As I said on the last video: Best shots of all time - part 4: Shots that manipulate time 1. Best slo mo shot 2. Best timelapse shot 3. Best time standing still shot 4. Best time running backwards shot 5. Still no idea
Well i sure must have your favorite films and you would include a few of them in almost every lista of your's too And that "Old japanese film" is from one of cinema greatest directors, just saying
That old Japanese movie, is probably the best film I've seen in terms of shot composition. Its my favourite film by Ozu, I like it more than Tokyo Story and Late Spring..
+MrKJ444 I'm so tired of this shit. People really need to stop calling everything they don't like or/and don't understand as "pretentious". That way of thinking is so fucking idiotic. I hate it.
Críticas Cinéfilas I just watched my first Tarkovsky film Stalker,I felt that it required a lot of patience to watch,but I feel like I should watch more of his films. Which one should I try next?
I love how I feel so cultured and knowledgeable when i watch this channel. It's like taking cinema 101 but the teacher respect your intelligence, as to say: you know not much about filmaking, but at least you'll know enough to appreciate the art.
"...through the objects to which they connect." I love you for many reasons, including using proper English!! And "with which to enter the next scene." BRAVO!!
I'm glad you guys showed a brief clip of True Stories. That's one of the more under-appreciated movies of all time and it's filled with brilliant cutaways and moments, including the man dancing in the window. I've rewound and watched that shot over and over. Just magical.
I didn't know there was gonna be more than two parts! I had to recheck my eyes to see I wasn't being fooled! I've had the mirror on my to watch list for a while because of y'all. that insert alone tells me why I should watch it. oh my god. I felt it. thank you so much
I would love to see you guys do a video about music. How music can enhance a scene, add tension, tease the viewer or trick us. And it would be lovely if it could include classic scores along with modern ones!
The moment you mentioned "the cutaway" I actually said out loudly "pillow shots!!!" Rest in peace, Roger Ebert. Thank you for teaching me about pillow shots before.
if there is one way to cheat me into thinking 'this is a beautiful movie' is with cutaway shots. I'm a sucker for them. Hell, give me a wall with drying paint and i still love it.
Top 10 Descriptive Shots. A scene that makes you feel like you're immersing in a very descriptive page in a book. I had that feeling while watching The Drop.
CineFix Bone to spaceship in 2001? Old Noodles changing to Young Noodles while watching Jennifer Connelly dancing in ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (director's cut) ? The curtain at the back of the stage becoming a ship's sail in Olivier's version of HENRY V? (PS You guys rock!)
I don't know if it's an an establishing shot or not but one that comes to mind is the first time you see the cabin in Evil Dead. I love how the car is mostly silent and all you really hear is the swing banging into the side the cabin.
I don't know if you'll do transition shots and you probably don't think it's a great movie but the year-passing sequence from Notting Hill always struck me as great. Hugh Grant walks through the street market and the weather changes from sunny to rainy to windy to snowy and he comes out the other side a year later. This is the first time I noticed Lady Liberty with her back turned in Godfather; great symbol!
I watched the previous 2, in anticipation of this video. The best 45 minutes of my life. I was so drawn in, learned so much and felt something special. Amazing. Brilliant. Keep on coming.
Malick seems to try a little too hard to be "artsy." People like Tarkovsky or Bergman aren't trying to make an "psychedelic art film." If it turns out to be one, it is just how the film ended up being. They don't make films with the mindset of making it weird, and untraditional.
Man, I love your channel! If there is one channel on TH-cam that has television quality, it would be yours. In every list you create you put in so much work and give so much insight... Anyway just wanted to say thanks and keep up the awesome work!
In the last example, I personally like the shot of the hallway with the train more than the shot of the dinnerware. I haven't seen the film and don't know the exact context but it seems the moment these two characters kiss is an important one. It may be the first time, it may be after an argument, but the director took the moment away from us, and in doing so took some of the context as well. We are forced to fill in the blanks ourselves and thanks to this channel I have begun to appreciate that more and more.
Damn I love Cinefix videos. Your explanation of scenes, their context and structure, is like a sensory overload sometimes, so thank you for all these incredible videos!
I love this series! if I might add, i 'd be really happy if you make more of this kind of videos. By which I mean educating ones, like you did with dialogue a while ago.
What makes CineFix so much better than channels like WatchMojo (I'm not a Mojo-hater, I can enjoy their videos as well), is that you actually learn something from watching their stuff. By watching these Best Shots-series I've learnt lots about camera directions and scenography, exemplified by brilliant movie clips. Another thing which makes CineFix different from others is the choice of movies presented. In countdowns created by for example WatchMojo, you can often predict which movie/artists/etc will be featured, and when your personal favourite doesn't win, you get upset. But CineFix makes you understand the greatness in often forgotten not-so-mainstream movies, and when I'm about to watch a new movie, I often visit CineFix to get some ideas because I know this is a place for quality. I'm also sure that carefully watching and taking notes of CineFix' videos can give you serious skills as a film director, and that's why this is my current TH-cam-channel favourite . Keep up the good work, guys! :D
The scene in Lawrence of Arabia of the sun going down is so beautiful, its little scenes like that which you might never even realise or fully take in if watching a movie just for the fun or watching a movie without paying close attention to every single shot, just shows how even bad movies can be a little entertaining with good cinematography. *Cough cough* the mountain between us *cough cough*
0:37 Those where the days when film studios credited the audience with a lot more intelligence. Today you get an est. shot of the White House with the title "Washington, D.C." or gems like a shot of THE Acropolis with "Athens, Greece" or the freaking Colosseum with the title "Rome, Italy", like in the movie 'Jason Bourne'.
I like how they tried to trick us. Making us think that The Godfather was going to be their new thing to jerk off. But nope, straight back to The Mirror.
I hope you guys bring back the homemade how to series. when I discovered your channel I loved the how to and diy costume squad series. btw I love you guys keep up the good work
Love you videos ever since I came across them. Love how you mention lots of them in detail and I'll check 'em out and try to use your points to analyze them and live through them. One thing though about the best shots videos, I didn't see Chaplin's Modern Times ending scene with him and his lady on the road, fading into the landscape of mountains.
I would love to see one on continues shots. I think you did a video on them before, but a list of 5 of the best continues shots, and why they are the best would be pretty awesome. I've always enjoyed any form of media that manages to put as much into a single uncut recording as possible.
I LOVE your "countdown" videos -- especially the way you reference several other films similar to the "winning" pick for that spot! Here are some idears (for free -- use as many or as few as you like! ;-) Best Characters (too vague?), Most Tragic Heroes, Most Vengeful Characters, Most Upbeat Characters/ Most Inspirational Characters, Most Insulting/Infuriating Characters, Most Flamboyant Characters.
I always reluctant to try a Tarkovsky film but after this video maybe I should try The Mirror. Never thought his film could be this beautiful. great list as always.
I find these videos both awesome and incredibly stressful because I always leave them with so many more films to add to my list (and it's already SO DAMN LONG.)
One of my favorite inserts has to be the top at the end of Inception. I am an anime fan and would like to include 2 moments from some great anime. The first are the many establishing shots in Mushishi that capture the essence of each episode, there are also many fantastic inserts throughout each episode. My all time favorite anime would go to Monster, the insert during the credits finally coming to life in the show when they read "The Nameless Monster" is bone chilling. Some of the best shots of the series are close ups of faces, whether it be the villain's many horrifying close ups, people in desperation, times of sorrow, or moments or realization. The show could not garner enough praise on it's shots, story, or characters.
Requiem of a Dream drug high is a rather good insert, if I may say so myself. It captures not just what is happening, but the experience, how it made be experience, how the characters experienced, how it affects you, not just from the surface of this person is high. But chemically. Mentally. Externally and internally.
Finally,I have started predicting Cinefix. The moment he explained cutaway shots,the first name which came to my mind was Yasujirō Ozu although i thought he'd pick Tokyo Story. BTW, I think most of his cutaway shots looked unique because they were primarily tatami shots (from a relatively much lower height than what is conventional). PS - I think , The Tree of Life also had a fair share of cutaways but quite dynamic as if they are to deceive us that they are part of the narrative.But,again,Cinefix did mention Terence Malick. Great vid as always.
One insert I thought would be a good mention is the Prometheus close up of David holding the black goo on his finger tip where you can see the Weyland logo. I know the film have issues but that close up was really good, especially considering the themes and narrative
Surprised not even a mention for the Mars establishing shot in Total Recall. Not only does it exhibit wonderful miniature work from a team that won a special achievement Oscar for effects, it's aesthetically great and Schwarzenegger himself felt it so central to the film that he gave up part of his paycheck so it could be completed and remain in the film.
As I said on the last video:
Best shots of all time - part 4: Shots that manipulate time
1. Best slo mo shot
2. Best timelapse shot
3. Best time standing still shot
4. Best time running backwards shot
5. Still no idea
They already made a Top 10 slo-mo moments.
Yo Cinefix, this guy's got the right idea
For the fifth you could do the freeze frame
Perhaps also a category for camera angles and movements.
Montages
I love how LOTR shows up in almost every Cinefix video yet rarely gets mentioned! I think there must be an editor who loves it to death
it's only a cinematic masterpiece that does nearly everything right and completely revolutionized the cinematography game
There's just so many good examples of everything in those movies!
"Best Shots of All Time - Pt. 3 (Other than literally all of LOTR)" makes for a clunky title.
damn the godfather, the mirror and an old japanese movie? you guys surprise me each time ;)
Well i sure must have your favorite films and you would include a few of them in almost every lista of your's too
And that "Old japanese film" is from one of cinema greatest directors, just saying
yea, it was supposed to be a joke
they always choose the most pretentious thing they can think of. in a way it's actually hilarious
That old Japanese movie, is probably the best film I've seen in terms of shot composition.
Its my favourite film by Ozu, I like it more than Tokyo Story and Late Spring..
+MrKJ444 I'm so tired of this shit. People really need to stop calling everything they don't like or/and don't understand as "pretentious". That way of thinking is so fucking idiotic. I hate it.
I'd really like to see you guys tackle "best edits of all time" next - there's a lot of material there.
Cant believe you inclueded The Mirror! Nice film, never seen it in any of your videos!
By the way, I love it too :3
They've sung it's praises in a few of their more elaborate videos, I think. Issgudfilm.
Críticas Cinéfilas I just watched my first Tarkovsky film Stalker,I felt that it required a lot of patience to watch,but I feel like I should watch more of his films.
Which one should I try next?
SPARSH GAKHAR Solaris, Nostalghia and in case you haven't watched it yet... the mirror.
In my opinion ones of the best shots of all time are in The Mirror or in other Tarkovski's films !! This director is poetic genius !
The insert bit from The Mirror gave me chills.
I never get tired of you people including the mirror,criminally underrated movie
Have you guys seen "The mirror" by Tarkovsky?
John Bonham lol who hasn't?
VB MUTT
Sadly over 85% of the population
I love how I feel so cultured and knowledgeable when i watch this channel. It's like taking cinema 101 but the teacher respect your intelligence, as to say: you know not much about filmaking, but at least you'll know enough to appreciate the art.
The crown, the hands and in this scene in the mirror it is the breath I love it
Yes!!! Keep those cinematography videos coming
CineFix truly is a blessing in the TH-cam commuity.
"...through the objects to which they connect." I love you for many reasons, including using proper English!! And "with which to enter the next scene." BRAVO!!
Please please please never stop making these lists. I've learned so much. Thank you CineFix.
I'm glad you guys showed a brief clip of True Stories. That's one of the more under-appreciated movies of all time and it's filled with brilliant cutaways and moments, including the man dancing in the window. I've rewound and watched that shot over and over. Just magical.
Please keep this series going at least till it hits a three digit episode-
to the top with you
I didn't know there was gonna be more than two parts!
I had to recheck my eyes to see I wasn't being fooled!
I've had the mirror on my to watch list for a while because of y'all. that insert alone tells me why I should watch it. oh my god. I felt it.
thank you so much
Love this series! Great content, TH-cam needs more of this.
I would love to see you guys do a video about music. How music can enhance a scene, add tension, tease the viewer or trick us. And it would be lovely if it could include classic scores along with modern ones!
I pressed a like before seeing a video beacuse I know it's going to be amazing
me too. you dont need a reason to love a cinefix video anymore. You just know you`re gonna love it
The moment you mentioned "the cutaway" I actually said out loudly "pillow shots!!!"
Rest in peace, Roger Ebert. Thank you for teaching me about pillow shots before.
if there is one way to cheat me into thinking 'this is a beautiful movie' is with cutaway shots. I'm a sucker for them. Hell, give me a wall with drying paint and i still love it.
I like how your mind works, then.
This honestly gave me a new perspective on establishing shots. I am very glad I watched this.
I'm loving this series!
Top 10 Descriptive Shots. A scene that makes you feel like you're immersing in a very descriptive page in a book. I had that feeling while watching The Drop.
I rarely agree with their picks, but, I always feel like I learned something. And that is always a good thing.
Top 10 best scene to scene transitions of all time must be next!!!
I like it. You have one in mind?
A lot of Bergman and Chaplin.Astonising french "Le peuple migrateur".
CineFix Bone to spaceship in 2001? Old Noodles changing to Young Noodles while watching Jennifer Connelly dancing in ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (director's cut) ? The curtain at the back of the stage becoming a ship's sail in Olivier's version of HENRY V? (PS You guys rock!)
CineFix check out the "Editing as punctuation in film" video by Max Tohline on Vimeo. You will find a gold mine of ideas there 👌👌👌
Scott Piligrim should be first on that list. Next to 2001 Space Odesey, the big lewosky and (of course) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
"Leave the gun, take the cannoli" is such a great line also.
I don't know if it's an an establishing shot or not but one that comes to mind is the first time you see the cabin in Evil Dead. I love how the car is mostly silent and all you really hear is the swing banging into the side the cabin.
Those movie lists are pure gold, I love this series, congratulations guys! This is amazing content... I could watch them all day long
Best movie channel on TH-cam! I love your voice and the way you narrate what we see. Keep going!
This is turning into a truly fantastic and memorable series.
I don't know if you'll do transition shots and you probably don't think it's a great movie but the year-passing sequence from Notting Hill always struck me as great. Hugh Grant walks through the street market and the weather changes from sunny to rainy to windy to snowy and he comes out the other side a year later.
This is the first time I noticed Lady Liberty with her back turned in Godfather; great symbol!
I watched the previous 2, in anticipation of this video.
The best 45 minutes of my life. I was so drawn in, learned so much and felt something special.
Amazing. Brilliant. Keep on coming.
Thanks!
Alright guys, take a break from best shots, you deserve it.
But we want the part 4 eventually... congrats from Brazil!!
I can't explain how glad I am this youtube channel exists
Thanks Paul!
Never stop making these. Ever.
More more more! Best shots is my favorite part of your channel
My Own Private Idaho has some of my favourite cut-away shots --- they're so jarring yet so perfect
I love the shots in the Revenant, when there are shown two images of the landscape before every scene
These lists are sooo good! Please never stop
love the previous 2 parts..this is the type of vid you like in 1 second of it starting to play.
I dropped out of film school for CineFix.
Really?
I actually decided to watch The Mirror because you kept mentioning it. I can see why you talk about it so much. It's a very beautiful film.
Wow Ozu and Tarkovsky on the same list. Two of the best. Ozu's cinematography always reminded me of Tarkovsky.
Cinema Dynamite underrated comment 👍🏻
Even Malick reminds me so much of Tarkovsky..
Totally! I don't nearly love Malick's films as much as Tarkovsky's but the similarities are there
Cinema Dynamite Same here, Tarkovsky is my 3rd favourite director of all time. Unfortunately, Malick doesn't make the top 10..
Malick seems to try a little too hard to be "artsy." People like Tarkovsky or Bergman aren't trying to make an "psychedelic art film." If it turns out to be one, it is just how the film ended up being. They don't make films with the mindset of making it weird, and untraditional.
This is maybe your best video yet. You guys continue to impress me the more I watch, great work!!
I may not always agree with your choices but I respect the help out of 'em.
Thanks cinefix
This series was fantastic. Thanks.
This might be my personal favorite video of yours. I really enjoy your work.
Every Frame a Painting and this together releasing and making it the filmmaking hour!
Thanks for a great list, once again. Love your original choice of movie fragments as well!
Man, I love your channel! If there is one channel on TH-cam that has television quality, it would be yours. In every list you create you put in so much work and give so much insight...
Anyway just wanted to say thanks and keep up the awesome work!
In the last example, I personally like the shot of the hallway with the train more than the shot of the dinnerware. I haven't seen the film and don't know the exact context but it seems the moment these two characters kiss is an important one. It may be the first time, it may be after an argument, but the director took the moment away from us, and in doing so took some of the context as well. We are forced to fill in the blanks ourselves and thanks to this channel I have begun to appreciate that more and more.
Thank you. I especially enjoyed the scene from the Mirror, great point about the vanishing of a memory.
why is there no adam sandler film on this list, I am very disappointed.
It would be unfair to the other films to compare them to such greatness.
Every single shot from Adam Sandler's movies needs its own video.
Adam Sandler That scene with hell in ma boi Lil Nicky 😩👌👌
jokes on you. Punch Drunk Love is the best example of beautiful shots in filmmaking
I agree. Super messed up.
AseerX1 shut up that wasn't even me, it was my stunt double Larry King.
Damn I love Cinefix videos. Your explanation of scenes, their context and structure, is like a sensory overload sometimes, so thank you for all these incredible videos!
thanks for making this terrific series.
I love this series! if I might add, i 'd be really happy if you make more of this kind of videos. By which I mean educating ones, like you did with dialogue a while ago.
What makes CineFix so much better than channels like WatchMojo (I'm not a Mojo-hater, I can enjoy their videos as well), is that you actually learn something from watching their stuff. By watching these Best Shots-series I've learnt lots about camera directions and scenography, exemplified by brilliant movie clips. Another thing which makes CineFix different from others is the choice of movies presented. In countdowns created by for example WatchMojo, you can often predict which movie/artists/etc will be featured, and when your personal favourite doesn't win, you get upset. But CineFix makes you understand the greatness in often forgotten not-so-mainstream movies, and when I'm about to watch a new movie, I often visit CineFix to get some ideas because I know this is a place for quality.
I'm also sure that carefully watching and taking notes of CineFix' videos can give you serious skills as a film director, and that's why this is my current TH-cam-channel favourite .
Keep up the good work, guys! :D
Thanks so much, these videos are fascinating and veeeery helpful for an aspiring DP. Keep up the good work, it's always a joy to watch
One of my favorite insert shots has to be the peanut wrapper from No Country for Old Men.
We already had The Godfather and The Mirror, if we mention all 3 of our favorites in the same video, an ancient Mummy's curse comes true...
Ahahahahahahahaha
CineFix So THAT'S why you didn't feature No Country For Old Men on your Top 50 movies, smart.
these best shots VDOs are awesome !!!
the amount of times lotr is shown but not selected for anything on this channel is driving me nuts
The scene in Lawrence of Arabia of the sun going down is so beautiful, its little scenes like that which you might never even realise or fully take in if watching a movie just for the fun or watching a movie without paying close attention to every single shot, just shows how even bad movies can be a little entertaining with good cinematography. *Cough cough* the mountain between us *cough cough*
0:37 Those where the days when film studios credited the audience with a lot more intelligence.
Today you get an est. shot of the White House with the title "Washington, D.C." or gems like a shot of THE Acropolis with "Athens, Greece" or the freaking Colosseum with the title "Rome, Italy", like in the movie 'Jason Bourne'.
thats just in case you are somehow entering..... the twilight zone.
haha *shows Taj Mahal*/ INDIA *shows Burj Khalifa*/ DUBAI *shows The Great Wall of China*/ China
Also... you know, the country part alone adds to the insult. Athens, Greece: in case I don't know where Athens is.
Athens, Greece, Europe, Earth, Sol system, Universe
keffypoo Well, there is an Athens, Texas...
love these lists and explanations, keep up the great work!
oh look..... it's The Mirror
what a surprise
I like how they tried to trick us. Making us think that The Godfather was going to be their new thing to jerk off. But nope, straight back to The Mirror.
No problem with that, i love the mirror
Sudev Sen what's wrong with Mirror?
In terms of Cinematography, it's my favourite film of all time..
It is a fantastic film.
VB MUTT Oh, the overly defensive fan that can take a joke like a dick in the ass has a Radiohead profile pic.....
surprise
yes, please do these lists forever
I hope you guys bring back the homemade how to series. when I discovered your channel I loved the how to and diy costume squad series. btw I love you guys keep up the good work
you cannot have top list without some Tarkovsky
Rightfully so.
No.
Love you videos ever since I came across them. Love how you mention lots of them in detail and I'll check 'em out and try to use your points to analyze them and live through them.
One thing though about the best shots videos, I didn't see Chaplin's Modern Times ending scene with him and his lady on the road, fading into the landscape of mountains.
I'm pretty sure this channel can convince me that Twilight or Spring Breakers are actually good films... your scripts are PHENOMENAL... much love
My favourite establishing shot is the very opening shot of Michael Haneke's Cache. It's so simple but means so much.
"Deeply emotional messages trojan horse'd into our soul on the back of a weather report" Damn. I love this channel.
I would love to see one on continues shots. I think you did a video on them before, but a list of 5 of the best continues shots, and why they are the best would be pretty awesome. I've always enjoyed any form of media that manages to put as much into a single uncut recording as possible.
this is one of my favourite channels.
yeeees :3 I love your videos, I was expecting this so much 💜
I love the Best Shots of All Time series !
Loved the insert in The Mirror, I need to see that film
I LOVE your "countdown" videos -- especially the way you reference several other films similar to the "winning" pick for that spot! Here are some idears (for free -- use as many or as few as you like! ;-) Best Characters (too vague?), Most Tragic Heroes, Most Vengeful Characters, Most Upbeat Characters/ Most Inspirational Characters, Most Insulting/Infuriating Characters, Most Flamboyant Characters.
I'm a simple man. I see a scene of "The Godfather" in the thumbnail, so I click the video. Just like that.
A fellow simple man here.
I honestly wouldn't mind if they only used Godfather scenes on these videos,
just like me that spot is by the liberty state park in jersey city nj i go there for fishing!
Fantastic! Make only sure that you don't fish Luca Brasi ;)
Torterra kart hhh no dont worry😀
I always reluctant to try a Tarkovsky film but after this video maybe I should try The Mirror. Never thought his film could be this beautiful. great list as always.
I find these videos both awesome and incredibly stressful because I always leave them with so many more films to add to my list (and it's already SO DAMN LONG.)
Cineflix! I would absolutely love if you made a movie!! your channel videos are all genius
When you talk about cutaway , I only can thought about ozu. His cutaway scene is absolutely beautiful in all aspects.
You should do a best shots in animation
please do a list related to the use if Sound in films
There's a list of the best sound designed films of all time in the channel if you're interested.
Oh hell yeah you guys included The Mirror in this one.
That was an awesome set of videos. :-) Really interesting!
One of my favorite inserts has to be the top at the end of Inception. I am an anime fan and would like to include 2 moments from some great anime. The first are the many establishing shots in Mushishi that capture the essence of each episode, there are also many fantastic inserts throughout each episode. My all time favorite anime would go to Monster, the insert during the credits finally coming to life in the show when they read "The Nameless Monster" is bone chilling. Some of the best shots of the series are close ups of faces, whether it be the villain's many horrifying close ups, people in desperation, times of sorrow, or moments or realization. The show could not garner enough praise on it's shots, story, or characters.
Requiem of a Dream drug high is a rather good insert, if I may say so myself. It captures not just what is happening, but the experience, how it made be experience, how the characters experienced, how it affects you, not just from the surface of this person is high. But chemically. Mentally. Externally and internally.
Your vids are absolutely amazing!
Thanks!!!
Finally,I have started predicting Cinefix. The moment he explained cutaway shots,the first name which came to my mind was Yasujirō Ozu although i thought he'd pick Tokyo Story. BTW, I think most of his cutaway shots looked unique because they were primarily tatami shots (from a relatively much lower height than what is conventional).
PS - I think , The Tree of Life also had a fair share of cutaways but quite dynamic as if they are to deceive us that they are part of the narrative.But,again,Cinefix did mention Terence Malick. Great vid as always.
Great video folks. Beautiful shots. ...how bout a video on "best films shot on / use of digital"? ...or best "flashbacks"?...keep up the great work :)
Inland Empire comes to mind
Amazing job with this video. Learned so much!
I love these videos! Please do a "Worst Shots of All Time", just to know what went wrong in some scenes and what could improve.
Great list as always! Would love to see you make one about film scores or use of insert songs.
One insert I thought would be a good mention is the Prometheus close up of David holding the black goo on his finger tip where you can see the Weyland logo. I know the film have issues but that close up was really good, especially considering the themes and narrative
That was great, just like anything you do.
But pleeeeease gimme some more brilliant moments in movies!!
Surprised not even a mention for the Mars establishing shot in Total Recall. Not only does it exhibit wonderful miniature work from a team that won a special achievement Oscar for effects, it's aesthetically great and Schwarzenegger himself felt it so central to the film that he gave up part of his paycheck so it could be completed and remain in the film.