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anything that's got Ewan McGreggor in it has to be good


I suspect that Angels&Demons will test that statement even more than the new Star Wars films did ;-)


I'd have to join Annasfield on The Spy Who Loved Me - the Union Jack Parachute moment is a pretty special, as is the speed boat chase from The World Is Not Enough. But then the opening sequence became such a big part of the Bond Cocktail that it's to be expected that they've put together a few good 'uns.


I think I'd like to add the opening sequence in Gladiator, which is pretty decent. Immerses the viewer into the period in quick-time, and great action.


On a less ballistic note, the deserted street and quiet score that open Breakfast at Tiffany's always make me smile.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> This is one of my favourite opening scenes

>

> Intermission

>

> after that I was well and truly hooked. The fact

> that Colm Meany is in it as a twisted cop with an

> obsession for American TV shows and mystical

> celtic "artistes" was a big bonus


as many times as i,ve watched intermission, and despite wanting to try it out, i,ve never yet had the balls to put brown sauce in me tea.

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Opening of The Sound of Music. Trite, I know, but

> makes me go all goosepimply.


Not trite at all PGC.

It was intendend to be beautiful and sentimental and be Jaysus Crikey it got there.

And I'll fight any man that says different. I will. So I will.

Predictably,considering my moniker, I'll go for the opening to Goodfellas: Ray Liotta 'For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a gangster' followed by Tony Bennet's 'Rag to Riches'. I think Joe Pesci's psychotic Tommy DiSimone was the template for many 'hardmen' in films afterwards including Kingsley's. I don't think I had ever seen anyone that genuinely scary in a film before. Nearest thing to that was Paul Betthany in Gangster no 1, which was a very underrated film.

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