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Old 12-02-10, 10:03 PM
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Inglourious Basterds is the first to spring to mind.


The film just gets stronger as it moves along IMHO. Great opening scene begets many more awesome sequences.
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Old 12-02-10, 10:06 PM
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Blade. The rest of the movie was still good, just not as kick ass, as the opening scene.
The first one that came to my mind. Incredible first scene, frenetic, vibrant, and that awesome new order 'confusion' remix. Just one damn incredible scene. And then the rest of the movie started and blah. Especially the jelly monster fight at the end. SO bad. But I still bought the dvd for that one scene.
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I'm going to strongly disagree with that one.
yeah....me too. It's a DAMN FINE scene to start with. It only leads to other great scenes... THOUGH...Waltz acting in that scene was his best cuz essentially...that's his scene to chew up the dialogue and make sweet sweet love to our eyes.
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OK, it isn't literally the very first scene, but the very early masked ball sequence from Judex is so much better than anything else in the movie that I have to mention it.
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Old 12-02-10, 10:18 PM
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I've never even heard of Judex...
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^good choice


I might be the only one here on the forum who saw this: 4
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Way of the Gun.
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Don't get me wrong. I love the rest of the movie, but there was no way it could live up to that amazing opening scene with Sarah Silverman.
From Rip This Joint to the final shootout, this was a great film. One of the best gunfight movies ever. Silverman playing herself was also great casting.
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Old 12-03-10, 07:53 AM
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Lost In Translation
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Old 12-03-10, 08:36 AM
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The Dark Knight, Watchmen, and Superman Returns. Though only the last one "tanks" IMO.
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Re: Movies that peaked with the 1st scene
I'm not sure if I correctly remember the opening scene of Swordfish
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Did the bomb around the hostage's neck go off then or later in the movie?


Poseidon. Not the first scene, but the wave does flip the ship within the first 10 minutes or so.
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Re: Movies that peaked with the 1st scene
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I wasn't too crazy about watching an old man walk through a cemetery, but to each their own.
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Old 12-03-10, 09:24 AM
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Inglourious Basterds is the first to spring to mind.
IB peaks with

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a machine gun to Hitlers face
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How about Saving Private Ryan.
the scene where the german soldier kills the american with the knife and tells him to be quiet was pretty good. otherwise yes.
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Jason Goes to Hell
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I wasn't too crazy about watching an old man walk through a cemetery, but to each their own.
You didn't like PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE??!

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Old 12-03-10, 01:35 PM
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Re: Movies that peaked with the 1st scene
Here are some before 1990, and/or outside of the U.S.?

Raising Arizona (not saying the rest of it was bad, just that it peaked at the beginning)
Bergman's Wild Strawberries
Miike's Dead or Alive
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Re: Movies that peaked with the 1st scene
The Big Hit with Mark Wahlberg had the best action sequence first, then relied on screwy comedy.

While some might argue, I think the opening of Hellboy is a good bit above the rest of the movie, even if the title character isn't {really} in it.
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Re: Movies that peaked with the 1st scene
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The Dark Knight, Watchmen, and Superman Returns. Though only the last one "tanks" IMO.
TDK? I dunno...a lot of better scenes after. Joker interrogation and the big chase sequence for one.
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Old 12-03-10, 01:55 PM
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Re: Movies that peaked with the 1st scene
For me -
Swordfish
Scream
Idiocracy
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Scream
Scream 2 maybe.
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I've never even heard of Judex...
Here's the scene. Maurice Jarre's music helps immensely:

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Amistad was the 1st movie that came to mind when I saw this thread.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (just kidding... sorta)
The Amazon part is better than the rest of the movie so you're right.
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