Best Sword (Or any weapon type) Fights ever?

[Joker]

There's a movie with Kitano Takeshi called Taboo that opens with a practice swordfight (using wooden swords) that is just stomp-down amazing. Worth tracking down if you're a swordfight fan.

Or Gohatto for the purists .

Battle:

Starship Troopers-Landing on Klendathu and the Stronghold scene.

 

[sniffles]

Tough, something from a SW or Matrix movie.



The Chateau fight in the Matrix Reloaded.



THis is a hard one, but I'll mention the Battle of Geonosis for now and maybe come back to it.



Oddly, my least favorite part of the entire series, well other than the dance scene in Reloaded.

Spoeaking of which, have you gotten around to watching all three movies yet?



Ooo, good one.

You know, your comment about the Battle of Geonosis just make me think that the Clone Wars animated series has some really awesome battle scenes, considering it's all fairly streamlined animation. I particularly liked one in the second series (I think) with Mace Windu vs. a Trade Federation device that was basically a gigantic piston.

 

[Acid_crash]

My favorite one-on-one fights comes up a tie:

Vader vs. Kenobi in Revenge of the Sith, and the short duel but still cool-as-hell fight in Equilibrium at the end of the movie.

My favorite skirmish scene is from Braveheart, followed by the end battle in ROTK.

 

[FnordBear]

Favorite Sword Fight:

Conner Mcleod vs. Kurgan at the end of the first Highlander movie.

Favorite Skirmish:

The battle at the end of 13 Warrior. (THAT is how you face impossible odds.)

Favorite Big Battle:

The battle of Area 51 in Independance Day

Favorite "Unconvetional" Duel:

Buddy vs. Death in a sword swinging guitar duel. (Six String Samurai)

Favorite Gunfight:

Final duel at th end of Equalibrium

Favorite Space Battle (Mass):

The Battle of Endor

Favorite Space Battle (Ship on Ship):

The Tiger Claw vs. unamed Kilrathi destroyer in Wing Commander (GIVE THEM A BROADSIDE!)

 

[Welverin]

You know, your comment about the Battle of Geonosis just make me think that the Clone Wars animated series has some really awesome battle scenes, considering it's all fairly streamlined animation. I particularly liked one in the second series (I think) with Mace Windu vs. a Trade Federation device that was basically a gigantic piston.

That would be vol 1, most of the action in the shorts was too over the top for my tastes, though I do vastly prefer how Grievous fights in them, than how he did in the movie.

 

[Quasqueton]

I do agree that the duel between Achilles and Hector in Troy was very good, and was the high point of the movie. Hector was so outmatched, it wasn't funny.

I thought they were pretty damn well matched. Hell, Hector even got through Achilles' defenses with a strike that was only stopped by Achilles' armor.

Don't you be dissing my man Hector. Errr.

Quasqueton

 

[barsoomcore]

Or Gohatto for the purists

WHERE "purists" = "Japanese People"

Favorite Gunfight: Final duel at th end of Equalibrium

Yeah, there were some GREAT fights in Equilibrium, though I thought the closing GUN BATTLE wasn't as good as the closing SWORDFIGHT against the circle of bad guys -- where he uses his sheared-sharp saya as a weapon! That was a lovely detail. The fight between Bale and Diggs with their practice swords was also really good. I really enjoyed that film.

 

[The Josh]

one on one:
Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in Enter the Dragon.
Bruce Willis and Hans' brother in Die Hard. (now i have a machine gun, ho ho ho)
Porthos and "Big Ugly" in three musketeers.
DEFINATELY the bride vs. Go-Go in kill bill.
Eddie vs the Judge in who framed rodger rabbit

Skirmish:
The fight at the end of the man in the iron mask
Wolfverine vs the swat looking dudes in x2
defending the bridge in saving private Ryan
Mad Martigan vs the princess guards (the one in the snow) from Willow
the "negotiation" in the fifth element
the train station fight in the untouchables

cant think of any others yet

 

[Pants]

I cannot limit myself to one of each, so I'm deliberately breaking the rules.

1. Favourite One-on-one Fight.

My Favorite:
Wesley vs. Inigo Montoya - The Princess Bride

Honorable Mentions:
The Bride vs Elle Driver - Kill Bill V. 2
Gandalf vs the Balrog Fellowship of the Ring
Agent Smith vs Neo in the subway The Matrix
Achilles vs Hector - Troy
Luke vs Vader Return of the Jedi
Spike vs Vicious (both times) - Cowboy Bebop

2. Favourite Skirmish.

My Favorite:
The Battle of Amon Hen - Fellowship of the Ring

Honorable Mentions:
The Fight in Balin's Tomb - Fellowship of the Ring
90% of Black Hawk Down
Gutts vs the 100 Warriors - Berserk
Gutts and Griffith vs the Immortal Zod - Berserk
The Bride in the the House of Blue Leaves - Kill Bill V. 1
The Fight at the Castle Ruins in Willow
Indy vs the Nazis on the Trucks - Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

3. Favourite Battle Scene.

Helm's Deep (no doubt at all) - The Two Towers

Honorable Mentions:
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (with the fantastic charge of the Rohirrim) - Return of the King
The Battle over Endor - Return of the Jedi
The Defense of Hoth - Empire Strikes Back
D-Day - Saving Private Ryan
The Assault on Cardassia - Deep Space Nine, one of the very last episodes

 

[Villano]

Some that others have mentioned:

Princess Bride

Mark of Zorro

Legend Of Drunken Master

A few to add:

Return Of The Jedi - The final battle between Luke and Vader is a favorite.

Sanjuro - The sequel to Yojimbo. The duel between Sanjuro and the samurai at the end is over quickly, but still excellent.

Gojoe - A rater excellent recent samurai movie. A former mountain bandit turned monk goes to kill a mysterious demon that's killing a clan's samurai at a bridge. There are two great battles. The first is when three "demons" slaughter an army of samurai, and the second is when the monk faces off against the lead "demon" at the climax.

Zatoichi, The Fugitive - One of my favorite films of all time. The final battle between Zatoichi and the ronin at the end is brutal.

If we are including gunfights, I'd have to say the battle in the bar in Desperado.