Best Sword (Or any weapon type) Fights ever?

[barsoomcore]

I think that youre thinking about A BETTER TOMORROW II. and yeah...DAMN.

Doh! I sure am.

Oh, and also on Sword of Doom: Mifune against the rebel samurai when they accidentally attack his carriage.

But like I said, Mifune versus anyone.

 

[CCamfield]

My second favorite sword fight of all time is Inigo vs. Wesley.

Probably third on my list is Tyrone Power vs. Basil Rathbone in The Mark of Zorro.

But top of the list can't be beat, IMHO: Errol Flynn vs. David Niven in Captain Blood.

Actually that was also Rathbone in Captain Blood. He had real training in fencing so he got cast several times in villain roles for swashbucklers.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Hey there!



Star Trek: Nemesis - are you kidding me!?

Nope. I rather thought that they put a lot of thought into the fight, like "how would you fight a warship you couldn't target?" In that case, firing phasers wildly and then tossing a spread of torpedoes in the direction of anything the phaser hits works, at least for a while.

Read this pictorial:

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Nemesis/Pictorial.html

Heh. That was good.

I'm limiting my praise to the fight between the Scimitar and the Enterprise-E. The plot was, um, shaky at best.

Brad

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Also, a lot of people are mentioning LotR, but no one brought up my personal favorite for a "skirmish" - the fight with the Uruk-Hai ending in Boromir's death. The look on Aragorn's face before he goes off to wade into a mob of orcs gets me every time...

I always thought that look was something along the lines of "Hey, XP I don't have to share with the rest of the party!"

Actually, I like that scene, too. I also like the Worg Rider attack on the Rohanese refugee column in TT; well, not the fight itself, but the two minute buildup to the fight. There's lots of terror, chaos, and confusion, which made it seem a lot more real to me.

Brad

 

[Mad Hatter]

Go-Go and the Bride. I've heard that that particular fight scene was also in Battle ROyale. The actress that played Go-Go was involved in that fight scene in Battle Royale.

My second favorite is the fight when Spock and Kirk were forced to fight ala Spartacus and his friend in the movie of the same name. The Kirk-Spock scene was perfectly reproduced in the Cable Guy (which I also love). I think on the special edition they parallel the two and show how Carrey and Broderick pretty much stay in time with the original.

 

[Particle_Man]

Errol Flynn as Robin Hood vs. Sir Guy of Grisbane deserves mention, I think.

Glad to see mad props to the Kill Bill fights.

For "brutal" fights, there is a nice one vs. many (with a hammer) scene in Old Boy (a very good but very very brutal movie), and two people just beating the crap out of each other for a long time and getting tired in They Live.

 

[John Crichton]

If you're going to include space battles, you can't leave out the defense of Babylon 5 in the middle of season 3, the episode "Shattered Dreams." Though in many ways, the strongest moment in that battle comes after the main battle itself is finished.

I didn't include it for that reason. Also, I watched the DVDs very recently for the first time and while the FX were great for their time, they weren't all that compelling visually viewing them now. B5 was great because of the story and the characters. Everything else was gravy.

But, yeah, if anything from B5 is to be mentioned (which I believe we just did ) that would be the moment.

 

[Greylock]

Actually that was also Rathbone in Captain Blood. He had real training in fencing so he got cast several times in villain roles for swashbucklers.

Did I just fail an INT check? Is this what it feels like?

I haven't watched Captain Blood for a few years. I'm talking about the fight sequence on the beach.

The movie FINALLY made it to DVD. Maybe I should buy it.

Got Dawn Patrol on deh brain. That's the movie I've most recently seen.

 

[John Crichton]

A lot of people have mentioned Inigo vs Westly, but in many ways I'd take Inigo vs the Six Fingered Man. The former is more of a courtly duel, nice dialogue and some fancy flips but ultimately aniseptic. The latter is the fruition of decades of pain, a fight for life and honor with an incredibly brutal yet emotional finish.

I'd agree the the second duel had all the emotion. But the first one that everyone has mentioned has all the style and is ultimately more entertaining as that is when the movie really comes alive.

 

[Frostmarrow]

One on one

Last of The Mohicans - Chingachgook vs Magua

Sure, it's fast but also infinitely sad.

Skirmish

Last Samurai - Samurai vs Ninjas

Ninjas are cool.

Battle

Braveheart - Braveheart vs Longshanks

The way the two generals are outwitting and outplotting one another before the battle even begins is sublime.