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Post by Head Mutant on Sept 3, 2004 14:05:40 GMT -5
In a few weeks (maybe early October), we'll be posting a follow-up article to the one I did on interesting and clever movie title sequences. This follow-up will be the MRFH community's suggestions, so I want to hear from all of you about what are some of YOUR favorite opening credits from movies!
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Post by loulabelle on Sept 5, 2004 21:05:51 GMT -5
Hmm, most of the opening titles I love are already mentioned in the article (Catch me if you can, Mallrats, Austin Powers), but I really liked the title sequence for School of Rock and (for some weird reason) Star Trek: First Contact where the titles are blurred, then eventually focus. I thought they were nice.
Oh, and I also like the the opening titles to Almost Famous and To Kill a Mockingbird, they're cheap and effective.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2004 18:37:51 GMT -5
I really like the opening credits for Dude Where's My Car, where you see all this weird stuff, but it turns out that...it all comes together in the end...
And the beginning credits for Drop Dead Fred are neat because they have weird little animation bits relating to whose credit is up.
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Post by Magill on Sept 7, 2004 9:16:14 GMT -5
The opening title of Tim Burton's first Batman movie is pretty cool. The camera swoops through this maze-looking thing, and then it pulls back to reveal that it's been flying through the Batman logo.
Plus, Danny Elfman's kickass theme is playing during this time, so that only helps.
One of the few things I actually enjoyed about the second Spiderman film was the opening credits. I liked the comic-styled still from the first movie. Though the cynical part of me thinks that was just there so that the producers could remind everyone what exactly did happen in the first film. Lowest common denominator and all that.
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Post by pythianlegume on Sept 7, 2004 17:29:02 GMT -5
I like the title sequence to "Velvet Goldmine" - it's just footage of young glamsters running down the street, with the credits in big chunky multi-colored letters, but I love how they put 'Toni' above 'Collette' so that the 'i' drops down to form one of the 'l's.
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Post by Head Mutant on Sept 7, 2004 17:40:49 GMT -5
Thanks so far... keep 'em rolling, people!
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Sept 7, 2004 22:13:31 GMT -5
I think the opening credits for Rat Race was a great sequence. Photo-cut-out-cartoons of the characters fiddling with the credits. And the clouds!...there are clouds, right?
House of 1000 Corpses has another of my fav opening credits because it teeters on the line between surreality and obscurity. Creepy, tainted footage of wicked, freaky stuff with Mr. Rob Zombie's country-ish song of the same name playing over the whole thing. If there were clouds here, they'd be shaped evil...ly.
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Post by BDC on Sept 8, 2004 11:32:43 GMT -5
The cartoons credits of Secondhand Lions are great and very enjoyable.
And while Johnny English has some rather vanilla credits, Rowan Atkinson makes them a hoot.
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Post by Ms. Jellybean on Sept 8, 2004 12:07:16 GMT -5
Muahahaha. Bio-Dome. Epiplectic seizures. Justin, please correct my abysmal spelling of that word. I rest my case.
I like the opening credits to Benny & Joon, but that's mostly because of that wicked awesome song playing in the background. ("I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers). And I like the way it sets up some of the more important elements of the story.
Almost Famous and School of Rock are also personal favorites.
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Post by AJWARPED on Sept 8, 2004 12:22:37 GMT -5
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the opening credits to Dead Man on Campus. I think that these credits made me laugh the most. I also really like the opening credits to Sleepy Hollow, with the names floating out from the trees. Tim Burton seems to be the king at cool credits.
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Post by Head Mutant on Sept 8, 2004 12:36:55 GMT -5
I mentioned the DMOC credits in my article.
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Post by Ms. Jellybean on Sept 8, 2004 18:38:20 GMT -5
Yes indeedy, I forgot Big Fish. Time Burton is the man. Not that the opening credits were exceptional, but I just liked the way they were done with the water... and... stuff. So eloquent am I.
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Post by AJWARPED on Sept 8, 2004 20:12:48 GMT -5
sorry Justin. I do read your articles, Really. I just have a bad memory. Really.
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Post by Head Mutant on Sept 9, 2004 7:04:02 GMT -5
It's cool. And remember folks, if you're adding to this thread, be a bit detailed (one sentence descriptions doesn't really cut it for an article).
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Post by nachoslayer32 on Sept 15, 2004 20:01:23 GMT -5
I liked the opening credit's of the movie Freeway, starring Kiefer Sutherland. It's basically pictures of a really twisted version of little Red, Riding Hood.
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