The BEST Opening Scenes in Movies

[STARKILLER--1138]

Originally Posted by Twankies08

This has to be my all time favorite movie opening!!

TITAN AE

Oh yeah! That one rocks too!

[Packerfan75]

The Road Warrior

[MountainBlu]

Originally Posted by Mr. Dan

The Matrix

+1 I remember thinking- all right I am hooked! Awesome beginning.

I also loved Underworld's opening scene.

[kdn1221]

Star Trek Generations - may not be action oriented but you didn't find out that it was the christening of the Enterprise B until the champagne bottle exploded against the ship's hull after the opening credits.

Star Trek Nemesis - nice start traveling through space going through the opening credits and then entering the Romulan home world. Romulus was never shown before this.

Men In Black - Following the dragonfly all the way through the opening credits dodging all of the oncoming cars only to be splattered on the windshield of the illegal alien smugglers' vehicle.

[Geezer00003]

Toy Story 2 has a great opening.

[Foggy]

the trailers for tropic thunder
black and white start for pineapple express
and creepy start of WALL.E
raiders of the lost ark
just to name a few

[jkwest]

Originally Posted by Foggy

black and white start for pineapple express

LOL!!! that was a great one!

[JamesKurtovich]

Romeo + Juliet

[peter008]

the opening scene of star wars (a new hope) a real classic, when the imperial ship appeared on screen for the first time wow... from that point on science-fiction movie would never be the same forever.

[Astalder]

Definitely going to have to agree with these two, these earn their price in the first five minutes...

The Dark Knight - It always hits me when the music pops as the guy's running down the stairs.
The Two Towers - After what happened in the first one, even having read the books, this scene was just one of the greatest ever.

Honorable mentions go to...

Saving Private Ryan - It's Normandy, I mean, what else do I need to say...
The Rock - Ed Harris voice over, general badassity of it, I like this one.
28 Weeks Later - I agree the intensity of this scene is amazing.

[Stoudman]

Okay, I have a long list as I LOOOOVE Film in general and an opening scene can foreshadow so much about the story of a film, so...yeah...

Sunset Boulevard -- Starting out seeing the name of the film as painted on the side of a sidewalk, and then the classic Noir intro was pure awesome.

To Kill A Mockingbird -- Way more complicated then just a box of knickknacks.

Star Wars -- Well duh. The second it started in the first theater it played in, Cinema was changed forever.

Jurassic Park -- SHOOT HEEERRR!!!!

Once Upon a Time in the West -- Can you get more Western? Epic.

Pretty much any and every opening scene Hitchcock ever did. I defy you to show me one that was not simply brilliant.

Pulp Fiction -- Tarantino's pretty damn good at intros.

Desperado -- and in walks the biggest Mexican I have ever seen!

Clerks -- I assure you we're open.

Office Space -- honestly, is there even a line of dialogue spoken in this scene? and yet it's still one of the funniest openings to any movie EVER.

Memento -- the second it started you knew you were in for something NEW.

Eastern Promises -- Someone gets their throat slit in a most gruesome manner within the first 5 minutes, in the first scene of the movie? YES.

V for Vendetta -- VVVVVVery Awesome.

2001: A Space Odyssey....can we really get away with not mentioning this?

Pineapple Express -- Yeah, it's a new one, but a personal favorite.

The Dark Knight -- It's already been mentioned ad nauseum by now.

Little Shop of Horrors -- I sometimes wake up in the morning singing "Skid Row".

No Country for Old Men -- Okay. I'll be a part of that world.

The Big Lebowski -- Sometimes there's a man, well, he's just the man for his time.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- The clammy hands. I know it's kind of childish, but...you lick your palms.

Princess Mononoke -- It's just good, got a chase scene in the first scene of the movie.

The Majestic -- Where they're literally tearing apart his script and adding in little boys and their dogs, "here's a what if".

That's pretty much all I can think of right now, but I think they all belong on a list of "best of" opening scenes.

:P

[ObiTrentKenobi]

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (i remember screaming "OUCH" when he pulled the trigger)
american psycho (best lines in a movie, but i hate so much about the movie at the same time, it needs an edit by Me)
Star Wars: A New Hope
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (if it had a re-edit by Me, i'd get rid of some of the dialogue by Hayden Can't-act-ianson)

[Rev]

The Matrix and the Matrix Reloaded

[theprophecy247]

I loved gladiators opening, sick scene, great camera work

[Kyot]

Originally Posted by Downhere

I love the opening scene of X-Men 2. Just pure awesomeness.

+1, X-2 and Gladiator opening are my favorites.

[Lethal91]

I would have to go it Air Force One with the S.O.F capturing that Russian general.

then Star Was RoTS and NH

With Saving Private Ryan I always liked the start before Normandy when he is walking past all the head stones kinda makes you think about all the lives given for freedom.

[Valore]

reservoir dogs....the "tip" scene

[crazyBLUE]

Terminator 2 & 3

TOP GUN

TDK

[DBlackGT]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Terminator 2 & 3

TOP GUN

TDK

TOP GUN for sure!!!! Nothings cooler than the little briefing on what Top Gun is and then boom the Top Gun logo appears. Then all the F-14's (which by the way are one of the coolest jets ever created) landing and getting ready to take off.

F-14's, Highway to the Danger Zone, and DTS-MA....all you need for one great opneing scene

[Blu-rat]

I gotta chip in that intense opener from Mission:Impossible 3!
As the music starts with the lit match, it leaves you pondering how Ethan Hunt got into that situation in the first place.