John 2,032 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I thought this would make for an interesting thread... so here it goes. What are your favorite single shots in a movie? For me, it will always be this scene from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The imagery of a bicycle in silhouette over the moon, accompanied in film by Williams' magnificent score, will always remain, in my opinion, the greatest single shot in cinema. MaxMovieMan and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 Skyfall is laced with beautiful shots, but the one that always stays with me is Deakins' tribute to J. M. W. Turner. Dixon Hill, Bayesian, The Illustrious Jerry and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitth'raw'nuorodo 43 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 This is the one shot in The Force Awakens that consistently led me to tear up. It's so exhilarating and so darn heart-warming! This was my breaking-point in Rogue One too. 1977, The Illustrious Jerry and Bilbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 36 minutes ago, John said: I thought this would make for an interesting thread... so here it goes. What is your favorite single shot in a movie? For me, it will always be this scene from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: I'm going for character/emotion over impressiveness of composition/lighting (surprise surprise). I don't know if this is really my favorite shot ever, but it's certainly my favorite shot in E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. It is the perfect shot with which to end that story. Just a zoom in on the face a boy forever changed. And you can hear those glorious timpani hits in your head can't you? The Illustrious Jerry, Bilbo, Holko and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 DolceMecha, Gruesome Son of a Bitch, PokeDocMatt and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, TGP said: Boba. Is your father here? DolceMecha and The Illustrious Jerry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 17 minutes ago, TGP said: Kaminski's finest work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 21 minutes ago, TGP said: This isn't loading for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 That was the scene where the projector broke when I saw A.I. on opening day and the audience started groaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,363 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 This will be a fun thread! To me, the Batmobile scene in Batman has the best shot I can think of right now. Specifically between 0:40 and 0:43, when the camera has the Batmobile coming head-on and there's the smash cut to the badass afterburner or fire-breather or whatever that thing is. A very honorable mention goes to the launch scene in Apollo 13, particularly at 5:11 when the camera is swinging underneath the red flying buttress (or what have you). As your eyes are focused on the red thing as it moves across the field of view, the Saturn V is accelerating upwards behind it. It's a ridiculously dynamic moment, and yet the camera moves so simply. Bonus points for the way the letters "U S A" are timed against the red thing and the way the camera keeps the firing engines always filling up the space in the red thing's wake. I also remember the chills I felt in the theater watching Titanic when the camera pulls back from Rose in the water right after the sinking, then pans up to linger on the vast sea of people thrashing in the water. That moment grabbed me in a way that no subsequent re-watching would match. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Great choices! We will watch your career with great interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 Just a few that first come to mind. The list is endless. The Illustrious Jerry, Ricard, dtw42 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 My choices aren't safe for work. filmmusic and John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 The first in this thread with E.T over the moon is the first that came to mind! Also: Actually I could post a lot from animation but I stop here... Ok, don't ask! Also countless shots from Malick's The thin Red Line and The tree of Life 1 hour ago, Koray Savas said: Just a few that first come to mind. The list is endless. The first one is the Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I'll go one a decade! 1920s, so many of her but this one 1930s, this might as well be my all-time #1 1940s, lots of great ones but this got to me first 1950s, one of the most perfect shots in movies 1960s, beautiful one from Ivan's Childhood 1970s, this one's so random and I'm sure there are more "evocative" shots in this film alone let alone the decade but it's the first one I thought of and I've always just fucking loved it when it comes in haha. Kicks the whole thing up a notch, one of my favorite movies. 1980s, quintessential Spielberg, Harrison's (and Johnny's) timing is priceless 1990s, always wonder what he's thinking 2000s, gotta be... 2010s, this one kinda blew me away. Feels accurate lol karelm and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 2 hours ago, filmmusic said: Also countless shots from Malick's The thin Red Line and The tree of Life The first one is the Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Yeah, anything from Malick is pretty much gold. The first one I posted is from Once Upon A Time In The West. A couple more: Naïve Old Fart, filmmusic, Ricard and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 karelm, Naïve Old Fart and Ricard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/22/2018 at 11:26 PM, filmmusic said: The first one is the Good, the Bad and the Ugly? No, it's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. The third one is from THE THIRD MAN? If so, the ratio is wrong...not that it matters too much, as it's a great film. All those Dutch angles... The last shots of both THE SEARCHERS, and THE DUELLISTS, are so powerful, signifying both loneliness, and exile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quintus 5,399 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 Bonus: Gruesome Son of a Bitch, The Illustrious Jerry, Nick1Ø66 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I don't recognize the last shot, Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Those are some fantastic choices Quintus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, Stefancos said: I don't recognize the last shot, Lee Probz from da witch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 Naïve Old Fart, Ricard, Cerebral Cortex and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, Margo Channing said: Probz from da witch da da da da da da da da da da da da da da... WITCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 22 minutes ago, Quintus said: da da da da da da da da da da da da da da... WITCH! Witches leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 The final shot of 2001, as the Starchild gently rotates, until he's looking directly into the camera, makes my head go "pop"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 15 hours ago, Batman's Diet Coke said: Not necessarily my favorite shot of all time but this is my favourite shot from that movie. There’s also a plethora of stuff from the sinking itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 My favorites tend to highlight faces I can't find an image anywhere, but the shot in Howards End when Emma Thompson breaks down in front of the mirror is extraordinary. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,526 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 I usually favour either long, energetic moving shots or heavily atmospheric wide shots with tiny people lost in a huge environment. Mitth'raw'nuorodo, Disco Stu, Ricard and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Yay LA LA LAND! The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 From The Last Jedi From The Hobbit: Battle of the Five ArmiesThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Mitth'raw'nuorodo and Evanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoeinAR 1,949 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 La-la land. Stop the madness. Film garbage. Gruesome Son of a Bitch, Sharkissimo, Loert and 2 others 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I didn't mind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quintus 5,399 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 17 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I'm going for character/emotion over impressiveness of composition/lighting (surprise surprise). I don't know if this is really my favorite shot ever, but it's certainly my favorite shot in E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. It is the perfect shot with which to end that story. Just a zoom in on the face a boy forever changed. And you can hear those glorious timpani hits in your head can't you? I've considered this shot many a time over years, because of the impact and objective of Williams' music there. The climatic final scenes of E.T. are sometimes accused of being overblown or "too much", but I think this is to miss the point; see, I don't think Williams is scoring "forever changed" Elliott's personal story in this final shot (and the exhilarating reaction shots preceding it). The resolution of the "Boy's Life" was already paid due service in the emotional farewells earlier in the scene, that aspect had already wrapped as E.T.'s glowing heart disappeared behind the spiral door. After that, Williams, in those final closing moments, adopts a Homer-esque stylistic grandeur in his music, it becomes underscore for the ending of an epic poem, a near mythological grand finale only suitable for what is a momentous event not just for a little boy, but for all of mankind. Williams took Spielberg's child catharsis in Elliott's face and juxtaposed it against a backdrop of mankind forever changed - in the event of First Contact being made. That's why the pounding timpani is there, that's why the music is so transcendent, and that's why Williams is a total beast. Pieter Boelen, Bayesian, Jay and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 29 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: La-la land. Stop the madness. Film garbage. Agreed entirely. It's noxious, self-aggrandizing tripe and a stain on the rich history of musical cinema. JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 That's cool, man. I like it. The Illustrious Jerry, mrbellamy and Nick1Ø66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,221 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 "Lucy!" (The Searchers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted April 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, JoeinAR said: La-la land. Stop the madness. Film garbage. 45 minutes ago, Sharky said: Agreed entirely. It's noxious, self-aggrandizing tripe and a stain on the rich history of musical cinema. 39 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: That's cool, man. I like it. Yeah...this is a that "extreme polarisation" in opinions about movies. There IS a middle ground here. By no means to do I think La-la land is some kind of classic, and I don't think it merited all the over the top praise and awards it got. But in terms of just escaping by watching pure Hollywood for a couple hours? If was fine....more than fine, it was fun. It certainly wasn't anywhere near "film garbage" or a "stain" on musical cinema. That's not even good nonsense. Holko, Ricard, Unlucky Bastard and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 3 hours ago, Nick1066 said: See, it's been years since I saw this and I remember it totally living up to the hype and it was monochromically striking, but the 4:3 spoils its picturesque still credentials for me. Bah! I should try and get over myself a bit. Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Seriously you're complaining about the Academy standard aspect ratio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I haven't a clue about any of that. So consider it a yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Hmm-hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I don't keep up with awards ceremony rules and protocol, sorry. I prefer blow jobs and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I like turtles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Academy ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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