Quote: Leevil @ August 20 2011, 3:08 AM BSTI love the opening to that film. Where we hear Alabama talking. You just know you're about to watch something great.
True Romance - http://youtu.be/YT-yylPUtx4
Pretty much sums up this thread.
Casino - http://youtu.be/ZHzh6eghVFo - Ignoring the plastic dummy.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - http://youtu.be/N9YU0hQEZ5M - Mental 80s spirited actionessness (I know it was 90s).
OK, you lot go now 
I love the opening scene to Return of the Jedi, where C3PO and R2D2 are making their way to Jabba's desert palace. I was so excited, watching it as a little kid.
F**k, this is one tasty thread!!!
Where to begin?
Resevoir Dogs - "You shoot me in a dream you better wake up an apologise"
From Dusk 'Til Dawn - George Clooney's finest hour!!
Inglorious Basterds - WOW!
Fight Club - Just such a cool shot.
Untouchables - so-so film, but devastating first scene.
When A Stranger Calls - "The phonecall came from within the house"
Batman Returns - Beautiful.
Dark Knight - "Hey, where did everyone go?"
The Doors - Morrison's just at peace by this point.
Dumb & Dumber - "Let's put another shrimp on the bar-b"
Goodfellas - "What's that noise...?"
Intermission - Colin Farrell spends ages sweetly chatting up the till girl
then, out of nowhere, just punches her in the face and robs the till.
The Usual Suspects - Enough said.
Watchmen - The Comedian gets his arse kicked.
Children Of Men - Devastating.
Le Samurai - Just an extended long static shot of an hitman lying on his bed smoking, with his bird tweeting in the cage, but, watch this film on YouTube. Perfect.
Goodfellas - in one scene Scorcese turns on its head the "aren't the Mafia cool" ethos and says, "No, they're petty murderous amoral scum." Sunset Boulevard has a classic dead-man-talking opening too.
Any student of the eighties knows it's Betty Blue.
I caught this on BBC2 recently and liked the opening scene: Gomorrah
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Quote: Marc P @ August 20 2011, 9:46 AM BSTButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Great last scene too!
Noooo! I always want that last shot to change and it never does!
Bladerunner's emotionally-constipated and all style over substance but great opening. "Let me tell you about my mother!"
Quote: Marc P @ August 20 2011, 10:06 AM BSTNoooo! I always want that last shot to change and it never does!
But if it changes we'll see them deaded and dying! 
Here's a great one, from Orson Welles masterly 'Touch of Evil'. We see a bomb set, then follow and wait, all in one shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8SnZmUjhAA - Jaws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAp_-0vbOwY Day of The Dead.
Star Wars
big space ship being chased by a bloody HUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGEE space ship