Author Topic: Best opening Act in a movie (Read 629 times)

Batz · « **on:** February 12, 2003, 01:20:47 AM »

Alex:

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There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie Boy and Dim. And we sat in the Korova Milk Bar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova Milk Bar sold milk plus - milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old Ultra-Violence.

Bum(singing):

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In Dublin's fair city Where the girls are so pretty I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone As she wheeled her wheelbarrow Through streets broad and narrow Crying Cockles and Mussels Alive, Alive, OH

Alex:

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One thing I could never stand is to see a filthy old drunky howling away at the filthy songs of his fathers and going Blerp Blerp in between as it might be a filthy old orchestra in his stinking rotten guts. I could never stand to see anyone like that whatever his age might be. But more especially when he was real old like this one was.

Bum:

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Can you spare some cutter me brothers.........?

Oh, go on do me in ya bastard cowards. I don't want to live anyway not in a stinking world like this.

Alex:

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Oh? And what's so stinking about it?

Bum:

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It's a stinking world cause there's no law and order any more. It's a stinking world because it lets the young get on to the old like you've done. Oh, it's no world for an old man any longer. What kind of a world is it at all? Men on the moon and men spinning around the earth and there's not no attention paid to earthly law and order no more......

(singing) Oh dear dear land I fought for thee

Slash27 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2003, 01:36:27 AM »

Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

bounder · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2003, 03:02:46 AM »

The opening shot in 'The Player'.

SirLoin · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2003, 04:47:14 AM »

"Saving Private Ryan"...The Veterans graveyard shot followed by that stare that leads into D-Day.

batdog · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2003, 06:12:54 AM »

I liked "Quest for Fire".

When the cave man dude went out grabbed some cave chick and started going at it doggy style while she was washing something or another in a river/stream.

I'll NEVER forget the look on my dads face. I think I was about 9ish or so then.

xBAT
Batmon

Animal · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2003, 11:13:57 AM »

A fine choice Batz!

Me and my droog Curval are pleased that you show some respect.
That is the obvious winner.

Other than that, I'll have to choose the opening scene to The Two Towers, with Gandalf falling down the abyss and slashing the Balrog with a sword.

ra · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2003, 11:23:52 AM »

The first scene in 'Full Metal Jacket'.

Curval · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2003, 11:31:06 AM »

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Originally posted by Animal
Me and my droog Curval are pleased that you show some respect.
That is the obvious winner.

Agreed...it is as clear as an unmuddied lake, sir. Clear as an azure sky of deepest summer.

Saving Private Ryan is a distant second IMHO.

Leslie · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2003, 11:46:51 AM »

I'm moody at times. I like the opening scene of "Once Upon a Time in the West." The windmill noises are distracting, yet hypnotizing, and set the stage for impending doom...at the hands of Charles Bronson.

That, along with the bad guy drinking water from his hat. It's like waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Les

narsus · « **Reply #9 on:** February 12, 2003, 12:02:37 PM »

The way of the gun, great opening scene.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #10 on:** February 12, 2003, 12:16:32 PM »

Star Wars

To be honest, Contact stands among my favorite opening scenes.

Daniel

Animal · « **Reply #11 on:** February 12, 2003, 12:41:21 PM »

Forgot to mention Snatch

funkedup · « **Reply #12 on:** February 12, 2003, 12:46:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Leslie
I'm moody at times. I like the opening scene of "Once Upon a Time in the West." The windmill noises are distracting, yet hypnotizing, and set the stage for impending doom...at the hands of Charles Bronson.

That, along with the bad guy drinking water from his hat. It's like waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Les

Yep that one is the best. It could have run as a movie, all by itself.

"Looks like we're one horse shy."
"I think you brought two too many."
*pregnant pause*
hehehehe

Mini D · « **Reply #13 on:** February 12, 2003, 12:53:57 PM »

I like the opening scene from The Matrix... basically because it was such a shock at the time I saw it (opening day).

MiniD

Dune · « **Reply #14 on:** February 12, 2003, 01:10:12 PM »

The Wild Bunch.

"They was singing 'Down by the River'!"