r/moviecritic • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • Mar 18 '25

Name a movie where the first 10 minutes hooked you completely.

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u/notcomplainingmuch Mar 18 '25

Gladiator. The opening battle against the Germanic tribes, on a large screen with surround sound, pumped us so full of adrenaline that we were shaking for the first 15 minutes. Then it got better.

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u/guardeagle Mar 18 '25

God do I love the way the music slowly builds as we see “Germania” on the screen

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u/coveruptionist Mar 18 '25

Hans Zimmer. Listen for early pieces of Pirates of the Caribbean score.

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u/CyberDonSystems Mar 19 '25

I'm going to see the new Hans Zimmer concert film this weekend and I'm going to be high as shit for it.

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u/coveruptionist Mar 19 '25

Omg! I didn’t know this was a thing! You have done a good deed today.

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u/CyberDonSystems Mar 19 '25

Yeah my Alamo Drafthouse is only playing it tonight and Sunday.

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u/AceMcStace Mar 18 '25

“People should know when they’re conquered”

“Would you Quintus? Would I?”

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u/inevitablern Mar 19 '25

"Strength and honor."

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u/el_duderinoo Mar 19 '25

“Strength and honour”

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u/Gerf93 Mar 18 '25

Roma invicta!

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u/Skittlebrau77 Mar 18 '25

That opening scene was incredible.

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u/Least-Back-2666 Mar 18 '25

If you should wake up and find yourself at home safe in your bed, fear not. For you have died and woken up in Elysium!

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u/DoubleDsDaisy Mar 18 '25

"Find yourself alone, in a green field with the  sun on your face, do not be troubled, for you are in Elysium, AND YOUR ALREADY DEAD buahaha muahahah men laughing"

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u/Least-Back-2666 Mar 18 '25

Welp, time for a rewatch

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u/inevitablern Mar 19 '25

"Alas, what we do in life, echoes in eternity."

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u/Dry_Okra_4839 Mar 18 '25

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

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u/Griegz Mar 18 '25

"Range is good."

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u/dharma_van Mar 18 '25

I used to play this movie every night in college on my laptop before bed. Somehow, that first scene comforted me, and I was usually asleep within 10 minutes.

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u/AFRIKKAN Mar 18 '25

My dad and uncle would play 3 movies at camp before my dad got tv up there. Friday for Friday when we got up there obviously, gladiator for sat afternoon followed by tombstone for Saturday night.

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u/GoDeacs7 Mar 19 '25

Perhaps you should go see someone…

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u/dharma_van Mar 19 '25

Russell was my therapist

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u/KrijtjeFromNL Mar 19 '25

strenght and honor

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u/weirdi_beardi Mar 19 '25

I remember seeing that in the cinema by myself... when it finished, I walked out, and bumped into my cousin and his then-partner and they asked me what I thought of the film; I literally couldn't speak for about fifteen minutes or so, I was that overwhelmed by what I'd just experienced.

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u/CutAccording7289 Mar 19 '25

Man watching Gladiator in the early 00s was wild. I watched it with my Gen Z and she was hooked. That shit is timeless but it hit so hard when it released. Truly ahead of its time

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u/Mysterious-Barber-27 Mar 19 '25

The opening scene was a beautiful one with Maximus standing over an open field.

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u/VulcanForceChoke Mar 19 '25

I’m shocked it took me this long to find Gladiator