# Best Movie Scene Rolling Over Opening Credits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184 "2009-08-29T19:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184/21 "2009-09-01T07:38:16Z")
Another vote for Touch of Evil. Of Welles’ released films, this is my favorite. The opening scene is not topped by any other in film, yet you would why it was special without someone pointing out that it was a complex single crane shot. That the credits were over it was an afterthought, I prefer it w/o the credits. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184/22 "2009-09-01T13:29:04Z")
I thought the opening credits for _Seven_ were perfect for preparing us for the movie: something obsessive and psychotic. I was already a little freaked out before the first scene. ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4af34b/32.png) [@Umbriel2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel2)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184/23 "2009-09-01T17:29:53Z")
The first and second episodes of the TV miniseries of Stephen King’s _The Stand_ had really great opening credits, playing out as little music videos to “Don’t Fear the Reaper” and “Don’t Dream It’s Over”, fading across scenes that give backstory for the episode. The best things about the series, as far as I was concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184/24 "2009-09-01T17:48:55Z")
I have always liked the opening from **Where Eagles Dare** A tri-motor Junkers aircraft in winter camouflage flying over the Alps mountains to great music while the credits rolled. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184/25 "2009-09-01T19:30:17Z")
I don’t know if I’d say it’s the best, but the semi-animated (I don’t know what you’d really call it) opening for “Juno” is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184/26 "2009-09-01T19:54:26Z")
The opening sequence of **L.A. Story** is dreamy and quirky; sets the mood just right for the rest of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184/27 "2009-09-01T20:42:11Z")
I always thought **Grease** had a great opening. It’s a cartoony thing while the theme song (IIRC written for the movie, and not taken from the original show) plays over it. It just puts you in the right mood for the movie. By the time it’s over, you’re feeling so chipper that you don’t even care that Rizzo is 35. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184/28 "2009-09-02T03:15:55Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Well, do you actually sit around at the end and watch the credits? If not, you don’t really have any room to talk. You’re the reason they have to do that, to make sure you actually know who created or was in the film. If you don’t, then you likely won’t see other films that have the same people, as you won’t know. If I want to see who was in the movie I’ll watch the credits. If I don’t, I don’t like it being imposed upon me. Only the egotistical wankers who work in the movie industry would think it acceptable to jam themselves in front of my face in a way that detracts from their own work. > [@](#): > > Finally, if you’re watching it in a movie theater, you’ve already put up with a bunch of ads and junk. A credited opening is a way to gradually get you from that to the tone of the movie, instead of just flipping a switch. I’m happy with switch flipping. It just means that I am into the movie and out of the ads that much quicker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-scene-rolling-over-opening-credits/508184.md?page=1)