The sound in the beginning captures the feel of the vast empty space perfectly

Can we get more sci-fi films like this? Travelling in deep space. Living on a colony. Terraforming a planet.

I must say it, the design of the starship Avalon is marvelous!

the most magnetising opening movie scene ever... and it's definitely because of the music

I love how the ship automatically diverts power to its shield. Quite facinating spacecraft.

I don't think I will ever get tired of re-watching this movie again and again.

How did this music director compose the soundtrack so well that it fits so perfectly for space. It just makes me feel as though I'm there in that empty space and watch Avalon fly past me. Very deep feeling.

Grossly underrated Movie, The special effects were marvelous, The actors chemistry was on point and the story was very good. The true star of the show for me was definitely "The Avalon" itself.

One of the most awesome inter-galactic spaceship or starship designs ever 👌

Avalon : titanic Jim and aurora : jack and rose Asteroid : iceberg

opening scene was my favourite in any movie ever gave me ggosebumps

A spaceship bringing life to new worlds, looking like a DNA (doublehelix) ... love it!

Opening scene and the passing by the giant star are incredible.

Just imagine, the programming languages that run all the ship's systems and functions have not yet been invented!

Best opening scene I love this movie! :)

I've watched this movie 3 times and every time it gave me interstellar feeling. Really loved it. Jennifer and Chris did a wonderful movie to ignite the fire in ourselves to stand up and explore the universe.

I watched this movie on a near empty night flight on delta with the row to myself. Made it such a better experience! I kept looking around to make sure the plane wasn't empty

Amazing soundtrack for the opening scene. Can’t imagine the movie without it.

This film is fantastic. The opening and ending scenes are good. I don't know why this people's are over reacting to this film its just a movie. Overall the movie is great. I would like to thank the director to this great movie.

Best opening scene history. Captures vast unknown of Space and life beautifully.

When AI saves your ass. Like TARS in Intersetellar

Best...best... background music...it compels me to think about an unknown world n an unknown journey...

This is really great idea for opening the movie with this magical music and not added any vocal narration.

Definitely one of my favorite opening scenes. You can feel the vastness of space. Ship design is awesome.

Some guys were talking about the speed of Avalon and that we shouldn't be able to see it because it would be going at half the speed of light, but they can't even think at the fact that it's a movie so technically cameras are also moving at that speed. And if it wasn't a movie, who would be there to film a spacecraft.

Design of the starship: Perfect Soundtrck; Perfect This movie gives me feeling of this vas dark empty space and how a journey through to other star looks like.

I saw this intro a hundred times, is this normal?

This intro gets me every time, like so I wanna watch the movie again and again 😅

You know this scene reminded me of Cameron's Titanic movie, when you compare the evolution of machines. In Titanic we see lots of men running around Because they have to get around the iceberg as quickly as possible, with music that makes us stress. In the Avalon, there's no one, just the AI against the nature and the peaceful music

It is Definitely One of most beautiful spaceships ever🖒

This scene made me no sleep the whole time..space and everything about it is interesting and much more mind blowing when humans and technology persists.

As an avid astronomy enthusiast, in both the scholarly and hobby departments, as well as having read numerous books on the subject matter, not just pertaining to factual physics but also science fiction/theoretical applications, space colonization, etc..., I can tell you that they achieved the opening spot on! Space is uncertain. It's a war-zone. Constantly changing, shifting, and pulling away. Nothing in space is ever stagnant! The Avalon is probably the best and realistic rendition of what spaceships in the future will look like. Not geometric, ie: Star Wars. That's just fantasy without applied science to back it up. But Passengers, I wholeheartedly give it two thumbs way up. It goes without saying that even the mechanics applied in the piloting and maintenance of the craft were done well. Sure, robots may one day be able to pilot them in the future as some commentators here have raised the question, but robots themselves, without a proper power source will need to be maintained in order to assure self-sufficiency. The Avalon of future Earth in this particular movie may have/function on supplemental power sources which haven't been detailed to us the viewers in maintaining its particular self-sufficiency and course trajectory to ensure the mission will endure the entirety of its 120 year course. I'm talking about harnessing dark matter/energy as a backup to the main propulsion drive. Or feeder generator whose conducting capabilities are beyond our understanding at present moment. At half the speed of light, roughly about 93,250 miles per second, which is mentioned in the movie, I highly doubt that conventional power sources would be able to help propel the Avalon enough to aid it in attaining this velocity.

Superbly imagined deep space flight and attention to detail. The MIlky Way would be huge and vivid like that, making it clear we are inside a huge galaxy.

1:22 this flute just takes me mentally to another dimension pure goosebumps

Damnit. I wished I had seen this in theaters! Just being able to watch this marvelous opening sequence on a big screen would have been worth the price of admission alone. It is by far one of my favorite - if not thee favorite - opening scenes from any sci-fi movie that I can ever recall watching, and I've seen quite a few. The movie itself on the other hand - from a critics standpoint - was slightly mediocre with many filmic cliches and elements that can't hold up to scientific scrutiny. But overall, it was enjoyable enough to get through in its entirety without wanting skip scenes or turn off the tv, which is a surprise because I wasn't expecting very much from a J-LAW flick.

One of the best openings in a sci-fi movie yet.

this is the beautifull part of this movie

I love movie Passengers

Only one scifi opening has catched me so much like this one: Oblivion. But here you can feel the big empty lonyless in space from the first second. Later in the movie, when he is on spacewalk again. A great movie, perhapse some minor critical points, but overall a good movie, the actors play very good - you believe them their feelings and love (fun fact: they wasnt llike each other I mean to be heard). And the fantastic music. The best moment in the opening: after the "crash" when the glass vibrations are lowering and you know now: oh! Something happened but dont know exactly what, but you know there is something wrong.

This initial scene is so amazing the music is just awesome

Love that soundtrack😍

Thanks for posting this. Loved the opening scene.

The sound is just feeling all alone. And um........ speechless😔..............

I just love this part.

This scene is our future

I rarely felt this, but back then when i first saw this movie, this 4 minute opening was enought to hook me up. i know many ppl dont like this movie, and i honestly dont know why, their reason is meaningless to me, because i loved all of it. Not all sci-fi needs lasers and pew pew.

This opening scene makes us watch the whole movie..

Love that music when the starship passes by!

@1:23 when the flute started or whatever tht is, creeps me out a little 😂😂😂😂

goosebumps all over my body ..so impressed what mankind is able to think..to achieve

I LOVED this movie :-)

ship design is so realistic that it is not possible not to admire

The music really draws you in and makes the perilousness of the journey that much more compelling.

1:22 BGM🔥 Goosebumps start

The best scene for me by far......watching Avalon cruise in space like that was so beautiful

The Sony/Colombia logo works so well with the score too!

this gives me goosebumps every. single. time.

Imagine arriving at your destination 120 years after leaving only to find out another crew who left 70 years after you got there first because in 70 years, the technology has advance like bi-planes in the 1910's to F-14's in 1980 or Dreadnoughts in 1910 to Ohio Class Ballistic Missile subs in 1980.

the opening scene alone makes it a better movie than disney's star farce.

I really liked this movie because of the unique and modern score by Thomas Newman. His much unique style of music brought a freshness I could feel with every note. The visuals were also amazing, making the entire film a beautiful experience. From a soundscape perspective, it's a masterpiece of modern scoring.

here folks is one great example of how soundtrack can build up feelings the director wants their audience to catch

Everytime I can't sleep I play this movie. I go to sleep just after this breath taking opening scene.. Placing my mind in space :3

That music is just mesmerising tempting to get lost in space & That rotating spaceship with front powerful shield is something else😇

This is the most epic scene in a movie if ever seen.

I never see other opening like this,for me its the best opening for a movie ever

The sound effects always bring me back, watched this like 10,000 and I still keep watching this scene

Love this movie😍

Heart touching music 🎶🎶🎶

With such technology i would expect humanoid robots as crew

1:19 So eerie and creepy...

There is so much to love about this opening scene

I appreciate that the first full minute of this video clip was production company credits.

Beautiful

I love this clip. Need more space scenes with awesome ships like this.

This was awesome in the theater! I was blown away by this movie! Couldn’t stop talking about it. Btw, The Pelican Brief also has good opening music.

we would have had this starship exist today if it wasn't for all these wars and nonsense humans have gone through

The most powerful and kicking opening five minutes I have ever seen. Amazing!

CHILLS ........ what a great movie, with great actors, and great music

I like how they tell a story with a Graphic User Interface.

1:00 to 1:30 I feel like I am going on a endless journey to a new world!!!

There should be a crew rotation for at least once every five years to prevent this kind of incident. Just wake up a dozen for couple of days to make sure everything is good.

and Im still here, amaze of this scene forever

That sound which is start at the beginning is really awesome.....

This movie was suprisingly very good, got me thinking about it for a bit after i finished it

Love this scene

One of the BEST films I have seen in years

Finally a movie that portrays a spaceship in the darkness of interstellar space. In Star Trek, they are always brightly lit up by a nearby star, even when it makes no sense

Great... now i have to watch it again!

That ship is so good, I can't imagine the time it took to build it (I mean to build it in the real life). There will be probably thousands of launches to build that ship in real life, also the AI is dumb but I really like Arthur (It is that android). The engine is pretty futuristic, I mean I know that the story of the movie is based on the year 2300 or whatever but still this ion engine (I'm not sure if it's ion) is amazing.

The sets in this movie are amazing. What craftsmanship!!.

Why couldn't the entire movie have been more like this?

Am I the only one who would love to go on a journey like this?

Newman's score (especially in this scene) owes a lot to the rolling ostinato style of Phillip Glass in his works like Akhnaten. Newman does a masterful job here and it's mesmerising.

I love Avalon 😍😍😍💥💥💥🙌🏾💖

Great movie!

amazing intro and the music is making me feel awesome

dude, the starship avalon travels at the 50% speed of light…...OMG!!!!

sound and picture in this scene are great

Thomas Newman. Responsible for some of the best film music of our time. Of course, with Hans Zimmer.

I wish I had seen this in the theater.