What do you consider some of the best visual movies? A few that come to mind for me are 2001, Barry Lyndon, Melancholia, Climax.
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"Gravity," "Big Fish," and "Jurassic Park," Nick Waters.
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The Cell, The Matrix series, Mad Max: Fury Road, Atomic Blonde, Tron and Donnie Darko.
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Batman v Superman is like opening up a Frank Miller graphic novel. Also love The Matrix Reloaded and Prometheus.
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UltraViolet, X-Men Days of Future Past, Interstellar, Inception, can’t wait to catch Transformers Rise of the Beasts! Fury Road, Sunshine!
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American Graffiti, The Princess Bride, 2001, Star Wars (first feature), Ford vs Ferrari to name a few off the top of my head this morning, Nick Waters.
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I’d say the Terminator series, x-men, Spider-Man 2002, Titanic,Matrix. There’s more it’s hard to day
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Before I forget, I have many more: Logan, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Avengers: Infinity War & Endgame, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, No Country for Old Men. Any other Tim Burton film in my book.
For TV shows, even music videos (I'm looking at you Tool!), there is cinematography involved. Look up what the crew, directors and assistants have done in Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones (and House of the Dragon) and Chernobyl. I dare you to tell me that it's not visually awe-inspiring!
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Love Barry Lyndon. Kings Speech was photographed really nice! Blue Ruin, What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I love simple cinematography.
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Mad Max: Fury Road has to be on the list. 2001 and The Shinning (and probably all of his films). 1917 was a cinematic feat. Terminator 2 makes my cut. Lawrence Of Arabia is a breathtaking film. Inception is a stunning watch. It's such a ripe topic, Nick!
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I always think of Brokeback Mountain - I was in college when it came out and we read the short story before seeing it and then later read the script. It's incredible how important the visuals and the environments impacted every iteration of that story
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1917, Children of Men, Alien, Aliens, O Brother Where Art Thou, E.T., Big Fish, and The Dark Knight are definitely some of my favorite visual movies. But I think it's worth noting the incredible animated cinematography/visuals that have advanced over the last few years, from Wall-E to How To Train Your Dragon and Spiderverse!
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Children of Men definitely an amazing film. Love the shakiness of the whole movie. Also, Borgman is an awesome film!
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Alien and E.T. for their use of darker lighting, aspect ratios, anamorphic lenses, steady cam, tone, production design and use of atmosphere. I would also give a lot of credit to some of the newer animated films of the day. How to train your dragon, Wall-E, Toy Story 4 and Spider verse have some of the most groundbreaking yet grounded camera work I've seen in movies in awhile.
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I agree with so many of these choices! I haven't seen The Electrical Life of Louis Wain yet, but the screengrabs look stunning.
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The Wizard of Oz immediately comes to my mind. Mahogany is another. Any of the Transformers movies.