The Best Film Intro Sequence's Ever Are.........

[Jez]

Well you aboviously have the likes of Se7en and Fight Club however, there are overlooked one's like The Negotiator.

Lets have your views

Cheers:)

[Pete George]

I would have thought Touch of Evil by Orson Welles would qualify as the best. It has one of the longest and most innovative tracking shots ever put on film.

Pete George

[Just Call Me Wanda]

I like 'Jackie Browns' introduction in Tarantino's film of the same name. The music plays a big part.

[Narshty]

Apocalypse Now isn't too bad.

[Just Call Me Wanda]

Come to think of it, a few Hitchcock films spring to mind.

Rear Window - opening with blinds closed then they slowly open. Pan and track round the buildings before finally landing on Jimmy Stewart.

North By Northwest - Credits influential. Long shots of city. Pan featuring dozens of people before finally landing on Cary Grant, and tracking him outside to the taxi.

[Bapapapa]

Contact

[Macker]

To name but a few

Star Wars ANH
Saving Private Ryan
Raiders of the Lost Ark

[Just Call Me Wanda]

With 'Ryan' are you refering to the US flag and the old guy going to the graves or the opening battle cos' technically, the opening battle isn't part of the opening sequence....

...but never mind him - SPR's first 25 mins kicks ass!

[Lenny Nero]

Well obviously one has to mention Swordfish! Best dialogue and very stylish colors and camerawork.

Some others but I'm not sure if you mean an intro sequence, like with James Bond movies, best and longest being in World is not Enough, or just title/credits intro?

[Yonathan Gal]

ain't watche dit myself, but a mate said that swordfish had the ebst opening of 2001....

[Boink!]

The Thing.

[AndyWilson]

Crimes of Passion - the only film I've ever seen people walk out of before the title credits were complete!

[NexusSheep]

Contact was pretty darn impressive.

[Rooboy]

I like the intro sequence to Austin Powers:IMOM. Very upbeat but the opening half hour to Saving Private Ryan is awesome!

[Yonathan Gal]

Rooboy: Yeah, had forgotten that one. Saving Private Ryan has gotta be one of the greatest ever.

[la_te_ra_lus_2003]

Well Let's See,
A Clockwork Orange
Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom
T2 Judgement Day
Star Wars Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back (the whole Hoth thing rules)

[jamie_rowe]

2001: A Space Odyssey

Jaws

American Beauty

GoldenEye

Toy Story 2

[Arch Stanton]

It has to be Once apon a time in the west

[Sonick]

3000 miles from Graceland the two Scorpions fighting and Kurt Russell give Courtney Cox one:D

Scream with Drew Barrymore

[Cirrus888]

Are we talking titles or first action sequence? If it is the latter then I have always loved the teahouse scene ...

[Ron Hill]

Some that I like.

Star Trek: Undiscovered Country. (Praxis goes BOOM!)
The Time Machine (Titles and music are masterful)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Terminator II
Titan AE
Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough (esp. the underwater tie fix. Hilarious!)
Back To The Future.
Toy Story II
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
Star Wars original Trilogy. Openings to all 3 are cool.
Dragonheart
Outbreak (Opening makes me want to put on a biosuit!)
Pitch Black
Tron (dated now but WOW back then)
E.T.

That'll do for now. Of course there's MANY others and that's why we
are all going rapidly bankrupt. :)

[sticker]

Off the top of my head > >

Intro sequences >

BLADE
CONTACT
THE GAME
APOC NOW
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
BUTCH & SUNDANCE
TOY STORY 2
HIGHLANDER
X-MEN - POLAND
SOUTH PARK - Kyles' intro tune!!
:nuts:

Intro sequences - CREDITS
FIGHT CLUB
CASINO
TERMINATOR
SE7EN
SUPERMAN
:clap: :nuts: :

DA STICK
Dublin

:o :D :o :D :o :D

[richpoyle]

Used to be really into screenwriting a few years ago and one particular theory I learned about was that the opening 10 minutes of a movie should be like a miniature version of the whole film.

One film that really fits this theory and is also one of the finest examples of screenwriting IMO (even with a voiceover, which we were always told was a big no-no) is "Goodfellas" - a truly amazing opening sequence.

Other favourites are "The Fog" (John Houseman's ghost story) and most recently "The Emperor's New Groove" - seriously! ;)

[Madm@tt]

Here are a few more...

Any Given Sunday,
Leon,
Reservoir Dogs,
Natural Born Killers,
Scream 2,
Nikita,
True Romance,
Face/Off,
Die Hard With a Vengence,
Heat,
and Snake Eyes.

[Jez]

Thanks a lot guys some one's i forgot about.

What i did mean however, is the actual film intro/starting/credits.

I.E Se7en/Hannibal/Bonds/Fight Club etc

It now becomes alittle harder uh:rolleyes:

Cheers:)

[Baz]

Has to be blade in my book, also desperado has a cool opening.

[kobol]

Bad film, but I always really liked the title sequence for The Island of Dr Moreau. The Frankenheimer one.

It all goes downhill from there of course.

[Just Call Me Wanda]

Originally posted by Arch Stanton
It has to be Once apon a time in the west

This is a good one. This also includes one of my favourite 'Director's credit' shots where the door closes shut with Sergio Leone's name springing across the now all black screen - fantastic stuff!

[Just Call Me Wanda]

Used to be really into screenwriting a few years ago and one particular theory I learned about was that the opening 10 minutes of a movie should be like a miniature version of the whole film.

Not into screenwriting now?

[Just Call Me Wanda]

Originally posted by Jez
Thanks a lot guys some one's i forgot about.

What i did mean however, is the actual film intro/starting/credits.

I.E Se7en/Hannibal/Bonds/Fight Club etc

It now becomes alittle harder uh:rolleyes:

Cheers:)

With North By Northwest as a perfect example, Hitchcock always made sure the title/credit sequence played an intricate part in what was to come.

In North By Northwest you've got the the criss-crossing lines (double-cross), and the eventual dissolve to the building and the reflection of the city in the building's windows (Mis-identity, mirroring something else).

[jroadley]

Easy...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.roadley/apnow.jpg

Shocking... still sends a shiver down my spine :eek:

[richpoyle]

Posted by Just Call Me Wanda

Not into screenwriting now?

I love great screenwriting but I'm never going to be a great writer!

[Yonathan Gal]

Yeah, Desperado is supercool opening. Steve Buscemi is great in that scene. Love that scene!

[Just Call Me Wanda]

Originally posted by richpoyle


I love great screenwriting but I'm never going to be a great writer!

Well, the fact you read up on it was a start to better things. Plus, if everyone gave up because they didn't think they would be 'great' we'd have only one film released a year. I'm personally going to stick at it, because you never know! ;)

[Mr Vampire]

Originally posted by Cirrus888
Are we talking titles or first action sequence? If it is the latter then I have always loved the teahouse scene ... That would be Hard Boiled I presume :rolleyes:

[la_te_ra_lus_2003]

The best title (credit) sequence is definatley
Monty Python & The Quest For The Holy Grail

[jonathan_d]

when i was little i used to love the intro of the lion king :D

[Creamstick]

Raising Arizona.

[toot]

i love the openning credits for Ginger Snaps, really cool music too.

[sbooth]

Well i think the World Is Not Enough is a pretty good intro. One of the best Bond ones IMHO.

[Hardnox]

Gone in 60 Seconds...nice credits and a brilliant first scene with the stealing of the Porsche......

quote:

"Kip! That aint a tool thats a damn brick!!"

[Nick D]

In my opinion, Sam Peckinpah’s woefully underrated Cross Of Iron features one of the most inspired and memorable title sequences ever to grace a film.


POSSIBLE SPOILERS


It starts with an opening montage of documentary footage – most of it from propaganda newsreels – charting the progress of the Third Reich. Starting off with the Nazi’s rise to prominence, it acts rather like a mini history lesson, taking the viewer past the crushing defeat at Stalingrad and right up to the film’s 1943 setting, where the wehrmacht are retreating across Russia. Aside from using colour documentary footage to blend the title sequence seamlessly into the film, the entire montage is, in a truly inspired juxtaposition, scored to a German children’s choir, creating a uniquely chilling and disturbing sequence.

[JamesK]

swordfish, Star Wars films, and Indiana films I'd say. though the negotiators also pretty good, and gladiator (the battle in germany) I liked that too.

[Roberto]

How can anyone forget the rosing first song in the 'Prince of Eygpt'? Deliver us!