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[Brera]

What Dreams May Come.

Totally under rated but did get an Oscar for its visuals

 

[televator]

Ooooh, I just remembered another creme de la creme from my collection. Well, those Amelie shots just reminded me.

A Very Long Engagement

Somehow even dirt and mud looks beautiful in this movie.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

^ Never seen Hannah - is it good?

Hmm, it's an odd one. It's quite exciting in parts, rather dull in others. The sound mix is one of the best things about it. The Chemical Brothers did the score, but they mixed it with the sound effects wonderfully. So you'll get a helicopter rotor blades as the bassline, or Hanna's running footsteps as the rhythm section. The more you watch, the more meticulous the attention to detail becomes. One character is throwing and catching a pipe at one point, the sound of the pipe against one of his rings acting as the percussion.

So yeah, it's gorgeous, and sounds fantastic. But the writing is a little stilted, and I guarantee you'll roll your eyes more than once. Good, could've been great.

 

[Dice]

As for things not mentioned yet, Volver comes to mind. I haven't watched it for a while so I can't give too many specifics. Uhhh... de colores? It's loaded up with tons of sweet classic Spanish designs. I have the DVD so maybe I'll watch it in a bit and get some screencaps. This reminds me that I never got around to watching more Almodóvar films. He's apparently pretty kickass.

 

[brianjones]

As for things not mentioned yet, Volver comes to mind. I haven't watched it for a while so I can't give too many specifics.

let me refresh your memory

 

[Dice]

Penelope was indeed wonderful.

The Lives of Others was also really cool. Everything fit the setting of the movie extremely well. It's one of those things where on their own today the individual things might seem bland or lame, but put all the elements into the consistent artistic context of their time and place and they are much nicer. However, "nice" is not "lovely" which is why they seem dull to us today. The film expresses this by using the very utilitarian designs with the Stasi scenes in contrast with the passion of the playwrights being visibly shown in their subtle choices of decoration and fashion, as well as the way they are shot.

 

[televator]

Amores Perros

Dat gritty cinematography.

Great film.

 

[KidA Seven]

Assassination of Jesse James

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Lost In Translation

 

[teruterubozu]

Basically a drug-infused version of Tokyo (a la Lost in Translation).
The bird-'s eye view sequences are truly stunning, but the characters are unbearable.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Amores Perros

Dat gritty cinematography.

Great film.

I love Innaritu. 21 Grams is one of my favourite movies. Amores Perros and Babel are decent too. I hated Buitful though.

 

[injurai]

Letters From Iwo Jima

A Scanner Darkly

 

[Dreaver]

I think Tron and The Art of Flight are my favorites. The Art of Flight is easily my most favorite audiovisual movie. The trailer still gives me goosebumps. GAF, for the sake of humanity please go watch it! Pictures don't do justice. The shots are shot so insane (incredible slow-mo's as example) with great music.

Yes it's a snowboard movie/documentary. Even if you hate snowboarding you will like this "movie".

trailer

 

[88random]

Rango.

Visually, the most impressive cgi I have ever watched. The amount of details is stunning. Also, the great thing is that it isn't so ''cute'' as other cgi movies.

 

[megashock5]

Only 1 mention so far? SPEED RACER

I couldn't believe it took so long to get a mention. Every time I see it I'm floored by it, I'm just in awe of what they accomplished visually. It's positively stunning.

 

[teruterubozu]

2046
The New World
The Fountain

The New World is indeed beautiful, though the historical accuracy was pure horseshit.
The Fountain looked like a bad music vid to me.

A Scanner Darkly

The best adaptation of a PKD book by Hollywood thus far. The cockroach RDJ is hilarious.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

The Blair Witch Project

I guess you were joking

 

[Ultima_5]

Always loved distinction between the matrix and irl

 

[Übermatik]

Oh, also, Waking Life

Check this out - ignore the text.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVmnkY62ut4&feature=related

 

[Cth]

Most of the good ones have already been taken so here's some others..

I'm on my mobile right now, so no pics sadly.. Here's some trailers that will hopefully showcase things.

HERO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srFhXDZhUZI

PITCH BLACK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSWXlm9I05o

BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdNKuPTUHbY

 

[strafer]

Alien
Prometheus
War Horse
Heat
Miami Vice

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

Say what you will about Tron: Legacy, but damn if it wasn't pretty.

Mah boi, Claudio Miranda.


Say what you want about Hugo, but it definitely was a great looking film:

Both Robert Richardson and Dante Ferreti made an outstanding job, as always.

 

[Daeda]

Children of Men, though a nice looking film in stills, is absolutely stunning in action, because it features incredible single camera shots that last multiple minutes.

Also, El Laberinto del Fauno, because guillermo del toro's designs are amazing.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Here are my picks at the moment. I'll let some images speak for themselves

Manhattan:

The Third Man

Citizen Kane

Fargo

Cries and Whispers

Tokyo Story

Throne of Blood

Stalker

The Exterminating Angel

Aguirre The Wrath of God

Apocalypse Now

Pan's Labyrinth

2001 A Space Odyssey

Haxan

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

Metropolis (so ahead of its time it's not even funny)

There are many more of course, and I'm glad to see I was beaten to some

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

let me refresh your memory

Why do I suddenly crave melons?

****

Truly some great picks in this thread. There are many visually stunning films.

Some I agree with from here that I didn't mention

Waking Life
Films by Almodovar
Amores Perros
Spirited Away
Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction even more
A Trip to the Moon
Mulholland Drive
Amellie
Lost in Translation
How on earth did I forget Lawrence of Arabia? That's unforgivable.

Some I forgot/didn't mention:

Raging Bull
The 400 Blows :/
The Decalogue and Colors Trilogy
The Seventh Seal
Persona
Dr Strangelove
Schindler's List
A Clockwork Orange
Eyes Wide Shut
Fantasia (truly beautiful)
Almost Famous
Cinema Paradiso
A Separation

and the list goes on...


And fuck, why do I wanna quote Hugo :/

 

[luckyarcher]

And it's sequel Samsara, running in select theatres right now.

 

[Loona]

Came here to post 2 movies:

* Hero - due to its awesome use of color; but fortunately I wasn't the only one to remember it

* The Cell - watched it twice on the big screen, and it was worth every penny, amazing aesthetics and shots everywhere


I also love just about everything the Wachowskis manage to pull off (they certainly have a way with picking camera angles and other kinds of interesting shots), and it was nice to see Kill Bill mentioned here too, I love the movies, but I never put much thought into its technical merits.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

More people should watch this. It doesn't get the deserved love.

 

[Eidan]

2046

I approve this message.

 

[Field]

Days of Heaven.

 

[Ra\/en]

Valhalla Rising by Nicolas Winding Refn

Dude Valhalla rising was one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen. I still don't get it!

I THINK i liked it. But I'm not sure. .

 

[ViewtifulJC]

In The Mood for Love

The use of orange and red to symbolism passion and intimacy

There's this one shot Wong-Kar Wai uses to visualize how enclosed, cramp, and surrounded the two would-be lovers were when there neighbors were around them playing card games. The camera is in the adjacent closet looking at them, some of the clothes can be visiablly seen around the lens/on top of the lends, so you can't see the entire room they're in. It's a really effective, subtle way to show the claustrophobic nature of their relationship. I wish I could find a good pic of that...

 

[Gloam]

Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1976) is pretty incredible the blending of dreams and reality, the use of deep focus, the representation of the limits of memory. Some visual poetry right there.

Hard Boiled (Woo, 1992) John Woo's last Hong Kong production, really it's all of John Woo at once, expressive, fluid, bombastic. Great, great, great!

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I want to watch In the Mood for Love so bad!

 

[Übermatik]

And it's sequel Samsara, running in select theatres right now.

YES! BARAKA is an excellent choice. Still to see the 'sequel'.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I want to watch In the Mood for Love so bad!

They're FINALLY releasing a Blu-Ray of it this month, a CC release at that!

It's a REALLY great film, my post really doesn't even scratch the surface of the kind of mood and atmosphere the film creates, or the two fantastic lead performances, or the imitate, gradual world building accomplished by by the dialog or slow-motion actions. And I think it's Wong kar wai's most accessible film, I think it can be enjoyed by just about anybody.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1976) is pretty incredible the blending of dreams and reality, the use of deep focus, the representation of the limits of memory. Some visual poetry right there.

Tarkovsky was a master at making his films look stunning. Werner Herzog was too.

Terrence Malick seems to be that way too, according to this thread. I haven't watched any of his films. I guess I should fix that.

 

[DukeBobby]

Persepolis. I love the way this film looks.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

They're FINALLY releasing a Blu-Ray of it this month, a CC release at that!

It's a REALLY great film, my post really doesn't even scratch the surface of the kind of mood and atmosphere the film creates, or the two fantastic lead performances, or the imitate, gradual world building accomplished by by the dialog or slow-motion actions. And I think it's Wong kar wai's most accessible film, I think it can be enjoyed by just about anybody.

Awesome. It looks and sounds like the type of film that I love. Nothing like a loveletter to get you pumped for a movie


Edit:

I think Persepolis has one of my favorite animations ever, but I'm a sucker for black and white

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I think Days of Heaven might be the most beautiful film ever made. If there was a museum for visual spectacle in the world, without the need of CGI or real special effects, i would have the Blu-Ray of Days of Heaven playing 24/7, it's big painterly images on full display for everyone.

With the Ennio morricone score in the background

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

The New World is indeed beautiful, though the historical accuracy was pure horseshit.

Pocahantas is a fake story, of course, but the actual portrayal of Native Americans (with real, Native American actors), which is the movie's real point in terms of its use of history, is stunningly well-reconstructed. The whole Pocahantas thing is necessary to the movie's story and themes, but if you're willing to overlook that, the movie is VERY historically accurate on other (arguably much more important) levels.

 

[Host Samurai]

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I have Days of heaven in my collection. I just haven't watched it. I'll fix that today.

 

[Evolved1]

I was really quite mesmerized with this aspect of Prometheus... I can at least say that about the film.

 

[DoDonGouki]

Gattaca








Apocalypto

 

[lilltias]

Andrey Zvyagintsevs The Return is one of the most visually stunning films I have ever seen

 

[UrbanRats]

Well many have already been said.

Russian Ark:

Amer:

Other good ones would be The Mirror, PicNic at HangingRock, Silent Light, Ballast, Oslo August 31st, Revanche, Coraline.

 

[Phonomezer]

One that struck me recently was Distant Voices Still Lives : The Classic.

 

[teruterubozu]

Pocahantas is a fake story, of course, but the actual portrayal of Native Americans (with real, Native American actors), which is the movie's real point in terms of its use of history, is stunningly well-reconstructed. The whole Pocahantas thing is necessary to the movie's story and themes, but if you're willing to overlook that, the movie is VERY historically accurate on other (arguably much more important) levels.

eh, I can pick apart that movie all day. Like the weird robotic bird-like movements of the natives (I mean, really?) or Collin Farrel with fucking Maori tattoos (English haven't even sailed into Polynesia yet). It's a beautiful film but also kind of silly.

 

[EightBitNate]

Surprised Hugo and Drive haven't been posted yet.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

avatar quoooote!

Leon: The Professional

Just love the way the film is shot and the grimy, but beautiful visuals. The team of Besson/Arbogast is probably my favorite in the industry.


The City of Lost Children

Jeunet & Caro are such a great team. This film is just stunning the whole way through. As much as I enjoy Delicatessen & Amélie, I would love for these two to make a 'spiritual successor' to TCoLC with this kind of darker art direction.