IIRC, the most clever of the classic Disney opening sequences was 101 Dalmatians, with the spots proliferating everywhere.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
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Kathy A - Mar 02, 2011 10:49:02 am PST #13418 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Sue - Mar 02, 2011 10:50:47 am PST #13419 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I remember loving the opening credits for He Got Game.
Fred Pete - Mar 02, 2011 11:00:42 am PST #13420 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm in the middle of a very strange movie from the late '60s, Skidoo. The opening "credits" appear on a TV screen for about 5 seconds. Then a remote clicks, and the TV changes channels -- and that's it. No more opening credits.
(How strange? Groucho Marx as a mob boss strange. Jackie Gleason on an LSD trip strange.)
JZ - Mar 02, 2011 11:04:27 am PST #13421 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Eddie Murphy's Coming to America -- the camera swooping down across an utterly charming miniature landscape of the prince's home nation under a sweetly soaring Ladysmith Black Mambazo song.
Soapdish is another great one made of pure fun, and I second Kathy's vote for 101 Dalmatians.
Daisy Jane - Mar 02, 2011 11:06:12 am PST #13422 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I can't remember opening credits. Oh! I know! The Charlie Hunnam Nicholas Nicolby with the gorgeous miniatures!
We had a blog post about best end credits a while back. [link]
Daisy Jane - Mar 02, 2011 11:06:56 am PST #13423 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
TV Show credits True Blood gets my vote.
le nubian - Mar 02, 2011 11:09:18 am PST #13424 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Modern films? Having seen the opening credits for this movie recently, I'd have to put The Inside Job opening credit sequence in there. I really liked it and different from Spike Lee's previous movies.
The opening sequence for Do the Right Thing has Rosie Perez at her absolute finest.
Scrappy - Mar 02, 2011 11:11:08 am PST #13425 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The Producers, with the freeze frames of many old lady trysts. [link] "Rudolpho, you dirty pig....pull over."
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 02, 2011 11:15:23 am PST #13426 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't know about if I'd call them good, but the opening credits for Mannequin were certainly distinctive.
I liked the idea of the neon sign opening credits for Day Watch but unfortunately can't read Russian.
If it's open to TV show credit sequences, Carnivàle is an all time great.
Amy - Mar 02, 2011 11:16:11 am PST #13427 of 30000
Because books.
I loved the opening sequence for Watchmen. It was better than the movie.