Movie openings that were FAR better than the rest of the film
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yeah, the remainder of the film reminds me of a Hannah-Barbara cartoon or some shit lmao
The Boogeyman.
The first 10 minutes of the movies were fucking amazing and scary as hell. Too bad the rest of the movie was such a borefest I fell asleep during most of it along with my cousin who came with me.
The first 10 minutes of the movies were fucking amazing and scary as hell. Too bad the rest of the movie was such a borefest I fell asleep during most of it along with my cousin who came with me.
I'll put my vote in for Scream. Opening on Drew Berrymore settling in to watch a scary movie when she gets a call from an unknown, increasingly threatening voice that eventually asks:
"What's your favorite scary movie?"
I think this is an iconic line/moment in slasher movies now.
The rest of the movie is totally fine and entertaining, but I found it not as engaging as that opening in terms of tension and excitement.
"What's your favorite scary movie?"
I think this is an iconic line/moment in slasher movies now.
The rest of the movie is totally fine and entertaining, but I found it not as engaging as that opening in terms of tension and excitement.
I was gonna say Drive as well. Nothing else in the movie gets quite as cool or exciting as that opening scene.
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The opening is so very good. The rest of the movie so incredibly bad that I almost wonder if it was made by a completely different group of people.
Another Pixar one:
Film was looking very intriguing up to the part where Merida rejects the arranged marraige and lands the triple bullseye in the Archery Contest, destroying the dress she was forced to wear in the process.
And then it becomes Mother Bear.
Film was looking very intriguing up to the part where Merida rejects the arranged marraige and lands the triple bullseye in the Archery Contest, destroying the dress she was forced to wear in the process.
And then it becomes Mother Bear.
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The movie itself was shit but this part was really cool.
I liked the plane heist sequence at the start of The Dark Knight Rises, but the rest of the movie dragged a lot.
Post 60... Post 60?! For real people, this scene is so intense and so amazing, and didn't get a mention until 60?! :(
Hah I caught the opening once, and could not watch the rest of the film, so I was super excited to sit down and watch the whole thing. I really felt cheated when I did
the 2009 reboot / sequel? Friday the 13th. You get a smart, fast paced Jason Voorhees setting traps in the woods and just fucking wrecks an entire group of teens. Then you get an entire movie after that that does the same thing over a long period which much less flash. That opening sets the tone really well for what could have been a great entry in the series and then just kind of loses steam and falls into the (still admittedly enjoyable) tropes of a Friday the 13th film.
Man, everyone shits on Watchmen, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Still, that opening sequence is fucking fantastic!
The 1978 original is like this too. Don't get me wrong, it's one of my all time favourites as a whole. But those opening scenes in the housing project stuck with me.
Thank you - The Other Guys intro is far more interesting than the rest of the film IMO.
I love that movie and it has a lot of highs but also a lot of lows.
Can't agree with UP, fantastic movie from start to finish. Same with DK and Fury Road LOL.
I agree with this one, I remember seeing it in the theater and thinking they weren't messing around and although it's a good movie could have went further with that tone. I do wish they would have kept the deleted scene towards the end with Henry Bowers though, definitely would have kept with the vibe of the beginning of the film.
I agree with this one, I remember seeing it in the theater and thinking they weren't messing around and although it's a good movie could have went further with that tone. I do wish they would have kept the deleted scene towards the end with Henry Bowers though, definitely would have kept with the vibe of the beginning of the film.
I don't love the movie but I do think it's an admirable attempt at adapting the comic.
That opening tho... pretty great.
Many horror movies sadly do this. They have a great premise or start great, but fail to take that and make it last a full movie length. Why lot of horror ideas really are better as short stories as they don't really have enough substance for full length feature.
Goldmember. The opening movie within a movie was fanstastic and perfectly cast. It was all downhill from there.
I don't think the rest of the movie is that that much of a downgrade. But it was definitely the one I had in mind when I clicked into this thread.
Hereafter opens with a truly epic set piece based on the 2008 tsunami.
The rest of the movie is mind numbing garbage.
The rest of the movie is mind numbing garbage.
