Is there a better opening scene than this in a film ?

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Excellent call on the Union Jack moment. One o' dem where the cinema applauded and gales of whistles flew out. Marvellous.

On a related note, when I was a kid my big sister had an exchange pupil in from St. Quentin. Or St. Etienne. Somewhere like that. Anyways, somewhere in France. At Sunday lunch one time, young Jean-Paul or whatever his name was, holds up a chicken drumstick and says, Bof. What do you call these, hein?

"Bones", says my old man.

"Ah!", says our Frenchman. "James Bones!"

<lols from the fam> <Bemused look from young Jacques>

And verily it came to pass that from that day forth, 007 would be forever known as "Bones", in our house.

No - there isn't. The opening shot of The Player is one that could rival it - but a touch pretentious perhaps. And of course The Spy Who Loved Me :unionjack: