best opening/closing sequence (2 Viewers)

[Lili Marlene]

All three Indiana Jones films need to be mentioned for great openings

I also quite like Serenity's triple bluff of false openings

 

[La La]

Also, the opening scene of Jonathan Glazers movie Birth is just amazing. It is a long tracking scene where the camera is following a guy jogging through Central Park. It has been ripped off for some crappy ad recently.

The music is also great.


Thanks, La La!! This thread is all I can think of now!

ha, no bother. im a total opener/closer nut. if they're good, i think about them for aaaaaaages after watching a movie.

 

[Mitchum]

Best opening sequence is the audacious crane-shot of Orson Welles' Touch Of Evil. Perfectly-paced as Heston & Leigh approach the Mexican/Us border with all the hustle & bustle surrounding their romatic stroll while a dirty jazz score hints at the menace and violence to come.

Best closing sequence is 'Les Quatre Cent Coups' as the young Antoine Doinel runs frantically on the beach, full of impotent rage. And freeze-frame a close-up of his face.

 

[Mitchum]

Also, the opening scene of Jonathan Glazers movie Birth is just amazing. It is a long tracking scene where the camera is following a guy jogging through Central Park. It has been ripped off for some crappy ad recently.

If you're thinking of the Nike ad then surely that's a lame and ironic homage to Fight Club?

Ed Norton voiceover too.

 

[BC]

irreversible.

 

[Yurn!]

irreversible.

Coniffe, he speaks the truth.

Couldn't agree more with Wilbert too, the opening of Birth is stunningly gorgeous.

 

[Johnnyc]

For visual/aural impact it's hard to beat Star Wars. The spaceship literally flying over the audience changed cinema forever. I love the intro to Taxi Driver - it's all in the sax. Private Ryan is amazing too.

And you either bought into it or you didn't, but the end of Blair Witch did it for me. Love the endings of Deer Hunter and Goodfellas too.

 

[theoootini]

closer

you know there is a little bit after the final credits has rolled as well? i won't ruin it for ya...

 

[Wilbert]

If you're thinking of the Nike ad then surely that's a lame and ironic homage to Fight Club?

Ed Norton voiceover too.

Overall it is, but that shot of the guy running in the park is directly copied from Birth.

 

[RSJ]

And you either bought into it or you didn't, but the end of Blair Witch did it for me.

Word.

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

the opening credit sequence for panic room with the credits as features over the new york skyline and amongst the buildings is incredible.

opening to mad max is pretty awesome in terms of pacing.

my favourite though is the opening to alien, its incredible. jerry goldsmiths score is so subtle and the little tour around the nostromo is perfectly done in terms of cinematography and pace.

closing sequences...

charlie & the chocolate factory (original)

the truman show

gattaca (michael nyman's score is amazing)

 

[RSJ]

Oh, opening sequence of the Dawn Of The Dead remake - perfection right up to the end of the credits.

 

[Mitchum]

Overall it is, but that shot of the guy running in the park is directly copied from Birth.

When I first saw it I immediately thought of 'What Women Want' oddly enough. 'You own the road'. Etc.

 

[Yurn!]

ironic homage

You say that, i say unoriginal marketing team using phrases like 'touch base' and 'going forward' who can't be arsed coming up with their own ideas.

See PS2 ads from a few years ago that blatantly stole from Big Train.

 

[plug]

ah... definitely the end of irreversible, as already mentioned, or come and see... or peter weir's gallipoli (that one with mel gibson innit).

can't think of any particular opening sequence at the moment. I have a very bad memory. I should also probably start watching more happy movies!

 

[plug]

seminal

semen-al?

 

[Mitchum]

You say that, i say unoriginal marketing team using phrases like 'touch base' and 'going forward' who can't be arsed coming up with their own ideas.

See PS2 ads from a few years ago that blatantly stole from Big Train.

Well I said ironic but I should have said dumb given it's a Nike ad nodding to Fight Club.
Looking forward to the Godspeed! You Black Emperor Pepsi advert with a mixture of glee and terror.

 

[Yurn!]

Looking forward to the Godspeed! You Black Emperor Pepsi advert with a mixture of glee and terror.

Ah yes, Nikes new French-Canadian Anarchy range. What with stars of the Lid doing those Cillit Bang ads, what's next? Mogwai in Sex & the City?????? Oh, wait...

 

[therealjohnny]

seminal

the stuntman who did that is bronco mcloughlin, who also did all mrs doyle's stunts in father ted.

 

[Yurn!]

the stuntman who did that is bronco mcloughlin, who also did all mrs doyle's stunts in father ted.