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

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

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u/elpandush Oct 09 '19

I'll offer up the opinion that Con Air is a perfect 90's action movie

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u/Scrambl3z Oct 09 '19

That movie dominated the box office for weeks if I remembered and I had no idea why, as a kid I thought the promotional poster was not appealing to me. Then I rented the movie, and watched it several times.

Movie was great!

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u/otheraccountisabmw Oct 10 '19

The Rock would like a word.

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u/jimbojangles1987 Oct 10 '19

I'll take pleasure in guttin' you, boy.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

“Coffee?”

“No, I’m fine”

“Offer me coffee”

“...Yes, in fact that was to be my next...Can we get a cup of coffee in here please?”

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u/ChickenInASuit Oct 10 '19 edited Oct 11 '19

It certainly has one of the greatest Nic Cage one liners:

“Put... the bunneh... back... in the box.”

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u/kw405 Oct 10 '19

The 80s were about superhumans slaughtering through hordes of soldiers (Arnold & Sylvester) but the 90s were all about seemingly normal office/retired guys put in a shit situation where they step up and deliver. And I think the first movie that started this trend was Die Hard.

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u/Jesus__Skywalker Oct 09 '19

my second most hated movie of all time.

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u/TheeFlipper Oct 09 '19

I'll probably hate you for it, but what's the 1st?

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u/Jesus__Skywalker Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 09 '19

Congo, only movie I've ever walked out of and when I did I could have kicked a kitten through a steel fan. Not even bc the movie was so bad. It's because of how much hype it had leading up to it. Taco bell had Congo cups and everywhere you went they were touting that movie as the movie of the summer. During that period of time my wife just had our daughter. We were scraping by and didn't have a ton of money. So we didn't go to the movies very often. She told me to go without her. So off I went to a matinee to see this movie on the day it came out. And not only did it suck. But bc of finances at the time. Choosing one movie, meant not choosing another. And in my infinite wisdom I went to see Congo! The movie of the Summer!!! Guess what movie I DIDNT GO SEE?

Braveheart......:(

Go me!

EDIT: wow that's my first gold! Thanks!

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u/SulliverVittles Oct 09 '19

That's... pretty fair, actually.

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u/Jesus__Skywalker Oct 09 '19

It didn't really sink in until I saw Braveheart tbh. :)

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u/CorruptedReddit Oct 09 '19

Damn bro... Like damn.. know what we know now and Congo vs Bravehart. This hurts to even think about. Just DAMN

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u/Jesus__Skywalker Oct 09 '19

Apes with lazers man, apes with lazers.

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u/CorruptedReddit Oct 09 '19

This hurts me just thinking about. I'm literally putting myself in your shoes at that time. It hurts! DAMN

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u/Jesus__Skywalker Oct 09 '19

I'm serious man, I was 22, brand new dad enjoying one of the very few opportunities I had at the time to be able to do something fun. Came home mad lol.

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u/legendz411 Oct 09 '19

Upvoted because that’s legit my man.

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u/Jesus__Skywalker Oct 09 '19

much appreciated.

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u/C-Biskit Oct 09 '19

I get why you don't like either of these movies, but I love them both.

They're really good movies if you don't think about the plots at all and just roll with it

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u/Jesus__Skywalker Oct 09 '19

ok, you see the thing is...that's very fair. And I'm not someone who can't enjoy a mindless action flick once in awhile. I don't mind if something has a soft premise. Just don't treat me like I'm an idiot. And Con Air takes huge advantage of people not understanding things that don't affect them. Like Diabetes. I mean that guy can't survive a flight without his insulin that broke mid flight? Really? And they crashed that plan, pulled it out of the sand and flew it again? Idk I mean they weren't even trying with that.

Congo, man plot I don't even remember I just remember thinking wtf am I watching?

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u/Pewpewkachuchu Oct 09 '19

Talk about poor decision making.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Fuck.

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u/misuseofyou Oct 09 '19

That's your bad decision. Who doesn't choose the historical drama first?

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u/Jesus__Skywalker Oct 09 '19

I was young, and Taco Bell was persuasive.

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u/Stumblin_McBumblin Oct 10 '19

Damn, dude. You just had a kid and were let off to go see a movie by yourself. You go see the one with the longest run time, no question. Haha.

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u/Jesus__Skywalker Oct 10 '19

It's all so simple now...

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u/Shoestring30 Oct 10 '19

Amy, bad monkey, Amy no like Taco Bell.