Right when I popped in the game and
the minute the opening sequence played I had already fallen in love and knew this was going to be an «extremely enjoyable experience»; the three lovable E's.
The films only saving grace is in its genuinely dynamic 10
minute opening sequence.
The highlight of Scream is the 13 -
minute opening sequence in which Drew Barrymore gives an awesome performance as the first victim.
It begins with its stunning, nearly silent ten -
minute opening sequence: three men in long duster coats wait at a train station.
Not exact matches
Held in a
open, architecturally - designed space heated to 37 degrees — the temperature thought to dissolve the sensation of separateness from one's surroundings — each 60
minute class begins and ends with breathing exercises known as pranayama, gradually adding depth and complexity with each
sequence and progressing to deeper stretching and strengthening in the energizing standing series.
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The most exciting, visceral submarine
sequence I've yet to see in a motion picure to this day remains the
opening 10
minutes of James Cameron's The Abyss.
Exhibit A: after something like three -
minute sequence of a spiral staircase collapsing, we cut to the face of an onlooker, who, with eyes wide
open, exclaims: «A staircase is collapsing!»
Unfortunately, their playful camaraderie isn't exploited nearly as much as it could be, because while the movie is incredibly lively in its
opening and closing
minutes (including one of the most ridiculous action
sequences ever filmed), that sense of high - energy fun is absent for most of the middle section, when it starts to take itself too seriously.
As always, each episode runs a few seconds over 24
minutes counting the preserved
opening title and closing credits
sequences.
In fact the people I was watching Super Troopers with went back to watch the
opening sequence for a second time only
minutes after the film finished.
It was my issue with Inglorious Basterds, that
opening 30 -
minute sequence in the farm felt like it lasted forever.
After an
opening credit
sequence featuring a pumpkin being carved — an act the filmmakers seemed to think we would find scary — and after a few
minutes of clips from «Halloween 4,» we are brought to the present day: Halloween Eve 1989.
Extras include a six -
minute behind - the - scenes featurette whose highlight is star Wilson suiting up for a pre-production supersonic flight; seven deleted or extended scenes — among them odd alternate
opening and closing title
sequences — with optional commentary from director Moore and editor Paul Martin Smith — these trims carry a viewer discretion warning, for they would've threatened the film's PG - 13 rating; a fantastic, largely CGI pre-visualization (with, again, optional Moore / Smith commentary) of the virtuoso ejection set piece that at times gives Final Fantasy a run for its money; the teaser trailer for Spielberg's upcoming Minority Report; and two engrossing full - length commentaries, one by Moore and Smith, the other producer John Davis and executive producer Wyck Godfrey.
Over thirty
minutes of deleted and alternate scenes, including a reconstructed
opening sequence, with commentary by James Ivory
The
opening sequence of «Megan Leavey,» setting up Megan's life «before» is no longer than five
minutes.
This may seem like the start of a great time at the movies, but unfortunately, the next forty or so
minutes is filled with flashback that give new information to the
opening sequence of the original, following kidnappers (not the one I first mentioned, but a second), and many attempts to explain the reason for why the movie exists.
Instead of actually fulfilling the oh - my - God - this - is - awesome momentum set up right from the
opening sequence (a delightful 5
minute short film in its own right) by hunkering down and making the story, ultimately, work, he relies almost entirely on smoke and mirrors: throwing whiz - bang - eveything - but - the - kitchen - sink - razzle - dazzle to keep us distracted.
The first six
minutes of Complete Unknown constitute the most arresting, confounding
opening sequence in recent memory.
The supplements include a very good making - of documentary (about 28
minutes), and two shorter featurettes focusing on the series visual effects and the creation of the
opening titles
sequence.
Any hope that «Warcraft» would be the first great video game adaptation is promptly squashed within the
opening 30
minutes, and it only gets worse from there as the audience is forced to suffer through the convoluted plot (including an unearned romance between Lothar and Garona), a clunky finale that's more interested in setting up future sequels than providing a satisfying conclusion, and a handful of unmemorable action
sequences.
Within
minutes, latest 007 outing Spectre had put a grin on my face, thanks to an energetic, aerially acrobatic
opening sequence in Mexico City.
Unlike those other two James films, which focus as much or more on James's killer, this film is more of a straight biopic, as, after a
opening sequence establishing a robbery gone wrong and James's mother lying sick in bed, various characters relate the major events of James's life in 15
minute episodes.
Opening with the trailer which appeared last month and closing with a montage of previously seen images, five separate
sequences from the film were screened in between (a total of approx. 10 - 12
minutes).
The film starts with an
opening sequence full of style and pace as we follow stunt motorcycle rider Luke (Ryan Gosling) in one stunning four
minute single tracking shot, as he walks through the bright lights of the carnival to the roaring crowd who await him.
How could such a pipsqueak of a director, they asked back in 1997, create a masterpiece that wowed right from its
opening sequence: an audacious five -
minute tracking shot that swoops and swirls through the nightclub of the film's title in joyful synchronisation to the dance music of the 1970s.
Mulholland Dr. is never more disconnected than its
opening 20
minutes, which introduce characters who seem to belong in different movies (some of whom never appear again) and include one of the most purely scary
sequences in contemporary film — the self - contained «man behind Winkie's» scene.
Rating: PG (for some
sequences of scary action and peril) Cast: Bill Murray, Neel Sethi, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Christopher Walken, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong» o Director: Jon Favreau Running time: 1 hour, 51
minutes Opens: April 15
The Blu - ray and DVD include the 38
minute documentary «Jackie Brown: How It Went Down,» a nearly hour - long «Look Back at Jackie Brown» interview with Quentin Tarantino, 12
minutes of deleted and alternate scenes (including an alternate
opening credit
sequence with Grier «surfing» down the moving sidewalk to «Pipeline»), the complete «Chicks With Guns» video, Siskel & Ebert's original Jackie Brown review from At the Movies, «Jackie Brown on MTV,» a trivia track and galleries, the Jackie Brown promotional contest, a stills galleries of art, stills and promotional materials.
Exclusive to the Blu - ray are a horrendously slow and unfunny alternate
opening sequence and closing
sequence, a 12 -
minute behind the scenes featurette that essentially has the cast talk about how funny and great each other is and a short bit that gives a little more screen time to Beth's eccentric suitors.
A number of bonus features from Spider - Man 2's original DVD are not included here: another Spidey Sense graphic subtitle trivia track, Train's «Ordinary» music video, four making - of webisodes, the 15 -
minute «Interwoven: The Women of Spider - Man», «Enter the Web» (multi-angle B - roll from the filming of four
sequences), a gallery of Alex Ross» paintings of scenes from the original film used in the
opening credits, a trailer for and making - of featurette on Activision's Spider - Man 2 video game, and, least importantly, DVD - ROM content supposedly consisting of weblinks and an S - M 3 countdown which I couldn't even get to work (trying to use InterActual these days is a disaster).
Features deleted and extended scenes, an alternative
opening sequence with an alternate narrator, outtakes, ten
minutes of cast interviews and a behind - the - scenes tour.
«Abandoned
Sequences» contains an introduction by Producer Bonnie Arnold (2
minutes), «Alternate
Opening» (2
minutes), «Terk Finds the Human Camp» (2
minutes), and «Riverboat Fight» (4
minutes).
The Impossible's centre point is significantly the tsunami event and the
opening 10
minute sequence is truly gripping, immersive, horrifyingly realistic and impressively executed.
Deleted Scenes: Fifteen
minutes worth of deleted scenes are included, standouts being a spectacular looking alternate
opening sequence, and a lengthier intro to the Petersen clan.
Carried over from the previous DVD release are the complete ten -
minute robbery
sequence that Carpenter cut from the film (it was meant to be the
opening scene) with optional commentary by Carpenter and Russell, the vintage promotion featurette «Return to Escape From New York,» trailers, and a gallery of stills, posters, and promotional art.
At around six and a half
minutes in length, it dramatically reshuffles the
opening sequences and, weirdly, implies that the whole story is Brian's dream.
Disc two is where a majority of the extras can be found, including 18 -
minutes of deleted and extended scenes (as well as an alternate ending where Matthew McConaughey's character doesn't get away), four different production featurettes ranging from the making of the
opening battle
sequence («The Hot LZ») to special effects («Blowing Shit Up») and production design («Designing the Thunder»), and a cast featurette made up almost entirely of behind - the - scenes antics.
Indeed it's the first thing you hear post a particularly lengthy (almost five
minutes)
opening credit
sequence set to a familiar minuet by Luigi Boccherini that has come to stand for arch European elegance.
An Alternate
Opening Title
Sequence (3 1/2
minutes), rendering in CG animation, can be viewed with or without commentary from Levy.
Rating: PG - 13 (intense
sequences of violence and action, some thematic material) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin, Donald Sutherland, Mahershala Ali Director: Francis Lawrence Running time: 2 hours, 17
minutes Where:
Opens Friday at area theaters
From the stunning, single - take
opening sequence that lasts more than 12
minutes, to the numerous set pieces throughout, «Gravity» is such a technical marvel that it looks like Cuarón shot the whole damn thing in space.