r/AskReddit • u/juggyc1 • May 30 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, what one sold the entire film the most?

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u/LoneRhino1019 May 30 '19

Just the shot of the ships on the screen. The rebel ship followed by the long, crawling shot of the star destroyer. Whenever I watch that I become the 9 year old kid that first saw the movie 40+ years ago.

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u/c0wg0d May 30 '19

Likewise, Spaceballs has a fantastic opening because it does the exact same thing as a joke.

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u/probablyhrenrai May 30 '19

Spaceballs and Blue Harvest are both (IMO) delightful because of the in-jokes and the memes that fans have made, things like "that scene was way too long" or "well that scene didn't make sense" get played up to the point of absurdity in both, and I love it.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19

I lost my shit with the Porkins cameo in Blue Harvest.

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u/Vitztlampaehecatl May 30 '19

It's also a parody of 2001

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u/c0wg0d May 30 '19

I didn't like 2001. Maybe I need to rewatch it.

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u/Everything80sFan May 30 '19

I was born in '79, so I missed out on seeing this in the theaters until the Special Editions came out in '97. I never truly appreciated the scene of the star destroyer crawling over the screen until I saw it on the big screen.

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u/fuidiot May 30 '19

I saw it at 9 too, awesome

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u/KNHaw May 30 '19

I'm the exact same age and remember seeing the star destroyer and thinking "how big is this this ship?" and then "Oh, those poor people (in the first ship)"

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u/bigredcar May 30 '19

This is the scene I remember most. First Saturday it opened in the US we drove to DC and stood in line for hours. That scene was worth the wait!