'The Road' Opening Scene Analysis

Similarly to 'Terminator 2: Judgtement Day', 'The Road' begins by showing the world just before the apocalypse up to when it starts. The scene then cuts to the "present" time with the main protagonist waking up, thus implying that the previously shown footage was his dream. Doing this in a 'Post-Apocalyptic' movie is effective as it shows the very sharp contrast between how the world used to be and what we have now, and the post-apocalyptic horror land. Scenes like this can also remind people of what we have, and that we should try to not complain as much, and be grateful that we aren't living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

I am considering doing this in my movie opening.