Sentences with phrase «opening crawl»

"Opening crawl" refers to the scrolling text that appears at the beginning of movies, especially in the Star Wars franchise. It provides important background information to set the story and gives viewers a summary of what has happened before the movie begins. Full definition
Johnson gave fans a preview of the iconic opening crawl for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, having had to wait until it was announced before adding in the title in post-production.
Outside of the iconic opening crawl, Star Wars wastes very little time explaining what's going on, which is pretty remarkable when you consider that it's a tale of political upheaval with an undercurrent of Eastern mysticism.
The signature opening crawl is absent as is John Williams» score.
Ever since Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain saw Massacre graced us with that chilling opening crawl, informing us that the following...
Written by Katie Dippold (The Heat, last year's Ghostbusters) and directed by Jonathan Levine (The Night Before), Snatched is a movie in the flimsiest sense; in terms of craftsmanship, the best that can be said is that it clears the very low bar set by the typo in the expository opening crawl.
Finally, for any Star Wars fans out there who had problems with some of the decisions director Rian Johnson made in The Last Jedi, this prospective opening crawl for Star Wars: Episode 9 from Nerdist fixes all those problems so you don't have anything to worry about anymore.
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After the now - traditional opening crawl (basically: the rebellion is not doing very well against the First Order), we have the traditional beginning, right in the middle of the action.
The video covers everything from Rogue One «s original opening crawl to Alan Tudyk's lost cameo.
Then the story campaign hits Maz Kanata's castle cantina and the pace slows to a Star Wars opening crawl.
After acknowledging that the phrase «the last Jedi» appears to directly refer to Luke in the opening crawl of The Force Awakens, Hamill seemed to suggest that this could be a misdirect.
«It's in the opening crawl of The Force Awakens,» he said.
It's true: Right there in the opening crawl of J.J. Abrams» 2015 blockbuster it says, «Luke Skywalker has vanished.
So far all we have are the words of director Rian Johnson, who has showed off the opening crawl and talked about his influences.
The Last Jedi was originally intended to open with Finn, as Johnson cleverly played with the franchise trope of panning from the opening crawl to the planet below.
Also found on disc 1 is a pseudo multi-angle feature whereby, depending on the subtitle stream you choose, the opening crawl alters to accomodate that language.
This film is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a stand - alone film telling the story of the Rebel spies who steal the plans for the Death Star — an event alluded to in the opening crawl of the original Star Wars movie.
From the opening crawl, which packs more excitement into it than any of the crawls from the prequels, director J. J. Abrams delivers an insanely entertaining movie that deserves to takes its place as the third best film in the franchise behind The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars (1977).
(Which raises the question: Why does a movie like Snatched have an opening crawl?)
«It's in the opening crawl of The Force Awakens,» [Johnson] said.
Rian Johnson revealed a word from Star Wars: The Last Jedi's opening crawl.
Rian Johnson spoke to the LA Times about writing the film's opening crawl, revealing one word from it: «decimated.»
There's certainly no interest in converting the unconverted nor appealing to a wider audience, but if the opening crawl boasting of over 90 million CART spectators is to be believed, Driven doesn't need to appeal to a wider audience.
Plus, watch a video essay breaking down how director Denis Villeneuve uses color on film, and see how the opening crawl for Star Wars: Episode 9 can fix the supposed missteps of Star Wars: The Last Jedi for dissatisfied fans.
It turns out that it's Luke Skywalker, as he was identified as such in the opening crawl of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
There's no fanfare, there's no opening crawl (thank goodness, I've skipped The Force Awakens» crawl more times than I've watched it).
Set, as the opening crawl informs us, in a lawless time when hyperfuel coaxium is at a premium, we meet Han (Alden Ehrenreich) on the planet Corellia, where Lady Proxima (Linda Hunt) forces rescued kids into her evil employ.
There is no opening crawl; indeed, the words «Star Wars» don't even appear with the title.
With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, director Gareth Edwards faces a tricky task of fleshing out the opening crawl and telling a story viewers know the outcome of.
«In war, truth is the first casualty,» Aeschylus assures us on the opening crawl of Eye In The Sky.
The oversold reading of the opening crawl does a stellar job of establishing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as its own separate entity.
He and the Hong Kong Cavaliers, his band of hard rock scientists (as described in the opening crawl), are famous around the world, with their own branding and even a comic strip and arcade machines.
Expanding on that film's opening crawl («Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon»),
Expanding on that film's opening crawl («Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon»), Rogue One looks to perhaps strip away the space opera pomp and circumstance of the main films and revel a bit more in distinct genre filmmaking, in this case a good old fashioned heist picture.
I guess that means the opening crawl will be a Force Awakens recap (followed by an «I am your father» reveal?)
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