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Soggy Bagel's Revenge! · 09-23-2003, 07:30 AM

This is based on production design, cinematography, costuming, makeup, or any other thing that might affect the visual aspect of any given film. For my list, I've ranked 20 titles, but I put "10" in the subject line, since probably most will want to limit themselves to that.

Here's the list...

1. In Dreams
2. Dark City
3. Sleepy Hollow
4. Batman Returns
5. Dracula - Coppola
6. Lost Highway
7. City of Lost Children
8. American Beauty
9. Ratcatcher
10. Alien Resurrection

11. Edward Scissorhands
12. The End of the Affair
13. Eyes Wide Shut
14. Seven
15. The Pillow Book
16. Fight Club
17. The English Patient
18. The Insider
19. Rushmore
20. L.A. Confidential

Whee!

Arigato,
Brook

nitin · 09-23-2003, 10:19 AM

not in any order, but here goes :

12 monkeys
American Beauty
Amelie
Batman Returns
Ed Wood
Sleepy Hollow
Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
Edward Scissorhands
Nightmare Before Christmas
Fargo
Seven
Fight Club
Goodfellas
The Matrix
Miller's Crossing
A Simple Plan
Truman Show
Unforgiven
Fight Club

Anti-Hero · 09-23-2003, 11:24 AM

In no order heres my top 10..

Pulp Fiction
Ed Wood
Jackie Brown
Seven
Black Hawk Down
Edward Scissorhands
Eyes Wide Shut
Heat
The Matrix
American Beauty

asphodel5 · 09-23-2003, 01:21 PM

The Age of Innocence
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Eyes Wide Shut
City of Lost Children
Sleepy Hollow
Bram Stoker's Dracula
To Live
Seven
Miller's Crossing
Chungking Express

I have a feeling that I am neglecting something major. If I think of anything I reserve the right to edit the list.

Riedenschneider · 09-23-2003, 01:46 PM

(10 is too fuckin much. Not for me to compile but to read from others. If you had said 5 (and people get their act together and not tend to throw in dozens more for "good" measure) this would've been a kick ass thread. Now with 10 - 20 films per poster I'm simply not interested... )
But nevermind me.

Griggi · 09-23-2003, 01:51 PM

Last Of The Mohicans

Riedenschneider · 09-23-2003, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Griggi

Last Of The Mohicans

Now this post meant something for me!

Griggi · 09-23-2003, 02:10 PM

Hey Riedenschnieder -- is your sig about Wayne's World or am I way off?

I know Garth used to say "I don't even wanna know what 'mung' is!"

run1 · 09-23-2003, 02:13 PM

In no particular order.......

Thin Red Line
City of lost children
Heat
Dances with wolves
Farewell my concubine
Elizabeth
The English patient
The Piano
Romeo + Juliet
Orlando

Some of these I love, some I don't. But they all LOOK great

Bossplaya · 09-23-2003, 02:21 PM

I'd love to know why these movies are being listed.

Notoriousaurus · 09-23-2003, 02:28 PM

The Crow I remember being stunned by the lighting on this one.

Marq · 09-23-2003, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bossplaya

I'd love to know why these movies are being listed.

As Soggy outlined in the first post, they are films from the 1990s that we think have the best "production design, cinematography, costuming, makeup, or any other thing that might affect the visual aspect of any given film".

I wish I was at home to compile a more comprehensive list of my own, from my various other lists I have laying around (and I will when I do get home), but for now, and Reidenschnieder will like this, I can only base a first draft of my list from this thread (top 10 photographed movies of alltime) and whatever films happen to be from the 90s. So for now....here's 5:

01. Ratcatcher, 1999, dir: Lynne Ramsay
02. Jacob's Ladder, 1990, dir: Adrian Lyne
03. Buffalo '66, 1998, dir: Vincent Gallo
04. Breaking the Waves, 1996, dir: Lars von Trier

I will expand it tonight I hope with more films and perhaps even different ones when I consider things like costumes, makeup and production design.

Soggy Bagel's Revenge! · 09-23-2003, 03:00 PM

Come on, guys. It's easy to simply list 10 films "in no particular order". It's actually interesting to see how different people would rank different films, so if you're going to participate, try to put in the effort to rank them

run1 · 09-23-2003, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soggy Bagel's Revenge!

Come on, guys. It's easy to simply list 10 films "in no particular order". It's actually interesting to see how different people would rank different films, so if you're going to participate, try to put in the effort to rank them

Come on Soggy! I've picked 10 movies out of all the movies I saw during the decade....... I don't think I'm able to differ between number 4 and 8 anyway

Soggy Bagel's Revenge! · 09-23-2003, 03:16 PM

...and note: "Black Hawk Down", "Amelie", and "Mulholland Drive" were not released in the 90s

Marq · 09-23-2003, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soggy Bagel's Revenge!

and "Mulholland Drive" were not released in the 90s

list.... edited.

deltau922 · 09-23-2003, 04:24 PM

JFK
Schindler's List
Heat
The Insider
LA Confidential
Phantom Menace
Silence of the Lambs
The Godfather Part III

MooglePorn · 09-23-2003, 04:41 PM

1.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - A visual splendor.

2. Moulin Rouge - Always interesting to watch, always an amazing spectacle. It blends amazingly joyous dancing with drama I have rarely seen before. The shots of Paris, the slow motion cuts of people in the street, my God there is just too much to say about this movie.

3.Minority Report - The movie was just OK, but the visual style Spielberg used for the future and the "precogs" was excellent...

4.A.I. was almost as good, with the moon scene being a standout...

5. 12 Monkeys - From the credits to the bear scene, you know Gilliam is taking you to a future you've never seen before. The dreams and the visions are amazingly visually interesting.

6. Dark City - Reminds me of a living Graphic Novel more than any other film... so many artistic still shots it's amazing...

7. Jackie Brown - One hell of a well shot movie.
From Bridget Fonda's feet to Sam Jackson in the car, this movie is always throwing great angles and looks on the screen.

8. Fight Club - Not exactly original in the zoom and paiuse effects, but certainly the most well done. As much as I am starting to get tired of quick cuts that try to keep you interested in a shit story, in this movie it worked very well (and the story was pretty good too!).

9. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - I am not a huge fan of these films but I enjoy them, and the end battle of this one is one amazingly well shot battle sequence, not to mention the rest of the film as well. Nothing innovative, but certainly well done.

10. Eyes Wide Shut - Call me a Kubrick fanboy, but this movie is of course very well shot and set-up. I especially love the use of the masks in the orgy scene, and Tom Cruise's facial expressions actually being used for drama, rather than masturbation.

Well I just noticed it's the 90's and not the last ten years like the other thread, but I put too much thought into this... so... sorry Soggy.

larphillips · 09-23-2003, 04:44 PM

10. Dances With Wolves - because I'm a sucker for an epic

9. Ed Wood - As shitty, cheap and murky as a Wood film, but to great effect. I could't pull my eyes from the screen.

8. JFK - really gave us a new approach to cinematography and I loved the mix of film stocks.

7. Sleepy Hollow - Burton always creates such a complete world for both the cast and the audience to immerse themselves in.

6. Schindler's List - Black & white photography actually shot on B&W stock... beautiful

5. Saving Private Ryan - I loved the washed out grain, and the odd shutter speeds. It gave it a sense of hyper-realism so as not to lessen the impact.

3. Terminator 2: Judegement Day - Steel and flesh and fire and blood and effects that blew us all away at the time. Pure eye candy.

2. Silence Of The Lambs - some of the best found locations in the 90's... and damn if the bulk of the movie wasn't all shot in Pittsburgh.

1. I have to give my nod to Bram Stoker's Dracula. Really, a trash heap of a movie, but so beautiful to look at. Also, the old-style trick photography was fun to see on screen again.

deltau922 · 09-23-2003, 05:46 PM

(Never mind - deleted post)

MooglePorn · 09-23-2003, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deltau922

Moogle I'm pretty sure about half of those came out in the '00s.

I know... read the whole post...

deltau922 · 09-23-2003, 05:53 PM

my apologies - I'm a skimmer.

C Roberts · 09-23-2003, 07:54 PM

I'll throw in Raise the Red Lantern. Its a beautiful film by Zhang Yimou. Too bad we've never gotten a decent DVD release of it.

Using guzzlefish I was able to separate my collection to just 90's movies and anything else I'd mention has already been listed multiple times.

SephirothClone · 09-24-2003, 03:22 AM

Top 10 Best Looking Films:
1. Sleepy Hollow- Beautiful. Perfect.
2. Pleasentville- Underated movie IMO, features beautiful sets.
3. Se7en- The "cream of the crop" for dark creepyness.
4. Dark City- A visual feast for the eyes.
5. Eyes Wide Shut- Poor movie, but jaw dropping visual style.
6. Ed Wood- Simple and holds a 50's feel.
7. Rushmore- Anderson's second film is so simple and cute.
8. Lost Highway- The obscure look is perfect.
9. The Matrix- Very hip gothic look.
10. Ichi the Killer- Total manga brilliance.

Runner-Up's:
11. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Very strange on the eyes.
12. Schindler's List- Horrific and seems like it was shot on loacation.
13. Batman Returns- Burton brilliance.
14. American History X- Also has great editing.
15. Bram Stoker's Dracula- GOOD Coppola in the 90's.

Oscar Antonio M · 09-24-2003, 05:16 AM

Heat
Fight Club
Reservoir Dogs
The Matrix
Rushmore
Bottle Rocket
Lost Highway
Sleepy Hollow
American History X
Natural Born Killers

Runner ups:
Schindlers List
T2
Eyes Wide Shut
Trainspotting

MurDiddlyUrdler · 09-24-2003, 05:49 AM

Just off the top of my head. I'm sure if I really explored this topic some more my list would be a little different.

1. Alive
2. City of Lost Children
3. Pleasantville
4. Fargo
5. American Beauty
6. The Green Mile
7. Tommy Boy
8. Unforgiven
9. In the Name of the Father
10. Searching for Bobby Fischer

Soggy Bagel's Revenge! · 09-24-2003, 06:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MurDiddlyUrdler

7. Tommy Boy

...Tommy Boy? Putting aside the fact that the film is utterly awful, and only tolerable to watch while piss drunk, I don't remember there being anything very creative about the production design, costuming, makeup, or cinematography of this film. Unless, of course, the bland and commonplace style of lighting and framing used to photograph Farley's amazing weight is to be considered superior to masterpieces of visual cinema arts like "Dark City", "Edward Scissorhands", or "In Dreams". Of course, "In Dreams" is possibly an even worse film than "Tommy Boy", but I fail to see how "Tommy Boy" can be considered superior.

...unless, of course, this is a joke, and I'm just taking things FAR too seriously

MurDiddlyUrdler · 09-24-2003, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soggy Bagel's Revenge!

...unless, of course, this is a joke, and I'm just taking things FAR too seriously

I was wondering whether I could slip that by anyone. I love the movie, but you're right, there's nothing noteworthy on how it looks.

Monterey Jack · 09-24-2003, 04:01 PM

-Sleepy Hollow

-The Crow

-L.A. Confidential

-Fargo

-Schindler's List

-The Blair Witch Project (I'm not joking)

-The Mask Of Zorro

-Interview With The Vampire

-Bound

-A Simple Plan

incubus0 · 09-24-2003, 05:49 PM

Surprised no one has mentioned this one...

What Dreams May Come - 1998

Some of the best effects and great use of colors.

09-23-2003, 07:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
Soggy Bagel's Revenge! Actor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Denver, Colorado	Top 10 Best Looking Films of the 90s This is based on production design, cinematography, costuming, makeup, or any other thing that might affect the visual aspect of any given film. For my list, I've ranked 20 titles, but I put "10" in the subject line, since probably most will want to limit themselves to that. Here's the list... 1. In Dreams 2. Dark City 3. Sleepy Hollow 4. Batman Returns 5. Dracula - Coppola 6. Lost Highway 7. City of Lost Children 8. American Beauty 9. Ratcatcher 10. Alien Resurrection 11. Edward Scissorhands 12. The End of the Affair 13. Eyes Wide Shut 14. Seven 15. The Pillow Book 16. Fight Club 17. The English Patient 18. The Insider 19. Rushmore 20. L.A. Confidential Whee! Arigato, Brook __________________ Whitney Houston is unanimously considered to be a talentless crack-addicted prostitute, but she's still proud to be 82% better than Star Wars. Teh video. \| Teh audio. \| Teh win! ...And please, for the love of god, don't be this guy.

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nitin Actor Join Date: Jun 2003	not in any order, but here goes : 12 monkeys American Beauty Amelie Batman Returns Ed Wood Sleepy Hollow Black Hawk Down Saving Private Ryan Edward Scissorhands Nightmare Before Christmas Fargo Seven Fight Club Goodfellas The Matrix Miller's Crossing A Simple Plan Truman Show Unforgiven Fight Club __________________ My DVDS

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asphodel5 Actor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: ohio	The Age of Innocence Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Eyes Wide Shut City of Lost Children Sleepy Hollow Bram Stoker's Dracula To Live Seven Miller's Crossing Chungking Express I have a feeling that I am neglecting something major. If I think of anything I reserve the right to edit the list. __________________ A sail! A veil awave upon the waves. Boomed crashing chords. When love absorbs. War! War! The tympanum. Redone and Revised! My Visually Oriented Screening Log

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Riedenschneider Actor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hamburg, Deutschland	(10 is too fuckin much. Not for me to compile but to read from others. If you had said 5 (and people get their act together and not tend to throw in dozens more for "good" measure) this would've been a kick ass thread. Now with 10 - 20 films per poster I'm simply not interested... ) But nevermind me. __________________ "The Hughes wealth, power and sex appeal devastated scores of broken-hearted movie stars and made grown men shudder with envy and anxiety every time he entered a room. Mr. DiCaprio just makes any logical person over 14 wonder if he ever graduated high school." -Rex Reed

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Griggi Actor Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Buckeye Nation	Changing It Up Last Of The Mohicans

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Anti-Hero Yes, I'm old school Join Date: Jan 2003	In no order heres my top 10.. Pulp Fiction Ed Wood Jackie Brown Seven Black Hawk Down Edward Scissorhands Eyes Wide Shut Heat The Matrix American Beauty

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Griggi Actor Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Buckeye Nation	Hey Riedenschnieder -- is your sig about Wayne's World or am I way off? I know Garth used to say "I don't even wanna know what 'mung' is!"

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run1 Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Norway	In no particular order....... Thin Red Line City of lost children Heat Dances with wolves Farewell my concubine Elizabeth The English patient The Piano Romeo + Juliet Orlando Some of these I love, some I don't. But they all LOOK great __________________ My ever-growing collection "You cannot eat plutonium" -Colin Powell

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Bossplaya Actor Join Date: Jun 2001	I'd love to know why these movies are being listed. __________________ Bossplaya's DVD Owned List Bossplaya's Wish List

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Soggy Bagel's Revenge! Actor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Denver, Colorado	Come on, guys. It's easy to simply list 10 films "in no particular order". It's actually interesting to see how different people would rank different films, so if you're going to participate, try to put in the effort to rank them __________________ Whitney Houston is unanimously considered to be a talentless crack-addicted prostitute, but she's still proud to be 82% better than Star Wars. Teh video. \| Teh audio. \| Teh win! ...And please, for the love of god, don't be this guy.

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Soggy Bagel's Revenge! Actor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Denver, Colorado	...and note: "Black Hawk Down", "Amelie", and "Mulholland Drive" were not released in the 90s __________________ Whitney Houston is unanimously considered to be a talentless crack-addicted prostitute, but she's still proud to be 82% better than Star Wars. Teh video. \| Teh audio. \| Teh win! ...And please, for the love of god, don't be this guy.

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MooglePorn Actor Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA	1.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - A visual splendor. 2. Moulin Rouge - Always interesting to watch, always an amazing spectacle. It blends amazingly joyous dancing with drama I have rarely seen before. The shots of Paris, the slow motion cuts of people in the street, my God there is just too much to say about this movie. 3.Minority Report - The movie was just OK, but the visual style Spielberg used for the future and the "precogs" was excellent... 4.A.I. was almost as good, with the moon scene being a standout... 5. 12 Monkeys - From the credits to the bear scene, you know Gilliam is taking you to a future you've never seen before. The dreams and the visions are amazingly visually interesting. 6. Dark City - Reminds me of a living Graphic Novel more than any other film... so many artistic still shots it's amazing... 7. Jackie Brown - One hell of a well shot movie. From Bridget Fonda's feet to Sam Jackson in the car, this movie is always throwing great angles and looks on the screen. 8. Fight Club - Not exactly original in the zoom and paiuse effects, but certainly the most well done. As much as I am starting to get tired of quick cuts that try to keep you interested in a shit story, in this movie it worked very well (and the story was pretty good too!). 9. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - I am not a huge fan of these films but I enjoy them, and the end battle of this one is one amazingly well shot battle sequence, not to mention the rest of the film as well. Nothing innovative, but certainly well done. 10. Eyes Wide Shut - Call me a Kubrick fanboy, but this movie is of course very well shot and set-up. I especially love the use of the masks in the orgy scene, and Tom Cruise's facial expressions actually being used for drama, rather than masturbation. Well I just noticed it's the 90's and not the last ten years like the other thread, but I put too much thought into this... so... sorry Soggy.

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larphillips Actor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH	10. Dances With Wolves - because I'm a sucker for an epic 9. Ed Wood - As shitty, cheap and murky as a Wood film, but to great effect. I could't pull my eyes from the screen. 8. JFK - really gave us a new approach to cinematography and I loved the mix of film stocks. 7. Sleepy Hollow - Burton always creates such a complete world for both the cast and the audience to immerse themselves in. 6. Schindler's List - Black & white photography actually shot on B&W stock... beautiful 5. Saving Private Ryan - I loved the washed out grain, and the odd shutter speeds. It gave it a sense of hyper-realism so as not to lessen the impact. 3. Terminator 2: Judegement Day - Steel and flesh and fire and blood and effects that blew us all away at the time. Pure eye candy. 2. Silence Of The Lambs - some of the best found locations in the 90's... and damn if the bulk of the movie wasn't all shot in Pittsburgh. 1. I have to give my nod to Bram Stoker's Dracula. Really, a trash heap of a movie, but so beautiful to look at. Also, the old-style trick photography was fun to see on screen again. __________________ I'm going with Jerkstore! Jerkstore is the line! Jerkstore! Yes. - George Costanza "What a lovely day for an exorcism." Demon/Regan - THE EXORCIST Last edited by larphillips : 09-23-2003 at 04:58 PM.

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deltau922 Actor Join Date: Jan 2003	Re: Re: Top 10 Best Looking Films of the 90s my apologies - I'm a skimmer. __________________ SITH HAPPENS Go to http://www.cafepress.com/sithhappens

09-23-2003, 07:54 PM	#23 (permalink)
C Roberts Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Multiple Account Ban	I'll throw in Raise the Red Lantern. Its a beautiful film by Zhang Yimou. Too bad we've never gotten a decent DVD release of it. Using guzzlefish I was able to separate my collection to just 90's movies and anything else I'd mention has already been listed multiple times.

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SephirothClone Secret President of the NLWC Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Guess and win $1	Top 10 Best Looking Films: 1. Sleepy Hollow- Beautiful. Perfect. 2. Pleasentville- Underated movie IMO, features beautiful sets. 3. Se7en- The "cream of the crop" for dark creepyness. 4. Dark City- A visual feast for the eyes. 5. Eyes Wide Shut- Poor movie, but jaw dropping visual style. 6. Ed Wood- Simple and holds a 50's feel. 7. Rushmore- Anderson's second film is so simple and cute. 8. Lost Highway- The obscure look is perfect. 9. The Matrix- Very hip gothic look. 10. Ichi the Killer- Total manga brilliance. Runner-Up's: 11. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Very strange on the eyes. 12. Schindler's List- Horrific and seems like it was shot on loacation. 13. Batman Returns- Burton brilliance. 14. American History X- Also has great editing. 15. Bram Stoker's Dracula- GOOD Coppola in the 90's. __________________ Want pictures of my iguana collection? Just give Ried a PM.

09-24-2003, 05:16 AM	#25 (permalink)
Oscar Antonio M Loves his "family" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Heaven & Hell coalition	Heat Fight Club Reservoir Dogs The Matrix Rushmore Bottle Rocket Lost Highway Sleepy Hollow American History X Natural Born Killers Runner ups: Schindlers List T2 Eyes Wide Shut Trainspotting __________________ DVD's

09-24-2003, 05:49 AM	#26 (permalink)
MurDiddlyUrdler Banned Join Date: Aug 2002	Just off the top of my head. I'm sure if I really explored this topic some more my list would be a little different. 1. Alive 2. City of Lost Children 3. Pleasantville 4. Fargo 5. American Beauty 6. The Green Mile 7. Tommy Boy 8. Unforgiven 9. In the Name of the Father 10. Searching for Bobby Fischer

09-24-2003, 04:01 PM	#29 (permalink)
Monterey Jack Wants to be John Smith Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Walpole, MA U.S.A.	Ten 90's films at random: -Sleepy Hollow -The Crow -L.A. Confidential -Fargo -Schindler's List -The Blair Witch Project (I'm not joking) -The Mask Of Zorro -Interview With The Vampire -Bound -A Simple Plan __________________ Lol VHS forty dollars??? more like dvd's 5 dollars hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha skip a long to blu ray disc and get with the freakin program!!!!!!!! LOL -ty_guy123321@hotmal.com

09-24-2003, 05:49 PM	#30 (permalink)
incubus0 Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts	Surprised no one has mentioned this one... What Dreams May Come - 1998 Some of the best effects and great use of colors.

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