least visually striking Best Cinematography Oscar winners?
Which films can you think of that, while winning the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, are honestly not that visually breathtaking?
For me, one of the biggest examples that come to mind is Inception. The camerawork and framing simply isn't all that interesting. There's some effective use of color here and there but the actual shot compositions themselves do nothing for me. It has that same, bland look Nolan always likes to go for with its ultra simplistic blocking and framing, and its occasional use of shaky-cam. The Social Network should have easily won that year.
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