Scott and SadieWhat’s your favorite opening scene in a movie? Britain’s “Independent” newspaper put out a list of the 26 best. Here’s their Top 10:
1. “Once Upon a Time in the West” (1968): Charles Bronson gets into a shootout with three gunmen at a deserted train station.
2. “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968): Prehistoric apes discover a strange black monolith.
3. “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981): Indiana Jones tries to steal a fertility idol from a cave and ends up running from a giant, rolling boulder.
4. “Blade Runner” (1982): An establishing shot of the Tyrell Corporation building.
5. “Goodfellas” (1990): Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy brutally and fatally beat a gangster in the trunk of a car, followed by Henry in voiceover saying, “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.”
6. “There Will Be Blood” (2007): Daniel Day-Lewis’ character discovers silver in a mine.
7. “Inglourious Basterds” (2009): Christoph Waltz interrogates a farmer who’s hiding Jews under his floor.
8. “The Godfather” (1972): Don Corleone grants favors during his daughter’s wedding.
9. “All That Jazz” (1979): Roy Scheider auditions dancers for a new show.
10. “Touch of Evil” (1958): A ticking timebomb is placed in the trunk of a car.
Other movies that made the list include “The Matrix”, “The Dark Knight”, “Scream”, “Star Wars”, “Trainspotting”, “Zoolander”, “The Incredibles”, and “The Thing”.
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