Best opening scene ever. - The World Is Not Enough (1999) Discussion

[–] tralycr_c-1 12 years ago

Way too long. QOS was better.

There is a man...he travels fast...he has purpose...he brings violence and destruction.

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[–] jandm-10 12 years ago

Ok I'm looking forward to watching Quantum of Solace now.

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[–] psychocosmic-1 12 years ago

Yeah! I agree with the OP! THE WORLD has an opening where we not only feel intelligence being stimulated but, there is that lack of nonsense just to please an actionfan audience, which I felt so rewarding!

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[–] domester82 12 years ago

TWINE had a cool pre credits teaser. And one of the longest in the series, too. If not THE longest. It goes for about 15 minutes. It was going to end with Bond going down the side of that building in Bilbao. But they lengthened it to include the scene at MI6, the explosion, and the boat chase along the Thames. I'm glad they did.

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[–] MurphAndTheMagicTones 12 years ago

I don't know if I'll go with THE best. Certainly in the Top 3 and I won't argue vociferously with people who think it is the best. Given what we know about the ski jump to start The Spy Who Loved Me, I think that was a rather impressive one. And Casino Royale's was amazing because it was so simplistic and yet tense. Those who don't think that about CR probably also wouldn't get why Twelve Angry Men was such a great film.

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[–] MurphAndTheMagicTones 12 years ago

No way. That car chase looked like it was edited by someone with ADHD. I got a headache from watching that slipshod work.

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[–] tralycr_c-1 12 years ago

Yet I'm sure you literally climaxed while watching Bourne Supremecy.

There is a man...he travels fast...he has purpose...he brings violence and destruction.

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[–] oakcourt 12 years ago

I'm just watching Bonds I haven't seen - well it is a sort of bank holiday. My favourite is when he soaks the clampers! Result, and all of us who have been their victims salute you Mr Bond!

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[–] mazaldivar 12 years ago

The best opening sequence in the series? Perhaps.
Too bad the rest of the film is a dud.

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[–] coys77 11 years ago

I was thinking this when I re watched it recently. It does go on a bit, but it does incorporate the story, which is refreshing. I like how Bond is left holding on as the opening credits start. Some things that they incorporated into Brosnan's films were his injuries and predicaments; made it feel slightly more realistic, and what passed did actually happen rather than mere action for actions sake.

I recall QoS opening sequence being good too, but, I haven't watched it in ages as I thought it was a boring Bond film.

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[–] FridayOnElmStreet 11 years ago

I agree. It is.

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[–] victorsuk 11 years ago

Yes very good opening to the film. I also liked him abseiling down the building with the man to break his fall.

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[–] sawfan1414 10 years ago

Brosnan, hands down, has the best opening sequences in all of Bond. Moonraker's opening is amazing as well.

Ron *beep* Swanson is the greatest thing that ever happened to television.

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[–] ScottBBT 10 years ago

The boat chase itself is good, but I always thought the pre-title sequence went on way too long. It would have been cleaner and more efficient if it had ended after Bond rappels down the building using the body as a counterweight (which is awesome). I don't think there should ever be a Moneypenny and M scene in the PTS - that's just too much. The PTS is 15 minutes and it really should be about 5.

In my opinion, the best PTS in the series are You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, The Living Daylights, GoldenEye, and Skyfall. But that's just me...thanks for sharing your opinion!

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[–] TrevorAclea 10 years ago

It's certainly the best Bond pretitle sequence from any film to have a giant hedge shaped like a West Highland Terrier:

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9xTWRUc_CT0/hqdefault.jpg

"Security - release the badgers."

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[–] DonaldFDraper 10 years ago

Plus, it didn't hurt that the teaser was followed by a great Garbage song and credits.

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[–] movie80 9 years ago

Plus, it didn't hurt that the teaser was followed by a great Garbage song and credits.

Yes, this, agreed.

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[–] Skvoznyak 10 years ago

I thought the opening scene in TWINE was great, to, but I think the best one was actually in Die Another Day. It's a shame the crappy CGI in the second half of that movie hurt it so much.

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[–] parknourie 9 years ago

Pretty much all the action scenes were top notch.
I agree that the opening is one of the best in Bond series.

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[–] TreeShaman (806) 6 years ago

It's one of the worst ever. Maybe it seemed like a cool idea in the storyboards though.

This scene, and every other action scene in the whole film, are simply terrible. Those boats in the 'chase' are going no faster than maybe 25 km/h. Same thing with those flying snowmobiles later on. Every stunt in this movie is so slow. Maybe the director thought he was allowed to speed up the film in the editing room and then was ordered not to.

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