Spectre's opening title card, "The dead are alive"

Was the Spectre title card necessary?

Spectre (2015)

Spectre's opening title card, "The dead are alive"

I get that the opening scene is at the Day of the Dead, but the title card for Spectre (2015) didn’t really add anything and seemed unnecessary to me.

Ryan Reynolds in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)Great Ryan Reynolds GIF from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)