My 5 Favorite Movie Titles - In the order of my choosing

When you think about it, the title sequence serves no purpose.  How often are you sitting to watch a movie from the beginning without any awareness of what it's called.  But it's not there so much to tell you the name, so much as to present the name (and the key individuals involved in production).

So, here are some great presentations.

2001: A Space Odyssey - 1968



Apocalypse Now - 1979



Actually, there are no Titles in the opening of Apocalypse Now (and there were no Titles/Credits period  in initial prints of the film).  But the opening sequence follows our rule of presenting the film, not through text on screen but through imagery.  Like it or not, Coppola utilizes the rule of "Show, don't tell." in this movie.  The sequence gives you everything you need to see the movie.  It thrusts you into the delirium of Vietnam (and the shooting process of the picture, Apocalypse Now was a legendarily disastrous production.  It's been said the film was shot like the war was fought, but that's a discussion for another time).

On Her Majesties Secret Service - 1969



Rushmore - 1998



Raiders of the Lost Ark - 1981



BONUS - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - 1966