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title: "first and final scenes"
description: "Jacob T. Swinney put together this edit showing 55 movies side-by-side, putting each film's first scene right next to the final scene. "
url: https://www.mathys.to/writing/inspiration/first-and-final-scenes-5889/
section: inspiration
published: 2015-03-17
last_updated: 2026-05-03
---

# first and final scenes

*Jacob T. Swinney put together this edit showing 55 movies side-by-side, putting each film's first scene right next to the final scene. *

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Jacob also made a cool edit to show the evolution of Batman in Cinema.  
  
 Films used:   
 Batman (1943 serial)   
 Batman and Robin (1949 serial)   
 Batman: The Movie (1966)   
 Batman (1989)   
 Batman Returns (1992)   
 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)   
 Batman Forever (1995)   
 Batman & Robin (1997)   
 Batman Begins (2005)   
 The Dark Knight (2008)   
 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)   
 The Lego Movie (2014)

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