OT:Movie fight scenes

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Jarhead_22

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I just watched "The Last of the Mohicans" with Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeline Stowe (Rrowrrr!) and Russel Means. I really enjoyed it: fantastic scenery, great acting and a compelling story. But the fight scene between Magwa, the war chief of the Hurons and Chingatchguk, Hawkeye's father, is out-damned-standing.

I also was knocked out by the Battle of Agincourt scene in Henry V with Kenneth Branagh. It seemed very realistic in depicting the outright brutality neccessary to survive and win a battle with blunt and edged weapons.

So what are your favorite movie fight scenes?

Jarhead out.
 
Favorite movie fight scenes:

Heat: the bank robbery gun fight.
Last of the Mohicans: Indeed a classic.
Police Story: Jackie Chan vs. everybody.
Braveheart: The big fight scene.
The Patriot: Rescuing his son from the Brits.
Rapid Fire: Brandon Lee in the laundromat.
Bruce Lee: Bruce Lee vs. anybody. :)
 
Too bad we never got to see Bruce Lee vs. Jet Li. (who is very impressive without wires, but American directors don't seem to understand that)
 
From the anime Cowboy Bebop: the 1st martial arts fight scene and Spike's Return To the Chapel gunfight.

Jet Li in Legend of the Iron Fist was pretty good too.
 
Heat: Bank Robbery Scene
Face/Off: Airport Hangar Scene
Phantom Menace: Lightsaber Duel
The Matrix: Dojo, Subway, and Elevator Lobby
Clear and Present Danger: RPG Ambush
The Rock: Shower Scene
The Negotiator: Raid Scene
True Lies: Snow Chase scene
Last of the Mohicans: End Duel and Ambush Scene
Return of the Jedi: Lightsaber Duel
Executive Decision: Airplane Assault
Saving Private Ryan: Beachhead Landing & final scene
Glory: Final Battle
Braveheart: All the Battles
Aliens: All the Fight Scenes
Starship Troopers: All the Fight Scenes
 
The movie "Once Were Warriors" Pub fight scenes with Jake "the muss" Heke [Tem Morrison]

Only movie I've been to where just about everybody [men & women] in the cinema was crying at the end.
 
I add:

The swordfight between Westley and Inigo in "The Princess Bride".

The fight in Reinhardt Lane's lab in "The Shadow". Those hard chromed 1911's were cool.

"The Magnificent Seven" defending that Mexican town.

In "The Spy Who Loved Me", the three liberated submarine crews out for some payback.

Kathleen Turner and Fiona Shaw kick-boxing in the mud at the end of "Undercover Blues". :) (If you have not seen this movie, rent it ASAP. A riot, plus Miss Turner kicks ass with a Ruger P-Series in the old sugar mill).
 
As a youngster, we watched mostly cowboy movies. After watching such movies we played cowboys and Indians or (rarely) cops and robbers. In retrospect, the movies had a remarkable effect on the games we played, how we played them, and on our ideas of right and wrong.

Obviously, you folks derive some enjoyment from the fight scenes you have mentioned here. Tell me, what effect do you think such movies might have on the kids of today? What moral or virtuous beliefs do such movies instill in the young and impressionable children who watch these movies?

What good or bad influences (right v. wrong; self-discipline v. self-gratification, etc.) do such scenes have on our kids?

Why are such movies NOT gratuitous trash?
 
Enoch,

I was a country boy! :D

I didn't see King Kong until I was 16!

We had Roy Rogers; Gene Autry; Hopalong Cassidy; Ken Maynard; Johnny Mack Brown; and a host of other Good Guys. They were black & white both on the screen and in their virtues. Good guys were 100% good - bad guys were 100% bad. There was none of this "internal conflict" stuff we have now.

(Simpler times, Enoch. Simpler times. :) )

When TV first came in, parents sat there mesmerized by the test patterns - amazed that pictures could "come throught space"!

But the concepts of good and bad were very clear - something now considered sophomoric or (worse!) boring!

Force and deadly force were used as a last resort, usually initiated by the bad guy, to defend the innocent and to right wrongs. Now, the stress is on the techniques and excitement of force. The morality of (or need for) such force seem tenuous, at best.

I believe that makes a difference to kids.

[This message has been edited by Dennis (edited October 20, 2000).]
 
Dennis, you're comparing kid movies to adult movies. We're not recounting childhood favorites here. The fact that many people let their kids watch these films doesn't mean they're kiddie flicks. Your question can't be answered.

Why are they not trash? Because any adult ought to be able to watch a movie where violence proves to be necessary at times, because that's the way the world works.
 
More of a beating than a fight, but I always enjoy the scene in "The Godfather" when Sonny kicks the daylights out of Carlo with his two-tone wingtips and a garbage can lid.
 
Dennis, as a parent, I'm not letting my kids watch movies like Heat or Braveheart until they are older. Thats what parents are for.

Martial arts movies, heck yes I love them. I've taken martial arts for years (though I suck :) ) and I love to watch a well choreographed fight scene, realistic? No. But fun. My kids are going to grow up on Jackie Chan.

I hate movies that are ultra-violent for no purpose, you know the kinds that I mean. These are movies usually starring Stallone or somebody like that. But look at the opening scene of Saving Pvt. Ryan, that is probably the most violent thing ever recorded, but it is a powerfull and good piece of film, for many reasons.
 
Heat

the final showdown in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"

Star Wars I: The Phantom Pharce lightsabre duel.



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Don,
“you're comparing kid movies to adult movies.” Good point! Although, just in
passing, I believe the kids attend those adult movies more than the adults do - so
the films *become* kiddie flicks in fact. Then again, maybe I’ve been suckered into
using HCI’s definition of children (up to age 24) rather than the Marines’
definition! And you’re 100% right about recalling childhood favorites. :)

Trash was inaccurate. (Where’s that danged Thesaurus when I need it? :D)
Perhaps I feel they are “movies to vegetate by” rather than learn or stress some
moral value or principle.
(chuckle. This from a John Wayne fan, huh? !!)

The point I’m trying (so poorly) to make, is that even adult movies used to include
violence to MAKE a point. Now, the violence seems to BE the point. Where there
used to be plots and a story line, the stress now is to give some (usually feeble)
reason for the seemingly unending violence.

However, you may be right. Perhaps my question can’t be answered. Tastes not
only vary from person to person by also with the times. (sigh) I guess I’m stuck in
the ‘50s.....

Oh, I had to laugh at your violence is sometimes necessary comment. I’m sitting
here at my desk, at home, wearing shorts and a .45 government model. Offhand,
I’d say I must agree your comment! :D

Still don’t like them constant Hiiieeeyaaah movies. (pout) Them ole cowboy
movies where the hero’d get 73 shots out of a 6-shooter were “much” more
realistic!) :D :D

Oh, and I sure DID like “The Patriot”! I know that’s a war flick - but those
man-to-man battles were pretty realistic looking fights scenes to *this*
non-combatant! :D
 
Okay, here goes -

(1)Sonny stomping the crap out of Carlo in "The Godfather"

(2)Joe Pesci breaks a revolver on a guys skull (w/the help of Liotta and DeNiro) in "Goodfellas"

(3)Ray Liotta caving a guys face in with a revolver in "Goodfellas"

(4)Craig vs D'Bo in "Friday"

(5)D'Bo vs Redd in "Friday" (you got knocked da f@#k out!)

(6)Butch Coolidge vs Marcellus Wallace in "Pulp Fiction" (feel that, big boy? that's pride f@#kin wit' ya...)

(7)Jim Carrey vs the bad guy at the end of "The Mask" (hey...I'm winning!)

(8)Ace Ventura vs the Chicken Mascot in "Pet Detective"

(9)Lloyd's fantasy restaurant fight scene in
"Dumb and Dumber" (all hail the doggy bag)

(10)Ash vs everybody in "Army of Darkness"

(11)Ace vs the extremely feminine redheaded transvestite Ray Finkle in "Pet Detective"

(12)Jackie Chan vs everybody

(13)Bruce Lee vs everybody

(14)Jet Li vs Russell Wong in "Romeo Must Die" (the x-ray scenes were reall cool)

(15)Keanu Reeves vs Larry Fishburne in "The Matrix"

(16)Ahnold vs. Bennett in "Commando" ("Let off some steam Behnett" in Ahnold monotone)

(17)Ahnold vs Jamie Lee Curtis in the bedroom scene from "True Lies"

(18)Godzilla vs all monsters

(19)Dalton vs Jimmy in "Road House" (one of the modern classic fight scenes)

(20)"Road House" in general : great ass-whuppin' movie!

(21)Pothead Harrelson vs Banderas in "Play It To The Bone"

(22)I hate Stallone, but Rocky vs Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, and Ivan Drago were great - although in reality, all the fights would have been stopped after the 167th knockdown. I really liked Clubber Lang - "come on, Balboa!"

(23)Dirt Claude God Damme vs Bolo Yeung in "Bloodsport" - although the fight scene with Frank Dux vs Paco the Muay Thai fighter was a close second. Check out the slo-mo shot when Dux lands the final kick on Chon-Li - Bolo has this look on his face like "wait a minute...damn that hurt"

(24)Terry Bolea, otherwise known as Hulk Hogan, vs an anonymous bad guy in "No Holds Barred". He rips the door of a car, and yanks a guy out by the front of the shirt, holding him in the air with one hand. He growls at the guy, and then gets this look on his face - he says "what's that smell?" The guy whimpers "dookey".

(25)Tom vs Jerry

That's all I can think of at the moment.

AL



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You guys pretty much nailed most of them, but here's a few more:
Although the rest of the movie was ATROCIOUS, 'The Thin Red Line', had that one scene where they attack the Japanese pillbox on the hilltop--thought that was well done. Also, back some years ago 'A Bridge Too Far' had some good combat scenes. Rent it if you haven't seen it. And hey, lets not forget 'Gladiator'. Seen it twice, and the fight scenes still are very exciting the second time. Took some license with history, but still a great movie.

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Howzabout Stewart Granger vs. James Mason in "The Prisoner of Zenda?" Extremely long, humorous and showy duel with swords, furniture, torches. Granger also was pretty cool in the climatic opera house fight in "Scaramouche."
 
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