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From: Pete Fisher on 15 Dec 2008 08:12 In communiqu� <xn0fyy7uu3x6ux008(a)news.individual.net>, CT <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom > >OK, then, thread swerve: > >Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O, natch. > Perhaps not best, but memorable (or could that be the same thing?) Electraglide in Blue. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
From: darsy on 15 Dec 2008 08:31 On Dec 15, 12:32 pm, ogden <og...(a)pre.org> wrote: > CT wrote: > > Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O, natch. > > Apocalypse Now, without a doubt. that gets a vote from me too, actually. -- d.
From: darsy on 15 Dec 2008 08:40 On Dec 15, 12:13 pm, "Simian" <simian(a)in_valid.semi-evolved.org> wrote: > darsy wrote: > > On Dec 15, 11:58 am, "Simian" <simian(a)in_valid.semi-evolved.org> > > wrote: > > > Hmmmm. I've only ever been impressed with one film opening, and that > > > was in 1977 (maybe 78), aged five and a half. I'd never seen > > > anything like it before, but then neither had anyone else. > > > Star Wars? > > Yup. It is a memorable intro. > > That was '77. > > <wiki> May, apparently. Nearer 5 than 5.5 then. just under 10 years old for me. -- d.
From: Catman on 15 Dec 2008 08:40 Simian wrote: > Champ wrote: > >> On 15 Dec 2008 11:18:12 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Open to all, name the film with the best opening scene. I*Y*O, >>> natch. >> The Player is pretty good. And I don't just mean the technical tour >> de force. > > Hmmmm. I've only ever been impressed with one film opening, and that > was in 1977 (maybe 78), aged five and a half. I'd never seen anything > like it before, but then neither had anyone else. > I'm glad someone else said it first. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Jim on 15 Dec 2008 08:44
In article <483685eb-3c5b-4a27-b4cd-27e3456173f3(a)i24g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, darsy <darsyx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >It is a memorable intro. > >> > That was '77. >> >> <wiki> May, apparently. Nearer 5 than 5.5 then. > >just under 10 years old for me. Funnily enough, Star Wars was released in the UK exactly 9 months before I was born. |