yyzyy Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Mine have to be (in no particular order) The Happening Final Destination Jeepers Creepers Speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 (edited) The obvious choice - Raiders of the Lost Ark! A Clockwork Orange Saving Private Ryan Edited December 2, 2008 by ReRushed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I heart Huckabees Natural Born Killers Seven Apocalypse Now Fallen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Apocalypse Now 2001 X2 - Nightcrawler was bad ass Halloween Cube Kill Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Dec 1 2008, 09:53 PM) The obvious choice - Raiders of the Lost Ark! That's what I was thinking! I'm sure there are others I love, but I'm having a brain fart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArrowSnake Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Reservoir Dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I hate to not go with a classic..............but Dark Knight.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 QUOTE (Storm Shadow @ Dec 1 2008, 10:20 PM) Apocalypse Now yes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 QUOTE (The Owl @ Dec 2 2008, 01:19 PM) I hate to not go with a classic..............but Dark Knight.......... Good one! It will be a classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Saving Private Ryan. That beach landing was the most intense twenty minutes of any movie that I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 (edited) STAR WARS! I'm talking the 1977 original. First the 20th Century Fox logo and theme music, then the dramatic orchestral music, the Star Wars logo and the text that's diagonal on both sides towards the middle as it scrolls towards the top of the screen talking about the Empire and The Rebels. Then space and a slow scan over an enormous ship as the dramatic music continues, and then.... sorry, I just wet myself. *crawls back into his Star Wars geek cave* Edited December 2, 2008 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Dec 2 2008, 05:06 PM) STAR WARS! I'm talking the 1977 original. First the 20th Century Fox logo and theme music, then the dramatic orchestral music, the Star Wars logo and the text that's diagonal on both sides towards the middle as it scrolls towards the top of the screen talking about the Empire and The Rebels. Then space and a slow scan over an enormous ship as the dramatic music continues, and then.... sorry, I just wet myself. *crawls back into his Star Wars geek cave* fuuuuuck off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 The Good The Bad and The Ugly http://filmjournal.net/mjocallaghan/files/2007/08/gbu1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Dec 2 2008, 05:18 PM) The Good The Bad and The Ugly http://filmjournal.net/mjocallaghan/files/2007/08/gbu1.jpg Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlswing Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 QUOTE (ILSnwdog @ Dec 2 2008, 01:46 PM) Saving Private Ryan. That beach landing was the most intense twenty minutes of any movie that I have ever seen. I agree! This was my first thought too before opening the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingcinderellaman Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I think Saving Private Ryan was the one I would vote for. Some others, T-2 Judgement Day Any James Bond movie Red Dawn Can't think of any more right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredtamasrule Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 The Two Towers...dork that I am... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarian Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 The hills are alive, with the sound of music at least it's a happy one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) If you didn't see STAR WARS in the theaters in 1977 then you'll never know why that was simply the greatest, most jaw-dropping opening of any film ever. In its day, the effect was....stunning. Edited December 3, 2008 by Presto-digitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingcinderellaman Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Dec 3 2008, 11:50 AM) If you didn't see STAR WARS in the theaters in 1977 then you'll never know why that was simply the greatest, most jaw-dropping opening of any film ever. In its day, the effect was....stunning. And this was even more spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Dec 3 2008, 11:50 AM) If you didn't see STAR WARS in the theaters in 1977 then you'll never know why that was simply the greatest, most jaw-dropping opening of any film ever. In its day, the effect was....stunning. Absolutely! We'd never seen anything like that before! In 1975, "Logan's Run" won an Oscar for special effects. Go watch it; the effects are complete cheese compared to "Star Wars" just two years later. This was revolutionary, and the opening shot of the Star Destroyer heralded the beginning of a whole new ballgame in the FX field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Dec 3 2008, 11:08 AM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Dec 3 2008, 11:50 AM) If you didn't see STAR WARS in the theaters in 1977 then you'll never know why that was simply the greatest, most jaw-dropping opening of any film ever. In its day, the effect was....stunning. Absolutely! We'd never seen anything like that before! In 1975, "Logan's Run" won an Oscar for special effects. Go watch it; the effects are complete cheese compared to "Star Wars" just two years later. This was revolutionary, and the opening shot of the Star Destroyer heralded the beginning of a whole new ballgame in the FX field. I was an easy sell since I was 8 years old in 1977, but I have to imagine that most people who saw that opening at the time were awestruck. It was just SO much more realistic than anything that existed back then, and the special effects still hold up pretty well 30+ years later. One time when I was a teen-ager, I was at a Universal Studios or something like that in Florida or California and they did a demo using some of the actual cameras and models used in the film to show how some of the special effects were done. It was way cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtothesky Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 There are some good one's listed here. I really like the opening scene of Animal House, where they try to pledge to the fraternity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I'll throw another vote for Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Another favorite is Austin Powers - Goldmember. The movie itself is nowhere near as good as the first two IMHO, but the first several minutes of it are hysterical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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