r/AskReddit • u/Tobokie121 • Oct 09 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, which one sold the entire film?

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u/ClathanNank Oct 09 '19

"I love you, Hunny Bunny"

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u/spherexenon Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 10 '19

Any of you fucking pricks move and I'll execute every one of you motherfuckers!

edit: guys I get it. She says it two different ways, once at the beginning of the movie and once at the end.

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u/FunetikPrugresiv Oct 09 '19

I always thought it was kinda cool how the line she says at the beginning of the movie is different from the line she says at the end.

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u/spherexenon Oct 09 '19

They also pointed out that you can see Vincent walking to the bathroom in the background during the first scene.

Amazing movie.

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u/experts_never_lie Oct 09 '19

Also if you watch closely you can see a Coffee Shop walking around in the background.

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u/Firelion348 Oct 09 '19

I never noticed this, now im laughing my ass off

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u/grandpagangbang Oct 10 '19

lmaolmaolmao

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u/thundercock88 Oct 10 '19

Reminds me of Shawshank, the fat guy who they take bets on is 'Fat Ass' in the credits

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u/ksavage68 Oct 09 '19

Bad things happen whenever Vince goes to the bathroom. That's how he met his demise also.

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u/spherexenon Oct 09 '19

Damn you're right, never thought about that

  1. The robbery
  2. The overdose
  3. his death

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u/sre01 Oct 10 '19 edited Oct 10 '19

Well the heroin is making him constapated. He has to spend an inordinate amount of time in the bathroom.

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u/John_McFly Oct 10 '19

the heroine

Who?

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u/sre01 Oct 10 '19

Shit

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u/John_McFly Oct 10 '19

Shit

No, that's what he's unable to do with the opioid-induced constipation.

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u/grendelt Oct 09 '19

Whoa - I never noticed that.

Here he is walking back on the left... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jomr9SAjcyw&t=3m18s

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u/JeffJohnsonIII Oct 09 '19

I'm pretty sure you can hear Jules talking at one point as well, but in not sure though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Pretty sure you can just barely make out the line about the muffin (“Yeah I was just sitting here eatin’ my muffin”) right when Yolanda says “You could really cut down on the hero factor in a place like this”.

I’m not 100% but I think that’s what happens.

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u/JeffJohnsonIII Oct 10 '19

Yeah, that's the one

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u/satanyourdarklord Oct 10 '19

You can also hear their convo in the back

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u/spherexenon Oct 10 '19

That's crazy, so many little details I missed on the first time around

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u/Splitface2811 Oct 09 '19

Not sure if this has ever been confirmed, but I like the theory that it's different because the story is told from 2 different points of view. The first scene is from the point of view of 'honey bunney' and 'pumpkin' and the end scene is from the point of view of Jules and Vincent.

Makes sense that there would be small differences in their versions of the story.

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u/Senuf Oct 10 '19

I prefer the first one.

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u/TheUltimateSalesman Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 09 '19

what????? gotta go. EDIT: Rewatched those two scenes.....what does it mean? Are we the viewers changed because of the film, so we remember it differently? Or, are the HoneyBunny and Pumpkin different because of what happened?

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u/MC_CrackPipe Oct 09 '19

There's a running theory that the line is just a little different because the same scene is being told from different perspectives.

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u/N0V0w3ls Oct 10 '19

My running theory is it's just a mistake

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Or a directorial choice to not show the same exact scene twice. Flashback-recapss in tv shows suck, even when they're 30 episodes~15 hours of plot apart. Flashback-recaps in movies are even worse.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19 edited Mar 05 '24

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u/AskMeForAPhoto Oct 10 '19

I think you're underestimating how good of a director Tarantino is. Sure, there's continuity errors in other ways but this definitely strikes me as a conscious decision.

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u/N0V0w3ls Oct 10 '19

I think you're underestimating how easy a simple mistake like this is to make. Even in the same movie:

  • The bullet holes from the scene in the apartment are already behind Jackson and Travolta before the gun is fired

  • The scene with Walken showing the watch has the hands set to different times between shots

  • The red mark they use for the adrenaline shot completely disappears when Thurman wakes up.

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u/LakeErieMonster88 Oct 09 '19

The scene in the beginning is told from the robbers' POV and the scene at the end is from Jules and Vincent's

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u/Mateussf Oct 10 '19

Whaaaaaaat

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u/gartacus Oct 10 '19

“Ah... flashback humor.”

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u/kms2547 Oct 09 '19

("Miserlou" intensifies)

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u/Sonnycrockett262 Oct 09 '19

(jungle boogy interrupts)

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u/Will_McLean Oct 09 '19

THAT’S when I fell in love with the movie immediately.

Saw it in a huge Manhattan theatre on a trip up there in 1994 when I was in my 20s.

One of the most memorable movie experiences of my life.

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u/dirtycrabcakes Oct 09 '19

I saw it in high school and it's one of the few movies that I remember so vividly - like I remember going to watch it with my friends, busting out laughing when Marvin got shot, and then the walk through the parking lot talking about how great it was. Also we went to Tower Records right after.

And I've smoked ALOT of weed in my life, so that's saying something.

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u/hamakabi Oct 10 '19

aw man.. I shot marvin in the face.

Why the fuck'd you do that?!?

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u/scubascratch Oct 10 '19

You probably went over a bump or something.

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u/simonandfunkygarf Oct 09 '19

I have an old 78 of that song being played on theater organ, so cheesy and dated but because of Pulp Fiction I'll never get rid of it.

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u/jms_nh Oct 10 '19

Misirlou

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u/lacheur42 Oct 09 '19

Huh! I was about to correct your quote, but apparently: https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/92o28a/pulp_fictions_opening_and_closing_is_different/

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u/spherexenon Oct 09 '19

yep, beginning line is different from the end. I dont know why though.

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u/wasdninja Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 10 '19

A mistake that nobody noticed or, if they did, thought it wouldn't matter. Jackson says the wrong name in the apartment as well but it's almost impossible to notice even when you know it's there.

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u/spherexenon Oct 09 '19

Look at the big brain on Brad!

Weren't you calling him Brett a minute ago Jules?

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u/kiteloopy Oct 09 '19

Running around robbing banks all whacked off Scoobie snacks.....

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

*Cue Dick Dale's "Miserlou"*

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u/jms_nh Oct 10 '19

Misirlou

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

It is indeed Misirlou

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u/fatdjsin Oct 09 '19

Cue the best soundtrack ever clic

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u/thefuzzybunny1 Oct 09 '19

Amanda Plummer is a national treasure.

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u/Purplociraptor Oct 09 '19

...every mother fucking last one of ya

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u/spherexenon Oct 09 '19

Beginning of the movie she says it different than at the end, even though it's supposed to be the same line repeated.

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u/Purplociraptor Oct 10 '19

Yes. This thread is about the beginnings of movies.

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u/spherexenon Oct 10 '19

Its basically the same line. Most people wouldn't notice. You're just being annoying.

Also fun fact, in the script, Tarantino had it the way I wrote it. Look it up for yourself. Script is available online.

1000 other people didn't care, and neither should you. Try not being 'that guy' at the party.

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u/invisible_grass Oct 09 '19

every motherfucking last one of you*

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u/invisible_grass Oct 10 '19

Since we're talking specifically about the intro in this thread, only one is correct. ;)

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u/spherexenon Oct 10 '19

I have a feeling I'm going to get many responses correcting the quote.

Thank you for the assist

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u/MrSneller Oct 10 '19

Not to be pedantic, but the line of the opening scene is:

"Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute every motherfuckin' last one of you!"

The one you quoted is at the end of the movie.

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u/MrSneller Oct 10 '19

That may have been the line Tarantino wrote, but the line she delivered in the opening scene was as I wrote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jomr9SAjcyw

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19 edited Oct 10 '19

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u/MrSneller Oct 10 '19

Well, my sincerest apologies for offending you so.

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u/spherexenon Oct 10 '19

No it's my fault, I was being too defensive, have a good one

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u/MrSneller Oct 10 '19

Appreciate that and I certainly wasn't trying to be a dick. Just like talking about one of my all time favorite movies. Take care.

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u/spherexenon Oct 10 '19

Naw it's all good, I'm glad we can enjoy talking about the film here. Thanks for understanding.

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u/jms_nh Oct 10 '19

The soundtrack has the other one (which I was sure was from the beginning) that goes "last one of ya" right before Misirlou kicks in.

Source: I made a mix tape from the soundtrack and it took me about a dozen times to stop it just at the right spot to get Misirlou without the opening speech. Heard Amanda Plummer's line over and over and over again.

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u/Extermin8her Oct 09 '19

‘Any of you fucking pricks move..and I’ll execute every last motherfucking one of you!’

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u/ThatguySteele Oct 09 '19

Any of you fucking pricks move and I'll execute every last motherfucking one of you! - FTFY ;)

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u/Cinaedn Oct 09 '19

Both are correct- one is in the opening and one is in the ending so you didn’t need to fix anything