I'm with you on the cinematography. when done right it is transporting and can bring you into the place and/or emotion without hijacking your attention from the foreground narrative. it's just like, you're there and the context is hostile, beautiful, or subtly oppressive or all 3. I'm thinking of that one guy from S1 True Detective or the way the worlds Tony Gilroy built in Andor, as seen "from below".

then there's fuckin David Fincher's whole move where he completely seized your visual agency so much that when the movie is over, you're walking around looking at shit all weird for 30 minutes or so. I love it. I tried to replicate it once and it is insane, even with what few tricks I've heard he uses.... besides like 30 takes and decades of experience.