andrew heggli Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 (edited) Which movie in the past couple of years do you personally think is the most beautiful? in other words eye-pleasing? I am stuck between two movies that i really loved (both storywise and especially when it comes to the cinematography), I know they (storywise) might not be up everyones alley, but i think everyone (more or less) would agree that the cinematography is inspiring! The two movies I'm talking about are "Perfume: The story of a murderer" and "Memoirs of a geisha". The lighting in these movies, the colours, the camera movement and angles were all brilliant in my opinion. Just two movies that stuck in my mind. Well, how about everybody else? Which movie pleased your eyes? Andrew Edited July 30, 2007 by andrew heggli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Nash Posted July 30, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 30, 2007 So, so, so many. My DVD collection is full of movies that exhibit great cinematography despite being only mediocre films, and is embarrassingly lean on great films that exhibit "ordinary" cinematograhy... For visual favorites, I always come back to Snow Falling on Cedars. For some reason I put in Hannibal a lot, just for the lighting... It's funny you mention Memoirs; the film was too beautiful throughout that it kind of took me out of the story, away from the hardship of the girl's upbringing. But I do own a copy just because it's so beautiful ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Brokenbourgh Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I understand what you mean by too beautiful- If you look at the color and tone in Scarface it's pastels and soft- so it juxtaposes the action and dialog. But that isn't as recent- I really like the way the camera moves in Waiting. And also like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew heggli Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 I can also understand what you mean when you say it was too beautiful, but i think that could also help the story in that even though everything on the outside is perfect, they had real problems on the inside, and though one of the geisha (Li Gong), hatsumomo, was beautiful her beauty was the opposite of her personality. I haven't seen Snow Falling on Cedars, but I will make sure I see it very soon! In Scarface (though its ages since I've seen it) I think the colours were also pastels and soft because of the clothes they wore at that time. I havne't seen Waiting either, but i will make sure i see it! Thanks for the replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Downes Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I have a soft spot for Hero and for Ran for colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew heggli Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 I also liked Hero, interesting use of colour, though i felt it could be a bit much at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted July 30, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 30, 2007 The Prestige was beautiful and a really excellent movie on the whole, so it takes the cake for me for the last year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lowe Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 The New World, followed by 2046. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Carruthers Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 road to perdition and the fellowship of the ring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew heggli Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 onyl seen the trailer to 2046 but yeah it looks like a beautiful film, gonna have to catch that one too. fellowship of the ring is also a classic, andrew (he has my name! lol) lesnie did a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Levy Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 The New World is the first film I thought of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Nash Posted August 1, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted August 1, 2007 The New World, followed by 2046. If you liked 2046, check out In The Mood For Love (if you haven't already). And if you like Malick, Days of Heaven is hard to beat. But of course this list could go on and on and on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cooper Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 The Thin Red Line Lord of the Rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lowe Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 (edited) If you liked 2046, check out In The Mood For Love (if you haven't already). And if you like Malick, Days of Heaven is hard to beat. Indeed. In the Mood for Love is one of my alltime favorites and ranks very high on my alltime best cinematography list. Days of Heaven is #3 on my list. This list was asking for recent pics, though, so I didn't mention In the Mood. Edited August 1, 2007 by Tom Lowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Metzger Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Children of men. In a not-so-straight-forward-meaning-of-beautiful-way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariano Nante Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 "The New World", then "Last Days". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cangi Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 The Painted Veil and Blood Diamond were two visually attractive movies to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Carruthers Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 memiors of a giesha, no doubt about that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lowe Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 memiors of a giesha, no doubt about that one. are we talking strictly beautiful cinematography, or are you including art direction, costumes, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dan Goulder Posted August 11, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted August 11, 2007 Although not a recent film, Amadeus still ranks as one of the best looking films of all time. Credit goes to set design, as well as costuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 King Kong perhaps. Memoirs of a Geisha.. perhaps one of the most boring films I've ever seen in my life. Good cinematography though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavern Templeton Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Curse of the Golden Flower. Pan's Labyrinth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Wilkinson Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I think Wes Anderson's movies are very charming visually. And I love his signature transition to slo-mo at the end of each film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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