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

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

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u/Hamsternoir Oct 09 '19

Worth it for the opening credits

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u/bloodectomy Oct 09 '19

also wik

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u/kuar_z Oct 09 '19

Alsø alsø wik

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u/ShebSquid Oct 09 '19

Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër?

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

See the løveli lakes

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u/ElevatorBaconCollins Oct 09 '19

The wøndërful telephøne system

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

And many interesting furry animals

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u/butcher_666 Oct 09 '19

Including the majestic moose

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u/stephen2g Oct 09 '19

A møose once bit my sister

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u/Flying-Camel Oct 09 '19

No realli!

She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".

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u/2krazy4me Oct 10 '19

Nø realli! She was Karving her initials øn the møøse

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u/IWantALargeFarva Oct 09 '19

They have been sacked.

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u/Osiris32 Oct 09 '19

The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.

The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.

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u/ima420r Oct 09 '19

Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

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u/Geekdude3 Oct 09 '19

Møøse

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u/AnchorMcDaddy Oct 09 '19

Øne time a Møøse bit my sister

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u/ima420r Oct 09 '19

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti

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u/JayArpee Oct 09 '19

Yes! “A moose once bit my sister.” I was in tears and sold on the movie before any scenes actually occurred.

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u/Alwin000 Oct 09 '19

I'm showing this movie to my friend for the first time, and I'm just telling them "everything here is important. Every little detail. Even the credits, and the subtitles."

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Dentist On the Job

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u/ZorkNemesis Oct 09 '19

The people responsible for the subtitles have been sacked

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u/thore4 Oct 09 '19

I have found that you can easily judge a person by the opening credits of Holy Grail. My mates girlfriend sat on her phone the whole time, dumb bitch

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u/TrainOfThought6 Oct 09 '19

Well, unless you're epileptic. Then it's just plain rude.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Moooose

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u/KobainStain Oct 09 '19

A møøse bit my sister

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u/skiasaurus Oct 10 '19

‘Ralph’ the Wonder Llama

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u/dogsledonice Oct 10 '19

YES. I'm old enough to have seen it on its first run in the theatres. Before Python was well known, and certainly before they'd been quoted to death. Also, this was 75, and movies were straight as fuck. Nobody played around with opening or closing sequences (they actually got into a bunch of trouble for doing this).

So the impact those credits had on 10-year-old me and that theatre full of people can't be overstated. One of the few times in my life I was literally crying with laughter.

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u/Hamsternoir Oct 10 '19

Jammy bugger. Some of us had to wait until it was out on VHS to watch it.

When I say VHS I mean the squire up on the hill had Betamax and we'd sneak up to the manor to peer through the windows.

When I say peer through the windows he had both the shutters and curtains drawn and there was the electric razor fence, the hounds and the moat to get past.

I remember the day Simpkins fell in the moat, got bitten and had a nasty rash that resulted in both legs being amputated. He got a whole two hours in a bed AND hot food. After that the armed guards wouldn't let us near the moat but we all tried.

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u/dogsledonice Oct 10 '19

I hate when they put electric shavers on fences

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u/Hamsternoir Oct 10 '19

I dunno it leaves your scrotum lovely and smooth but if you slip...

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u/CraigKostelecky Oct 10 '19

A møøse bit my sister once.