Good.....Movies with sword play in them?

Dangus, that was part three of the Samurai Trilogy of Miyamoto Musashi. Duel at Ganryu Island and Fight at Ichijoji (sp) Temple. The first is just called Miyamoto Musashi.


 
Wonderful list of movies, some I'd forgotten about and a lot of new ones to check out!

There was one that I can't recall the name, a war movie where a Japanese fellow was on a ship and had his sword, and he was fighting an American stranded on the island?

Thanks for the listing guys and gals!
G2


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Gary, was that the one where they finally made friends at the end of the movie and a nearby US battleship saw the light of their fire and blew them up with artillery?

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Just a note on a trailer I saw yesterday.

Coming to TNT on 8/27- "WITCHBLADE". Looked
interesting.

Win
 
I am going to do everyone here a favor who are thinking of watching witchblade. IT SUCKS! I got my hands on a video of the thing before it came out...The benefit of working in a major newspaper....It really really blows. there isn't even any good swordplay.
 
Interesting... it (Witchblade) looked to me like yet another movie trying to capitalize on the ground-breaking special effects of "The Matrix." At least it has Yancy Butler in it... if she does anything for you, that is. For me, she kinda does.

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I would support the recommendation of "The Duellists". It is one of my all-time favorite movies.

A couple of Roman movies that do their work well, for the time in which they were made, are "Spartacus" and "The Fall of the Roman Empire". The gladiatorial training scenes in "Spartacus" are better than in "Gladiator", but the fight scenes lose. But how can one not be stirred when Crassus' legions come up over the hill and open up into battle order? Great stuff, even if they don't use thrown pila properly! "The Fall of the Roman Empire" stars Sophia Loren, so that would be enough to recommend it, but it has some very interesting bits. Stephen Boyd is shown wearing a Hedderenheim helmet, a type only just discovered at that time, and the battle scenes in the German forests are quite good, as are the battle scenes in the mid-east deserts. There is a very silly chariot race through the German woods and the Boyd, as Lucius Verus, duelling Commodus at the climax with pila, the heavy javelins of the Roman legions, a particularly silly bit, but the movie is very good other than those two things.

I loved the 1990s "Three Musketeers" with Keefer Sutherland and Charlie Sheen. Lots of swashbuckle and slapstick as well as good sword action. In that vein, but more sophisticated, is "Princess Bride", an absolute classic. The swordplay is unrealistic, but the verbal byplay is a stitch.

Errol Flynn's "Robin Hood" is great swashbuckle, and Basil Rathbone, the fellow who played the Sheriff of Nottingham, was a world-class fencer who would get disgusted with Flynn's antics with a sword. I had the misfortune to see Costner's "Robin Hood; Prince of Thieves" on the same day that Flynn's movie was on the TCM channel. Costner lost in comparison. But then Mel Brooks came out with his "Robin Hood; Men in Tights". It is typical Mel Brooks borscht belt humor, but funny as H*ll, and stars Cary Elwes, the Dread Pirate Roberts of "Princess Bride".

Two other recommendations and then I'll let you go. I loved the recent take on Zorro with Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins. It is a great movie made even tastier by Carolyn Zeta-Jones. And to make a nice pair, get the old George Hamilton IV spoof, "Zorro the Gay Blade". I won't even try to describe it except to say that it probably couldn't be made today and that it is still funny as all H*ll, and that from strong supporter of gay rights.

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Hate to tell you this, but it Catherine Zeta Jones. But you're right, she's worth the price of admission.

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Though already mentioned by Mr. Jones previously, definitely "Gladiator." Especially the scene when Crowe, as the Spaniard still fighting in the desert arena, comes out and single-handedly hacks up a handful (6?) of opposing gladiators. The way he finishes the last guy -- lopping off his head with the two sword "scissors" move -- was especially memorable.

"13th Warrior" was another kick-butt testosterone-filled movie with a lot of flashing steel. That early scene where Bulwyf knocks off a would-be assassin with two parries, a quick upwards cut, and a final cleaving open of the chest was quite impressive.

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Danny
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One of my favorite movies with sword play is "Alexander Nevsky". Made in 1938, it was directed by Sergei Eisenstein and featured a score by Prokofiev.

The movie is about the invasion of Russia by Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. The climactic battle scene, which takes place on a frozen lake, lasts about 40 minutes. For pure medieval armor-bashing fun, it's hard to beat.
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I just saw The Hunted and thought it was pretty damn good. But Lambert looks like he still wearing the trench coat from Highlander. Still it was cool and actually bought a copy. Thank you Amazon (shameless plug
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I'll second Rob Roy. The sword play was powerful, not just clink-clink stab. The choreography with Tim Roth was awesome.
 
I can't remember if it was Jason and the Argonauts or one of the Sinbad movies, but I really loved the skeleton army. I also seem to remember a sword-fight with a 6-armed statue brought to life. Does anyone recall which movie?
I can't decide which I liked better The Duelist or The Three Muskateers (the older one, not the 1990s version).
Dangerous Liasons also had a rather realistic duel in it.



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