Okay, maybe the thread title is a little misleading, but that's what you get when I'm trying to be clever. This has nothing to do with Star Wars, but with first shots, namely the first shot of a movie.
And so to make it clear, I mean the first shot of the actual movie, in case the credits sequence is not integrated into the narrative. So, for instance, the first shot of a Bond movie wouldn't be the Gun Barrel Sequence, but the shot immediately following it. And if you wanna do Star Wars, the opening crawl doesn't count, either.
I'll allow SF/F, but don't forget the usual rules, no bigger than 200x200 pixels and/or 1 Mb data (thought I'd highlight that, since this has been an issue in recent contests), and if your favorite movie starts with a shot that's not safe for work, tough, choose something else.
Let's give three entries per user.
Here are mine:
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966)
Batman (1989)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
And so to make it clear, I mean the first shot of the actual movie, in case the credits sequence is not integrated into the narrative. So, for instance, the first shot of a Bond movie wouldn't be the Gun Barrel Sequence, but the shot immediately following it. And if you wanna do Star Wars, the opening crawl doesn't count, either.
I'll allow SF/F, but don't forget the usual rules, no bigger than 200x200 pixels and/or 1 Mb data (thought I'd highlight that, since this has been an issue in recent contests), and if your favorite movie starts with a shot that's not safe for work, tough, choose something else.
Let's give three entries per user.
Here are mine:
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966)
Batman (1989)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
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So here are a couple that I have seen multiple times! 
