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04 Jan 2009, 8:59 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXQTzJgU6qc&NR=1[/youtube]



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04 Jan 2009, 10:20 am

Hey, I watched part of this last night.
Yeah, great opening, I love the artful flamage.



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04 Jan 2009, 11:59 am

Nothing beats the opening to that one Austin Powers movie. Tom Cruise as Austin Powers hahaha. Terminator 2 is one of my favortie movies, but that opening scene from Austin Powers was great.


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04 Jan 2009, 5:53 pm

There are openings, and then there are title sequences.

If you're talking about openings, then I consider this to be impressive.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9w2P4_-Ggo[/youtube]

As far as title sequences are concerned, there are too many to list.


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04 Jan 2009, 8:17 pm

I remember seeing T2 in the theaters, it was really cool.



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04 Jan 2009, 10:15 pm

Sorry, but the correct answer is Star Wars. First you get the 20 Century-Fox fanfare, then that very quiet unassuming opening, "Long ago in a galaxy far, far away ..." and then the title, the awe-inspiring John Williams theme song and the opening text hit you like a freight train. Finally, you get that screen-filling shot of the Imperial Star Destroyer overwhelming everything else, and that is what I call an opening.



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04 Jan 2009, 10:22 pm

Greatest opening ever

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF3kX38iKtw[/youtube]


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05 Jan 2009, 10:36 am

nothing can beat the opening scene of Raging Bull:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQhwi8kk-dE[/youtube]


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05 Jan 2009, 10:22 pm

2001. Hands down.


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06 Jan 2009, 12:27 am

twoshots wrote:
2001. Hands down.


Seconded! Love that film.



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07 Jan 2009, 8:27 pm

Too many to list.


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07 Jan 2009, 11:41 pm

hotaru wrote:
twoshots wrote:
2001. Hands down.


Seconded! Love that film.


Yes. Agreed.

Though I will also state for the record that Star Wars A New Hope is an awesome opening.


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08 Jan 2009, 12:45 am

Benny & Joon is the best and the song in it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZTPMHARvjo[/youtube]



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08 Jan 2009, 9:17 am

There are way too many brilliant ones to list, but this is one of my favourites:

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyHv42SDxmU[/YouTube]

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08 Jan 2009, 10:24 am

And two more

NB : You'll need to turn the volume right up on the first one.

[YouTube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=OvyRKiCONmQ[/YouTube]

[YouTube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=TMs5_L6regA[/YouTube]

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08 Jan 2009, 11:47 am

And this one:

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgCejsyS0t8[/YouTube]

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