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Jan 6, 2025
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slappy
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"It began with the forging of the great rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal..."
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The opening of "Fellowship Of The Ring" Still gives me the chills.
crimedog
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Jan 6, 8:33pm
Do they make movies like this anymore?
Projectoor
Jan 6, 8:34pm
No. Film directors and producers have become lazy. All bad CGI and sequel
Chefcurry
Jan 6, 8:37pm
Including The Hobbit strangely
Great38
Jan 6, 8:53pm
Return of the King also had some CGI overkill, to be honest.
OrsoNero
Jan 6, 10:14pm
Nope. Last of the Great Epic Movies
crimedog
Jan 6, 8:37pm
RE: Nope. Last of the Great Epic Movies
Sandstone Cougar
Jan 6, 8:39pm
Yes they do. Interstellar, 1917, Avengers: Endgame, Top Gun: Maverick, Planet of the Apes movies have been great imo
CSoul
Jan 6, 9:02pm
No too White
I'mBatman
Jan 6, 9:16pm
There's not much comparable source material out there.
russkiejedi
Jan 6, 9:25pm
I think Dune is up there.
curls
Jan 6, 9:59pm
I think Dune is the best bit of cinematic world-building since LOTR
ldssdl
Jan 7, 7:14am
Yeah, I was a bit skeptical of Dune because of my childhood experience with the
russkiejedi
Jan 7, 9:20am
Nope. The world is changing.
Courtimedes
Jan 7, 6:48am
"It began with the forging of the great rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal..."
slappy
Jan 6, 8:37pm
Wow! I’m watching that right now.
LBCougar
Jan 6, 8:37pm
Me too
crimedog
Jan 6, 8:38pm
The opening of the Two Towers is even better.
Sandstone Cougar
Jan 6, 8:38pm
Battle of Helms Deep is even better
crimedog
Jan 6, 8:39pm
It’s a great scene, but not an opening scene.
Sandstone Cougar
Jan 6, 8:40pm
Bilbo's favorite bath time songs from the book is even better
vagabonder
Jan 6, 8:42pm
We just watched it last weekend! Agreed, nothing like those movies
libertycoug
Jan 6, 8:46pm
Tough to think of a lot of definitively better opening scenes
cajuncoug
Jan 6, 8:49pm
Underrated one is X-Men 2 with Night Crawler trying to assassinate the president.
P-Boy Squad
Jan 6, 8:57pm
MI:III
CSoul
Jan 6, 9:04pm
Star Wars Episode 3 also has an underrated opening scene. The massive space battle is awesome
letthewookieewin
Jan 6, 9:24pm
RE: Star Wars Episode 3 also has an underrated opening scene. The massive space
russkiejedi
Jan 7, 9:10am
We watch the trilogy every year around New Year's...it gets better every year
WhirleyPop
Jan 6, 9:19pm
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