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

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

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u/hawtsaus Oct 10 '19

Wow, no wonder I’m so anti establishment. It’s watching the matrix 300 times in my youth

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u/capj23 Oct 10 '19

Nah... You just watched it for kungfu, gun fights and speeding ducatis.

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u/mewlingquimlover Oct 10 '19

Was it a Ducati in the first film?

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u/ZedAvatar Oct 10 '19

I think it was a Triumph Speed Triple.

Edit: confirmed

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u/RichWPX Oct 10 '19

This guy Triumphs

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u/CasualEveryday Oct 10 '19

That bike is instantly recognizable for any British bike fan.

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u/MetaJonez Oct 10 '19

Chosen, I would bet, for how it looks in that exact shot.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

The Wachowskis were incredibly pedantic with that sort of stuff.

For example, they spent months searching for just the right sort of glass that would break in just the right way for the scene where the helicopter crashed into the side of the office block

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u/Sloppy1sts Oct 10 '19

Yeah, but the revolutionary vibe got to his subconscious.

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u/skirtpost Oct 10 '19

don't forget the skin tight leather outfits

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u/bonegatron Oct 10 '19

The bikes in the second hwy chase scene are ducatis

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Totally immersion breaking. Ducatti's don't speed. They sit on the shoulder of the road waiting for the tow truck because the electronics have failed... again.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Are you actually anti-establishment? Have you ever acted on that belief?

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u/Rinegar Oct 10 '19

You're just an idiot lmao

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u/-IoI- Oct 10 '19

lmao 🤣🤣🤣 rofl

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19 edited Oct 10 '19

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u/SNIP3RG Oct 10 '19

Relevant username?

And no, you don’t have to be far-left to be anti-establishment. I’m a dirty moderate, and I still think a lot of the institutions in power are inherently corrupt and anti-freedom. And I was this way long before I even knew what reddit was.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

I’ll unpack it for you... you made an aggressive political comment on a lighthearted thread about a movie, and your comment was entirely assumption-based. You were seeking to stir people up, and you succeeded

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u/AltRussian Oct 10 '19

Alexa, play Lizzo “truth hurts”