10 Greatest Opening Scenes In MCU History
6. Guardians Of The Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy is one of the most vibrant, fun, and outrageous movies in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe canon, however you wouldn’t know it from the opening scene. Before the goofiness of Star Lord and the family of oddballs thrown together, there is pure pain and emotion.
While still nothing more than a child, Peter Quill is forced to watch as his sick mother, with whom he had been closer than anyone, took her final breath. The build up to the moment, from the music to the room full of grieving relatives and friends makes this certainly one of the most emotionally charged openings to a Marvel movie ever.
James Gunn used this opportunity not only to tell the story of Peter’s tragic childhood, as his mom was taken far too soon by cancer, it set up a lot of the themes that would run through the entire franchise. Awesome Mixes 1 and 2, his relationship with his mom, and the mysterious nature of his father would all play huge roles not only in this movie, but in the sequel and likely the third movie as well.
Only in a Marvel movie could a scene as emotionally gut-wrenching as this end with an alien abduction.