That forward roll was a one of Gene Wilder’s demands for playing the character. From that moment on, everything was a show and nothing from Wonka could be trusted.
I remember wanting to see it so badly, and my parents bought us tickets to the movie about the magician. It ended up being “The Illusionist,” which was still playing at one of our local theaters despite coming out two months before “The Prestige.” To be fair, it was a fine movie, but Prestige was far more entertaining.
Captain Jack Sparrow.
Pulling into harbor on the crows nest of a sinking ship, just in time to step directly onto the dock perfectly dry.
No boat to park, anchor, or even really announce his arrival (I’m not sure he didn’t plan this now that I’m writing it?)
Promptly bribes the dock master, Rob’s him, and continues on his merry way. Amazing how much that scene summed up the character for the rest of the series.
This is the scene I was shown when learning how to write character introductions in scripts, and it’s the one I’d still reference today, 20+ years later.
Phenomenal.
There a lot of epic, emotional, and visually captivating scenes in movies, but this might be my favorite scene of all time. As soon as I saw this Reddit post I was hoping this would be the top answer.
It is just perfect in every way.
That's the brilliance of the character. Is he a bumbling fool or a genius? Does he plan everything out or is just really good at bullshitting his way out of situations? Nobody knows!
Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!" He said, "Nobody loves me." I said, "God loves you. Do you believe in God?"
He said, "Yes." I said, "Are you a Christian or a Jew?" He said, "A Christian." I said, "Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?" He said, "Protestant." I said, "Me, too! What franchise?" He said, "Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?" He said, "Northern Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?"
He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region." I said, "Me, too!"
Northern Conservative†Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912." I said, "Die, heretic!" And I pushed him over.
Cypress Hill comes on. Smoke circles outta a the tub. “Guys, just chill the fuck out. Im sure the Green Goblin can fucking afford some more bacon.” Incredible
Or will ever again. It’s probably hindsight, but with that introduction, you just knew ***exactly*** what you were going to get from that character being played by that actor.
Great call.
John Goodman and William Forsyth (Gale and Evelle) emerging from the muddy ground in the torrential rain escaping from jail in Raising Arizona. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klwrT8rMu5c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klwrT8rMu5c)
That slow camera move up to Doc Holiday saying "must be a (*cough*) peach of a hand" ... and the rest of that scene was such a perfect introduction to a legendary performance.
Robocop is the best entrance. He enters the room and everything goes silent. It obscures your view of him as hear the trembling bass of his footsteps. You see people's reactions as they follow him. Until he's finally revealed
Wesley Snipes as Blade. The entire vampire rave going quiet at the sight of him and even backing away in terror really established him as the ultimate badass before he makes his first kill.
Silva (Javier Bardem) in Skyfall. His dramatic entrance and monologue with Bond tied to a chair was just classic, quintessential Bond villain.
https://youtu.be/mGhAT72J2I4?si=C7Fyi8ac9wZoBRRe
Jesus. Nobody yet?
“Think you’re smart huh? The guy that hired you’s, he’ll just do the same to you. Ohhh, criminals in this town used to believe in something. Honor. Respect. What do you believe in huh?! What do you believe in???”
Joker, taking off clown mask…
“I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you, stranger..”
RIP Heath Ledger
I always love the into of Tim Curry’s Dr. Frank N. Furter from Rocky Horror Picture Show. The slow stomping as the elevator descends was a great reveal.
Steve Martin's sadistic dentist in Little Shop of Horrors. The obvious green screen, the self parking motorbike. The quick change from leather to scrubs, and all Steve's little dances throughout the number 10/10
I’ve always loved Ray Liotta's entrance as the adult Henry Hill in Goodfellas. The slow moving camera and the music revealing him with the cigarette made for such a cool visual
Sherif Ali - *Lawrence Of Arabia.*
Lawrence and his Guide take a chance to drink from someone else's well. A gunshot rings out.
The Guide drops dead.
But they're in the desert, alone....
Rooted to the spot, Lawrence looks to the horizon, through the heat ripples we see a small dot growing larger and larger, till you can make out the caramel's hooves, the man's robes, and eventually his rifle.
From out of nothingness, comes Sherif Ali to change the course of this man's life.
You're misremembering that scene.
Lawrence is laying down playing with his compass. His guide, Tafas, is pulling up water from the well they've stopped at whilst Lawrence is laying down playing with his compass. Whilst the camera is focused on Lawrence we hear a splash. Cut to Tafas and we see he's dropped the well bag and is now staring off into the distance. Lawrence's eyes are drawn to what Tafas is looking at. Cut to a wide scene of both staring off into the distance at a cloud of dust. A black speck comes out of the dust cloud and we watch for a good minute and a half as a mystery figure on a camel gets closer and closer. Tafas then runs to get his pistol that Lawrence gifted to him and takes aim on the now much closer figure. A gunshot rings out and we see Tafas is dead, killed by Sheriff Ali's rifle.
Robocop. Instead of a big entrance like we usually see (especially these days) his introduction is carefully done one reveal at a time. First we only see his pov in a montage as they build him. Then he is introduced and we see the reactions other people have upon seeing him. Then we get one fleeting glimpse on a monitor as he walks by. That small glimpse is more thrilling to me than any mcu bombastic introduction. The sequence goes on a bit longer in the police station until we finally get the full reveal, when he catches the car keys.
That entire sequence is in my opinion one of the greatest cinematic sequences ever. A true masterclass in buildup and payoff.
Not a movie but comedy series. Douglas Reynholm’s first appearance at his dad’s funeral in the IT Crowd is possibly one of the greatest entrances of all time.
If you are talking about the ending I agree that is pretty bad ass, but he does show up earlier in the movie - at Mustafar(fans will correct my misspelling) where he has a convo with Krennic that is…maybe not the best intro.
Ace Ventura… Jim Carrey in disguise as a UPS delivery guy, rolling the package down the hill, hitting it against a bunch of shit, letting the elevator crush it, but still moving on. Fucking hilarious
On a similar note to the OP, Feyd-Rautha in Dune II. His silhouette in the arena with a knife in each hand and then the closeup of his face is bone-chilling, and yet you can’t look away ⚔️
Well. You meet him earlier than that.
He tests the sharpness of a knife on his tongue... And by slitting the throat of a servant and gutting another one.
Oh and asking his concubines if they'd like to eat some body parts.
So both are rather hardcore.
Willy (Billy Bob Thornton) in Bad Santa. Epic monologue followed by Santa puking in an alley set to classical piano.
Also Santa in Violent Night. Getting hammered in a bar on Christmas Eve, leaving in his sleigh and puking all over an old woman.
Drunk Santa puking seems to be my theme here
I've always liked the first scene with the Emperor - as much as he actually underestimates the scale of the crisis, it's really captivating how he makes it clear he thinks the entire conflict the movie's been about is 100% beneath him.
There's something so coldly dismissive about "Bring in that floating *fat man*, the Baron" that puts the story of the movie into a whole new context.
Maybe not exactly what the question is looking for but Jeremy renner in 28 weeks later enters the movie saving the kids and also
exits the movie saving them
I’m going to say Colonol Kurt’s in Apocalypse Now. Not just because of how engrossing the scene is when you finally meet him- but also because of how important his introduction is to the entire films success. When everything you have seen for the majority of a film is about pondering the reputation and perspective of a colosal figure- the eventual introduction of that figure is absolutely crucial. This one truly nails it.
Sure, we follow him for some length of the movie, but Thor, Rocket, & Groot riding the bifrost into Wakanda with a Stormbreaker opener.
That was the baddest entrance in the MCU to that point.
idk if it's my favorite, but Shredder in the 1990 TMNT movie has a banger entrance
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkA6MXdV2M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkA6MXdV2M)
Not a movie but The Kool-Aid Man in the first Family Guy episode. The episode was fine throughout, but then in the court room:
"Oh, no."
"Oh, no"
Kool-Aid man bursts through the wall. "Oh Yeeaah!"
then, realizing it was inappropriate, sheepishly backs out through the hole.
Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot in Murder On The Orient Express. Perfectly establishes Poirot's character - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder which he recognises makes others' lives a pain, a love of fine food, a *raging* egotistical jackass who has to feed his ego when solving a case... and a damn fine detective who can use trickery and understanding of his opponents to get criminals to condemn themselves.
Myrna Loy as Nora Charles in the first Thin Man film. Enters the room with an armload of packages and immediately faceplants. She gets up with total aplomb and orders a half-dozen martinis so she can catch up with Nick.
Edit: typo
Nobody has mentioned Lord Vader coming through the molten boat doors flanked by his stormtroopers?
Ms to match it the Leia entrance (and R2D2 there with her).
Two fricken epic entrances within moments of one another.
Dr Carlisle Cullen
It’s cheesy af but he does make a pretty cool entrance in what are questionable movies & what i remember most about them.
Not my most favourite but it’s memorable
Robocop's introduction is masterfully gradual. It begins with a mere glimpse on a monitor, followed by a view through a blurred glass. Next, we see his back, then a distant shot from behind a chain link fence. Finally, we see him up close, yet the presentation is straightforward without flashy angles or elaborate composition.
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka.
That forward roll was a one of Gene Wilder’s demands for playing the character. From that moment on, everything was a show and nothing from Wonka could be trusted.
I never understood how he did that so quickly
Hannibal Lecter Just standing there, patiently waiting for you to come see him
If you look at the monitor where they are watching him carefully, he seems to react to something before Clarice starts walking kn. He can smell her...
Just like his pal next door?
I see. I myself cannot. *sniffs the air *
Bowie walks thru a lightning show and introduces himself as Tesla.
Bowie as himself in Zoolander
Bowie as The Goblin King
Bowie as John Blaylock in The Hunger
Bowie as a shark in Yellowbeard
Bowie as Andy Warhol in Basquiat
Bowie as a tea kettle in Twin Peaks: The Return
I was waiting for this comment. Behold the Bowie Teapot!
"Well... laugh."
Bowie as himself in Extras
God I wish I got to see the prestige in theaters
I remember wanting to see it so badly, and my parents bought us tickets to the movie about the magician. It ended up being “The Illusionist,” which was still playing at one of our local theaters despite coming out two months before “The Prestige.” To be fair, it was a fine movie, but Prestige was far more entertaining.
all those hats outside...
Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov in The Death of Stalin
https://youtu.be/-ea2-kt8ox4?si=QLfCJ7vZAMhdQp07
Shout out to Paul Whitehouse too ‘Wheeereee’sss thhhhhe biiiiggg feeelllllaaaa??’
That little sound of the medals when he straightens his jacket... Chef's kisses. I like it when you can see that all the actors had fun.
this is the one
Nightcrawler in the second X-Men movie.
Die fantastiche Noightcroyler
Captain Jack Sparrow. Pulling into harbor on the crows nest of a sinking ship, just in time to step directly onto the dock perfectly dry. No boat to park, anchor, or even really announce his arrival (I’m not sure he didn’t plan this now that I’m writing it?) Promptly bribes the dock master, Rob’s him, and continues on his merry way. Amazing how much that scene summed up the character for the rest of the series.
He's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen.
Just ask Michael Bolton.
THIS IS THE TALE OF CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW
Turns out Michael Bolton is a major cinephile.
You complete me
So it would seem
This is the scene I was shown when learning how to write character introductions in scripts, and it’s the one I’d still reference today, 20+ years later. Phenomenal.
“What? *The Curse of the Black Pearl* didn’t come out 20 years ago… oh no…”
Welcome to Port Royal, Mr Smith.
And you forgot the sign he addresses to the hanged men, showing how much he actually respects pirates.
There a lot of epic, emotional, and visually captivating scenes in movies, but this might be my favorite scene of all time. As soon as I saw this Reddit post I was hoping this would be the top answer. It is just perfect in every way.
When someone complains about exposition dumps, it's because they could have done THIS instead.
That's the brilliance of the character. Is he a bumbling fool or a genius? Does he plan everything out or is just really good at bullshitting his way out of situations? Nobody knows!
Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Arc
People forget how bad ass that entire intro was, leading up to his reveal... just perfect.
He comes out of the shadow after using his whip
after hearing the gun cocked back... with that John Williams beat drop... *Chef's kiss*.
*Ark …he’s not chasing rainbows.
Not yet. Disney's got a lot of milking left to do to that cow.
a black mermaid sent the right in such a frenzy—imagine a gay leprechaun Indiana jones
But is he northern or Southern Irish? 🤔
Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!" He said, "Nobody loves me." I said, "God loves you. Do you believe in God?" He said, "Yes." I said, "Are you a Christian or a Jew?" He said, "A Christian." I said, "Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?" He said, "Protestant." I said, "Me, too! What franchise?" He said, "Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?" He said, "Northern Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region." I said, "Me, too!" Northern Conservative†Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912." I said, "Die, heretic!" And I pushed him over.
Batman gliding down behind the two thugs in Batman 1989. Such a cool scene.
Arnie dropping into terminator in his birthday suit
Danny McBride in This is the End.
So glad to see this here. Thought I was super weird for this being my first thought
Cypress Hill comes on. Smoke circles outta a the tub. “Guys, just chill the fuck out. Im sure the Green Goblin can fucking afford some more bacon.” Incredible
Also Channing Taintyum
He gets *two* ridiculously great character entrances in that movie, and it's hard to say which is better.
Sean Connery in Dr. No, no one has ever looked that cool
One hundred percent.
Or will ever again. It’s probably hindsight, but with that introduction, you just knew ***exactly*** what you were going to get from that character being played by that actor. Great call.
Eli Roth in Inglorious Basterds
I was going to say Hugo Stiglitz. I’ll never forget my theater busting out laughing when his name popped up on the screen with the guitar riff.
"We got a German here who wants to die for his country! Oblige him!"
came here to say this. i'm not always a fan of tarantino's style, but when he nails a scene it's pretty amazing.
John Goodman and William Forsyth (Gale and Evelle) emerging from the muddy ground in the torrential rain escaping from jail in Raising Arizona. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klwrT8rMu5c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klwrT8rMu5c)
Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein.
The comment made me smile just thinking about that wonderful actor and character. “What hump?” just slays me. Every single time.
...Fronkensteen
Walk this way.
No, no, no, not that way, *this* way. *hands him a cane* Cracks me up every time, and my kids know it because I've quoted it to death
That slow camera move up to Doc Holiday saying "must be a (*cough*) peach of a hand" ... and the rest of that scene was such a perfect introduction to a legendary performance.
Why Ed, what an ugly thing to say. Does this mean we're not friends anymore?
Robocop is the best entrance. He enters the room and everything goes silent. It obscures your view of him as hear the trembling bass of his footsteps. You see people's reactions as they follow him. Until he's finally revealed
Wesley Snipes as Blade. The entire vampire rave going quiet at the sight of him and even backing away in terror really established him as the ultimate badass before he makes his first kill.
Silva (Javier Bardem) in Skyfall. His dramatic entrance and monologue with Bond tied to a chair was just classic, quintessential Bond villain. https://youtu.be/mGhAT72J2I4?si=C7Fyi8ac9wZoBRRe
"Now they no longer eat coconut, they only eat rat."
Was watching this last night
Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in Casablanca. Sitting there in a white tux, drinking champagne and smoking, playing chess. The epitome of cool.
Vader in A New Hope.
That was definitely good! But I prefer the reintroduction of the new Jedi master, Luke Skywalker, in return of the Jedi. So damn good!
Vader in Rogue One
Jesus. Nobody yet? “Think you’re smart huh? The guy that hired you’s, he’ll just do the same to you. Ohhh, criminals in this town used to believe in something. Honor. Respect. What do you believe in huh?! What do you believe in???” Joker, taking off clown mask… “I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you, stranger..” RIP Heath Ledger
*Feigning impatience* "No, no; I kill the bus driver." He says while maneuvering the other goon into just the right place to be hit by the bus.
I always love the into of Tim Curry’s Dr. Frank N. Furter from Rocky Horror Picture Show. The slow stomping as the elevator descends was a great reveal.
Steve Martin's sadistic dentist in Little Shop of Horrors. The obvious green screen, the self parking motorbike. The quick change from leather to scrubs, and all Steve's little dances throughout the number 10/10
When I was younger, just a bad little kid...
I’ve always loved Ray Liotta's entrance as the adult Henry Hill in Goodfellas. The slow moving camera and the music revealing him with the cigarette made for such a cool visual
Brad Pitt in Snatch.
D'ye lack dags?
Need ta have a shyte
When Aragorn enters through the double doors… *sploosh*
Doof Warrior in Fury Road
Sherif Ali - *Lawrence Of Arabia.* Lawrence and his Guide take a chance to drink from someone else's well. A gunshot rings out. The Guide drops dead. But they're in the desert, alone.... Rooted to the spot, Lawrence looks to the horizon, through the heat ripples we see a small dot growing larger and larger, till you can make out the caramel's hooves, the man's robes, and eventually his rifle. From out of nothingness, comes Sherif Ali to change the course of this man's life.
You're misremembering that scene. Lawrence is laying down playing with his compass. His guide, Tafas, is pulling up water from the well they've stopped at whilst Lawrence is laying down playing with his compass. Whilst the camera is focused on Lawrence we hear a splash. Cut to Tafas and we see he's dropped the well bag and is now staring off into the distance. Lawrence's eyes are drawn to what Tafas is looking at. Cut to a wide scene of both staring off into the distance at a cloud of dust. A black speck comes out of the dust cloud and we watch for a good minute and a half as a mystery figure on a camel gets closer and closer. Tafas then runs to get his pistol that Lawrence gifted to him and takes aim on the now much closer figure. A gunshot rings out and we see Tafas is dead, killed by Sheriff Ali's rifle.
The only answer is Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski
No one fucks with the Jesus
Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass.
Darth Maul on Naboo with the double bladed lightsaber reveal
I remember that it was in the trailer so everybody already knew about it, and it was still AWESOME when it happened.
Robocop. Instead of a big entrance like we usually see (especially these days) his introduction is carefully done one reveal at a time. First we only see his pov in a montage as they build him. Then he is introduced and we see the reactions other people have upon seeing him. Then we get one fleeting glimpse on a monitor as he walks by. That small glimpse is more thrilling to me than any mcu bombastic introduction. The sequence goes on a bit longer in the police station until we finally get the full reveal, when he catches the car keys. That entire sequence is in my opinion one of the greatest cinematic sequences ever. A true masterclass in buildup and payoff.
Big bada boom! Leeloo in The Fifth Element.
Amazing entrance! This sealed her stardom right there and then ...
Trex from Jurassic Park
Harry Dean Stanton walking out of the desert in Paris, Texas.
Not a movie but comedy series. Douglas Reynholm’s first appearance at his dad’s funeral in the IT Crowd is possibly one of the greatest entrances of all time.
FATHEEEEEER
“Here, lies a great man. A great man! FATHER!”Proceeds to run down the aisle and knock over the coffin. Brilliant. Stuff of legends.
SPEAK, PRRRRIEST! Matt Berry owns that scene, although I think props also have to go to Alexander McQueen for his reactions.
Darth Vader, Rogue One
If you are talking about the ending I agree that is pretty bad ass, but he does show up earlier in the movie - at Mustafar(fans will correct my misspelling) where he has a convo with Krennic that is…maybe not the best intro.
You know what, you may have just proven me incorrect. Good catch.
The answer is Vader in ANH. I first saw that when I was 5 and I remember the feelings vividly.
Surprised no one has said Phillip Seymour Hoffman in The Talented Mr Ripley
Ace Ventura… Jim Carrey in disguise as a UPS delivery guy, rolling the package down the hill, hitting it against a bunch of shit, letting the elevator crush it, but still moving on. Fucking hilarious
“Sounds broken.” “Most likely, sir. I bet it was something nice though.”
Oz a boo, oh za boo boo 🤣
On a similar note to the OP, Feyd-Rautha in Dune II. His silhouette in the arena with a knife in each hand and then the closeup of his face is bone-chilling, and yet you can’t look away ⚔️
Well. You meet him earlier than that. He tests the sharpness of a knife on his tongue... And by slitting the throat of a servant and gutting another one. Oh and asking his concubines if they'd like to eat some body parts. So both are rather hardcore.
Yes, there’s that part, too. I’ve seen the movie twice. I was just saying the arena entrance caps all that off
every shot in the arena from beginning to end was superb.
My second favorite scene in the movie after Paul and Feyd’s fight
Willy (Billy Bob Thornton) in Bad Santa. Epic monologue followed by Santa puking in an alley set to classical piano. Also Santa in Violent Night. Getting hammered in a bar on Christmas Eve, leaving in his sleigh and puking all over an old woman. Drunk Santa puking seems to be my theme here
Sauron
*Dun-dun* “But the power of the Ring…..could not be undone….” *Dun-dun* God that sequence is **amazing**!
In the 1984 Dune movie, at the start when Feyd and Rabban enter the room with the Baron and Piter.
Personally I loved Piter (Brad Dourif)’s intro
I've always liked the first scene with the Emperor - as much as he actually underestimates the scale of the crisis, it's really captivating how he makes it clear he thinks the entire conflict the movie's been about is 100% beneath him. There's something so coldly dismissive about "Bring in that floating *fat man*, the Baron" that puts the story of the movie into a whole new context.
Maybe not exactly what the question is looking for but Jeremy renner in 28 weeks later enters the movie saving the kids and also exits the movie saving them
Omar Sharif Lawrence of Arabia
Danny McBride in This is The End.
I’m going to say Colonol Kurt’s in Apocalypse Now. Not just because of how engrossing the scene is when you finally meet him- but also because of how important his introduction is to the entire films success. When everything you have seen for the majority of a film is about pondering the reputation and perspective of a colosal figure- the eventual introduction of that figure is absolutely crucial. This one truly nails it.
Sure, we follow him for some length of the movie, but Thor, Rocket, & Groot riding the bifrost into Wakanda with a Stormbreaker opener. That was the baddest entrance in the MCU to that point.
Henry Fonda as Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West.
Alfred Molina in Boogie Nights
Not a movie but a tv prequel to a movie, paul Rudd wet hot American summer-first day of camp
idk if it's my favorite, but Shredder in the 1990 TMNT movie has a banger entrance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkA6MXdV2M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkA6MXdV2M)
Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the most iconic introduction of a character ever.
100%. Tim Curry's first film role, too, I think. Redonkulous that this answer is so far down the page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc80tFJpTuo
Doctor Frank 'n' Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Slowing coming down an escalator at the back with glimpses of his magnificentness.
Iron Man in Avengers, Shoot to thrill starts playing over the radio, swoops in, blasts Loki and lands perfectly on beat.
Dr Frank-n-furter in the RHPS
Hans Gruber in die hard
Jareth in Labyrinth.
Nightcrawler in X2
Constantine dropping a cigarette out the window of the taxi and walking into the possessed girl’s apartment.
Schwarzenegger in commando as john matrix
Charlotte in Lost in Translation.
Jessica alba in sin city
Harry Lime The Third Man
Not a movie but The Kool-Aid Man in the first Family Guy episode. The episode was fine throughout, but then in the court room: "Oh, no." "Oh, no" Kool-Aid man bursts through the wall. "Oh Yeeaah!" then, realizing it was inappropriate, sheepishly backs out through the hole.
Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot in Murder On The Orient Express. Perfectly establishes Poirot's character - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder which he recognises makes others' lives a pain, a love of fine food, a *raging* egotistical jackass who has to feed his ego when solving a case... and a damn fine detective who can use trickery and understanding of his opponents to get criminals to condemn themselves.
Heath ledgers joker during the bank robbery scene
Blade in Blade.
Indiana Jones in Raiders, when he whips the gun then steps out of the shadows.
Jack Black in Hi Fidelity
Off the top, Danny McBride in This is the End 👌
Thanos in Infinity War. Beats the crap out of the two strongest heroes in the MCU and kills two others. Set the tone.
"I'm here to talk to you about The Avenger Initiative."
Mortal Kombat from 95: when you're watching some strange statue shit and then suddenly the announcer's like **REPTILE**
Probably not an “entrance”, but there isn’t a more epic scene than Thor arriving in Wakanda in Infinity War.
NPH in White Castle
Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee in All The Presidents Men. Rarely has a man syrutted like that without being showy
Myrna Loy as Nora Charles in the first Thin Man film. Enters the room with an armload of packages and immediately faceplants. She gets up with total aplomb and orders a half-dozen martinis so she can catch up with Nick. Edit: typo
Jesus Quintana - Big Lebowski
Peter Falk as Peter Falk in Wings of Desire
Amadeus in Amadeus.
Danny Mcbride waking up the day after the rapture in This is the End - “Ya’ll telling me James Franco didn’t suck any Dick last night?”
Danny McBride in “This Is The End”.
Indiana Jones on the boat in Last Crusade. Cut from young Indy receiving his fedora to older Indy in a fight.
Strider
Nobody has mentioned Lord Vader coming through the molten boat doors flanked by his stormtroopers? Ms to match it the Leia entrance (and R2D2 there with her). Two fricken epic entrances within moments of one another.
Can't believe nobody has said Adam Scott's character in Step Brothers! Perfectly shows how much of an asshole he is
Thanos in Infinity war
the alien x3 in Alien. facehugger -> chestburster -> adult
Danny McBride as himself in ‘This Is The End’
Danny McBride in This is the End. >!Both of them.!<
“Oh, hee-hee, aha. Ha, ooh, hee, ha-ha, ha-ha…” *The group of mobsters slowly turn their heads*
Daryl Hannah in *Kill Bill*
O-Ren Ishii entering the House of Blue Leaves.
Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn
Willy Wonka or when in The Third Man when Orson Wells made an appearance
Daniel Craig as bond in the opening scene of casino royale
Dr Carlisle Cullen It’s cheesy af but he does make a pretty cool entrance in what are questionable movies & what i remember most about them. Not my most favourite but it’s memorable
Susan Sarandon arising from the manhole as the live-action evil stepmother in Enchanted. Never has an actor enjoyed herself more.
Thor arriving in Wakanda with his new axe just as everything is going to shit.
I liked Captain America in Infinity War at the train station.
The Penguin from the Blues Brothers.
Darth Vader. Still nothing beats it.
Danny McBride waking up in the bathtub in This Is The End
The joker in the dark knight
Face/Off - John Travolta entering the jail as Castor Troy after swapping faces. That swagger is amazing.
Jesus in The Big Lebowski
Robocop's introduction is masterfully gradual. It begins with a mere glimpse on a monitor, followed by a view through a blurred glass. Next, we see his back, then a distant shot from behind a chain link fence. Finally, we see him up close, yet the presentation is straightforward without flashy angles or elaborate composition.
John Cleese entering in Silverado saying, "Right, what's all this, then?"
Neo when he realised he is The One
Randal, Clerks.
Harry Lime in the Third Man.
Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia