doesn't the swordfight at the end of Scaramouche qualify?
They really did the Fandango in that one.
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Tom Scola - Feb 24, 2012 8:18:09 am PST #18342 of 30000
hwæt
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
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
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."
Polter-Cow - Feb 24, 2012 5:45:28 pm PST #18349 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Isn't it a great phrase? I enjoyed the movie; it was fun.
Dana - Feb 24, 2012 5:53:49 pm PST #18350 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Uh. Possibly that was not my reaction.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 24, 2012 6:01:25 pm PST #18351 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
When I saw from the previews that it was Nicholas Cage and that nerdy guy from Undeclared using the name of a beloved Disney classic for marketing value, I figured it would be best to pass on it for the sakes of fellow moviegoers who might be sitting next to me when the rage blackout hit.