The I Choose You movie has a lot of gorgeous scenes. In fact it might actually be the most gorgeous piece of Pokemon animation and has the most beautiful art style out there.
The shot where the Ash, Verity and Sorrel are traveling on Lapras's back. There's a lot more to this scene then meets the eye! You can actually see a bit of their personality reflected through the way these three characters are sitting differently from another, small little details that give a sense of realism and personality to this scene. It's not just them but also how and where their Pokemon sit as well that adds a bit of personality to this scene. From this shot, we can see the Pokemon trainers hanging out with their Pokemon while they enjoy traveling on a Lapras in the middle of the river surrounded by the forest during the morning dawn which is just breathtaking.
Ever since I've saw I Choose You, it has arguably the most gorgeous mountain panoramic view shots I've ever seen. It actually reminds me of my personal childhood home with it's mountainous terrain full of dense trees and fog.
One of the scenes that made the audience GASP! a little at the theater I was at was this scene. Entei's intimidating height towering over Ash's small 10-year old height. Many people came into this movie not realizing how big Entei was in the anime at least. You can tell that this shot was intentional, to show how small and puny Ash looked before Entei up-close and personal.
However my favorite shots during this entire moment is that all these adventures Ash, Verity and Sorrel had built-up to this special little moment.
In this scene we see Ash and Sorrel are sleeping. The audience doesn't see Verity however. The audience thinks to themselves, where is she at this time of the night?
The camera jumps to this scene. We see her faraway near the lake but not that faraway from the campsite. The audience notices the dense mist around the setting as Verity appears to be looking at something. What could this be?
In the next scene, the audience later realizes she's looking at her phone but what is she looking at in her phone?
We get a close-up shot at that phone and we see Verity is looking at all the recent adventures she has had with Ash and Sorrel. What's interesting about this overall scene is that Verity is the main character here. Were seeing this scene from her point of view.
And she's having a good ol' nostalgic time looking at the past memories she's spent with her friends.
The audience then sees Verity stopping and taking a good look at this particular photo which also happens to have a Piplup, much similar to her own and an entirely new character in the movie that the audience has never seen before alongside what appears to be a fairly-trained Pokemon. This raises a lot of questions for the audience since she's stopped on this photo. It's later heavily hinted at the pretty much obvious, this woman is her mother.
She gives off a slight smile in this shot for now...
... then her slight smile grows into a slightly bigger one, reminiscing her times with her mother.
Then the camera jumps to this leaf floating on the lake? FOCUS ON THE LEAF! THIS LEAF IS IMPORTANT! YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT! FOCUS! I'm kidding but seriously this is an important shot as it's not only a little detail of her surroundings, specifically to remind the audience that Verity is near the lake but it is also building-up to something in a serene and peaceful tone.
In the next shot, we see that built-up slowly emerging. The tiny wave across the lake tackling that leaf conveying a sense of wonder and mystery to the audience. What's happening here? And the camera slowly answers that in the next shot.
The camera focuses on the lake first and the audience sees a shadowy reflection. Than the camera does a slow pan shot upwards, slowly revealing, changing the audience's question from what's happening to who is this? It's a very calm and serene scene that gives off the tone that whoever this is, it doesn't appear to be dangerous but peaceful.
Then Verity makes this face. She can't keep her mouth close and just continually stares at the mysterious being before her. We can tell by what she's seeing, she can't express enough through words alone. Her facial expression alone tells how amazed she is as you also see the forest behind her, some little environmental details.
The camera continually pans revealing it's none other than Suicune, one of the legendary beasts and he's calmly appearing before her at the lake for some reason. The mist helps gives Suicune a mysterious vibe in this shot and that's no surprise as Suicune is known for it's mysterious encounters. What adds to this is that Verity is the only person who is seeing Suicune right now.
Of course not everyone in the audience knows who Suicune is, so she mentions his name. You can tell by the continued expression on her face that this is an incredibly rare and magical moment that just not everyone experiences.
The last shot of this scene is Verity continually gazing at the awesomeness of Suicune while surrounded by the calm and serene tone of the misty forested nature around her. There's no Ash or Sorrel in this scene. Just Verity alone, watching Suicune as it gazes back at her.