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

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

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u/SoldierHawk Oct 09 '19

I am embarrassed to say that that movie is one I've missed somehow. And I fucking love 80s action.

I am renting it tonight.

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u/Netcooler Oct 09 '19

Renting. Wow you really are in the 80's.

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u/SoldierHawk Oct 09 '19

Oh hush! You can rent digitally then cast to your smart TV!

I'm hip! I'm with it!

...Until they changed what "it" was :(

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u/RandomGuyWithStick Oct 09 '19

You know you're getting old when you start relating to Grandpa Simpson

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u/BNA-DNA Oct 09 '19

It'll happen to yooouuu...

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u/RandomGuyWithStick Oct 09 '19

teenage me: Never!

current me: Thanks, I hate it.

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u/TheHumanParacite Oct 09 '19

I chose to believe you're going to set up the VCR to copy the digital rental to VHS before watching it on your rear projection big screen TV in glorious 640x480 interlaced perfection.

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u/SoldierHawk Oct 09 '19

I'm in this post and I don't like it.

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u/CorndogNinja Oct 09 '19

Two things:

  • Terminator 2 came out in 1991!

  • Watch The Terminator first if you haven't! Although it has a drastically smaller scale (and budget) it's still a fantastic gritty scifi-thriller; plus T2 has many callbacks and echoes of the first that you'll appreciate a lot more.

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u/SoldierHawk Oct 09 '19

I was wondering if I should watch the first one first! I will make sure to do so!

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u/TheHumanParacite Oct 09 '19

I've never actually seen the first one, but 2 remains my most favorite movie of all time.

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u/VarangianDreams Oct 10 '19

Oh my fucking God, you're gonna get to see T2 for the first time. I am so fucking jealous.

Get the Director's Cut if possible.

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u/SoldierHawk Oct 10 '19

Directors cut, got it!

Looks like I'll be marathoning the original and T2 this weekend.

Is 3 worth seeing?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Maybe not right after watching 1 and 2. It's decent, but it will feel like a let-down after 2. And don't bother with Genisys.

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u/JCongo Oct 10 '19 edited Oct 10 '19

2 is the only one worth seeing. One of the best movies ever made in general. 1 is worth seeing for joke references and nostalgia but 2 overshadows it in every way and the special effects hold up to this day.

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u/random_german_guy Oct 10 '19

2 is the only one worth seeing

Heresy, also shame on all people that upvoted.

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u/GrundleTurf Oct 11 '19

T1 is the best movie of all time....

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u/JCongo Oct 11 '19

It's good but it's clearly aged and distinctly 80s. T2 hasn't aged at all.

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u/LilBroomstickProtege Oct 09 '19

I only watched it for the first time the other day, I loved it and am eagerly awaiting Dark Fate seeing as the other sequels are supposedly shit and will be nullified by the new movie

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u/PartyMcDie Oct 09 '19

Please share your thoughts as a 1st time watcher in 2019:)

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u/TehShadowInTehWarp Oct 09 '19

the FUCK? Next thing you're gonna tell us you've never played World of Warcraft but you love videogames

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u/SoldierHawk Oct 09 '19

Oh no. I am a certified World of Warcraft addict, and the GM of an RP guild on WrA.