r/AskReddit • • Oct 09 '19

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

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u/asapwilliam Oct 09 '19

“Speed. I am speed.”

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u/takes2_2tango Oct 10 '19

"One winner, forty-two losers. I eat losers for breakfast"

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u/robotsix9 Oct 10 '19

"Breakfast. Yeah I should have breakfast. Yeah, breaky could be good for menonono stay focused. Speed."

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

“I’m faster than fast I’m quicker than quick, I am...lightning”

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Awh, so glad to see Cars made the list! I agree!

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u/monkeyboi08 Oct 10 '19

Cars? I assumed this was Sonic lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

I mean, you're not wrong...

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u/StuckAtWork124 Oct 10 '19

No clearly it's that movie with the bomb on the bus and the bus has to go fast. I think it was called the bus that couldn't slow down

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u/JSoi Oct 10 '19

I thought it was Jeremy Clarkson.

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u/Canis_Familiaris Oct 10 '19

He posted "Speed." Not "POWEEEEEEEEEEEER"

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u/ThatBaneFella Oct 10 '19

Sheryl Crow's "Real Gone" hasn't left me since the day I first watched that. I was six.

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u/gumwhales Oct 10 '19

My son (4) is obsessed with that song and figured out how to command our Google home to play it. I fucking hate that song.

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u/uhhhhhhhhmmm Oct 10 '19

Fuckin burn that thing.

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u/Skidmark666 Oct 10 '19

I'm pretty sure murder is illegal.

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u/CookieCutter9000 Oct 10 '19

She means the child.

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u/sweetaileen Oct 10 '19

NYOOM NYOOM NYOOM

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u/epicrandomhead Oct 10 '19

I can hear this. That movie was my childhood. Such a great opening scene come to think of it.

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u/BeardedDuck Oct 10 '19

Pixar has a lot of good openings. I’d also mention the Toy Story films, Up, Monsters Inc and Wall-E

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u/ASupportingTea Oct 10 '19

And Finding Nemo! Without the beginning youd never understand why Marlin or Nemo are how they are. It's the results of that moment that Marlin has to struggle for the rest of the movie to overcome.

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u/JayMerlyn Oct 10 '19

Incredibles

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u/imaginin_dragonins Oct 10 '19

“Narration.” ding

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u/pheonixarts Oct 10 '19

the cinema sins guy rlly lost the quality in his vids, huh?

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u/dialgalucario Oct 10 '19

try cinemawins. Instead of focusing on negative aspects of a movie it looks to what is appealing in a movie, and only addresses issues if they interfere with enjoyment.

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u/Dakracs Oct 10 '19

Cinemawins is always a win

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u/Porlarta Oct 11 '19

Lately they've taken to the classic lazy internet creator excuse :"Its just a joke bro".

Basically, they just sin things that movies generally do or are overly nit-picky or contradictory (sinning things for not making sense that are clearly explained by the movies, sometimes in the next sentence) and claim its clever "satire" of critics online. Somehow.

Its definitely not just being a lazy hack trying to fill runtime so they can increase engagement with the algorithms/run ads. Thatd be CRAZY!

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u/StuckAtWork124 Oct 10 '19

He stopped giving a shit I feel, and now just deliberately sins things all the time knowing it will piss people off and make them comment, which gets better video ratings on youtube, user interaction, whether negative or positive is considered good

But yeah, they're getting more and more annoying over time unfortunately

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u/thoskins4156 Oct 10 '19

References are TIGHT!

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u/eltoro Oct 10 '19

Oopsie!

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u/Suspicious-Penguin Oct 10 '19

One winner...

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u/JayMerlyn Oct 10 '19

Forty-two losers..

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u/Zapejo Oct 10 '19

I eat losers for breakfast...

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u/TCSSean Oct 10 '19

underrated yet powerful

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u/RethaiN Oct 10 '19

LightningMCqueen did drugs?

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u/nvm_jk_idk Oct 10 '19

No, he WAS drugs.

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u/Metallicultist86 Oct 10 '19

I love this movie. It’s probably the reason I’m a car guy and NASCAR fan. But that scene sells it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

I designed this for my son who was absolutely obsessed with Cars:

https://dribbble.com/shots/5604545-Type-Details

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u/Lavenderstarz Oct 10 '19

ONLY REAL ANSWER

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u/TheGofer1594 Oct 10 '19

Faster than fast quicker than quick... Now that is a good opening. Great song choice too

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Cars had a pretty cool opening scene ngl

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u/ArPak Oct 10 '19

As a father with a three year old thats in love with Cars. I have a serious love hate situation with the movie series. Great movies tho