Best Opening Scene of a Movie

What is the best opening scene/ sequence of any movie? And why is it the animated Lion King?

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Zombieland is overall underrated, but the intro is impeccable. Perfectly sets up the rules and the humor the rest of the movie follows.

also, just thinking about the start of cool hand luke makes me giggle uncontrollably.
- I remember being very impressed with their use of text, too.

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