What are your favorite shots in a movie?

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Hannibal

[Marian Schedenig 8,175]

 

[Jurassic Shark 12,033]

Is this from the fake moon landing directed by Kubrick?

[John 2,032]

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,356]

On June 20, 2019 at 6:03 PM, Marian Schedenig said:

A good looking movie.

[Marian Schedenig 8,175]

 

 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

 

 

Yes!!!!

[A24 4,326]

On 6/22/2019 at 8:39 PM, John said:

 

That whole scene is fascinatingly shot.

 

 

 

Indulge me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

On you?

[John 2,032]

[Marian Schedenig 8,175]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John 2,032]

Brilliant!

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

Agreed. @Marian Schedenig these are simply stunning! Anyone who doesn't admit that, whether they actually like it or not, CITIZEN KANE is a towering masterwork, is a complete dullard, and a cinematic idiot.

[Chen G. 3,944]

It’s a movie you have to appreciate, even if you don’t personally love it, yeah.

 

Although, to be fair, liking and enjoying a movie is so much more important than appreciating it.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

Agreed, Chen...but it helps if one can do both 

[Chen G. 3,944]

Oh, surely, surely. Liking a movie always beats not liking it.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

Yes, it does.

[Marian Schedenig 8,175]

2 hours ago, Chen G. said:

It’s a movie you have to appreciate, even if you don’t personally love it, yeah.

 

Although, to be fair, liking and enjoying a movie is so much more important than appreciating it.

 

I do like Citizen Kane. I'd probably like it well enough without all the impressive production stuff. It's an interesting story, with reasonably engaging and brilliantly acted characters. The non-linear storytelling and news reel intro still seem quite modern. But I can very much appreciate and *enjoy* the makeup, cinematography, composite shots etc., and that doubtlessly makes me like and enjoy the film even more.

 

It's funny how Herrmann's score basically gives away the final clue right in the first two scenes, if you'd only understand it at that point.

[A24 4,326]

It's only brilliant because experts have said so. The truth is, you don't really like it.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Rosebum...

[Marian Schedenig 8,175]

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

I love that rug. It really ties the room together.

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,356]

Watching Mission Impossible.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

The original, and the best.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

There are other ones?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

It's all you need!

[A24 4,326]

Some find it confusing ...

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I like the bit where the thingy blows up and everyone's like "yeaahhh!"

[Quintus 5,399]

I like espionage movies and I like heist movies. But I never fancied the MI movies. Saw the first one at the cinema only.

[crocodile 7,988]

Most of them are really entertaining. The last three are big popcorn fun. It helps that the majority of sequences are based around real stunts. As far as Hollywood action films go these are way a above most.

 

Karol

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Yeah all the 2010s ones have been good.

[Chen G. 3,944]

They're fine, but something about them just doesn't really grab me. I guess I'm just not a huge fan of pure action cinema. I usually need something more.

 

Of them all (and I think we have just enough) I'm deliberating between Ghost Protocol (by far the most "fun") and Rogue Nation as a personal favourite.

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,356]

Well I'm doing the rounds this week, so I'll weigh in after.

[A24 4,326]

2 hours ago, Chen G. said:

They're fine, but something about them just doesn't really grab me. I guess I'm just not a huge fan of pure action cinema. I usually need something more.

 

Of them all (and I think we have just enough) I'm deliberating between Ghost Protocol (by far the most "fun") and Rogue Nation as a personal favourite.

 

The first one feels like it's more than pure action yet you actually prefer the ones that do offer nothing more? 

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Chen doesn't know what he wants.

[John 2,032]

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I was watching Minority Report and reminded of a really great moment. Colin Farrell can't get into the precog room and then suddenly Tom Cruise marches in like a boss while the camera follows him in tightly.

 

"Ident John Anderton approved for entry."

 

 

I miss Spielberg like William H. Macy missed fishing in Jurassic Park 3.

[Marian Schedenig 8,175]

 

 

 

 

[Jurassic Shark 12,033]

[A24 4,326]

On 7/30/2019 at 4:22 AM, John said:

 

Clearly stolen from Malick's Badlands (or vice versa).

[Holko 9,499]

[Jurassic Shark 12,033]

Biggus Dickus?

[Bespin 8,480]

I can read latin!!!

[Jurassic Shark 12,033]

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

5 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Biggus Dickus?

I have a wery good fwiend, in Wome, called Biggus Dickus.

[Jurassic Shark 12,033]

Don't we all!

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

I'm my own best friend, JS 

[Jurassic Shark 12,033]

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

12 hours ago, Holko said:

That's BEN-HUR, isn't it? Wow. The ability to get that depth of field, at 65mil.

[Holko 9,499]

Oh, there are many better examples of that. Like Judah in he foreground behind he rock, and we see all the way back to the cave, small people coming out, all crisp in focus... compare that with the bifocal shots in ST:TMP!