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#4434302 - 08/15/18 11:05 AM Brilliant movie title intros  
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Which films immediately grabbed you from the very first frame?


I could list at least 20 or more but I will just list my top 4:











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#4434309 - 08/15/18 11:37 AM Re: Brilliant movie title intros [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Watchmen:



Followed by its opening credits:


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Immediately come to mind for me:

2001


Naturally, SW...


I love the music they chose for Conan, the 80’s LOTR epic movie.


Heavy Metal!


Superman...iconic music and credits


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#4434325 - 08/15/18 01:12 PM Re: Brilliant movie title intros [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Those are great picks Raw Kryptonite!


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Someone here, maybe in a SW thread(?) mentioned how bland soundtracks are now, and they were right. I’ve been thinking about it a lot when watching movies. We don’t get much like the music in these movies now, something iconic, that carries over as an easy reference to the movie they came from. That Superman theme has been included in a lot outside of the movie. They influence other music. Kind of sad. The Avengers movies theme music has a distinct tone, but still not a full piece. LOTR...same. You know them when you hear them, but they don’t live on their own. They use regular music for the association now, like the GotG soundtrack.
The last really iconic orchestral soundtrack I remember is Danny Elfman’s Batman...and most of his stuff since sounds a little too much like it.


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#4434332 - 08/15/18 01:39 PM Re: Brilliant movie title intros [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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#4434333 - 08/15/18 01:43 PM Re: Brilliant movie title intros [Re: adlabs6]  
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Originally Posted by adlabs6



Another great one. I actually used to play this soundtrack as a kid and fantasize that I was Indiana Jones. biggrin

What is so impressive about this opening title sequence is that it gives the impression that it's just one long continuous shot.


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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
What is so impressive about this opening title sequence is that it gives the impression that it's just one long continuous shot.


Speaking of long continuous opening shots, the film Gravity stands out here, I think it's something like 25 minutes long smile unsurprisingly, Youtube doesn't seem to have that entire sequence, which starts from several hundred meters from the space shuttle, down to individuals performing extra-ship activities, to a debris collision and it's aftermath. Here is a small sample of it though:



Don't get me started with Birdman biggrin


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#4434364 - 08/15/18 05:33 PM Re: Brilliant movie title intros [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Absolutely Love "Inception" and the opening scene is awesome to me. Not to mention Marion Cotillard is in it and is absolutely Gorgeous and Sexy!!! yep

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#4434366 - 08/15/18 05:44 PM Re: Brilliant movie title intros [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Canada, eh!
Boy some really good ones here, but I'll submit the opening scene of X2 where NIghtcrawler was after the president was a pretty intense way to kick off a great movie.



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Pretty much any John Hughes(RIP) movie from the 80s and early 90s had a great intro.


Oh, and Ghostbusters--one of the most perfect films ever made.


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One more: Opening scene of the Star Trek reboot. I remember watching that and going out loud "Holy $#@(" and I think my wife and I both had tears in our eyes with Kirks dad sacrificing himself and trying to save everyone else, with the birth of James happening concurrently.

"Your father was captain of a starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mother's, and yours. I dare you to do better."


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#4434369 - 08/15/18 05:52 PM Re: Brilliant movie title intros [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Agreed on the opening to the first JJ Abrams Star Trek. It was very well done.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4434373 - 08/15/18 06:19 PM Re: Brilliant movie title intros [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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In the end, not a great movie as there was so much missed potential...but an excellent intro.

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Dark knight rises intro but no Dark Knight intro?



Also golden eye. I love the bond intros where they build up to a big stunt then BOOM credit music starts!


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Of course, this one:
(The Final Countdown)

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#4434383 - 08/15/18 08:32 PM Re: Brilliant movie title intros [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Terminator.

Not so much for the action, but the music and the scrolling letters across the screen. I was hooked.


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I didn’t even need to see any of the movie, the music alone made for a brilliant intro.



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