experiece of fighting aboard a Napoleonic warship and hits you like a slap in the face.

**Edit forgot to look on youtube.

Destination · 18 Oct 2013 at 14:51

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The opening seven to ten minutes was epic, it told an entire part of Tolkien lore, with battle, setting the scene perfectly for the three films to come.
Lucas took 3 films star wars 1 2 and 3 to actually tell less story than was managed in the very opening scene of LOTR. It was epic and superb and set the scene for all that followed.

CliffyG · 18 Oct 2013 at 14:54

Red Heat.

TheMightyTen · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:00

CliffyG said:
Red Heat.

Why? what makes you feel that.

CliffyG · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:22

My memory might be a little hazy but if I remember correctly it was full on action / fight scenes right at the very start. Possibly with blokes in a spa in the middle of winter. Was slightly tongue in cheek.

TheMightyTen · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:33

It is a great action sequence at the start and very "full on"

Guerrilla · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:40

Cocainum!

bakes0310 · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:41

Saving Private Ryan- beach day landing.

coolsurfer · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:42

James Bond: The World Is Not Enough. The speedboat chase was epic and brilliant use of 5.1

Gambisk · 18 Oct 2013 at 16:19

I love the opening of blade runner

http://youtu.be/YaR5wVL9x2I?t=1m8s

I just loved how futuristic it felt when I first watched it, yet down to earth at the same time, like this could happen in my life time.

Also the first scene in Star Wars Ep IV the never ending star destroyer was just brilliant and totally captivated me when I was 7-8 and still gets my hair on end

Johnz0r · 18 Oct 2013 at 16:29

I'm really surprised no one has mentioned Blade.

ianh · 18 Oct 2013 at 17:48

Four Lions - "It's cos I've got big hands bruv" - Perfect

Pom Pom · 18 Oct 2013 at 18:30

Apocalypse Now.
The Godfather.
Saving Private Ryan.

CK61938 · 18 Oct 2013 at 18:38

Contact. Hearing the various songs being played from 1997 all the way back to the beginning of the very first radio broadcast. Whilst zooming out from Earth, through the Solar System, Milky Way and eventually all the Galaxies disappearing in the big black ether. Just wonderful!

Pighardia · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:03

Without a doubt the opening scene in The Godfather. 'I believe in America'. It is perfect.

Freakbro · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:08

I remember Welcome to Sarajevo having one of the most powerful intro's to a film I had seen at the time.

And Saving Private Ryan of course.

Adam_101 · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:15

Dont have a fav, but white chicks it pretty funny!

anything I don't mind · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:16

Pitch Black
The Matrix

for comedy Ace Ventura

Vonhelmet · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:29

The first scene of Inglourious ******** is borderline perfect.

Nzyme · 18 Oct 2013 at 19:50

Once upon a time in the west.

Nuff said.