Desert Chase – The Road WarriorThe penultimate beginning car chase – at least until the one at the end of this epic film – is terrific for all sorts of reasons, not the least of which is watching Mad Max slam on the brakes in time for Wez to take an arrow in the forearm.
Normandy Landing – Saving Private RyanGreatest (and bloodiest) battle scene . . . ever!
Jewelry Store Robbery – SnatchOne of my favorite movies starts off with a bang. Just listening to Benicio Del Toro speak with a Yiddish accent is worth the price of admission.
Blockade Run – Star Wars, Episode IVThe scene that shaped my childhood: the rebel Blockade Runner being chased down by a Star Destroyer. I wanted to enlist in the Imperial Army right then and there.
Nightcrawler Attack – X-Men 2A one-mutant wrecking machine, Nightcrawler takes out the entire Secret Service detail inside the White House. Nice.
Got some I missed? Let me know.
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These are great film beginnings. But the greatest ever IMHO is "The Jerk."
The greatest movie beginning is obviously also that of the greatest movie, Citizen Kane, the first line being the famous "Rosebud". Since then many movies have copied the idea of present-past-present story structure and it's hard to find a film without at least one flashback.
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Happy Gilmore - (almost the beginning). Happy is in the batting cage getting blasted by baseballs in preparation for next years hockey tryouts.
ReplyDeleteBWH - I love that movie! "I'm in the phone book! I'm in the phone book!"
ReplyDeleteWaldo - The Simpsons do a great sendoff of it with Mr. Burns in the title role.
Randal - Agreed. "Oooh, that one hurt a little."
NO the beginning of the jerk was him on the street corner then he said I was a poor black kid frfom mississippi...or something like that.
ReplyDeleteDoc - I know that, I was just throwing out one of my favorite lines. Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteWow, I can't believe nobody mentioned JAWS. A naked chick being chowed down by a 25 foot geat white shark. Classic.
ReplyDeleteJohn D. - Great call!!!
ReplyDeleteRaiders of the Lost Ark.
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