Shot on a modest (for a superhero movie anyway) budget by first - time director Miller (whose most well - known work prior to this film is likely
the opening credit sequence of
Shot on a modest (for a superhero movie anyway) budget by first - time director Miller (whose most well - known work prior to this film is likely
the opening credit sequence of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Deadpool certainly isn't the flashiest film, but it does its best to look like it cost more than it did.
Many people pointed out that it was a homage to Sex Bob Omb and
the opening credit sequence of «Scott Pilgrim Vs The World».
And on the subject of animals,
the opening credit sequence of the movie is stuffed with them, a charming start that represents some nice, simple condensing of the first chunk of the book.
Almost nobody I have talked to seems to pick up on the connection between The Shining and Shutter Island — even though there are aural cues right out of The Shining that are placed in
the opening credit sequence of Shutter Island.
THE CRESCENT Featuring the best
opening credit sequence of the year, and the most risque playing with audience tolerance, The Crescent is nonetheless a triumph in hallucinogenic nightmares in the vein of bonafide classics such as The Shining, Carnival of Souls and The Babadook.
For unquestionable proof see
the opening credit sequence of «Unforgiven» and the final scene in «A Perfect World».
For the engaged cinephile, right from
the opening credit sequence of Nocturnal Animals, there will be a sense of confidence that things here are in good hands.
An extraordinary
opening credit sequence of a snake feasting on its young is impossibly bettered by a late, subtextually - weighted jaguar versus serpent attack.
Many people pointed out that it was a homage to Sex Bob Omb and
the opening credit sequence of...
The opening credit sequence of Catch Me If You Can (by graphic arts company Kuntzel & Degas) harks back to the animated geometric lines of Hitchcock's North by Northwest, and its main character, Frank Abagnale, Jr., reminds of that film's Oedipally - arrested chameleon Roger Thornhill.
Clearly he has musical tastes that aren't driven by any sort of studio trying to push a pop song, so it came as no surprise when
the opening credit sequence of The Sacrament featured «Heartbeats», a ten year old Swedish synth pop song.
The Minutemen's history is told almost entirely in
the opening credit sequence of the film.
Added Hurwitz: «We built an entire network with this contest and we use 100 in
the opening credit sequence of dog weddings.
As the blood swirls in the backdrop like a nightmarish version of those cheesy silk sheet
opening credit sequences of the days of old, an opening narration tells us, «Movies are full of shit.»
I've seen a lot of movies in my time, but I've never witnessed as bad ass or hilarious as
the opening credits sequence of this movie in any movie ever.
Though Marsh hints tantalizingly at the world outside the investigation in
the opening credits sequence of 1980, there's very little sense of what it felt like for the communities that were terrorized by these killers.
Not exact matches
(Check out the
sequence in the
opening credits where Elena beats a bandit in a sword fight on top
of a moving carriage then leaps onto a leopard with wings and flies away.)
Not much: The filmmakers — among them Tsotsi director Gavin Hood and 25th Hour writer David Benioff, no joke — relegate the most interesting parts
of Logan's early story to an
opening -
credits sequence that dashes from his 1845 childhood to the Civil War to the Vietnam War in a span
of seconds.
The
opening credits sequence, accompanied by a rendering
of Camille Saint - Saens «Carnival
of the Animals,» provides sepia - toned historical period photographs (from the Library
of Congress, various museums and photographic archives, and the NY Public Library)
of turn -
of - the - century city and tenement life (portraits, closeups, slices
of life including play, marriage, work, politics, friendships, transportation, domesticity, and leisure time).
It's a lot
of skill and talent expended on a spat a good lawyer could probably have sorted out during the
opening credit sequence.
From the
opening credit sequence, «Carnage Park» has the sun - scorched Western look and feel
of a Sergio Leone homage.
The
opening credits sequence is a clever and hilarious parody
of a very popular film franchise that has been around for over 50 years.
Not to mention that the end
of the
opening credit sequence features a crudely sketched bunny with a hard - on ejaculating all over the director's name.
Simmons is an internationally known artist with work in the Guggenheim, the Museum
of Modern Art, and the Whitney, which is the setting
of an
opening credit sequence that shows Ellie wandering through an exhibit
of others» work.
Next, a bizarre
opening -
credits sequence fast - forwards through nearly two years on the space station where Hamilton and her crew are experimenting with a particle accelerator in an attempt to solve the energy crisis that has brought humanity to the brink
of collapse.
We see the destruction
of Metropolis from his ground - level viewpoint in a genuinely tense and engaging
opening sequence (after the contractually obligated retelling
of Bats» origins during the
credits), that does far more to convey the true horror and damage
of that fight than the previous film.
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.
One
of my favorite things about a select group
of John Carpenter films would be his
opening credit sequences.
Guardians 2 gets off to an excellent start, with an
opening credits sequence that rivals the greatest
of any scenes in the MCU to date.
The terrific
opening credit sequence perfectly captures the time period and is a work
of art unto itself.
Things get off to a rocky start right from the beginning with an
opening credit sequence that looks like it was done in the 1950s instead
of 1987.
He goes as far as integrating snippets
of anime, clips stylized like J - POP videos, and an
opening credits sequence rife with comic book action bubbles into his scattershot visual melting pot.
A 2.35:1, anamorphically - enhanced widescreen video transfer, after a few line flaws on the negative during the
opening credit sequence, is remarkably clear and saturated with the deep greens
of Argento's moody colour palette.
The movie started really strong and was quite entertaining, from the story being narrated by Nicholas Cage with humorous cartoony
opening credits, to the action
of the Rider in his first action
sequence.
One
of the big problems
of the film lies in the
opening credit sequence, where several plot elements are introduced without explanation, and then never answered.
From the
opening -
credits sequence, in which each title appears in the empty space vacated by Pearce's head after a hulk named Rupert punches it off the screen, this cheaply made, disposable product
of the Luc Besson factory glories in its hero's cheerfully antisocial persona — Pearce is the whole show here, and he's having a blast.
After an evocative
opening credit sequence featuring warm, grainy 8 mm footage
of old buildings in New York City that harkens back to the»70s «director's era», Fading Gigolo locks its gaze on
Hyperbole aside, I am well aware that this tour - de-force
opening credit sequence does not play nearly to the effect
of seeing this on a massive screen, but for sheer insanity (and complete lack
of practicality), I offer them to you in all their garish, electronic, spastic, GLORY!
But Berberian Sound Studio
opens with a lovingly crafted
credit sequence for the film, establishing an attention to detail that obtains throughout, especially in the camera's fetishistic lingering over racks
of analog audio equipment.
The film may suffer from a case
of over-marketing, But if expectations can be left at the door, it remains a confident, assured feature debut from Trachtenberg (the
opening credit sequence is especially impressive), and a taut, engaging thriller.
THE BLU - RAY DISC It feels odd to see the Columbia Pictures logo in front
of Band
of Outsiders — in today's Hollywood, the
opening -
credits sequence alone, what with its potentially seizure - inducing (eight times every second) cuts between close - ups
of the three lead actors, would be seen as utterly insane.
The fight
opens with a still image
of the carnage, played over with a power ballad and a
credits sequence that doesn't take itself seriously in the slightest, and then reverses, so we see just how that confusing image came to be.
His backstory is ubiquitous, so we gloss over his tragic past in a quick
sequence of shots and voice over narration on the
opening credits.
This is more
of an actual Impossible Missions Force team mission, in so doing making this the first
of the movies to truly feel like the real Mission: Impossible
of television that became such an enduring pop culture phenom in the first place, with an extended
opening credits sequence to the full - length version
of Lalo Schifrin's indelible M: I theme music plays as a back - to - basics mission statement (pun intended)
of sorts.
Each Pink Panther film has an elaborate, animated
opening -
credits sequence, steered by luminaries like Friz Freling or Richard Williams, usually featuring a non-speaking panther capering mischievously to the catchy strains
of...
The Portrait
of a Lady UK / USA, 1996, 35 mm, 144m As early as its
opening credit sequence, this interpretation
of Henry James's masterwork insinuates a modern, tactile, and perceptive vision that is entirely Campion's.
The
opening credit sequence was a great setup, being quite humorous and socially relevant, but beyond that, most
of this movie fell flat.
Fleischer was able to put his stamp on the movie by giving it a terrific
opening credit sequence and some top notch scenes marrying both humor and a great depth
of characterization.
Chick depicts the company's meteoric rise in an
opening credits sequence and we never get a sense
of the exultation and crazy riches
of the two brothers as the company begins nor
of the heady flim - flam atmosphere
of that mad, insane blip in American business history when a guy and a computer could sit in his basement and make millions.