Sunday, April 19, 2009
Great Film Intros
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There are many memorable movie intros that take the audience's imagination to new levels (Star Wars: Episode IV is another that comes to mind) but one of the most imaginative for me is Jodie Foster's Contact, released about 12 years ago. Starting from planet Earth, the camera pulls back to, literally, the far reaches of space, to subtley way show how we are all just a small mark in a mostly unexplored universe. How significant is our existence in the grand scheme of things? Is there anything out there, waiting for us...or even just watching us?
There are many memorable movie intros that take the audience's imagination to new levels (Star Wars: Episode IV is another that comes to mind) but one of the most imaginative for me is Jodie Foster's Contact, released about 12 years ago. Starting from planet Earth, the camera pulls back to, literally, the far reaches of space, to subtley way show how we are all just a small mark in a mostly unexplored universe. How significant is our existence in the grand scheme of things? Is there anything out there, waiting for us...or even just watching us?
Indeed, we may never know in our lifetimes, but until it is proven with 100% certainty, we can have fun with the idea there's intelligent life elsewhere and maybe one day we'll find it. As for the movie itself, the "meeting" at the end was probably a little underwhelming as there was a pretty decent ride to get us there that was much more intense. But it might have been hard to make it too literal an ending as the movie does intend to leave the audience with some questions to ask itself (even though there was a bit of a cop out with the video camera's "recording time", if you remember that plot point). In any case, I just came across this by accident, and it reminded me of the great intro to the movie. What other good ones are out there?
# posted by SBP : 9:47 PM
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