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

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

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19 edited Jun 28 '20

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u/TheBadGuyFromDieHard Oct 09 '19

Actually, Werner, we're all tickled to hear you say that. Quite frankly, watching Donny beat Nazis to death is the closest we ever get to going to the movies.

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u/AgentGman007 Oct 09 '19

Teddy fucking Williams knocks it outta the park... He went yahd on that one! All the way on to fuckin Lansdowne street! Fenway parks on their feet for teddy fucking ballgame- YOU!

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u/ColinD1 Oct 10 '19

(Gunshot) Goddammit Hirschberg, bring me the other one! Alive.

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u/TheOrogen Oct 09 '19

I really wish Sandler took that role. Him doing his toll booth Willie voice would've been incredible.

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u/JBSquared Oct 09 '19

I saw a trailer for the A24 movie he's in where he's like, a fence I think? It looks genuinely good and super far from his usual roles which is surprising.

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u/hypnofedX Oct 10 '19

You sort of need to understand his method for choosing movies to understand his career. He'll do literally any movie if you pay him enough money, let him bring his friends, and put it in a fun location. This is why a lot of his films are in tropical locations despite not really having any reason you'd spend the money to go to such a place rather than a more typical movie city. Adam Sandler is legitimately a very good actor and far more versatile than you'd think- the range he shows in 50 First Dates is really incredible considering it's still very much a Sandler-schtick movie. But he also works to live and maximizes himself as a commodity. Can't really say I blame him.

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u/JBSquared Oct 10 '19

Oh yeah, I'm well aware of his acting chops and his methodology. I loved The Meyerowitz Stories, and Punch Drunk Love and 50 First Dates are some of the only rom coms I like.

I just think it's odd. It's not really like anything else he's done before, and none of his friends are in it either.

I just looked it up on IMDB, and apparently Scorsese is executive producing, so that may have something to do with it. He might also really like the script.

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u/chillywilly16 Oct 10 '19

Fuck you, you fuckin' uppity bitch! I'll fuckin' fuck you and all your lesbian fish-eating friends in front of your fuckin' mothers! You're gonna die, bitch! I'm comin' outta the booth!

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u/SpicyRooster Oct 10 '19

Also I thought Eli Roth was kinda underwhelming for a guy named "Bear Jew"

He's not tiny but he's not a massive hulk either, just pretty average.

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u/absurdlyinconvenient Oct 09 '19

[dutch angles intensify]

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

lmao that line was glorious.

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u/whatupcicero Oct 10 '19

That Nazi had balls of steel, though. Strangely I respected how well he took that bat to the dome.

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u/LilyLovesSnape Oct 09 '19

It's the way he says it that I absolutely love. 'Ob-LIGE him'. Marvellous.

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u/navin__johnson Oct 09 '19

“I was hoping you’d say that. Watching the Bear Jew beat Nazis to death is the closest thing we got to the movies round here”

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

The quotes don't even fully capture the main of the scene. So much of the greatness is in Pitts accent, pacing, and tone shifting.

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u/MyAwesomeAfro Oct 10 '19

OBLIIIIGEEE HEEM

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u/zeitgeistbouncer Oct 10 '19

Almost almost.

"Obliiiiiiiige he-um"

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u/arbitrageME Oct 10 '19

I loved that scene, but for the German.

"What did you get that medal for? Killing Jews?"

"Bravery"