The first scene in a movie should, ideally, set the tone for whatever else is to follow. The first scene is where the director grabs your attention, takes you under their wing, and hopes to give you enough of a reason to come along for the ride. In lots of ways, one might consider the opening scene of a movie to be the most important part of the whole experience - it is, after all, where the relationship between filmmaker and movie-goer is originally forged. And although the opening is a critical time for any motion picture, you do have to be careful not to overdo it, as to avoid disappointing your audience for the remainder of the flick. This has often proven itself to be a Catch-22 of sorts, because - although directors want to blow people away from the start - it's important that they don't raise expectations to impossibly high levels that simply cannot be beaten for the rest of a movie's running time. In the cases of the 7 movies assembled here, the opening scenes were so brilliantly strong that the rest of the movies were unable to follow up. That's not to say they were all bad - it's just a testament to how strongly these filmmakers set out to make their openings...