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I would have to say Final Destination 2, and Pulp Fiction.
Best Opening & Closing Scenes
Best Closing: The Usual Suspects. It's not even close.
WARNING: "The Usual Suspects" spoilers below
I still get chills watching Kevin Spacey dragging his foot and gradually turning it back into a normal walk.
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Best opening:
Children of Men
Nightmare On Elm Street (although it was more the set-up than the scene; I thought the blonde was going to be the heroine and then she gets slashed and I had no idea what was going on).
Closing:
John Carpenter's The Thing--Kurt Russell and Keith David staring each other down, not knowing if either was infected...
Children of Men
Nightmare On Elm Street (although it was more the set-up than the scene; I thought the blonde was going to be the heroine and then she gets slashed and I had no idea what was going on).
Closing:
John Carpenter's The Thing--Kurt Russell and Keith David staring each other down, not knowing if either was infected...
Yeah, Children of Men good opening. Who expected that beginning? It's a shame what followed up that beginning was a bunch of waste.
Meanwhile:
INLAND EMPIRE (Lynch, 2006)
Fantastic, guttural, visceral opening... I popped it in to watch the opening last night, you know, just for a few minutes... Three hours later, the credits are rolling.... Sick ****.
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BEST OPENING: Requiem for a Dream
BEST CLOSING: Lost in Translation
BEST CLOSING: Lost in Translation
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I think the movie with the best opening and closing scenes is
City Lights (1931)
The first scene with the statue is hysterical and the last scene is one of the most touching.
City Lights (1931)
The first scene with the statue is hysterical and the last scene is one of the most touching.
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Definitely agree with City Lights and Star Wars.... and I would add the opening scene in Apocalypse Now....
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Definitely agree with City Lights and Star Wars.... and I would add the opening scene in Apocalypse Now....
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Hell yes! I can't find that song by The Doors anywhere, and it's killing me.
The End is on the soundtrack for Apocalypse Now and the Best of the Doors CD....
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