Movie review (opening scenes)

“The Matrix” (1999)

 when the matrix came out it was so popular. The matrix is a movie that blows your mind. It starts out with a conversation between two people and makes you wonder who this person is. It grabbed the audience’s attention and set the tone for what the movie is going to be. They didn’t give away much in the opening scene or do a lot of talking, they made the audience question what they’re watching .The opening scene is brilliant because It makes the audience ask a lot of questions and makes you hungry for the answers. 

 

“Raiders Of The Lost Ark” (1981)

 this movie came out in 1981 and no one really knew who Indiana Jones was but Spielberg’s brilliant work perfectly captures and introduces who Indiana Jones really is. It shows us that he is an adventurer with guts, a lot of skills and a great sense of humor. He messed up a few times but he can solve any problem he’s faced with and can overcome any weapon or any danger that comes his way. Critics say that raiders of the lost ark has more exciting and thrilling scenes in its opening scene than all of the popular action movies. In my opinion the opening scene of this movie was perfect because Spielberg’s choice and introduction of Indiana Jones is what made it such an iconic film series and so successful. The opening scene was significant, because when the first few minutes is this exciting you know the movie is going to be huge and that’s what made everyone a fan and interested from the beginning and the reason to the success behind all the movies.   

 

“The Dark Knight” (2008)

The dark knight opening scene is 6 clowns robbing a bank and talking about the guy who set up the robbery “the joker”, he told each one of them to kill the other one after they’re done with the job. Turns out there’s a plot twist he’s the last man standing with the money after the robbery. Something  I found very interesting about the opening scene of the dark knight is that it’s shot in broad daylight. I remember thinking that the first thing I was going to see was going to be someone in a dark narrow street or something because Batman is the ultimate superhero of the night so why was it shot in the morning? The opening scene really pulled me in. 

 

“The Warriors” (1979) 

in the opening scene of meet the warriors set up the movie by a guy saying: “ Everybody says that Cyrus in the one and only. I think we better go have a look for ourselves”. The opening scene shows the warriors looking at a subway map and also shows a lot of different unique gangs who seem to be on similar missions. In the first few minutes of the movie, we’re introduced to the main characters, the main events and we understand their world more. It’s important how the director gives background information about a character and an event so the audience has an idea of what could happen. It’s obvious that a big event is about to happen and later in the movie when the truce us broken and everything gets crazy and out of hand it’s no surprise to the audience because of the opening scene’s exposition. 

 

“Casino Royale” (2006) 

A lot of people were skeptical about Daniel Craig as James Bond. It was crucial that the opening scene of Casino Royale made a good first impression on the audience and the lovers of the James Bond movies. The opening scene was shot in black and white which was something new, it explained to audience James Bond’s first kills as an agent. They show him beating up an enemy and then drowning him in a sink which shows how much of a savage Daniel Craig is going to be as James Bond. the opening scene was extremely important because it had to change people’s minds who didn’t know what to think so the directors would’ve lost all the James Bond fans which would’ve been a great loss.

 

“Goldeneye” (1995)

The story starts in the cold war in 1986. The opening scene is set up to make us think there’s going to be a stunt with the plane but then it quickly shows him standing on a mountain so tall and he bungee jumps it was so crazy and unexpected that it was known as the “bungee jump of death” and the stunt with the plane is even crazier. Everyone wants their movie to stand but especially a James Bond movie opening scene has to be unforgettable. It sets up the movie for the audience and how ridiculous this and outrageous is going to be which is why people love James Bond movies anyway so they expect nothing less.