>The most awesome opening scene in a movie:
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>The Matrix Reloaded - where Carrie-Anne Moss rides the bike off the roof and drops it into the guard room. 10/10 ...

Can't quite remember if it's exactly the opening scene, but for the most harrowing, awesomely realistic, throw-you-right-in-there ... was ... Private Ryan - the beachhead assault. I flinched and ducked and squirmed and writhed and really felt the horror of it. You heard the whizz of bullets going past your head, heard them hit the water near you - everything was so realistic.