10 Best Opening Scenes In Superhero Movies
1. The Dark Knight
The introduction of Heath Ledger's Joker is one of cinema's most iconic and it perfectly sets the stage. Quite simply, it's one of the greatest opening scenes to any movie, ever.
From the goons infiltrating the bank to The Joker's mask - the same mask Cesaro Romero wore in his debut as Joker; the thugs killing each other to get a bigger score to the bus crashing through the wall so that Joker is the only one left standing; the ticking time bomb score to the moment Joker takes off the mask.
And then there's the now-iconic line, "I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger". This scene is perfection and it holds up just as well now as it did a decade ago.
It's an exhilarating, pulsating scene that gives us a glimpse at this very new incarnation of the Joker. It's dark, it's gritty, and it shows us that Joker is someone we should fear. It's incredible then that the rest of the movie continued the excellence of the opening scene.
The Dark Knight is a masterpiece and the opening scene is befitting of the moniker.