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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:04 am
by ItisWritten
This one may not qualify as a knock-down, but it is long--yet all too short.
The pie fight in The Great Race. I still watch this 160-minute movie, with all its dated silliness, just to see these 5 minutes.
Consider that, after filming the scene, there were 300 pies leftover for the crew to eat. That's ALOT of pie.
Sure, no fists were thrown, but everyone in the scene took one in the face. And Jack Lemmon fell into the same layer cake twice.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:40 am
by bloodguard bob
does anybody know the name of the western in wich during the muddy fight the bad guy gets onto the star's horse to ride away, the star whistles, the horse stops dead in his tracks and bad guy goes flying off? then, after the fight star goes riding away, bad guy whistles, star goes flying off? saw it as a kid, can't remember. maybe james garner.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:32 pm
by Kil Tyme
That does sound like something that would be from the "Maverick" TV show with Garner.
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:05 pm
by CovenantJr
James wrote:It blows the competition away
Because it's full of that poncey twirling you love so much?
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:45 pm
by hierachy
CovenantJr wrote:James wrote:It blows the competition away
Because it's full of that poncey twirling you love so much?
No... because it's really really good.
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:30 pm
by Usivius
does anybody know the name of the western in wich during the muddy fight the bad guy gets onto the star's horse to ride away, the star whistles, the horse stops dead in his tracks and bad guy goes flying off? then, after the fight star goes riding away, bad guy whistles, star goes flying off? saw it as a kid, can't remember. maybe james garner.
I'm pretty sure it was one of the "Support Your Local"... movies... Can't recall if it is "Sherrif" or "Gunfighter"....
Let me know if you find out for sure, but my money is on one of those two with Garner...
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:15 am
by bloodguard bob
yeah, possible it wasn't garner. i do remember somthing about the star puting loco weed into the horses drinkin' hole makin' them go nuts. i asked my old man who i saw it with, he says they did that in just about every western made. i'm still searching.
Re: Best Fights
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:41 am
by CovenantJr
Cail wrote:-Ed Norton and Ed Norton in "Fight Club". Probably the funniest and most disturbing ass kicking ever filmed.
In a similar vein: Ash v his hand, in Evil Dead 2
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:05 am
by Fist and Faith
Malik23 wrote:I thought Neo had some incredible fights, even if they're mostly CG. The one with all the Smiths and the pole was nice, just in the logistics of such an undertaking.
YES!!! And against the Merovingian's people!!! And the one-on-one against Seriph!!!
Stonemaybe wrote:Jackie Chan in 'What Am I'
The one on the roof that goes on and on and on.
The bit where him and the kick-guy just repeatedly kick eachothers shins
here it is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AorB0qzjDzU
all ten minutes of it!
YES!!! I bought the dvd just for that scene. Awesome!!
I'll add the big showdown in
Roadhouse. Every moment was nothing but two guys trying to take the other off of the planet. Intense! And some decent choreography.
And then there's a few scenes from Crouching Tiger. Here's the best:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNE-vKtUR14
They don't start fighting until about 2:45, though.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:30 am
by A Gunslinger
If it hasn't already been mentioned.... the best fight ever...EVER was between Roddy Piper and his pal in THEY LIVE, the Carpenter flick.
And I'LL fight anyone who disagrees!
Then...I'd say Kirk vs. the Gorn!
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:15 am
by Cail
A Gunslinger wrote:Then...I'd say Kirk vs. the Gorn!
If for no other reason than the music....And Jim Carrey's reenactment of it in Cable Guy.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:27 am
by Fist and Faith
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:41 pm
by A Gunslinger
Cail wrote:A Gunslinger wrote:Then...I'd say Kirk vs. the Gorn!
If for no other reason than the music....And Jim Carrey's reenactment of it in Cable Guy.
HA!
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:52 pm
by danlo
I love the bar fight scene between Big Boy (Woody Harrelson) and Pete (Billy Crudup) against Jim-Bob's hired hands in The Hi Lo Country, "He hit me over the head with a bottle!" and the awesome nonstop fight between Lt. Frank Keller (Al Pacino) and Terry (Michael Rooker) in Sea of Love.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:21 am
by Montresor
The fight from Old Boy where O-Dae Su fights about 15 guys in a corridor - all in one single camera shot. Absolutely incredible fight scene.
For a sword fight, I'd go for either Tim Roth vs Liam Neeson at the end of Rob Roy, or Tony Curtis vs Kirk Douglas at the top of the chapel tower in the Vikings.
The fight between Alexander Gudanov and Bruce Willis in Die Hard is just bloody brilliant.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:32 am
by Cail
They Live
Just watch it!
Glorious!
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:09 am
by A Gunslinger
Indana Jones Vs. the Bald airplane mechanic/nazi in RotLA.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:11 am
by Cail
That's a good one too, with a great payoff.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:17 am
by Montresor
Yeah, I've always loved that fight in They Live, and the one in Raiders. Great stuff.
Actually, just remembered the one in From Russia With Love between Connery and Shaw. That is a strong contender for best one on one fist fight ever, I say.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:33 am
by Fist and Faith
Montressor wrote:For a sword fight, I'd go for either Tim Roth vs Liam Neeson at the end of Rob Roy, or Tony Curtis vs Kirk Douglas at the top of the chapel tower in the Vikings.
Been a while since I saw the
Vikings fight, but
Rob Roy is unquestionably the best sword fight in movie history.
