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Date of upload: Oct 2, 2021 ^^
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One of my favourite opening title sequences: Napoleon Dynamite
They display credits printed on objects that the characters would use, shot in a top-down birds-eye-view set to "We're Going to Be Friends" by The White Stripes
It wasn't included until after the film was acquired for distribution and I'm SO glad they included it because it sets the audience for what to expect from the movie
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Scott Pilgrim is an excellent example and I'm glad you included it. I'll also throw in The Great Muppet Caper as a great meta sequence, with one of my favorite quotes about credits -
Fozzie: "Nobody reads those names anyway, do they?"
Kermit: "Sure! They all have families."
Also, every time you talk about "ritual," I kept expecting you to mention the concept of the Magic Circle of play. You described it very well even if you didn't say that that's what you were describing.
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Honestly, even though Lawrence of Arabia's credits are one of those then-standard "text over mostly static image" types of credits sequences, I find that it's one of the best examples of "credits as overture" that you mentioned. That majestic main theme as Lawrence gets ready to ride his motorcycle, auggh I just love it. The Spider-Man trilogy and Casino Royale are some of my other favourite credits sequences. That Chris Cornell theme song fuckin slaps.
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Considering this with Black Widow. That's one of the only MCU films with a title sequence and PEOPLE NOTICED. They went wild for the intro even though it wasn't flashy animation and the music wasn't even an iconic theme, it was a cover of "smells like teen spirit". It was insanely basic and people went nuts for it, I would argue it made the film feel more cinematic than other entries.
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@gemmachaos
2 years ago
The "don't bore me, I just wanna get to see the movie" argument is really rich in a time you have to sit through 30 minutes of commercials before the feature starts.
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