>>>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 ...
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>>"2001: A Space Oddyssey"
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>>For its time, its effect was profound.
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>Good choice. The sequence was all the better for its utter silence (except the "Blue Danube"). I think it's the only film, or one of the only films that realistically represents space as silent (Can't remember if there's sound in "Silent Running"). I'm sick of fighter ships roaring past with noisy lasers, and ships exploding with a roar. Worst still, when the heroes escape a nuclear explosion, thousands of klicks away, but we hear the explosion simultaneously with seeing it. If sound travelled through a vacuum we'd all be deafened by the roar of the Sun, and like as not, by that of all the stars in the firmament.

Agreed all the way. I have to admit though that I was not '2001's biggest fan. I thought it was good, but all the hype and deep meaning attributed to it did nothing for me. However, I still remember sitting in absolute awe through that opening. And I don't see how they could possibly have picked better or more appropriate music for that scene.