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Favorite opening lines

You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit.

(Ironic) opening of SWORDFISH

Or the long version:

You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit. Now I'm not some grungy wannabe filmmaker that's searching for existentialism through a haze of bong smoke or something. No, it's easy to pick apart bad acting, short-sighted directing, and a purely moronic stringing together of words that many of the studios term as "prose". No, I'm talking about the lack of realism. Realism; not a pervasive element in today's modern American cinematic vision. Take Dog Day Afternoon, for example. Arguably Pacino's best work, short of Scarface and Godfather Part 1, of course. Masterpiece of directing, easily Lumet's best. The cinematography, the acting, the screenplay, all top-notch. But... they didn't push the envelope. Now what if in Dog Day, Sonny REALLY wanted to get away with it? What if - now here's the tricky part - what if he started killing hostages right away? No mercy, no quarter. "Meet our demands or the pretty blonde in the bellbottoms gets it the back of the head." Bam, splat! What, still no bus? Come on! How many innocent victims splattered across a window would it take to have the city reverse its policy on hostage situations? And this is 1976; there's no CNN, there's no CNBC, there's no internet! Now fast forward to today, present time, same situation. How quickly would the modern media make a frenzy over this? In a matter of hours, it'd be biggest story from Boston to Budapest! Ten hostages die, twenty, thirty; bam bam, right after another, all caught in high-def, computer-enhanced, color corrected. You can practically taste the brain matter. All for what? A bus, a plane? A couple of million dollars that's federally insured? I don't think so. Just a thought. I mean, it's not within the realm of conventional cinema... but what if?
 
"I am Arthur Frayn, and I am Zardoz. I have lived three hundred years, and I long to die. But death is no longer possible. I am immortal. I present now my story, full of mystery and intrigue - rich in irony, and most satirical. It is set deep in a possible future, so none of these events have yet occurred, but they *may.* Be warned, lest you end as I. In this tale, I am a fake god by occupation - and a magician, by inclination. Merlin is *my* hero! I am the puppet master. I manipulate many of the characters and events you will see. But *I* am invented, too, for your entertainment - and amusement. And you, poor creatures, who conjured *you* out of the clay? Is God in show business too? " - Zardoz 1974

Just another of my favorite openings.
 
Swordfish is a great film. One of my favorite opening lines is A Tale of Two Cities. "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." Dickens was good at that kind of opening. I seem to recall also "I am born."
 
one of my favourites is still Kevin Spacey's monologue in the beginning of American Beauty

"My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighbourhood. This is my street. This is my life. I'm 42 years old, in less than a year i'll be dead." ....
 
"WE GOT A WINNER!"
That or "We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold."
 
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one of my favourite opening lines is from A Scanner Darkly

"I looked 'em up, they're aphids! They're in my hair, on my skin, in my lungs… and the pain Barris… it's unreasonable, they're all over the place! … oh and they've completely gotten Millie too "
 
One of my favorites:

"Do you find me sadistic? You know, Kiddo, I'd like to believe you're aware enough, even now to know that there's nothing sadistic in my actions. At this moment this is me at my most masochistic."
 
DRappazzo said:
My name is Dalton Russell. Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. I've told you my name: that's the Who. The Where could most readily be described as a prison cell. But there's a vast difference between being stuck in a tiny cell and being in prison. The What is easy: recently I planned and set in motion events to execute the perfect bank robbery. That's also the When. As for the Why: beyond the obvious financial motivation, it's exceedingly simple... because I can. Which leaves us only with the How; and therein, as the Bard would tell us, lies the rub. -Inside Man 2006


One of my favorite opening lines.
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I didn't think more than a half-dozen people had ever seen this movie, and half of them were too stoned to remember it. But you might be pleased to know that at the door of Chris Ryan's grading suite at Nice Shoes is an original poster for Zardoz. Classic.
 
Recently saw Casino Jack...

"You know I do a little bit of reading and studying and praying and I’ve come to a few conclusion I want to share. People look at politicians and celebrities on the tv, and the newspapers, glossy magazines, what do they see?…I’m just like them, that’s what they say, I’m special, I’m different, I can be anyone of them. Well guess what? You can’t! You know why? Cause in reality mediocrity is where most people live, mediocrity is the elephant in the room, its ubiquitous. Mediocrity in your schools, its in your dreams, its in your family. Those of us who knows this, those of us who understand, the disease of the dull, we do something about it. We do more because we have too, the deck was always stacked against us. You’re ither a big leaguer or you’re a slave, clawing your way onto the C-Train.

Some people say Jack Abramoff moves too fast, Jack Abramoff cuts corners. Well I say to them, if that’s the difference between me and my family having a good life, and walking and using the subway everyday then so be it!

I will not allow my family to be slaves, I will not allow the world I touch to be vanilla.

You say I’m selfish, Fuck YOU! I give back. I give back plenty. You say I gotta big ego, I say Fuck YOU TWICE!! I am humbly grateful for the wonderful gifts that I’ve received here in America! The greatest country on this planet.

I’m Jack Abramoff and I work out everyday."
 
My name is H. I. McDunnough ... Call me Hi.

Raising Arizona.

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family, Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends.Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life. ... But who would I want to do a thing like that?

Trainspotting.

And yes, Apocalypse Now. Brilliant.
 
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