Best Movie Swordfight! (why has this not yet been done?)

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Best Movie Swordfight! (why has this not yet been done?)

#41 Illuyankas

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Posted 11 June 2008 - 03:37 PM

*cough*

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#42 Pig Iron

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Posted 11 June 2008 - 04:22 PM

Illuyankas;327957 said:

*cough*

I. AM. NOT. LEFT. HANDED.

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Posted 11 June 2008 - 05:15 PM

cerveza_fiesta;327891 said:

Final battle in Evil Dead 3 "Army of Darkness" where Campbell fights evil Campbell reincarnated or whatever the ridiculously awesomely ridiculous plot is at that point.

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 07:07 AM

Pig Iron;327173 said:

An internet classic, still awesome. I dedicate this post to Macros.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=8NE5elL30w4

win! :lachen70:

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 07:11 AM

Battalion;327654 said:

To stray off topic just a bit, and I wait for the battering I might get for suggesting such a thing, the WORST sword fight I've ever seen, is the one where Darth Vader kills Obi Wan Kenobi. The fighting is just so slow and blatantly planned. The poor old Alec Guinness is already blocking Vader's strikes before he's even made them. Now I know he's got the Force, but come on.

Yeah, it wasn't great. Swing left, parry. Swing right, parry. Swing high, parry. Look at Luke, drop saber, die. Too bad they didn't have the technology to superimpose Guinness's face onto a stunt double, like they did with Christopher Lee in one of the new ones.

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 07:25 AM

If SW is eligible, Yoda vs Dooku.

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 07:40 AM

Weird, I've never noticed how poor the CGI was in that scene. It all looks artificial.

And why the hell Dooku didn't just slice Yoda in half while he was saving Obi Wan I don't know.

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 07:45 AM

Who cares. It was Yoda. With a lightsaber. Win.

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#49 Aptorian

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 07:52 AM

I can't be the only person here who dislikes Yoda can I? I was so happy when the emperor kicked his ass.

Annoying little puppet.

#50 Macros

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 08:53 AM

Annoying little puppet.
I discounted all star wars automatically becuase of the old ones epic crappness (guiness sohw some speed please, you're a jedi)
And all the "awesome" fights just look fake, especially the green midget bouncing around the place. (I might give an out to the sky city fight, only because it involves the loss of a hand)
I consider an aweseom swordfight is were they get tired, its gritty, and half real looking.
Ala Gladiator where his instincts hold him in the fight and in the end dirty brute force wins the fight.
Basically most fight scenes choreographed by William Hobb.

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 10:46 AM

Troy. Achiles and hector was awesome. Even petricles and hector was good.

Last samurai had some ok moments 2...(realism)

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 02:59 PM

I don't particularly give the movie a lot of love, but skipping over the cheesy plot elements and honourable silliness like asking for breaks, the Peter vs. Evil King dude in Prince Caspian had a few nice bits, especially when it came to using your sheild to punch the other guy's face in.

I vaccilate on the Dooku v Yoda thing because while my inner child got a kick out of just seeing Yoda throw down, the movie sucked and the CGI was eh.

While we're still in the Star Wars vein, the Luke v Vader duels in EMPIRE and RETURN were way better that Vade v Obi. Not 'best ever' material, but better. There was a lot of 'Luke gets angry and freaks out and attacks to a rousing Williams score' moments that just worked.

I totally agree KILL BILL had some awesome ones - in fact, all of them.

The dialogue in THE PRINCESS BRIDE was the best thing about the fight ref's above. Otherwise it'sore or less 'standard' Hollywood rapier duel imnsho.

- Abyss, thought Yoda would have been cooler with a chain-gun.

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#53 Macros

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 03:05 PM

well considerin TPB is a comedy its hardly going to a grity realistic fight scene now is it?

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 03:12 PM

TPB? Tellytubbie Porn Bloopers?

#55 Macros

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 03:13 PM

the princess bride you sicko

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 03:14 PM

Awhh...

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#57 Macros

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 03:16 PM

you're dispointed its not tellytubbie porn blooers suggests that you have knowledge of such a thing as tellytubbie porn.
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Posted 12 June 2008 - 03:22 PM

Macros;328689 said:

well considerin TPB is a comedy its hardly going to a grity realistic fight scene now is it?

No, but it was raised in a thread titled 'Best Movie Swordfight' and so i was disqualifying it from such.

- Abyss, similarly disqualifies the lightsabre duel at the end of HOT SHOTS PART DEUX, in case you were wondering.

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Posted 12 June 2008 - 04:36 PM

I'm guessing you guys have very little knowledge of the true classics of the swashbuckling art; the Stewart Granger/Mel Ferrer fight from Scaramouche or maybe the final Errol Flynn/Basil Rathbone fight from The Adventures of Robin Hood

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