Unfortunately Stephan, I don't have a huge amount of time lately to watch movies, and I'm not always watching movies with strong visuals when I am.  However, what I have been watching lately that is simply stunning is the anime series Tweeny Witches.  It's taking me a while to get through, because I only watch it when my parents' plasma is free to use (and my Mum's not got the DVR set to record).

Check out some screenshots here.

Looking back through the thread, I have to agree with goblinsdoitall about A Scanner Darkly, although I usually get so caught up in the movie, I lose all objectivity.

I know there are other anime (and related stuff) that count as visual feasts... lemme see:

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Amazing visuals, pretentious film.

Avalon - Strange visuals, and a story that I loved, but too pretentious for my brain to accept

Paprika - Strange

Wonderful Days (aka Sky Blue) - Great movie with an excellent score.  I watch the extended edition. 

Appleseed & Appleseed: Ex Machina - Top-notch CGI animes

Oseam - Beautiful film in every sense of the word

... I think that will have to do for now.

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Unfortunately Stephan, I don't have a huge amount of time lately to watch movies, and I'm not always watching movies with strong visuals when I am.  However, what I have been watching lately that is simply stunning is the anime series Tweeny Witches.  It's taking me a while to get through, because I only watch it when my parents' plasma is free to use (and my Mum's not got the DVR set to record).

Check out some screenshots here.

Looking back through the thread, I have to agree with goblinsdoitall about A Scanner Darkly, although I usually get so caught up in the movie, I lose all objectivity.

I know there are other anime (and related stuff) that count as visual feasts... lemme see:

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Amazing visuals, pretentious film.

Avalon - Strange visuals, and a story that I loved, but too pretentious for my brain to accept

Paprika - Strange

Wonderful Days (aka Sky Blue) - Great movie with an excellent score.  I watch the extended edition. 

Appleseed & Appleseed: Ex Machina - Top-notch CGI animes

Oseam - Beautiful film in every sense of the word

... I think that will have to do for now.

I am not that much into anime.

Never seen anything besides "Akira" about 15 years ago

Quoting Stephan.klose:

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I am not that much into anime.

Never seen anything besides "Akira" about 15 years ago

Akira is overrated.

As for the list I gave, Avalon is live-action.  I included it because it was done by a director known mostly for his anime.  If I were to recommend though (in case you want to try one out), I'd say give Oseam a go.  It's from South Korea (so the anime purists will say it's not anime anyway), and is set in the mountains.  I really need to revisit it.  The screenshots here don't show off the beautiful landscapes, but they do hint at them.  Unfortunately, you'll have to import if you want to see it.  The Appleseed movies (not to be confused with the 1980s direct-to-video release) are widely available, are action/sci-fi, and tend to be embraced by most.

L'Avventura, period.

I recently watched The Hills Have Eyes (2006 remake) and it looked stunning. I won't be picking up the title for my collection, but I can't fault the look of it. Anyone in Australia wanting it, Sanity have the Blu-ray for A$20.

I also checked out Red Cliff and Red Cliff II (to be released here and in the US chopped down to less than half of the original runtime), and it looks great! I'm saving to import the Mei Ah Blu-rays from HK. I can't wait to hear the audio in surround (I watched in stereo because I had no choice). An absolutely epic tale. The reviews I've seen give the Mei Ah release 5/5 for both video and audio.

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I thought that Punisher War Zone had awesome graphics on Blu-ray.

Thanks for the suggestion urrobbers. My fiancée has seen the first of the recent Punisher movies and said it was great, and I'm keen to check both movies out. Is it safe to assume that Punisher: War Zone has stomping audio to go with those awesome graphics?

I recently blind-purchased Quo Vadis and was not disappointed with the visuals! I think I'm in love with 3-strip Technicolor.

Wow, over a year idle for this thread. In that time, I've watched Bambi for the first time, and love the multi-depth backgrounds. What a beautiful film! Another older film I've seen for the first time is Cosmic Journey (1936). It has some amazing models and miniature work. Truly breath-taking stuff, easily up there with the work in Metropolis. I've also revisiited A Nightmare Before Christmas, which looked spectacular in HD. In fact, I'm often impressed by how good stop-motion work can look when given a chance to shine.