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Posted: 8/21/2014 9:50:35 AM EDT

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Skyfall

Posted: 8/21/2014 9:51:14 AM EDT

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So before the Joker gets into the van he's hanging out on a street corner wearing his makeup? He only puts the mask on as he gets in. The other bank robbers, who then speak disparagingly of the Joker, should of spotted his face as they approached him on the street.

Posted: 8/21/2014 9:51:48 AM EDT

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My vote

Posted: 8/21/2014 9:52:43 AM EDT

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Best Ever!!!

http://youtu.be/enozhPh2FSA

:)

Posted: 8/21/2014 9:52:46 AM EDT

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Life of a bullet...

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this one is a good one^^^

Posted: 8/21/2014 9:53:26 AM EDT

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Super troopers.

Posted: 8/21/2014 9:57:11 AM EDT

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Modern films, I'm rather partial to the opening scene of Inglourious Basterds. I won't link it because shame on you if you haven't seen it.

Classic films, I think the opening scene if Kagemusha is brilliant. Again, shame on you if you haven't seen it.

Posted: 8/21/2014 9:59:40 AM EDT

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History of the World

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Posted: 8/21/2014 9:59:49 AM EDT

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Lots of good ones listed.

I liked Pirates of the Caribbean.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:00:27 AM EDT

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I was going to post Quantum of Solace and the Aston chase through the tunnels

...in fact , I still will

Bond films have always had a great opening scene and title track ....always

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:03:34 AM EDT

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While not the best, certainly a good one. My father referred to it as "American ballet"

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:03:38 AM EDT

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BACKDOOR SLUTS 9!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:07:26 AM EDT

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You guys are all on crack. The best first 5 minutes or opening scene of a movie goes to the movie "London"

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:13:28 AM EDT

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There's some incredible choices in this thread. Mine, strictly for personal reasons is the blues brothers.

Taps had some good stuff in the first 5-10 minutes.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:15:30 AM EDT

[#15]

American History X

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:15:31 AM EDT

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^^ This

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:15:42 AM EDT

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Pitch Black

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:16:49 AM EDT

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This is the correct answer meow.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:17:44 AM EDT

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Yep. You can always count on a good opening to a Bond film.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:19:14 AM EDT

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Sometimes there's a man

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:20:03 AM EDT

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The opening five minutes of Serenity was a single long take that introduced us to the main characters and the ship. It was beautifully done.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:23:18 AM EDT

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Watching wolverine go through most of the American wars was pretty awesome.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:23:30 AM EDT

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I think it was the latest Star Trek.

Watch that in full dolby digital on a great theater system. Specifically, the part with the Enterprise rising out of the ocean.

Seriously amazing.

TXL

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:24:51 AM EDT

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this one is a good one^^^

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Life of a bullet...

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this one is a good one^^^

Stupid, unrealistic, and the brass/bullets are very badly animated cheap CGI. Don't even look physical.

I really hate the over reliance on CGI over practical effects.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:25:00 AM EDT

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Went and saw this at the theatre and it blew me away. Opening scenes were well done.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:25:33 AM EDT

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Chronicles of Riddick was decent , too ...Toombs and his tards getting picked apart one by one

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:25:43 AM EDT

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Posted: 8/21/2014 10:26:02 AM EDT

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Beats Inglorius bastards! ;)

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:26:26 AM EDT

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Posted: 8/21/2014 10:26:53 AM EDT

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I think it was the latest Star Trek.

Watch that in full dolby digital on a great theater system. Specifically, the part with the Enterprise rising out of the ocean.

Seriously amazing.

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That was the last movie I watched in the theater , it was impressive

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:27:32 AM EDT

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First five minutes of Guardians of the Galaxy were pretty grabbing but I have to go with SPR.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:28:05 AM EDT

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Cliffhanger. Although the rest of the movie was Meh.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:28:09 AM EDT

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Wow, lost my train of thought here.

This is the first one that came to my mind.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:28:53 AM EDT

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Book of Eli

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:30:29 AM EDT

[#35]

Debbie Does Dallas? Anyone?

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:30:35 AM EDT

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GLADIATOR!!!!

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For me, Saving Pvt Ryan and Gladiator are the 2 best in recent movies.

Here's a better link for the opening scene of GLADIATOR.

http://youtu.be/l33Y-3Q-7HE

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:31:16 AM EDT

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tag

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:31:22 AM EDT

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Came here to nominate this one myself.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:33:41 AM EDT

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The opening of the first Lord of the Rings was damned cool , explaining the origin of the ring and the condensed history of Middle Earth .

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:34:45 AM EDT

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SPR, FMJ, The Dark Knight.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:34:58 AM EDT

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The Wild Bunch...ride into town, sadistic kids with their ant-scorpion fight, wild shootout where the teetotaler band gets caught in the crossfire...

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:36:36 AM EDT

[#42]

Heat

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:37:06 AM EDT

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Came here to nominate this one myself.

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Way of the Gun. Who doesn't want to see Sarah Silverman punched in the face?

Came here to nominate this one myself.

gets my vote as well

SPR was definitely up there, but I was totally caught off guard the first time i saw this opening scene so it sticks with me

-Mike

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:37:30 AM EDT

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Personally, I liked Cum Gurgling Sluts 6 better. But that's just me.

Posted: 8/21/2014 10:38:08 AM EDT

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Wolfgang Gullich was the one who did that stunt. He did the climb out of the roof with a Stallone mask, and I seem to recall that he did it without rope.

ETA: There were some close-ups of Stallone pulling through the roof, but he had a thin line of 5.5mm Spectra cord attached to his harness, which was later CGI'd out. The wider areal shots, though, were of Gullich free-soloing, IIRC.