My favorite movie swordfight was between Yu Shu Lien and Jen Yu in CTHD.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 24, 2012 7:34:29 am PST #18339 of 30000
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Sean K - Feb 24, 2012 8:13:03 am PST #18340 of 30000
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My favorite movie swordfight was between Yu Shu Lien and Jen Yu in CTHD.
Hells yes. Both fights between those two women in that movie stand out for me as masterpieces of storytelling through fight scenes. They're not fighting just to fight or just for action. Vitally important messages about those two characters, and about the themes of the film, are being communicated through the medium of the action in those scenes. Even now I find the magic and artistry of those scenes a little breathtaking.
Typo Boy - Feb 24, 2012 8:14:53 am PST #18341 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Also, even if you want to be Eurocentric doesn't the swordfight at the end of Scaramouche qualify? That might make the top 20 even with Asian sword fu fights included, or at least get credit for being one of the best of its time. OK, nobody dies or even bleeds in this so it does not qualify as "manly" by the author's standard. But still a freaking classic. All right, really someone mentions movie sword fights and my "pimp the ending of Scaramouche" reflex kicks.
Tom Scola - Feb 24, 2012 8:18:09 am PST #18342 of 30000
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doesn't the swordfight at the end of Scaramouche qualify?
They really did the Fandango in that one.
Typo Boy - Feb 24, 2012 8:21:05 am PST #18343 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, the opposite of the kind of swordfight the author likes. A dance. But what a fucking dance!
le nubian - Feb 24, 2012 8:46:29 am PST #18344 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
They really did the Fandango in that one.
okay, so not only did this crack my shit up, but I am now humming "Bohemian Rhapsody" and I started at the beginning.
I'll be here for awhile.
DavidS - Feb 24, 2012 8:46:32 am PST #18345 of 30000
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Scaramouche is a great swordfight - incredibly dramatic.
My favorite screen swordfight is with Paul Henreid in The Spanish Main.
Though I do really love Flynn's in The Seahawk.
Cornel Wilde was a collegiate fencer and generally regarded as one of the best screen swordfighters.
There are so many samurai films it's tough to choose. It really deserves its own category since it's such a different fighting style, and you could still do a top twenty and they'd all be spectacular. Yojimbo, Zatoichi, Hanzo the Razor, Lady Snowblood, Lone Wolf and Cub...
Consuela - Feb 24, 2012 9:21:50 am PST #18346 of 30000
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You know, I've never seen Scaramouche, although I've read it a couple of times.
DavidS - Feb 24, 2012 9:25:05 am PST #18347 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You know, I've never seen Scaramouche, although I've read it a couple of times.
It has Stewart Granger at his most handsome and dashing.
Dana - Feb 24, 2012 5:35:38 pm PST #18348 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
We just put on the Nicholas Cage "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." The first five minutes are an infodump in which they use the phrase "Prime Merlinean."