10 Best Opening Movie Scenes Of All Time (According To Reddit)
7. Back To The Future
Sticking with Spielberg (who's on producing duties here) but with a significant shift in tone, the intro sequence in the original Back To The Future is a textbook example of smart visual storytelling.
Though it's just a single shot that pans across a room, the amount of information it conveys is remarkable. For starters, all the clocks and crazy inventions tell us that Doc is a bit of a nutter, but that's not even the half of it: there's the newscaster describing the stolen plutonium, when is then revealed to be in this very room; there's the shot of Marty putting Doc's key back underneath the rug, establishing that the two of them have a very close relationship; there's the homemade dog feeder, which is just bloody cool; and that's not to mention the slew of minor details, like the newspaper cutout describing Brown Mansion's destruction, or the sight of a man hanging off a clock's arms... foreshadowing alert.
And who could forget Marty blowing up that giant speaker, before uttering one of the cheesiest, yet most fitting quips of all time: "Whoa... rock 'n' roll."
This one is far from an obvious choice when discussing the best movie openings, and though it might not be showy or action-packed, it lays a lot of foundations for the movie's story in a creative, efficient way.