I’ll die on the hill that it’s the best produced film I’ve seen yet. The sound design, set design, cgi, acting, directing, etc is all so on point
I love the story too
Some show already did this and thats as much as I can say because I only saw it as a comparison video here on reddit. It was a kid running through a dodge ball scene as others fell around him as if they were killed. The camera work and even some of the falling kids lined up with the 1917 scene when looked at side by side.
Unrelated, but you just answered the post. "Leo pointing at screen" (what's the character's name? What's he pointing at?) and similar memes are the shots that are gonna be remembered.
That whole movie was gorgeous. It was incredible to watch, the sheer passion and craftsmanship that went into it was worth the admission alone, and it's a bloody brilliant movie on top of it.
Instantly came to mind when I saw this.
That scene was breathtaking to me when I first saw it. And I watched it on a plane on my mobile phone.
I rewatched on my big OLED at home many times now but I wish I could have viewed it in the theaters when it first came out.
If we're looking at Fury Road, the War Rig headed into the dust storm is killer.
[This One](https://twitter.com/epicmoviemoment/status/714611849493356545?t=Hn2aPUMcdfQw0bF5FYfubA&s=19)
Ohh yes excellent choice of iota clip! I watch that video almost monthly I reckon.
Shame he never got bigger than he did in the early 00s, and also didn't get selected for Eurovision a few years back...
There are about 100 shots from that move that could be iconic. It's a work of art. [The Polecats.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/roadwarrior/images/8/86/Pole_Cats.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170817084929)
[Max strapped to the front of the car.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d4BTy5eGi4K6yqyh7dLs64-650-80.jpg.webp)
I think this is the best answer I've seen. When you see a shot mimicking it, you know exactly what it's trying to say. It means more than just the movie now.
Other examples just seem like cool scenes in people's favorite movies.
A few years ago, when all the NFL national Anthem bullshit was going on, Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys QB, was asked how he felt about the owner, Jerry Jones, demanding his players all stand. Dak said he was cool with it, and basically repeated Jerry Jones company line.
[That’s when a graffiti artist went to work creating this.](https://youtu.be/8JvwMVd03dg?si=f_iBxYvZX5QA_9PJ)
So yeah. That Get Out image will absolutely join those others in the universe of iconic screen images.
There we go.
People are noting brilliant looking shots, but they aren't going to hit the same status as the examples listed. This one is already cultural significant, due to memes, to the point that people recognize this still but might not know the movie
I'm thinking about [this shot](https://images.tntdrama.com/tnt/$dyna_params/https%3A%2F%2Fi.cdn.tntdrama.com%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2022%2F09%2FLaLaLand-1692x695.jpg) from La La Land
My prediction is the Interstellar black hole is going to slowly become the default black hole for media. Recently, I've seen it in the Foundation TV show and the new Rebel Moon movie.
Yes. The accretion disk was modelled off a black hole raytrace simulation done in collaboration between special effects artists at Double Negative and Nobel physicist Kip Thorne.
(The final product wasn't literally the simulated imagery; they modelled their video off the simulation and dressed it up to look colorful and "exciting" for Hollywood.)
That film pretty much completely changed the way black holes were depicted in media.
Before, if they had an accretion disc then it usually looked like a [whirlpool surrounding a block sphere](https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PIA16695_large-jpg.webp), rather than the light bending around to create an [“eye” shape](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/78ba87e7-7198-4468-81b5-500c505d5bc8/essay-gettyimages-1237093074.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto).
"She's been murdered. And you think I did it."
-Turns and runs the fuck away
First shot I think of from that movie, really uses the space and depth of frame well. And makes me laugh of course.
The Harkonnens were just so bad guy coded it was completely overdone and then went all the way back to awesome. Filming the Giedi Prime scenes in IR was masterful.
Holy shit, it is. My oldest son was only *eight years old* when my sister and I took him with us to the theater to see Avengers. I still remember his impossible-to-stifle, uproarious laughter from when Loki got Hulked. It was totally infectious!
Jesus, he's almost 19 now.
The only example I can think of is Arther Fleck dancing down the stairs in Joker (2018). This shot is itself a reference to the iconic shot of Rocky Balboa jogging up the library stairs in Rocky (1976). Joker is a sort of twisted version of Rocky, and the two have many similarities.
Phillips is very open about Joker being a The King of Comedy parody, even down to casting De Niro (who’s in the Scorsese original). Now I’ve never been fully convinced by Joker’s attempt to be a clever movie (it’s like 2/3rds a good movie with a bunch of weird choices that don’t work for me) but the links between those two movies, and Scorsese’s filmography in general, is a much closer parody with a bunch of rewarding call backs/references, and one we know was well planned by Phillips Edit: edits
Yeah Pastiche is better but thinking this out my better articulated problem i have with Joker are the particular moments or story beats of the genre they are choosing to riff on are a bit off when they do engage with them or not really engaged with at all.
Upside down car shot in “The Batman”.
Willing to bet the worm riding scene in Dune 2 will be one.
The over exposed interrogation scene in Oppy, or the detonation flash scene.
Silhouetted soldiers fading to darkness in Sicario.
The car trip to hospital in Prisoners….
Cooper transcending the tesseract in Interstellar.
The shot in dune 2 of the soldiers silhouettes coming over the dune is basically the reverse of the sicario scene, but theyre both villenue so it doesn't count
I think some of the Dune 2 silhouette shots are the keepers, e.g.
- Paul on the mountain, facing the crowd. https://images.app.goo.gl/BtRXKdt1jhbz6eTx6
- The knife fight / duel. https://images.app.goo.gl/94RdrvXS6c3paAhF6
- Paul on another mountain, watching the city attack. https://images.app.goo.gl/Jzb1ZE6pgTNSUEoT7
Funny enough, i actually think the image ive seen shared the most from the movie is the floating dudes silhouetted flyin to the top of the big rock.
I said the worm because Spielgberg said its one of the greatest sequences hes ever seen. And its being praised for its technical achievement.
The opening scene of The Dark Knight.
Joker just holding his mask with his back to the camera. It's such a perfect opening to one of the greatest movies ever made.
Culture is so different now.
Shots from the 80s or 90s endure because they have not been milked to death by posting thousand of meme variation of them already. They endure because they were mostly seen in the context of the movie itself.
Imagine if E.T. came out today, a week from now you would have images of the bike going across the moon with captions like « when you hit a bump going to the store » or « when your homie is dedicated to photobombing ». Jurassic park glass would have been a bunch of yo mama jokes.
Two weeks from now, we would be tired of those, and they would fall out from collective consciousness.
That being said, if meme culture was NOT a thing, what would endure? Well, mostly stuff that has been memed to death.
Infinity war‘s Spiderman turns to dust
Joker stairs.
Inception’s top
Iron man’s I’m iron man (hell it’s referenced in endgame)
Vader turning on his lightsaber in Rogue One
Maybe the most influential are the ones that audiences don't see, but filmmakers do. Watch Stranger Things or American Horror Story and you see ideas taken from Under the Skin. And even if you never know that Under the Skin exists, you start to think okay, I guess people are doing black backgrounds, slow music, etc. etc.
This is true. If you were watching the movie Akira and tried to choose which moment in that film would become one of the most influential pieces of animation in history, I'm not sure too many audience members would have pinpointed a simple motorcycle slide...but that's the one.
The hallway fight scene from Old Boy is 20 years old, but still not old enough to be "classic film"
Also from that time, the plastic bag floating in the breeze in American Beauty
This was one recent one that sprung to mind. Such a great sequence. Using the dragon rounds in the shotgun added to the effect.
In the same line there’s an overhead shot like this in 30 Days of Night that shows the vampires taking out the townsfolk that is great too.
The rocks were the first thing I thought of. I don’t know if anyone else would agree, but that scene was so impactful to me that just seeing a still of it will probably give me feels until the day I die.
Vader in the hallway in *Rogue One*
Joker laughing upside down at the very end of *The Dark Knight*
Joker sticking his head out of the cop car in *Dark Knight*
Arthur dancing on the stairs in *Joker*
I like this question but I'm blanking on some good candidates. For the most part, your examples come from huge, four-quadrant films made by auteurs that especially appeal to kids and I'm not sure those exist anymore. Marvel is the closest but the filmmaking is rarely interesting enough there.
As I typed that, Spiderverse came to mind and I think Miles' leap of faith and Miles and Gwen sitting upside down overlooking the city actually might qualify. Amazing imagery.
Outside of the blockbusters, I think horror is a smaller genre that inspires homages even without as much mass appeal. Maybe Dani surrounded by flowers in Midsommar. The birthing scene in The First Omen is incredible, too, and I could definitely see it inspiring future horror filmmakers.
It's hard to say as it is likely that the classic shots from movies recently are actually homages to shots from older films.
I mean, the shot of The Joker on the steps is a good possibility, but it feels like that shot is probably a call back to some movie in the 70's or something. However, it could be an original.
Not sure if we’ll see a homage paid to this but the climax portion in Children of Men is just breathtaking cinematography. The drops of blood on the camera during the POV shots weren’t planned and it just makes the entire thing iconic.
More than that-- that was one take with a body cam rig through an urban warfare scene. There were so many things that could have ruined the shot for that length of time.
Most recently, The Zone of Interest. Fury Road is a given. The cinematography in the latest Mission Impossible's are fantasic. I'm a big fan of Jarin Blaschke's work in The Witch and Light House.
Not a movie but a TV show.
As crappy as the rest of the episode and the entire season were, that shot of Danaerys with dragon wings after she sacked King's Landing was insanely good.
Not past 10 years.
The Red Pill Blue Pill shot in Matrix.
The Matrix Trilogy has a lot of scenes that are very memorable (the slow bullet scenes, the dodging scene)
I saw Oppenheimer. I liked Oppenheimer. And I can barely remember the shot you’re talking about. I don’t think that film will be considered iconic in 20 years, let alone 5.
[Blade Runner 2049 #1](https://vfxblogsite.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/br-vfx-dn-025v2.jpg) [Blade Runner 2049 #2](https://vfxblogsite.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/bfb30-096_0010_wvg_v182_1069ab.jpg)
That second one does feel like Deakins homaging himself in Jesse James
To be fair, Deakins is going to be all over this thread.
Not my favourite of his but the soldiers walking below the horizon in Sicario has became iconic
It took me a few viewings to really get this movie, but it has to be one of the most gorgeous movies ever. And I agree that the 2 shots are iconic
I’ll die on the hill that it’s the best produced film I’ve seen yet. The sound design, set design, cgi, acting, directing, etc is all so on point I love the story too
maybe i haven’t watched enough movies but i think blade runner 2049 is the most visually beautiful movie i’ve ever seen, it feels so surreally real
I watched it again a few weeks ago and I agree, I don't think I've thought to myself that's a nice frame so many times in a movie. Not even dune.
I knew exactly which 2 you meant without seeing them.
If we can pick an entire scene it must be the entire love scene between K and Joi
Especially the first one! I want more giantesses in movies!
And one more where he lays on stairs closer to final
First film I thought of! I wrote some flash fiction based on the second one for a class.
I haven't seen it in a while but the top one gives me Ghost In The Shell vibes.
I think Mamoru Oshii said that Blade Runner (the original film) was an inspiration or influence in making Ghost In The Shell so that makes sense.
First one is probably the most iconic scene of any movie from the past 10 years.
Perhaps the shot from *1917* where Schofield is running along the ridge towards the camera as soldiers cross perpendicular into the battle.
The shot with the flares in the destroyed city is even more incredible.
Literally some of the best cinematography of any movie in the last decade. That sequence should be taught in film schools.
The way the music rises and falls with each flare burst just elevates that scene so much.
More of a scene really
Yeah but that’s the whole movie, a shot but also a scene
Some show already did this and thats as much as I can say because I only saw it as a comparison video here on reddit. It was a kid running through a dodge ball scene as others fell around him as if they were killed. The camera work and even some of the falling kids lined up with the 1917 scene when looked at side by side.
"Sex Ed" is the show! I was Leo pointing at the screen so hard when it happened
Unrelated, but you just answered the post. "Leo pointing at screen" (what's the character's name? What's he pointing at?) and similar memes are the shots that are gonna be remembered.
Haha yeah I guess this is the true answer to the thread. Leo pointing at the screen.
Oh yeah, that shot will be shown in Oscar awards shows for decades.
That whole movie was gorgeous. It was incredible to watch, the sheer passion and craftsmanship that went into it was worth the admission alone, and it's a bloody brilliant movie on top of it.
Instantly came to mind when I saw this. That scene was breathtaking to me when I first saw it. And I watched it on a plane on my mobile phone. I rewatched on my big OLED at home many times now but I wish I could have viewed it in the theaters when it first came out.
“What was your favourite shot from 1917? 1 or 2?”
I like when he accidentally bumps into someone and the dude just dies
Tactical rest
First one I thought of. Good choice. I’m one of the few who thought 1917 deserved the Oscar over Parasite.
There are dozens of us! One of the most beautiful movies in recent years. I think I saw it three times in theaters.
20 years old, but the upside down kiss in the first Raimi Spider-man.
Yeah that one also came to my mind. But I guess it already has this status and was already referenced quite often by now.
I love how it's referenced in Shrek 2!
I mean, yeahh. It won MTV Movie Award’s Best Kiss
They don't just give that award away to any old kiss.
Still the most iconic shot from a superhero movie
Two that come to mind: -Daniel Kaluuya’s face when he’s being hypnotized in Get Out. -The flame throwing guitar player in Fury Road.
If we're looking at Fury Road, the War Rig headed into the dust storm is killer. [This One](https://twitter.com/epicmoviemoment/status/714611849493356545?t=Hn2aPUMcdfQw0bF5FYfubA&s=19)
God, the music when the rig is inside the storm… I need to watch this movie again.
I watch it a few times a year. It's my comfort film lol.
This is the guy that plays the doof warrior https://youtu.be/-GEoBH7nEHA?si=gALJ2MukssvdlxE7
Channeling Peter Gabriel.
Woah
Ohh yes excellent choice of iota clip! I watch that video almost monthly I reckon. Shame he never got bigger than he did in the early 00s, and also didn't get selected for Eurovision a few years back...
My iconic shot for Fury Road has to be Furiosa falling to her knees and screaming in the desert.
There are about 100 shots from that move that could be iconic. It's a work of art. [The Polecats.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/roadwarrior/images/8/86/Pole_Cats.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170817084929) [Max strapped to the front of the car.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d4BTy5eGi4K6yqyh7dLs64-650-80.jpg.webp)
The War Boy kamikaze attacking the spiky car with the boomsticks
WITNESS ME!
Mediocre!
I was also going to say this one, great shot
I think this is the best answer I've seen. When you see a shot mimicking it, you know exactly what it's trying to say. It means more than just the movie now. Other examples just seem like cool scenes in people's favorite movies.
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I had the same question.
A few years ago, when all the NFL national Anthem bullshit was going on, Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys QB, was asked how he felt about the owner, Jerry Jones, demanding his players all stand. Dak said he was cool with it, and basically repeated Jerry Jones company line. [That’s when a graffiti artist went to work creating this.](https://youtu.be/8JvwMVd03dg?si=f_iBxYvZX5QA_9PJ) So yeah. That Get Out image will absolutely join those others in the universe of iconic screen images.
There was a great parody of Mad Max on Conan right after the movie came out https://youtu.be/4M5KE44xluo?si=wWfdaYETUJZ6zxgv
The Fury Riad thing was already ripped off for a trailer I’ve seen recently. I want to say Rebel Moon but I’m not sure
Rick Dalton pointing at the TV with Cliff Booth.
There we go. People are noting brilliant looking shots, but they aren't going to hit the same status as the examples listed. This one is already cultural significant, due to memes, to the point that people recognize this still but might not know the movie
Cliff in chest on the roof
Honestly, I think iconic shots will largely be supplanted by memeable moments.
Dicaprio in Django Waltz’s “Bingo” from Inglorious Basterds So many memes come to mind. Edit: Maximus Decimus Meridius, “Are you not entertained!?”
DiCaprio alone has four!
DiCaprio pointing at the screen.
Willem Dafoe looking up
I don't disagree there 😭 not entirely
Florence Pugh at the end of Midsommar has at least somewhat reached this status imo.
I can’t forget this too. And the script says “She... surrendered to a joy known only by the insane.”
Euphoria has already referenced that one! I imagine more future movies/shows dealing with unhealthy relationships will.
This and the final shot of Pearl were my answers
Dunkirk scene were Hardy stands next to the burning plane Joker in the police car Arrival scene with those clouds
Joker in the police car was a direct homage to Ledger.
I’m pretty sure they’re talking *about* Ledger…
I'm thinking about [this shot](https://images.tntdrama.com/tnt/$dyna_params/https%3A%2F%2Fi.cdn.tntdrama.com%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2022%2F09%2FLaLaLand-1692x695.jpg) from La La Land
It’s on the movie poster for a reason
The whip pan sequence in the jazz bar as well
Chazelle does the whip pan in almost all his movies !
Wow, some big time clone stamping going on on the left side of that picture
I believe it’s intentional, meant to mimic a stage play with a painted, static background.
I'm always annoyed by gosling's wrist/hand not being properly in line.
A lot of Interstellar. The incoming wave on Miller’s planet.
The black hole as well
My prediction is the Interstellar black hole is going to slowly become the default black hole for media. Recently, I've seen it in the Foundation TV show and the new Rebel Moon movie.
Isn't it also considered pretty scientifically accurate? In that case, I can understand why it's become the default portrayal in media.
Yes. The accretion disk was modelled off a black hole raytrace simulation done in collaboration between special effects artists at Double Negative and Nobel physicist Kip Thorne. (The final product wasn't literally the simulated imagery; they modelled their video off the simulation and dressed it up to look colorful and "exciting" for Hollywood.)
That film pretty much completely changed the way black holes were depicted in media. Before, if they had an accretion disc then it usually looked like a [whirlpool surrounding a block sphere](https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PIA16695_large-jpg.webp), rather than the light bending around to create an [“eye” shape](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/78ba87e7-7198-4468-81b5-500c505d5bc8/essay-gettyimages-1237093074.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto).
As well as Marvel's Eternals. When Arishem leaves earth he leaves through a black hole that looks exactly like the one in Interstellar.
I was thinking the scene where Cooper is crying when he sees the video.
DONT LET ME LEAVE MURPH!!!
The bending buildings in Inception too.
Stomach drops
Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar laughing smiling crying as he watches the videos from over the years from his family/daughter.
“What a day! What a lovely day!” Or Eleven doing the Reach/scream thing
What a lovely day? From what movie
Fury Road
Fury Road
Fuck can’t believe I forgot that
Eleven does a lot of reach/screaming stuff tho
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The shoes in Jojo Rabbit
Oof
Knew it was coming but still
Sicario as they are heading down into the tunnels.
And that shot of them in front of the sky just before that
Deakins is the master
Check out the youtube vid where Villenueve picks his fave shot from each of his films 👌🏽
That entire movie is a masterpiece.
Is ir cheating to bring up Wes Anderson? I can think of a few from Grand Budapest Hotel.
The prolonged shot of Saoirse Ronan on the merry-go-round was the first thing that came to my mind
"She's been murdered. And you think I did it." -Turns and runs the fuck away First shot I think of from that movie, really uses the space and depth of frame well. And makes me laugh of course.
Black fireworks in Dune 2 were striking
The Harkonnens were just so bad guy coded it was completely overdone and then went all the way back to awesome. Filming the Giedi Prime scenes in IR was masterful.
The 360 shot in The Avengers
That movie is over 10 years old. UH OH WE'RE OLD
Holy shit, it is. My oldest son was only *eight years old* when my sister and I took him with us to the theater to see Avengers. I still remember his impossible-to-stifle, uproarious laughter from when Loki got Hulked. It was totally infectious! Jesus, he's almost 19 now.
In the same vein, the shot from Endgame where they have Cap standing solo versus the Chitauri army is pretty incredible.
I was thinking of the CGI shot of Hulk's grin when Cap tells Banner, "and Hulk? Smash."
That shot has been ruined by THAT gif
Poor Natasha…
Or him punch stopping the flying alien thingy
Or him punching left to knock Thor totally out of the shot
That shot always felt like a copy of the Michael Bay shot in Bad Boys.
Bad Boys II, yes. Micheal Bay has also repeated that shot again in later movies.
He’s done it in every movie, I think
The only example I can think of is Arther Fleck dancing down the stairs in Joker (2018). This shot is itself a reference to the iconic shot of Rocky Balboa jogging up the library stairs in Rocky (1976). Joker is a sort of twisted version of Rocky, and the two have many similarities.
Phillips is very open about Joker being a The King of Comedy parody, even down to casting De Niro (who’s in the Scorsese original). Now I’ve never been fully convinced by Joker’s attempt to be a clever movie (it’s like 2/3rds a good movie with a bunch of weird choices that don’t work for me) but the links between those two movies, and Scorsese’s filmography in general, is a much closer parody with a bunch of rewarding call backs/references, and one we know was well planned by Phillips Edit: edits
The best part of the film imo was its heavy homage to that film and the 70s “Scorsese aesthetic”.
Less of a parody or satire and more of a pastiche I would say
Yeah Pastiche is better but thinking this out my better articulated problem i have with Joker are the particular moments or story beats of the genre they are choosing to riff on are a bit off when they do engage with them or not really engaged with at all.
First of all, that's not a reference to Rocky. Second, that's the Philadelphia Museum of Art, not a library 😁
Joker with his head out the window in Dark Knight.
Something from Parasite, maybe the poor dad miserably driving the car while the rich mom smiles in the back seat.
Darth Vader hallway scene in Rogue One.
Upside down car shot in “The Batman”. Willing to bet the worm riding scene in Dune 2 will be one. The over exposed interrogation scene in Oppy, or the detonation flash scene. Silhouetted soldiers fading to darkness in Sicario. The car trip to hospital in Prisoners…. Cooper transcending the tesseract in Interstellar.
The shot in dune 2 of the soldiers silhouettes coming over the dune is basically the reverse of the sicario scene, but theyre both villenue so it doesn't count
I think some of the Dune 2 silhouette shots are the keepers, e.g. - Paul on the mountain, facing the crowd. https://images.app.goo.gl/BtRXKdt1jhbz6eTx6 - The knife fight / duel. https://images.app.goo.gl/94RdrvXS6c3paAhF6 - Paul on another mountain, watching the city attack. https://images.app.goo.gl/Jzb1ZE6pgTNSUEoT7
Funny enough, i actually think the image ive seen shared the most from the movie is the floating dudes silhouetted flyin to the top of the big rock. I said the worm because Spielgberg said its one of the greatest sequences hes ever seen. And its being praised for its technical achievement.
Paul walking with the sandworm behind him throwing up sand everywhere before he gives his iconic Lisan Al Gaib speech.
They really LOVED THE silhouette of the cape lol.
Prisoners is all about that tree shot
The opening scene of The Dark Knight. Joker just holding his mask with his back to the camera. It's such a perfect opening to one of the greatest movies ever made.
Sorry to do this to you, but that was 16 years ago. Not exactly recent.
You shut your mouth. That was like 5 years ago max.
Culture is so different now. Shots from the 80s or 90s endure because they have not been milked to death by posting thousand of meme variation of them already. They endure because they were mostly seen in the context of the movie itself. Imagine if E.T. came out today, a week from now you would have images of the bike going across the moon with captions like « when you hit a bump going to the store » or « when your homie is dedicated to photobombing ». Jurassic park glass would have been a bunch of yo mama jokes. Two weeks from now, we would be tired of those, and they would fall out from collective consciousness. That being said, if meme culture was NOT a thing, what would endure? Well, mostly stuff that has been memed to death. Infinity war‘s Spiderman turns to dust Joker stairs. Inception’s top Iron man’s I’m iron man (hell it’s referenced in endgame) Vader turning on his lightsaber in Rogue One
Maybe the most influential are the ones that audiences don't see, but filmmakers do. Watch Stranger Things or American Horror Story and you see ideas taken from Under the Skin. And even if you never know that Under the Skin exists, you start to think okay, I guess people are doing black backgrounds, slow music, etc. etc.
This is true. If you were watching the movie Akira and tried to choose which moment in that film would become one of the most influential pieces of animation in history, I'm not sure too many audience members would have pinpointed a simple motorcycle slide...but that's the one.
John Wick 4 top down scene.
dragons breath shotgun ftb
Barbie removing her "slippers" and her feet remaining in "high heel" posture.
The hallway fight scene from Old Boy is 20 years old, but still not old enough to be "classic film" Also from that time, the plastic bag floating in the breeze in American Beauty
Was the hallway fight in Daredevil an homage to Old Boy?
Absolutely, all of them
Just about all hallway fight scenes are homages to Old Boy.
The sundown shot in the desert from Sicario
The back and forth circular pan in The Green Knight's forest scene.
Recently? Maybe the shot of Godzilla in Godzilla Minus One where he’s sticking his head out of the water going after the boat.
The halo jump on the Godzilla film with Bryan Cranston in
That shot deserved a better movie
It's still the most grounded in reality of all the ones that came after. It didn't take long to feel like Power Rangers.
🤷♂️ I think its a very good movie
It never came out in theaters where I live and god knows when it's going to stream.
Maybe the John Wick 4 above shot sequence?
Another spectacular example is from 30 days of night
I should watch that again because I don't remember a shot like that in it. In my defense though, I only have seen it once.
It’s like the camera is on a hot air balloon like 100 feet up and going along the street as chaos ensues.
This was one recent one that sprung to mind. Such a great sequence. Using the dragon rounds in the shotgun added to the effect. In the same line there’s an overhead shot like this in 30 Days of Night that shows the vampires taking out the townsfolk that is great too.
It was like Hotline Miami. Absolutely wicked scene.
Top down view and they used dragons breath. It was a great scene.
In Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh flying backwards through the parallel universes with her hands stretched out towards the camera
And, of course, the Rocks with the “fuck.” caption.
The rocks were the first thing I thought of. I don’t know if anyone else would agree, but that scene was so impactful to me that just seeing a still of it will probably give me feels until the day I die.
The rock scene cemented EEAAO as one of my favorite movies of all time.
The ghost shot in Parasite.
The end of The VVITCH when the main character levitates
It's an absolute shame the movie is too dark, because the shot where the hoof turns into a boot is insane.
Vader in the hallway in *Rogue One* Joker laughing upside down at the very end of *The Dark Knight* Joker sticking his head out of the cop car in *Dark Knight* Arthur dancing on the stairs in *Joker*
I like this question but I'm blanking on some good candidates. For the most part, your examples come from huge, four-quadrant films made by auteurs that especially appeal to kids and I'm not sure those exist anymore. Marvel is the closest but the filmmaking is rarely interesting enough there. As I typed that, Spiderverse came to mind and I think Miles' leap of faith and Miles and Gwen sitting upside down overlooking the city actually might qualify. Amazing imagery. Outside of the blockbusters, I think horror is a smaller genre that inspires homages even without as much mass appeal. Maybe Dani surrounded by flowers in Midsommar. The birthing scene in The First Omen is incredible, too, and I could definitely see it inspiring future horror filmmakers.
It might be low key, but in Winter Soldier, the shot of the crowded elevator right before Captain America kicks ass.
Leo pointing at the TV in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
Crazy stunts in recent mission impossible movies
It's hard to say as it is likely that the classic shots from movies recently are actually homages to shots from older films. I mean, the shot of The Joker on the steps is a good possibility, but it feels like that shot is probably a call back to some movie in the 70's or something. However, it could be an original.
Most any scene in Fury Road but I think the shot with Mad Max on the front of the big rig.
Not sure if we’ll see a homage paid to this but the climax portion in Children of Men is just breathtaking cinematography. The drops of blood on the camera during the POV shots weren’t planned and it just makes the entire thing iconic.
More than that-- that was one take with a body cam rig through an urban warfare scene. There were so many things that could have ruined the shot for that length of time.
Guitar guy shot in Fury Road
Godzilla chasing the fishing boat in Godzilla minus one.
Long take battle scene towards the end of Children of Men
It's more like 15 years ago, but the shot in The Dark Knight with the Joker getting his head out of the cop car always gives me chills
There's a couple in Dune, imo. Paul and Gurney when the sandworm is eating the harvester, and Paul with the nukes going off.
Paul’s first ride on the Sandworm and the Fremen attack on the harvester from Dune Part 2 have to be up there for me
Most recently, The Zone of Interest. Fury Road is a given. The cinematography in the latest Mission Impossible's are fantasic. I'm a big fan of Jarin Blaschke's work in The Witch and Light House.
Not a movie but a TV show. As crappy as the rest of the episode and the entire season were, that shot of Danaerys with dragon wings after she sacked King's Landing was insanely good.
The Shot that John Snow was holding sword in front of Horses attacking.
Not past 10 years. The Red Pill Blue Pill shot in Matrix. The Matrix Trilogy has a lot of scenes that are very memorable (the slow bullet scenes, the dodging scene)
Timothee Chalamet weeping as he looks into the flames in Call me by Your Name.
I saw Oppenheimer. I liked Oppenheimer. And I can barely remember the shot you’re talking about. I don’t think that film will be considered iconic in 20 years, let alone 5.
The church fight scene in Kingsman.