The best beginnings to a movie.

[SUNSTONE]

Scream
Blade

When posting the scene, discribe it. So consider this thread one big spoiler, and don't look if you don't want to know.
If fact do it like mine, draw a line under the movies listed, and put the scene in.

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Drew Barrymore gets a phone call from a phsyco. He asks her 3 questions, and if she gets them right, she lives. If not she dies.
This scene blew me away, and it set the pace for the movie.

That club scene where the blood comes down from the sprinklers, and that human freaks out. Then Blade comes and shreads things up.Great beginning.

 

[prettyrose436]

X Men 2 was the best!!!

 

[Key Peninsula Redneck]

A Fistful of Dollars
-that crazy bell ringer dude is funny

 

[HiredGoon]

The elk chase at the beginning of "The Last of the Mohicans."

 

[KenobiKid]

Here's a few:
Star Wars:A New Hope
Memento
2001
Se7en
Eyes Wide Shut
This Is Spinal Tap
Donnie Darko
The Tenant
Total Recall
Alien 3
Army Of Darkness
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Magnolia

 

[heathen chemistry]

Royal Tenebaums - alec baldwin's voice-over narration is perfect.
Amelie - once again, the voice-over narration of the opening scene is perfect.
Ghost in the Shell - a man's head explodes and a naked girl disappears.
Old School - girl friend's secret not so much a secret.
other stuff ...

 

[SUNSTONE]

I'm looking at all of these movies, and most I can't think of the beginning. So post whats the begging like.

So consider this thread one big spoiler.

 

[ZaraDurden]

Yo I cannot believe someone said Royal Tennenbaums and Alec Baldwin's narration, because I love that.

I was watching some random nature show the other day just by chance and Alec Baldwin was narrating that, too. It was cool.

 

[Wroth]

King Arthur
Star Wars IV: A New Hope

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When the Woads attack the convoy carrying the knights' release papers and Arthur and his knights absolutely demolish them. I love Bors and his brass-knuckles/knives and Tristam's sorta... stylized fighting style. And Arthur just pillaging those fighting him. That was rather fun too.

The classic Tantive IV/Star Destroyer opening scene is just... awesome.

 

[ZaraDurden]

I am not a huge fan of the movie in general, but Kubrick's opening to 2001:A Space Oddesy is a classic--with the groups of monkeys and the monolith and the tool bone flying into outer space.

And anyone who knows anything about the history of movies is probably sick of hearing about Citizen Kane, but it is definately cool that they give you a breifing of Charles Foster Kane's entire life even though the whole movie is about investigating his life. Groundbreaking stuff right there.

 

[heathen chemistry]

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - the courtship is sweet w/o overdoing things.

 

[Arwen Undomiel]

This sounds stupid, but the beginning of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was a hoot. Ace was a pseudo-UPS guy who obviously wasn't listening during his training classes.

 

[Ovda]

X2
Swordfish
Ghost Ship
Raidiers of the Lost Ark
Jaws
Scream

 

[Wroth]

I can't beleive I forgot X2, thanks Ovda

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Where Nightcrawler is running through the White House causing a ruckus. That was awesome.

 

[The-Doctor]

I liked the opening to Ace Ventura too..."No idea...probably something very fragile and breakable!"

I liked Sword fish cos you dont know what is going on until later.

And Face off

 

[Sketcher]

Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. If that doesn't get you into a movie, I don't know what will.

 

[Riddick]

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Pulp Fiction
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Raiders: The Universal Pictures mountain is displayed and it fades to a real life mountain, exactly replacing the Universal mountain.

 

[cartridge]

Pulp Fiction, Se7en, Snatch, Stigmata, Monty Pythons search for the holy Grail, Monty Pythons Life Of Brian, Trainspotting.

I could go on...