Just saw brotherhood of the wolf and I loved it!

[Wolfspider]

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I believe it was Mani, the Indian. I base this on the fact that the naturalist never really focused as much on martial arts, although he was an expert with melee weapons certainly. In addition, the encounter begins the Indian's strange relationship with the witchy woman--the person who leads him to his death.

 

[EOL]

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I thought so to at first, but I seem to remember that it was the person holding the reins of the baggage horse (Mani) who did not dismount. Plus although Mani was the more adept at fighting, I would think the quarterstaff would be more naturalist's style. Obviously as you point out the key is the witchy women, but I seem to remember it was the person who dismounted at the end of the fight, not the main participant who made the googly eyes.

 

[theburningman]

Saw it. Didn't love it, but liked it a lot.

Hey any movie with kick ass fight scenes and Monica Bellucci nekkid in it gets my vote!

(And I'm sorry, but Charlie's Angels sucked. Even the fight scenes. Well, except for Lucy Liu. Yowza!)

 

[G.A. Donis]

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I'm pretty sure it is Mani in the first fight. Also, the last fight is the naturalist and he looks pretty good at handing out some whoop-@$$.

By the way, the guy who played Mani, played Draven in the Crow TV series (which I never watched).

 

[Pangias]

Mark Dacascos acted also in Crying Freeman from the same director Christophe Gans.

Mani was not in the original story, it was Gans who added the character to introduce his favorite actor.

 

[Mystic Eye]

It was Mani in that first fight scene. th naturalist did not "go off" until later!! Boy, but when he did he was a mad killer!

Loved the movie! It was a good story, great characters, and had great action.

Doug
http://www.mysticeyegames.com

 

[Arcane Runes Press]

" I really think a D&D version of that sword is in need. I'm not very good at that kind of stuff, but would love to see it converted."

That swords been around for ages. It's in a 70's kung-fu movie that I can never remember the name of and there's a famous figure in Chinese martial arts that was famous for using it. Can't remember for the life of me who it was though......

Loved the movie. I appreciate over the top, no explanation bizarreness from time to time. I definately think that sometimes not justifying the fighting skills is its own form of justification. Just like a modern kung fu movie. Why does the italian mobster know kung fu? Because EVERYBODY in this world does.

 

[WizarDru]

Sounds like a question of expectations. I loved the film to bits. Mark Dascacos (sp?) was great, IMHO, and I enjoyed the character of Mani. I can see where some folks would complain about the pacing...when I left the theatre, one person was telling his g/f that he thought the first third of the movie worked fine, and the rest fell apart.

As for the martial arts...I don't recall there being anything amazingly unbelievable there. A bit on the fantastic side, yes, but spin-kicks are hardly exclusively the license of asian martial arts. And yes, when Fronsac got mad....he got REALLY MAD. "Here, eat this wall! Again! Again!"

And that was Mani in the opening sequence. The actor was quoted as saying that the original fight sequence was three times as long as what made it into the movie. Suprised they didn't all get Pneumonia.

 

[Wolfspider]

Obviously as you point out the key is the witchy women, but I seem to remember it was the person who dismounted at the end of the fight, not the main participant who made the googly eyes.

Hmmm...I'll have to go home and watch it again to make sure. I'll get back to you....

 

[Jairami]

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It was most certainly Mani in the first combat. You can check the trailer to refresh your memory. I've loved Mark since Only the Strong (not a bad movie, but a guilty pleasure most certainly) and even fought my way through Double Dragon just to see him again.

But I think my favorite fights in the movie were the naturalists if only for the brutal, straight-to-the-point style he used gutting or impaling anyone who got in his way with as little flash, posturing, and as much expedience as possible. Hard to raise an alarm when he uses one or two quick strokes to finish off each guard and is already in the next room killing you. Quick. Efficient. Brutal. Very cool. Still makes me wince.