The battle of Helm's Deep still gives me goosebumps.
Came here for this. Yes it's epic and the fight towards Minas Tirith is also amazing.
The battle of Helm's Deep still gives me goosebumps.
Yes I like Sato Takeru as Himura Kenshin. Yes the last two aren't Miike Takashi movies.
Unless you mean something else?
One of faves, fucking love this film.
Boss★Moogle;110417809 said:I remember really liking this fight scene and its music too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDbp10TYAWA
Regardless of what you may think of the rest of the movie, Revenge of the Sith had some great large-scale battles
It's a toss up between Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith. Probably the former.
As an aside, fuck Braveheart. The history in that movie varies from historical revisionist to just made up bullshit, and you can really see Mel GIbson's bigotry seeping through the entire movie. Especially with the blatant homophobia.
Lee & Herring's Braveheart extra final scene
Your criticism has nothing to do with the craftsmanship behind the battle scenes.
Your criticism has nothing to do with the craftsmanship behind the battle scenes.
Man, that scene. The part with the private trying to talk to him just before his ears stop ringing:Saving Private Ryan - D-Day (NSFW due to gore)
Good battle scenes shouldn't just have lots of impact and brutality, they also need to impart a really strong sense of geography, of tactics making a difference, of who's winning and why. As such, Helm's Deep still really takes the cake for me (and the RotK Battle of the Pelennor Fields is just a poorly-directed bummer in comparison).
Longest Day - Attack on the Harbor and the invasion of Normandy
Amazing longshot, before the era of CGI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZMkleDjWI
Alexander - Battle of Gaugamela
The most epic and realistic depicted battle Hollywood have produced of the classical era.
http://vimeo.com/89611267
Waterloo - The great French and British cavalry charge.
This massive charge depicted thousand of men and horses clashing together during the epic conclusion of the most decisive battle during the Napoleonic wars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97dBfdNrf9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vlcuvrM1po
Apocalypse Now - Ride of the Valkyrie
This classic scene always gives me chills and puts me at the end of my seat.
http://vimeo.com/85066050
Some excellent ones so far, I'll add:
Battle of Endor, Star Wars
The Last Samurai doesn't get much, or any love, sadly.
I think the initial knee-jerk reaction of "White man is the last samurai? how ridiculous!" did a lot of harm to the potential reach of the flick, lotta people don't realize that Samurai is plural I guess.
It's translated in the singular form in virtually every language in which articles and adjectives have singular/plural forms. But I thought the character played by Ken Watanabe was the last samurai, not Tom Cruise.
That's why I said 'as an aside'. Though Braveheart's battle scenes still don't live up to LOTR or loads of other stuff IMO.
Amazing how nothing has come to close to this in more than 30 years (referring to battles in space).
Even the prequel movies sucked in space.
The Last Samurai doesn't get much, or any love, sadly.
Lawrence of Arabia. If you love adventure/war films, you owe yourself to see it. No CGI, groundbreaking cinematography, and the battle scenes weren't just gratuitous displays of violence.
Speaking of Troy and oddities, theres a blink and you'll miss it of an extra falling down during the big infantry charge on the gates of troy, it was probably just a legitimate trip but I always thought it was fascinating and realistic that someone would trip and get trampled in a big charge like that.
The Last Samurai doesn't get much, or any love, sadly.
Avatar - Hallelujah Mountains
13 Assassins
Agreed, it's a bit formulaic in that it's basically Dances with Wolves with Samurai, but it works very very well. The respect for ancient Japanese culture and it's portrayal is unmatched in hollywood movies. One of Tom Cruises actually good performances too, it's one of those movies I can always watch when it's on. Great Hans Zimmer score too.
I think the initial knee-jerk reaction of "White man is the last samurai? how ridiculous!" did a lot of harm to the potential reach of the flick,lotta people don't realize that Samurai is plural I guess.
Scott Pilgrim - The entire movie, but most notably the Gideon Graves fight.
EDIT: Wait, do we mean war-esque battles or the more traditional fight scene?