10 Responses

1. Kevin Lehane says:

   April 26, 2008 at 7:38 am

   One of the best ever.

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2. TomBiker says:

   August 21, 2008 at 1:35 pm

   Yeah! I agree one of the best title ever. Great movie!

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3. jayg says:

   August 23, 2008 at 2:21 am

   Totally agree with the above comments. A brilliant factual history lesson of the Middle East in 3 minutes (or so). A clever mix of media and editing and transition from one scene to the next. I’ve watched it several times to remind myself of the the recent history of the Middle East.

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4. Matt says:

   August 28, 2008 at 1:41 pm

   I caught this film last night for the first time, but missed the start (sacrilege) have to agree though, great title sequence. I enjoyed it anyhow. (Edited to remove spoiler material – Ian)

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5. Leah says:

   November 20, 2008 at 1:08 am

   Love this sequence. Reminds me a lot of the motion graphics sequences used in recent Call of Duty games.

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6. brian valentine says:

   January 5, 2009 at 2:44 am

   i kinda dug this title sequence, but it prepared me for a different film. i thought The Kingdom was pretty typical Berg with his harsh, sexy, saturated style. i guess i felt the fact-based title sequence didn’t bond to the action movie content very well.

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7. Optical says:

   January 26, 2009 at 3:22 pm

   Exactly, the tone of the excellent title sequence makes one expect a ‘Syriana’-style political thriller. There is some of this in the film but just on the surface. Interesting movie, in its’ own genre, anyway.

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8. chaodai says:

   March 18, 2009 at 3:28 pm

   i couldn’t help but notice a similarity between the kingdom opening titles and this viral video, i wonder if it influenced the designers:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAtAFoGxo1s

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9. Andrew says:

   May 29, 2009 at 6:45 pm

   very nice aesthetic for the movie, not to mention the 9/11 reference which is even now a little edgy, but probably unavoidable given the nature of the film.

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10. Ben says:

    September 9, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    There are very few opening credit sequences as effective as this one.

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