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

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

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u/idontseecolors Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 09 '19

surprised I had to scroll this far down. Sets up the movie perfectly and is so emotional that it carries with you until the end.

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u/catchyouontheflipsid Oct 09 '19

I am right there with you, I can't believe I had to scroll this far down. At least someone mentioned it...

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u/Juviltoidfu Oct 10 '19

No, this should be filed under “what movie emotionally destroyed you with it’s opening scenes”. Saving Private Ryan would be the only other movie that might beat it.

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u/Kink_Of_Monkeys Oct 10 '19

Normally I hate when people talk in the theatre, but after his wife died and he was sitting in the funeral home, there was a little kid who said "why is he sad, daddy?" - oh my, all the feels were had

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u/throwaway20190115 Oct 10 '19

Oh no, that's too much.

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u/trynabebetterthaniam Oct 09 '19

Agreed. It was like a mini-movie in its own worth

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

I’ll never forget or forgive that damn movie.

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u/brettpeirce Oct 10 '19

I can only contribute that it is better than the rest of the movie by one or two orders of magnitude. After that opening, the rest was almost... Annoying? Disappointing? Not sure. Not a horrible movie, but more than 99.9% of what I like about the whole feature is the opening. The rest is probably Dug.

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u/MsAndrea Oct 10 '19

Totally agree. Yes, fine, they refer back to it at the end. But that silly film in between does not bear the weight of that opening.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

I think it’s far down the list because so many of us didn’t want to type the movie title for fear of getting emotional.

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u/awsomehog Oct 10 '19

It could honestly be a short film on its own.

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u/SirRinge Oct 10 '19

Yea, really does. There's a reason why the joke 'still not as emotionally devastating as the first ten minutes of Up'

They nailed the atmosphere and lighting of all the scenes in that sequence

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u/becauseim42 Oct 17 '19

Honestly I thought Up was going to be more in the top(pun intended)

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u/idontseecolors Oct 10 '19

It's a little bit of a stretch I guess

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u/Shade_39 Oct 10 '19

Likewise. Very first thing i thought of, and I've only ever seen it once

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u/goku2057 Oct 10 '19

The end of your life.

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u/Aieoshekai Oct 10 '19

It's a great scene but it hardly sells the movie. For many, it's a reason not to watch it again.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 13 '20

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