Popular Post ballpoint Posted August 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2021 The opening scene, and the one that immediately follows it, from Saving Private Ryan are both very powerful, in very different ways... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Rising Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Star Wars (the original), a number of James Bond movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) C'mon guys: this country may be heading for hell in a hand-basket chill out: Edited August 10, 2021 by Caspersfriend ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Los for words Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Apocalypse Now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said: Star Wars (the original), a number of James Bond movies. Are you shy? Can't agree or disagree with your choices until you post some [readily available] vids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brewsterbudgen Posted August 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Caspersfriend said: Are you shy? Can't agree or disagree with your choices until you post some [readily available] vids Sorry. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, A Los for words said: Apocalypse Now Maybe you are lost for words [yeh I get the LOS] but surely you can access YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post 2 is 1 Posted August 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2021 Actualy was most funny movie ever! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 While we are isolated, or self-isolated, in lock-down many of us see movies as a distraction. Personally, I love the movie experience. The big screen and sound system is what the producers of a movie created. Alas, times have changed and, like shopping, there is a 'new normal'. The streaming version of a movie is often still based on the theater mode -- unless you have a mega-watts home-theater system you will need to have the volume control handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 37 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said: Pulp Fiction, the Honey Bunny scene. Reservoir Dogs, the restaurant scene. Agree, but without much effort you can find a YouTube link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 35 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said: Star Wars (the original), a number of James Bond movies. Why no links? When the multicultural audience on the forum can appreciate your suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, canthai55 said: But then J@J invented talcum powder and then ................................................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 52 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said: The opening seconds of "Where Eagles Dare" as the aircraft comes over the ridge in the Alps - really only works on the big screen... "Broadsword calling Danny Boy." Link is available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said: The introduction to Woody Allen's Manhattan is sublime. Was that the one w/Gershwin playing while he panned the skyline? and he was trying to find an opening line - If so, quite an intro as I remember it from all those years ago - - If not, never mind... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Opening scene- Apocalypse Now Trailer - Pink Flamingos. I was too young. Ran out of the theatre and almost puked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Captain Monday said: Opening scene- Apocalypse Now Trailer - Pink Flamingos. I was too young. Ran out of the theatre and almost puked. Do you have a video record of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airalee Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Caspersfriend said: Just showed up from your original post for me .. maybe 3BB problem .. nothing new. Inspiring music but tells us nothing about the [great] movie. I think it would be impossible to grasp the underlying theme/message of Fight Club and the Matrix (another of my favorite films) with an into or even a trailer. Most people I know, even after watching both of the aforementioned films, don’t even get it. For example, how could you explain the significance of red/blue pill scene of The Matrix or Morpheus’ quote from the movie…. “The human body generates more bioelectricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 BTUs of body heat. Combined with a form of fusion, the machines had found all the energy they would ever need. There are fields, Neo, endless fields where human beings are no longer born. We are grown... What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into this {showing a battery}.” Most people would view these films only as action movies and little more than that. I have watched both movies multiple times with many different friends and most of them, at the end of the movie, don’t really get it. But both of the movies are incredible commentaries about society. Red Pill vs Blue Pill…. Edited August 10, 2021 by Airalee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gk10012001 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA Idiocracy. Top ten 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thujone Posted August 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) Some great intros on here. The Saving Private Ryan battle scene is stunning. The Matirix opening scene is excellent, notable because it took six months of training and four days to shoot. Here's another great intro, which takes the viewer by surprise when the credits come up. It's easy to forget that this is the intro. Edited August 10, 2021 by Thujone 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, gk10012001 said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA Idiocracy. Top ten I feel you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airalee Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, gk10012001 said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA Idiocracy. Top ten It was quite prophetic. Excellent movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airalee Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Happiness (1998). A dark, dark comedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 "Touch of Evil" 1958. Directed by Orson Wells. Opening shot is legendary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersfriend Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 33 minutes ago, Airalee said: I think it would be impossible to grasp the underlying theme/message of Fight Club and the Matrix (another of my favorite films) with an into or even a trailer. Most people I know, even after watching both of the aforementioned films, don’t even get it. For example, how could you explain the significance of red/blue pill scene of The Matrix or Morpheus’ quote from the movie…. “The human body generates more bioelectricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 BTUs of body heat. Combined with a form of fusion, the machines had found all the energy they would ever need. There are fields, Neo, endless fields where human beings are no longer born. We are grown... What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into this {showing a battery}.” Most people would view these films only as action movies and little more than that. I have watched both movies multiple times with many different friends and most of them, at the end of the movie, don’t really get it. But both of the movies are incredible commentaries about society. Red Pill vs Blue Pill…. Which would be your pill of choice? If any. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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