That is officially my favorite fantasy swordfight of all time. Just... wow.
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Betsy HP - Jul 08, 2006 4:34:17 pm PDT #2802 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Melpomene - Jul 08, 2006 4:36:39 pm PDT #2803 of 10001
Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'
That is officially my favorite fantasy swordfight of all time. Just... wow.
Mine, too. It knocked The Princess Bride out of the top spot.
DavidS - Jul 08, 2006 4:40:02 pm PDT #2804 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That is officially my favorite fantasy swordfight of all time. Just... wow.
I prefer Princess Bride still, and even the blacksmith fight in the first PotC. This sequence was spectacular but it wasn't so much about fight choreography as a bunch of CGI. Reminded me of the escalation that happened in LoTR from the cave troll fight (perfect!) to Legolas taking down the Olyphaunt (animated overkill).
§ ita § - Jul 08, 2006 4:41:02 pm PDT #2805 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was a better display of stuff than Princess Bride. But I still like that one best, because it's character-revealing. This one was more pyrotechnics with one point of suspense: who will end up with the key? Don't get me wrong--very clever and breathtaking and wins the choreography competition hands down. Just not the plot/character one.
sumi - Jul 08, 2006 4:44:12 pm PDT #2806 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, I LOVED that scene.
Polter-Cow - Jul 08, 2006 4:48:02 pm PDT #2807 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, the Princess Bride one still pwns all.
Strega - Jul 08, 2006 4:52:51 pm PDT #2808 of 10001
re rowboat guy: Oh. Well, that'd do it. I heard other people in the audience saying "What?" and someone nearby explained, but I guess they were translating when I thought they were repeating the line and I'd missed it.
So... never mind!
Re Hec's whitefont: Hm, I dunno if I believe he'd put "preserving the pirate lifestyle for other people" above his own survival. I suspect the end-of-piracy thing has more to do with the East India Co turning up everywhere.
Lee - Jul 08, 2006 4:57:14 pm PDT #2809 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hmm. I'm not sure which sword fight I like better (between PB, PotC1 and PotC2).
I think I shall have to rewatch all of them, just to be sure.
Betsy HP - Jul 08, 2006 5:14:00 pm PDT #2810 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Throw in Rob Roy while you're at it. Eeeh movie, fantastic climactic duel.
Back to PotC2: Elizabeth and Jack trying to seduce one another -- over to their moral side, natch --? Hottest. thing. evah.
Also, when Norrington said "I want to serve under Captain Jack Sparrow!" I blurted out 'I bet you do!'
And you're right, ita, this swordfight is all pyrotechnics and no heart. I do not care, for I am shallow.
sj - Jul 08, 2006 5:27:11 pm PDT #2811 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Funnily, the first movie bothered me because I grew near a (the?) Port Royal which was a hotbed of piracy--the pirate capital of the world, and one of the richest cities in the Americas. So it was jarring to see their Port Royal, peaceful, and with dramatic cliff coastlines.
I just watched a History Channel special on Port Royal, and it was jarring to hear them call it that, because it was not the city of the movie at all.
Agreeing with Betsy's whitefont.