# Pure Eye Candy Movies (And a question about my nominee, Mohicans) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692 "2008-08-03T09:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/41 "2008-08-04T16:01:33Z")
[QUOTE=Stoid] And now my question… are we supposed to think that Nathaniel and Cora had sex at the fort? [/QUOTE] Definitely. I seem to recall that this is more clear in the theatrical cut than in the director’s cut (the only cut widely available in R1 DVD). Be sure to visit Chimney Rock park sometime if you haven’t, BTW. My submission: anything directed by Terence Malick! Esp. **The Thin Red Line** and **The New World**. Also: Kubrick’s **Barry Lyndon**. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/42 "2008-08-04T16:05:18Z")
_Hero_, especially for the great use of colour. _City of Lost Children_ & _Amelie_ for whimsy _Aeon Flux_.(not a fanboy of the animated version)There’s a look there that’s the antithesis of the Ridley Scott noir future of _Blade Runner_ _et al_. There’s also some of this in _Ultraviolet_, _Fifth Element_ and even parts of _Equilibrium_. A gaiety, a lightness, vivid colours - a dash of fin-winged retrofuturism and a pich of Moebius comic-book sensibilities. Anyway, sci-fi eye-candy at its best. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/43 "2008-08-04T16:17:48Z")
I saw a really beautiful film last night: [Mongol](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0416044/). Stunning natural scenery. If you’re in a place where the movie is playing, you should catch it on the big screen. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/44 "2008-08-04T16:25:33Z")
[The Cell.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/)The plot was so-so, but the visuals were amazing. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/45 "2008-08-04T17:36:46Z")
The mention of Branagh’s _Hamlet_ reminded me of another Branagh Shakespeare film: _Much Ado About Nothing_ (1993), which, in addition to the lovely Tuscan villa and surroundings, stars one the most beautiful collections of young people I’ve ever seen, from a young Kate Beckinsale (her film debut, I believe) and Emma Thompson, to Denzel Washington and Robert Sean Leonard, waay pre-_House_. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/46 "2008-08-04T18:43:12Z")
Mira Nair’s _Kama Sutra_. Actually, it has to be watched with the sound cut off, because every time someone opens his or her mouth, I want to start slapping people. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/47 "2008-08-04T19:00:10Z")
I agree with **What Dreams May Come** , and also \*\*Xanadu \*\*(hey, I like that movie, and I admit it!) Also: \*\*Tron \*\*(in its day–it looks very dated now, but when it was new it was pretty amazing) \*\*Jurassic Park \*\*(the CGI in that one blew me away) Pretty much anything from Pixar–notably **Monsters Inc** (I can sit and watch Sulley’s fur move and lose track of the plot) and \*\*Cars \*\*(the Old Southwest scenes). **The Matrix** (good) and its two sequels (lousy but still visually interesting). ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/48 "2008-08-04T23:36:01Z")
[QUOTE=It’s Not Rocket Surgery!] [The Cell.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/)The plot was so-so, but the visuals were amazing. [/QUOTE] By the same director, Tarsem Singh: [“The Fall”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460791/mediaindex). The link is to the gallery of images on IMDB. Every single frame looks like those stills. See it in the theater if you have a chance. Otherwise, wait for it to come out on BluRay. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/49 "2008-08-04T23:50:37Z")
How can I be the first to mention _Girl with a Pearl Earring_? ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/50 "2008-08-05T00:00:01Z")
I’ll nominate Gus Van Sant’s _Gerry_. The movie itself is total filmmaker’s wankery – even moreso than the rest of Van Sant’s catalogue, which is an accomplishment in and of itself – but features stunningly gorgeous desert landscapes and cinematography. ---
**Author:** ![counsel\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@counsel\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/counsel_wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/51 "2008-08-05T00:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] The vast majority of [Dreams](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100998/) by Kurosawa is an incredible feast for the eyes. The village of the waterwheels is probably my favourite. [/QUOTE] Much of Kurosawa’s work could be mentioned in this thread. Few others have matched his ability to convey a scene without verbal clutter. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/52 "2008-08-05T00:55:30Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] _Dr. Zhivago_. I don’t know what’s more gorgeous, the scenery or Omar Shariff’s eyes. [/QUOTE] Or Julie Christie’s eyes. I’m fascinated by movies with scenes that take place in real winter (not fake winter), so _Dr. Zhivago_ is on the list, and _Fargo_ – even _Nobody’s Fool_ and _Affliction_, with the slushy streets and icy roads. Not typically eye candy, but it feels so real. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/53 "2008-08-05T01:06:28Z")
[QUOTE=counsel wolf] Much of Kurosawa’s work could be mentioned in this thread. Few others have matched his ability to convey a scene without verbal clutter. [/QUOTE] QFT. I remember in _Ran_ the big battle scene without a word of dialog, nor even the sound of the battle itself, just a tragic classical piece (I forget which one, a funeral march maybe). Then the camera focuses on Eldest Brother directing his troops, and he’s shot. The entire cacophony of the battle comes crashing down upon you as he topples from his horse. Oh, and for visual scenery, _Open Range_ with Alberta standing in for Montana. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692/54 "2008-08-05T02:14:16Z")
I nominate **The last days of Pompeii**. This television miniseries came out several years ago and Duncan Regehr had the part of a gladiator. I don’t remember him acting; I just remember how well he filled out his loincloth. I don’t remember anything else about this miniseries, except I wanted to cut out all the unimportant stuff and only save about 30 minutes of Mr. Regehr burning his image into my retinas. Toodles . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-eye-candy-movies-and-a-question-about-my-nominee-mohicans/458692.md?page=2)