Gladiator - Never fails to get the blood boiling. Not crazy about the shaky cam in the thick of battle but the clash of swords and men still has great impact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmbviq2pE-g&feature=related
Braveheart - still fucking amazing and has the most visceral sword combat I think I've ever seen in film. Shockingly violent at the time and unsurpassed to this day. No studio has the balls to make an epic this violent anymore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ur3iV6Z34
Kingdom of Heaven DC - can't find an extended version of the siege of jerusalem but this nights long seige is one of the best staged extended scenes of war I've yet seen.
http://movieclips.com/LV9G7-kingdom-of-heaven-movie-defending-the-walls/
Troy Director's Cut - (much more graphic than theatrical) And Achilles is a one-man army fucking BAD ASS, just cutting through fools. (this is cut like shit by the uploader.) WB wanted a PG13 movie when it came out. LOL @ them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp3qq8R6O88
Alexander - love the scope of this battle and how Alexander addresses certain of his troops, giving greater context to their lives. The speech is underrated and the slow build-up to war is awesome. Vangelis' score before the battle begins stirs the soul. The battle scene is bloody, chaotic, violent and just all kinds of madness. Farrell sells the bloodlust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwDRodO2Mu4
Robin Hood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbmnqGqWgc8 - this movie sucked but this scene was well staged and must have been a bitch to pull off with the ships coming ashore.
300 - highly stylized but still well directed. You always have a very clear understanding of spacing and geography and there is very little reliance on shaky cam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgXLKMatR4M&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmbviq2pE-g&feature=related
Braveheart - still fucking amazing and has the most visceral sword combat I think I've ever seen in film. Shockingly violent at the time and unsurpassed to this day. No studio has the balls to make an epic this violent anymore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ur3iV6Z34
Kingdom of Heaven DC - can't find an extended version of the siege of jerusalem but this nights long seige is one of the best staged extended scenes of war I've yet seen.
http://movieclips.com/LV9G7-kingdom-of-heaven-movie-defending-the-walls/
Troy Director's Cut - (much more graphic than theatrical) And Achilles is a one-man army fucking BAD ASS, just cutting through fools. (this is cut like shit by the uploader.) WB wanted a PG13 movie when it came out. LOL @ them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp3qq8R6O88
Alexander - love the scope of this battle and how Alexander addresses certain of his troops, giving greater context to their lives. The speech is underrated and the slow build-up to war is awesome. Vangelis' score before the battle begins stirs the soul. The battle scene is bloody, chaotic, violent and just all kinds of madness. Farrell sells the bloodlust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwDRodO2Mu4
Robin Hood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbmnqGqWgc8 - this movie sucked but this scene was well staged and must have been a bitch to pull off with the ships coming ashore.
300 - highly stylized but still well directed. You always have a very clear understanding of spacing and geography and there is very little reliance on shaky cam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgXLKMatR4M&feature=related