Favourite first few minutes of a film…

Can you get any better than Full Metal Jacket?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhY3EDjxExA&feature=PlayList&p=A1E64F5465F7BF53&index=0&playnext=1

Probably not all that safe for work…:D

Don't know how I've managed to get this far in life without ever having seen that film.

I'll keep the Vietnam theme going for a bit;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b26BD5KjH0

Can anything really beat the start of the first Star Wars movie?

Can you get any better than Full Metal Jacket?

Cracking film, made entirely in Bassingbourn and London…

I worked as one of the DS taking sprogs through that place…

I also really like this due to the fact that I am a huge nerd;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2hNhM3dHB4

the opening monologe from Reservoir Dogs…. Tarantino at his best for a few minutes before he disapeared up his own bum 🙂

Blade Runner – blew me away the first time I saw it (on VHS) and then again on the re-release in the cinema.

Trainspotting, nuff said.

The opening of There Will Be Blood – no dialogue for quite a while

Saw V , the dude getting chopped in half somehow takes away the pain in my knee. 😯

da funk

Or. Iconic scene after the fantastic opening credits…

"I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgBc-zlj3zk&feature=related

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas……. genius 🙂

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like 'I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive . . ."

saving private ryan obv!!

Can't watch FMJ. the fact that I know it was filmed in Central London kinda ruins it for me.

once upon a time in the west

Has to be the first 8 minute shot of Altman's The Player.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epB5Z6ijpk

Very deliberately sets out to "beat" the previous record for a single take/tracking shot with no cuts whilst embarking on a comprehensive attempt to take the piss out of the Hollywood studio system. If you are in any doubt what he was up to then listen to the dialogue as the characters weave in and out of the shot.

The first cut of the movie is 8.03 in and comes as a jolt tp the senses.

For me it's this, the intro to Robert Rodriguez's Desperado

Manhattan

Surprised nobody's mentioned Betty Blue 🙂

I'm with jedi on this one; very humbling and emotive.

Saving Private Ryan? No way is it my favourite, but definitely the most emotive.
I usually sob at the end of films, not the beginning. Remember going mental with MrFC for not warning me!

Apocolypse Now, with The End playing over it.

I heard somewhere that the opening sequence was originally going to be the end credits.

Don't you know?
The first 18 minutes of Snake Eyes is just one camera shot.
As an exercise in camera work, for both the camera man and the actors, it has to be seen to be appreciated.
http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/snake_eyes/

I love this too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=YA47TzEeA_4#t=412
Cracking dialogue.

Most Bond movies need to watched from the opening credits!
The last one was the most dynamic to my mind.

The start of UP was lovely as well.

saving private ryan

Once upon a time in the west though it's actually about 17 minutes, well worth it though.

The Italian Job

and Dusk till Dawn,

The helicopter chase bit at the start of Bolt is fantastic

+1 for Desperado

Opening sequence in the store – Dusk til Dawn takes it!

Pulp Fiction does it for me.

the opening credits on black pipe layers 4 is awesome

Yup, definitely Saving Private Ryan.

Sat at the Cinema with my jaw on the floor for the first 20mins.

Check this out. Quality is not very good. One of the best cop films ever with one of the best foot chases. Not for the sensitive…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTWACLTZBYA
The movie is Narc

the entire breakfast making scene at the beginning of pee wee's big adventure.

Saving private ryan.

28 days later.

Private Ryan for me too.

Magnificent seven. To many scences to list.

Probably recuiting the 'gang' sticks in my mind 8)

Even the theme tune is superb.

I love the start of Goldeneye (Bond)

Saving Private Ryan is pretty mind blowing