The opening of inglorious basterds is the best 20 mins of tarantinos career. I have seen all of his films. But that opening with christoph walz is the best of tarantinos career. Absolutely phenomenal.
Someone already said the Matrix, but Trinity's supernatural martial arts and the chase scene ending with the agent crashing into the phone booth! C'mon, that was pure adrenaline rush. Has to make this list, just has to make it!
Right? I went through Army Boot in 1972. We had Rangers for DI's and ALL of them had CIB's. They weren't as vulgar as Hartman, but they were JUST as Hard Core and they worked us FAR harder than FMJ depicted. Considering the fact that Marine Boot is the toughest Boot Camp of ALL of the Armed Services, that is saying quite a lot.
Didn't seem outrageous to me. The DI scenes were pretty mellow actually as my dad would recall. He was a Marine and went through boot in 69'. In his class book, Ermy is in the book. He was my dad's DI. My dad told me this was a watered down version of boot. Most ppl t9day would not make the cut 8f they had to go through the way they did back then.
1:11 Dawn of the Dead 2:39 Mad Max: Fury Road 4:01 Full Metal Jacket 5:05 Trainspotting 6:02 Natural Born Killers 7:17 Mission Impossible 3 8:35 Cliffhanger 9:44 28 Weeks Later 11:02 Inglorious Basterds 12:15 Saving Private Ryan There. Lazy bugger.
When I saw it in theaters, it really shook me up. I figured if the movie was even 1/10 as bad as real life, I just couldn’t imagine how bad it was to be on the beach in the first wave. Salute 🫡 to those that lived through it and hand over heart to those that were lost.
There is a little-known movie, which is odd since it stars Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, etc., called One False Move. The opening scene is a drug dealer's home being robbed and the people inside are murdered slowly, very slowly, by having plastic bags wrapped around their heads. VERY intense!
The Hunt had an amazing opening, in fact the entire first act was just gripping and kept subverting expectations and leaving you on the edge of your seat trying to figure out what was going on.
I saw it in theaters when it first came out. There was an older couple who left during that opening scene and I remember wondering if he had been there. He looked about the right age for it.
Vertical limit....incredibly tense opening scene. Not to mention instead of going with the typical shot of someone falling you just get the thud of the body on the ground....
Star Wars should be an honorable mention at least. When the ships swoop onto the screen, then the ship is captured, Stormtroopers attack, Vader arrives. It hooks you from the second the opening crawl is over and never lets go of you.
Particularly because, in 1977, what Lucas did was truly unique. Nothing had been seen like it. The rebel ship was impressive on it's own, but when the Star Destroyer appeared at the top of the screen and kept growing and growing ... other than 2001, "space" scenes looked little better than Star Trek TOS from the 60's. Whether you consider that "intense" is a personal matter, but (particularly on a 70mm widescreen) that opening sequence was breathtaking. 45+ years later, it probably does come down to "you had to be there".
Every single video that mentions Saving Private Ryan calls the Normandy scene the opening scene. It’s not. This misconception is particularly egregious in a video explicitly about opening scenes. In Saving Private Ryan, the Normandy scene doesn’t happen until about five minutes into the movie. There’s no question that the sequence is intense and harrowing, but it’s not the opening scene.
There are so many 9ther great mentions here in the comments as well. I would like to add that the "0 to 💯" intro vibe can't be overlooked in Pulp Fiction. That intro set the tone for the entire movie and did not disappoint.
Good choice on the 28Weeks opening rather than Days. It’s the best scene in Weeks. Where is Jaws? That’s about as jarring an opening as you can get, with the girl begging god for help as she’s pulled underwater.
Snyder is STRIKING with visuals, audio, and pacing He just needs a reliable writer, or a topic on which he’s an intimate fan He’s cinema’s Todd McFarlane
I can't believe the hunt isn't on here the first 20 mins or so does something that is rarely ever seen but then it does it again and again and again in a short period of the film I don't think I have ever seen a film that has grabbed my attention so quickly, I am being intentionally vague just so I don't spoil it for anyone that hasn't watched it
Mildred Pierce - wow, that's not a bad shout, particularly for the production code era. There's a few from that time that start with someone dead or dying - Sunset Bvd, Rope, and Double Indemnity come to mind, but Mildred Pierce arguably does the best job in setting the tone for the rest of the film.
I'm not sure if it counts as intense, but Don't Look Now does a great job of putting the viewers at unease right from the outset. And I'd throw in a mention for Children of Men too.
I had a moment there. I also assumed the writer used 'lede' instead of 'lead'. To be fair, the first time I read it, I had to look it up. But if I was doing a piece for the internet, you better believe I'm looking weird words up.
Even after watching Mission: Impossible III and knowing the opening is actually the start of the climax, it still confuses me because he clearly went to Davian with the Rabbit’s Foot in his hands.
fun fact they are doing cliffhanger 2 but stallone backed out of it and they are using Pierce Brosnan : A mountain guide and his daughter's alpine climbing business in the Italian Alps faces a tragic event, forcing them to confront and overcome adversity as dangerous foes emerge, unleashing chaos.
I was pretty underwhelmed when i saw Saving Private Ryan in Cinema the Opening was actually on the graveyard. Yes, after that there is the Normandy but that was after the Opening Scene… Opening means Opening, Not something that comes after, same applies to Dawn of the Dead. The Originals Opening is missing here, just like „Jaws“.
0:10-0:15...I gotta push back a tad on that statement. There was a movie in the 2000's, no later than 2012 that started with, I swear, 15 minutes of 2 dudes just walking on a mountain...I think. No talking. Maybe even no sound at all cause I remember I kept checking to see if I had my TV muted. I can't think of the name of the movie to save my life, but I watched the whole thing. I just kept waiting for SOMETHING to happen & before I knew it, it was rolling the end credits. Either I was just completely vapor locked staring at the screen...Or maybe I watched the whole movie because I was locked up in prison at the time. It's not like I had a lot else to do😂
So when is part two? Cos while this wasn’t a bad list, there are definitely another 10 easily able to be thrown together here. One of my fav openings is A Quiet Place. That deserves a spot on a list like this, as do many others listed in other people’s comments too.
Sometimes it isn't all about spectacular spectacle and heinous hoopla. Whether it's the book or the film, "Fellowship of the Ring" begins with preparations for Bilbo's birthday. 🙂 No one seemed to have a problem with that. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
The French film Martyrs has a brutal opening sequence and it only gets worse from there. It far outshines any of these openings and tbh I do not advise watching this film. You have been warned!
Irriversible is the hardest opening and film i ever watched and athena should also be on this list! An insane 13 minute oner of absolute chaos and destruction
Any bond opening could easily make this list but goldeneye....where he jumps in a falling plane and steers it up, to safety is the best one and easily shouldnbe on this list
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Blade in ‘98. My audience stood up and cheered when the club scene was over
Ghost ship should have been on here somewhere. Not the best movie but that beginning.. holy shit
First thing I thought of. That movie is totally forgettable except the beginning, which is burned into my brain. Even Mythbusters did a segment on it.
Haunting the way they capture those first few seconds before things start to fall apart... "I thank you" sir Austin Powers
Amazing opening from the Buena Vista reminiscent font to the slow collapse of the Captain of the ship.
Best horror movie opening ever!
@@TheGryphonLJJ it was badass for sure
Totally could have taken full metal jacket out for that movies opening.
The opening of inglorious basterds is the best 20 mins of tarantinos career. I have seen all of his films. But that opening with christoph walz is the best of tarantinos career. Absolutely phenomenal.
The first 10mins of Watchmen might be the best of Synder's career, even better than Dawn. It's a joke that it's not on here.
Where is Chrissie being devoured by the shark in the first 5 minutes of Jaws?
Yeah, horror movies should be ALL over this list. Horror first-acts are some of the best.
Someone already said the Matrix, but Trinity's supernatural martial arts and the chase scene ending with the agent crashing into the phone booth! C'mon, that was pure adrenaline rush. Has to make this list, just has to make it!
Anyone who would consider the FMJ Drill Instructor ‘psychotic’ probably would never have made it through any 20th Century boot camp.
Right? I went through Army Boot in 1972. We had Rangers for DI's and ALL of them had CIB's. They weren't as vulgar as Hartman, but they were JUST as Hard Core and they worked us FAR harder than FMJ depicted. Considering the fact that Marine Boot is the toughest Boot Camp of ALL of the Armed Services, that is saying quite a lot.
My Dad was a Marine in the early 70s. He told me the boot camp scenes with the DI were quite accurate
Didn't seem outrageous to me. The DI scenes were pretty mellow actually as my dad would recall.
He was a Marine and went through boot in 69'. In his class book, Ermy is in the book. He was my dad's DI.
My dad told me this was a watered down version of boot.
Most ppl t9day would not make the cut 8f they had to go through the way they did back then.
Timestamps are needed for this type of content
Every list video needs time stamps. Every single one.
It's 13mins skip through it or find an attention span...
1:11 Dawn of the Dead
2:39 Mad Max: Fury Road
4:01 Full Metal Jacket
5:05 Trainspotting
6:02 Natural Born Killers
7:17 Mission Impossible 3
8:35 Cliffhanger
9:44 28 Weeks Later
11:02 Inglorious Basterds
12:15 Saving Private Ryan
There. Lazy bugger.
or, you can just… *gasps* watch the video.
Just watch the video. It's 10 minutes
Zombieland’s opening sequence goes to 💯 real quick.
The Dark Knight Rises needed to be on this list, that plane heist was INSANE.
True. Although Heath Ledger's opening scene in the prior installment had more suspense. But I was happy with both.
Scream 1 had a great opening too
A History Of Violence (2005)
28 Weeks later opening scene might be the greatest opening horror scene of ALL TIME
In my opinion, this movie is a masterpiece! (28 Days Later, that is)
Isn't when he stumbles in a church we find out just how fast the zombies move?
If Saving Private Ryan wasn’t #1, I was going to unsubscribe
I remember seeing it in theaters when it first came out. There was one older couple who left during that scene. It was so intense.
When I saw it in theaters, it really shook me up. I figured if the movie was even 1/10 as bad as real life, I just couldn’t imagine how bad it was to be on the beach in the first wave. Salute 🫡 to those that lived through it and hand over heart to those that were lost.
There is a little-known movie, which is odd since it stars Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, etc., called One False Move. The opening scene is a drug dealer's home being robbed and the people inside are murdered slowly, very slowly, by having plastic bags wrapped around their heads. VERY intense!
Cliffhanger is a good opening but Jim Carrey did it better in Ace Ventura
I love Dawn the dead's opening scene. One of the things that's great about it, you neglected to mention, was the Johnny Cash song.
The Hunt had an amazing opening, in fact the entire first act was just gripping and kept subverting expectations and leaving you on the edge of your seat trying to figure out what was going on.
The intro to Inglorious Basterds is the single most tense and terrifying opening of a non-horror film in existence.
"Choose life." That opening is really unforgettable, with Ewan McGregor's cutting narration over the top of Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life."
My grandpa, who took part in D Day, couldn't even finish watching that opening sequence in Saving Private Ryan.
It was too real.
I saw it in theaters when it first came out. There was an older couple who left during that opening scene and I remember wondering if he had been there. He looked about the right age for it.
Saving Private Ryan definitely needed to be on this list. Thanks for giving it the nod it deserved.
Vertical limit....incredibly tense opening scene. Not to mention instead of going with the typical shot of someone falling you just get the thud of the body on the ground....
Star Wars should be an honorable mention at least. When the ships swoop onto the screen, then the ship is captured, Stormtroopers attack, Vader arrives. It hooks you from the second the opening crawl is over and never lets go of you.
Particularly because, in 1977, what Lucas did was truly unique. Nothing had been seen like it. The rebel ship was impressive on it's own, but when the Star Destroyer appeared at the top of the screen and kept growing and growing ... other than 2001, "space" scenes looked little better than Star Trek TOS from the 60's. Whether you consider that "intense" is a personal matter, but (particularly on a 70mm widescreen) that opening sequence was breathtaking. 45+ years later, it probably does come down to "you had to be there".
@@timraykirby Followed by the immortal bumper sticker "We brake for nobody".
Evil Dead 2013 remake's opening scene leaves any horror fan with their mouth open like 'wtf just happened?'
Team America: World Police set the standard for opening action scenes.
The opening scene from the movie Gravity was quite amazing too.
Apocalypse Now needed to be pretty high on that list.
Every single video that mentions Saving Private Ryan calls the Normandy scene the opening scene. It’s not. This misconception is particularly egregious in a video explicitly about opening scenes. In Saving Private Ryan, the Normandy scene doesn’t happen until about five minutes into the movie. There’s no question that the sequence is intense and harrowing, but it’s not the opening scene.
Hartman wasn't psychotic. He merely inspired hatred, of himself, to inspire unit cohesion. Something you desperately need under fire.
Scream's opening scene was extremely tense. And could easily have been on this list
The call is coming from *inside* the video.
Here's a sentence I never thought I'd type: You incorrectly misspelled "Inglourious Basterds".
What about Jaws? That opening sequence was a killer (pun intended)
There are so many 9ther great mentions here in the comments as well. I would like to add that the "0 to 💯" intro vibe can't be overlooked in Pulp Fiction. That intro set the tone for the entire movie and did not disappoint.
Mission Impossible III is actually my favorite of the series. And it's entirely because of Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Good choice on the 28Weeks opening rather than Days. It’s the best scene in Weeks.
Where is Jaws? That’s about as jarring an opening as you can get, with the girl begging god for help as she’s pulled underwater.
Apparently no one told her she'd be yanked under without warning...authentic means nearly drown the actress and keep shooting.
Snyder's problem with DotD wasn't that he started strong with that opening, it's that he kept going... making more movies too.
Snyder is STRIKING with visuals, audio, and pacing
He just needs a reliable writer, or a topic on which he’s an intimate fan
He’s cinema’s Todd McFarlane
@@PapaBPoppingosh damn does that make sense.
Surprised you left Ghost Ship off this list, that WAS the
movie opening! And Inglorious Basterds is perfection from beginning to end!
1:12 10 Dawn of the Dead … 2004
2:40 9 Mad Max Fury Road
4:02 8 Full Metal Jacket
5:05 7 Trainspotting
6:03 6 Natural Born Killers
I can't believe the hunt isn't on here the first 20 mins or so does something that is rarely ever seen but then it does it again and again and again in a short period of the film I don't think I have ever seen a film that has grabbed my attention so quickly, I am being intentionally vague just so I don't spoil it for anyone that hasn't watched it
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946), OLIVER TWIST (1948), MILDRED PIERCE, WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
Mildred Pierce - wow, that's not a bad shout, particularly for the production code era. There's a few from that time that start with someone dead or dying - Sunset Bvd, Rope, and Double Indemnity come to mind, but Mildred Pierce arguably does the best job in setting the tone for the rest of the film.
@@chrisninety1 yes, I should have remembered any number of such golden-age film-noires
Can't argue with your #1 pick.
Why the faint praise for MI:3? I think it's the BEST film in the series.
Enemy at the Gate was pretty damn brutal.
To bounce off Cliffhanger, Vertical Limit.
Also Twister and Twisters had great openings
I would have put the tea house shoot out from John Woo's Hard Boiled somewhere on this list.
Chain Letter has pretty memorable opening.
What about Scream?
This list needed NARC (2002) and When a Stranger Calls (1979).
I'm not sure if it counts as intense, but Don't Look Now does a great job of putting the viewers at unease right from the outset. And I'd throw in a mention for Children of Men too.
That opening to cliff hanger is why I do not like heights. Scary af.
Uh, in Dawn of the Dead, Vivienne wasn't the neighbor, that was the daughter.
The opening scene to Spectre was pretty spectacular, pity the first hour of the film is a snoozefest
Worthy #1... Surprised that no Bond opening was here, though. Would have loved to see "Casino Royale" get credit where credit is due
That's not how you pronounce "burying the lede".
I had a moment there. I also assumed the writer used 'lede' instead of 'lead'. To be fair, the first time I read it, I had to look it up. But if I was doing a piece for the internet, you better believe I'm looking weird words up.
I'm Surprised That Final Destination 2 Isn't On The List
Darkman? That finger cutting scene
A Very Underrated Movie and Intense Opening Sequence.
Deadpool.
Martyrs (the French original)
Yeah. That was brutal and hella messed up.
No jaws?
How the shit did you guys miss Midsommar??!! I had to let family members know due to its intense opening scene, gut wrenching
I think the comments here are just as good as the video. This movie is on my pile of shame. I'll have to watch it this week.
JAWS
Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
WHERE IS SCREAM??!!!
The Matrix should be on this list...I'd take Trainspotting out
Agreed! Matrix was one of the best openings I have ever seen in my life!
If Saving Private Ryan isnt on this list, it's boo boo.
One False Move, I watched the start and then was in a nervous state for the rest of the film as you had no idea what might happen next.
You could have chosen many of James Bond movies. But you really messed up by not including Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Good catch!
Even after watching Mission: Impossible III and knowing the opening is actually the start of the climax, it still confuses me because he clearly went to Davian with the Rabbit’s Foot in his hands.
wrestling on his laurels? burying the lead? Resting on his laurels. and burying the lead... as in a lead in a case, not the metal!
Thank you! Thought i was the only one that picked up on those.
I'm starting to think it's AI reading and nobody editing.
You have to be hardy to wrestle on your laurels.
lede?
Kill Bill, Volume 1
fun fact they are doing cliffhanger 2 but stallone backed out of it and they are using Pierce Brosnan : A mountain guide and his daughter's alpine climbing business in the Italian Alps faces a tragic event, forcing them to confront and overcome adversity as dangerous foes emerge, unleashing chaos.
I was expecting the diamond brokerage robbery from "Snatch" to be mentioned.
I was pretty underwhelmed when i saw Saving Private Ryan in Cinema the Opening was actually on the graveyard. Yes, after that there is the Normandy but that was after the Opening Scene…
Opening means Opening, Not something that comes after, same applies to Dawn of the Dead. The Originals Opening is missing here, just like „Jaws“.
This.
Yeah. But we'll allow it. Most people consider it the opening.
Dawn of the dead 2004 is the best Snyder movie😊
The opening scene to the British version of the TV show, Utopia is a definite ball grabber.
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
0:10-0:15...I gotta push back a tad on that statement. There was a movie in the 2000's, no later than 2012 that started with, I swear, 15 minutes of 2 dudes just walking on a mountain...I think. No talking. Maybe even no sound at all cause I remember I kept checking to see if I had my TV muted. I can't think of the name of the movie to save my life, but I watched the whole thing. I just kept waiting for SOMETHING to happen & before I knew it, it was rolling the end credits. Either I was just completely vapor locked staring at the screen...Or maybe I watched the whole movie because I was locked up in prison at the time. It's not like I had a lot else to do😂
Gerry?
Broke back mountain
I expected actual opening scenes without the lengthy blah blah blah.
Errrmmm ghost ship 🙄
So when is part two? Cos while this wasn’t a bad list, there are definitely another 10 easily able to be thrown together here. One of my fav openings is A Quiet Place. That deserves a spot on a list like this, as do many others listed in other people’s comments too.
6:11 Burying the lead, lol
Overlord should have absolutely been on this list....
Love the list. I would have Jaws and the Friday the Thirteenth reimagining on the list
Maybe not as intense as the rest of this list, but I felt like the opening to Smile 2 was fairly tense!
Sometimes it isn't all about spectacular spectacle and heinous hoopla. Whether it's the book or the film, "Fellowship of the Ring" begins with preparations for Bilbo's birthday. 🙂 No one seemed to have a problem with that.
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
"Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
--Diamond Dragons (series)
The Way of the Gun has a great opening scene too.
SPR is 1. you have been saved
A bit different but I think the opening of Intermission was surprising and a bit shocking.
The correct answer: Denis Villeneuve's "Polytechnique"
Blade should have been somewhere in this top 10.
The French film Martyrs has a brutal opening sequence and it only gets worse from there. It far outshines any of these openings and tbh I do not advise watching this film.
You have been warned!
Did you say 'burying the lead', pronouncing it like led?
Burying the lede (leed) is the saying.
Irriversible is the hardest opening and film i ever watched and athena should also be on this list! An insane 13 minute oner of absolute chaos and destruction
You forgot Ace Ventura II.
Good call with Cliffhanger. But, Goodfellas needs to be on here.
Any bond opening could easily make this list but goldeneye....where he jumps in a falling plane and steers it up, to safety is the best one and easily shouldnbe on this list
Burying the lead. Lead (leed) as in leader not lead (led) as in the metal.
So... Lead Zeppelin?
it is a pursuit special, not an interceptor.
That wasn’t the first scene in dawn of the dead.. it was like 8 min in at least
'burying the lede'
Its pronounced 'leed'