Movies that are visually stunning!
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Which is precisely why The Fall is so stunning. Watch the film and you’ll swear they’ve used CGI throughout. When, in reality, 99% of the film is in camera.
I have read somewhere that CZ lens has been borrowed from NAZA for that movie ..
Very influential apparently , but incomprehensible for the most part, Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad. My go to book for Cinema says —“ the film recreates fluidity of thought and memory through an abstract juxtaposition of characters in a geometrically composed environment.” I confess I didn’t survive the entire 94 minutes.
I am more of the Lawrence of Arabia kind of a guy. Lean’s 70mm super panavision adventure is the reason why I watch movies.
I am more of the Lawrence of Arabia kind of a guy. Lean’s 70mm super panavision adventure is the reason why I watch movies.
Yes , partially correct.However they had to figure out how to retrofit those lenses into the movie cameras used on set. You can check this link.
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I'm a fan of animated movies. While there's no camera in an animated movie, there's a lot which can be done. Some movies I love because of their visuals are
- Kubo & the two strings
- Shrek
- Song of the Sea
- Secret of Kells
- Wolfwalkers
- Klaus
- Brave
- The Red Turtle (French movie, no dialogues)
- Kahlil Gibran's the Prophet
- The Lion King (2019)
- Spiderman into the spiderverse
- Secret world of Arietty
- Mary and the Witch's Flower
Among TV shows, I'd like to mention The Legend of Korra and recent Amazon series named Undone.
A lot of these have artful animation. As others have said, it might not look stunning to everyone. Red Turtle, for instance, has very simple visuals with few lines, but the way the characters are drawn, the way the colours change to indicate daylight and night time, the shadows, etc. are simply amazing. Kubo is probably the most stunning stop motion animation movie I've seen and I absolutely love the movie, have seen it four times.
Undone uses this technique called Rotoscoping which creates a stunning cross between realism and animation and is really immersive.
As a closing note, I'd like to mention Rituparno Ghosh's Noukadubi. Ghosh is one of the best filmmakers of our times who is, sadly, not very well known outside of West Bengal and unfortunately passed away at a young age. Noukadubi is worth a watch.
- Kubo & the two strings
- Shrek
- Song of the Sea
- Secret of Kells
- Wolfwalkers
- Klaus
- Brave
- The Red Turtle (French movie, no dialogues)
- Kahlil Gibran's the Prophet
- The Lion King (2019)
- Spiderman into the spiderverse
- Secret world of Arietty
- Mary and the Witch's Flower
Among TV shows, I'd like to mention The Legend of Korra and recent Amazon series named Undone.
A lot of these have artful animation. As others have said, it might not look stunning to everyone. Red Turtle, for instance, has very simple visuals with few lines, but the way the characters are drawn, the way the colours change to indicate daylight and night time, the shadows, etc. are simply amazing. Kubo is probably the most stunning stop motion animation movie I've seen and I absolutely love the movie, have seen it four times.
Undone uses this technique called Rotoscoping which creates a stunning cross between realism and animation and is really immersive.
As a closing note, I'd like to mention Rituparno Ghosh's Noukadubi. Ghosh is one of the best filmmakers of our times who is, sadly, not very well known outside of West Bengal and unfortunately passed away at a young age. Noukadubi is worth a watch.
In fact there is a camera with all the lens information in animated movies too. Except there is no physical but a digital camera which is essential for frame composition
When great directors like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron put their creativity and cinematography expertise in VFX movies, the visual appeal is stunning. Digital films may not appeal to all which is understandable but many times people don't realise that they have been so subtly interspersed with real footage that no can notice it.
Basically knowledge in cinematography is essential even in good digital films like the recent jungle book where everything was shot on green screen (chroma).
As you have mentioned Kubo and the 2 strings was good. I am a fan of both realistic and digital movies. Movies like Benhur , For a Few dollars more, Rang de Basanti, Gladiator look great on the big screen.
jayakrishnan k
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The Grand Budapest Hotel, Almost all Tarantino Movies, Pan's Labyrinth, Schindler's List, A ClockWork Orange, 1917, The Shining, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; this list can be never ending if one wants to make that effort.
oracle1974
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The English Patient
Mughal-e-Azam is one movie from yesteryear that was absolutely stunning in spite of constricted technology and movie screens.
This one song from the legendary movie is a culmination of peak of achievement in acting, dancing, lyrics, melody, choreography, cinematography and most importantly the very epitome of the movie.
Another movie in Tamil from yesteryear which is a little close to the achievement of Mughal-e-Azam was 'Thiruvilaiyadal'.
Manirathnam's comic/adventure flick 'Thiruda Thiruda' in 1993, shot in Kerala mostly, was an extraordinary achievement by an Indian movie in terms of Cinematography.
This one song from the legendary movie is a culmination of peak of achievement in acting, dancing, lyrics, melody, choreography, cinematography and most importantly the very epitome of the movie.
Another movie in Tamil from yesteryear which is a little close to the achievement of Mughal-e-Azam was 'Thiruvilaiyadal'.
Manirathnam's comic/adventure flick 'Thiruda Thiruda' in 1993, shot in Kerala mostly, was an extraordinary achievement by an Indian movie in terms of Cinematography.
A whole lot of Santosh Sivan movies. I am actually somewhat surprised he has not been mentioned so far.
He might very well be our best.
I can speak only of his Hindi films.
Roja
Rudaali
Dil Se..
Ashoka
Before The Rains
Tahaan
Raavan
He might very well be our best.
I can speak only of his Hindi films.
Roja
Rudaali
Dil Se..
Ashoka
Before The Rains
Tahaan
Raavan
ajeshkumarts
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Adding a few tamil and malayalam movies to the list where Santosh Sivan's camera did the magic
Thalapathi
Iruvar
Perunthachan
Vaanaprastam
anandabhadram
and we can't forget PC Shreeram
some of the movies I like are
Nayakan
ThirudaThiruda ( mentioned earlier)
Agninatchathiram
Geethanjali
thevar magan
Alaipayuthey
Jith77
Active Member
That reminds me.
Moon (2009) has stunning visuals.
The budget of the movie was a fraction of srk starrer ra.one (2011)
Yogesh
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It was an excellent movie! More of a Psycho Thriller than Sci FI.
@gourav
As a fan of animated films, you owe it to yourself to check out the films of Studio Ghibli.
Co-founder and Director Miyazaki is the most celebrated name, with My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away being some of his classics.
Also check out co-founder Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies.
It is the only animation film I know of that can make grown men cry.
As a fan of animated films, you owe it to yourself to check out the films of Studio Ghibli.
Co-founder and Director Miyazaki is the most celebrated name, with My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away being some of his classics.
Also check out co-founder Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies.
It is the only animation film I know of that can make grown men cry.
Thanks for the suggestions. All of these have been on my watchlist for some time now. Maybe I'll finally get around to watching it in the next few months.
muralimmreddy
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