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Best action sequence of the last 10 years?
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That was great!
That scene is the culmination of an entire episode of tension and a narrative that stressed that Matt is a relatively normal man, up against impossible odds and near death. When that fight happens it's cathartic and a release of all that tension.
Wreck-It Ralph
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Speed Racer - Casa Cristo and the final race
Scott Pilgrim - Scott vs. Gideon... but really the whole movie
Scott Pilgrim - Scott vs. Gideon... but really the whole movie
Man I REALLY enjoyed the TinTin movie apart from its flaws it's a movie I'll occasionally go back to when I have nothing to watch.
This was a phenomenal set piece. Truly amazing! Such an underrated movie in general.
Spamed Bunnie
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Brad pitt beating himself up in Fight Club for sure
Prophet Steve
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No, it isn't really more impactful with context. Also there were no cuts.
Besides the fight looking more realistic than most fight, the one thing that is done really really well is the exhaustion and damage done on the hero and enemies. After fighting each enemy you can clearly see he needs to take a break and push himself forward to put another man down. It is very, very rare to see it done to this extend in an action sequence. And even when you see it otherwise it is because someone is heavily damaged instead of mostly exhausted.
It also handles fighting multiple opponents really well. Many times in action movies you have either one hit KOs or many opponents that keep their distance for a moment. Here he'll often get hit from behind, has to throw something to keep them on a distance, or doesn't take the time to knock them out and they'll stand up again.
The guy that is beaten into a different room here:
https://youtu.be/B66feInucFY?t=96
Likely wouldn't get back in most other action sequences. Here, however, he does:
https://youtu.be/B66feInucFY?t=124
Besides that it is shot great and the sound is on point. The punches and stunts look good and it is paced well.
Bobby Roberts
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Nah, it's pretty decent as a kid's movie. There's a little edge to it, but I remember when I was a kid I liked when kids movies did things I didn't think kids movies should be doing.
Love that sequence -- but something I noticed just re-watching it then, something seems a little off about the camera movements, it's similar to a stabilization effect, is that just the Youtube upload or am I imagining it?
Could be the upload because I did not feel this when I watched it on Blu-ray.
And still so awesome.
The Raid has so many sequences across two films I don't know which one to claim is the best, but it has to be something from that film.
Shoutout to Fast Five's final chase too.
I want to second this as something deserving of attention. Utterly fantastic film that warrants everyone's attention.
I'm... surprised you brought this up. Nolan's an awful action director, and this fight is a great example of why that is. The tension in the scene is awesome, but the actual fight choreography and camera work makes Michael Bay look great.
Shoutout to Fast Five's final chase too.
The Good, The Bad, The Weird is an incredibly underrated South Korean spaghetti western action-adventure film that has some of the best action camerawork and stunts of the last decade. The climactic chase in particular is probably the best of its kind since the 80s, maybe rivaled only by the upcoming Mad Max Fury Road. The whole thing is a ton of fun.
I want to second this as something deserving of attention. Utterly fantastic film that warrants everyone's attention.
I'm... surprised you brought this up. Nolan's an awful action director, and this fight is a great example of why that is. The tension in the scene is awesome, but the actual fight choreography and camera work makes Michael Bay look great.
Pacific Rim
The whole china sequence was incredible. Amazing buildup, multiple deaths(russian, china)
Cool as hell monsters. Gorilla monster EMPTY THE CLIP, ROCKET ELBOW. It just goes on and on the chill inducing moments. And is capped with the sword reveal. Just exhilarating.
This movie made me turn to my cousin at the theater to say "Holly shit. This is awesome." to confirm what awesomeness was entering my eyeballs. It was all the fighting robot porn that Tranformers movies failed to be.
god this movie is so fantastic
Mr. PlayStation
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Iggzy Vs Valentine's army
Colin Firth in Church scene
Fast Furious 6:
Black BMW's chasing Owen Shaw through the streets of London
Iggzy Vs Valentine's army
Colin Firth in Church scene
Fast Furious 6:
Black BMW's chasing Owen Shaw through the streets of London
Mushroomer25
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The Raid 2 - Prison Yard
The Avengers - Battle For New York
Fast & Furious 6 - Runway Chase
The Avengers - Battle For New York
Fast & Furious 6 - Runway Chase
Edge of Tomorrow's beach assault is crazy. Awesome movie.
Good pick. Don`t want Starship Troopers remake, but if so then give it to Doug Liman. This guy knows action.
Vulcano's assistant
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I thought all the snow scene in the latest live action TMNT movie was really well done.
matrix-cat
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If there's actually a quote out there from the crew saying it was actually all one shot then disregard this, but just from watching it I'm almost positive there are a handful of cuts in there. Basically any time the actors aren't on screen, or any time the camera does a whip pan that makes the scenery blur, those are where you'd hide your cuts. You end the one take with the camera facing the wall, then you start the next one with the camera in the same spot and it looks seamless. It doesn't make any sense to do the whole thing in one take when the actors regularly leave the frame, y'know?
Doesn't make it any less impressive, of course; that's just movie magic for you
cloud_sleep
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Avatar end battle scenes
John Wick club scene.
Mission Impossible 3 bridge sequence
John Wick club scene.
Mission Impossible 3 bridge sequence
Bobby Roberts
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I think it's just the upload. There were a couple weird, jarring jumps in the movement that I absolutely do not remember seeing before.
You're thirding it. But we three? We're up on some SHIT.
Transformers 2 might be your kind of film
BKatastrophe
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If there's actually a quote out there from the crew saying it was actually all one shot then disregard this, but just from watching it I'm almost positive there are a handful of cuts in there. Basically any time the actors aren't on screen, or any time the camera does a whip pan that makes the scenery blur, those are where you'd hide your cuts. You end the one take with the camera facing the wall, then you start the next one with the camera in the same spot and it looks seamless. It doesn't make any sense to do the whole thing in one take when the actors regularly leave the frame, y'know?
Doesn't make it any less impressive, of course; that's just movie magic for you
I like how, instead of looking up yourself to see if it was actually done in one take, you have decided to tell everyone to disregard it so you can present information that most people here already knew.
It was all one shot. Multiple takes, and Cox and Brewster (Cox's stunt double) do switch a few times within the scene, but it is all one shot.
8BitsAtATime
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The church scene in Kingsman was amazing
StopMakingSense
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Yep. If one scene can make me deeply crave for more movies/scenes with Colin Firth fucking shit up, then it is something truly special.
matrix-cat
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I meant disregard all the things I was going to be saying, because they're obviously irrelevant if the scene was indeed shot in one take, not "don't believe the people who actually did the thing because I, some random internet guy, obviously know better"
I meant disregard all the things I was going to be saying, because they're obviously irrelevant if the scene was indeed shot in one take, not "don't believe the people who actually did the thing because I, some random internet guy, obviously know better"
Interview here about the scene, it is all one shot, it's really well made.
Alcoremortis
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I'm gonna go with the church scene in Kingsman as well.
I'm not easily impressed with action scenes, usually they're something I put up with until we can get to more plot and/or humor, but this one was just so well put together and visually interesting that I just keep on rewatching it over and over again. Even more, it came in under my suspension of disbelief ceiling. Just they way it was choreographed, I really could believe that a highly trained spy/assassin could single-handedly take out eighty people in under four minutes.
I'm not easily impressed with action scenes, usually they're something I put up with until we can get to more plot and/or humor, but this one was just so well put together and visually interesting that I just keep on rewatching it over and over again. Even more, it came in under my suspension of disbelief ceiling. Just they way it was choreographed, I really could believe that a highly trained spy/assassin could single-handedly take out eighty people in under four minutes.
To Far Away Times
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Had my jaw on the floor.
EDIT: Daredevil, episode 2.
I think I'd have to go all the way back to Terminator 2 to find another action scene I like more. Really incredible stuff.
matrix-cat
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Ah, well, I'm dead wrong then. That's really cool to read about; I've always loved hearing about what goes into a fight scene behind the scenes. Now I have to go and watch it again to see if I can spot the switches between Daredevils
Really shows how well tarantino is in directing. Fucking awesome sequence.
matrix-cat
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I wonder if anyone's edited that baseball bat into a lightsabre after the Star Wars news. Hopefully we'll be seeing Episode VII gifs in these threads at the end of the year.
Came to name the Raid franchise. Justice was already done. But yeah, pick any fight from The Raid or The Raid 2 and you have an extremely good fight. John Wick's Club scene was also incredible.
And someone mentioned The Good, The Bad, The Weird. After seeing it for the first time it became one of my favorite korean movies. It's funny as hell (thanks, Song Kang-ho!) but also has really nice fights (the black market and the desert chase come to mind).
And someone mentioned The Good, The Bad, The Weird. After seeing it for the first time it became one of my favorite korean movies. It's funny as hell (thanks, Song Kang-ho!) but also has really nice fights (the black market and the desert chase come to mind).
True Savior
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I would say the answer has to be something Johnnie To made. Breaking News is probably the most eye popping .I dont know if its the best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIdqSuTmrgw
You have context. Spatial awareness. Tension. An action scene. There's not a lot more than you can ask. It's not as dynamic as something Kim Jee-Woon makes (like already posted in the thread) , but its very elegant.
For an director sometimes "mocked" for its action directing , he creates some of the most innovative stuff made in usa-action cinema in decades. The whole thing , from the plan itself , to how the scene is sctructure and developed , the pacing , how the axis keeping being shifted with great solutions , this is a fucking master scene putting to great use the hability of Batman to keep adapting to the situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIdqSuTmrgw
You have context. Spatial awareness. Tension. An action scene. There's not a lot more than you can ask. It's not as dynamic as something Kim Jee-Woon makes (like already posted in the thread) , but its very elegant.
For an director sometimes "mocked" for its action directing , he creates some of the most innovative stuff made in usa-action cinema in decades. The whole thing , from the plan itself , to how the scene is sctructure and developed , the pacing , how the axis keeping being shifted with great solutions , this is a fucking master scene putting to great use the hability of Batman to keep adapting to the situation.
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Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning - Sporting goods store fight
The craziest thing about this is the prop bats kept breaking so a lot of the fight was done with real aluminum baseball bats.
The craziest thing about this is the prop bats kept breaking so a lot of the fight was done with real aluminum baseball bats.
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