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Chancellor_Ewok
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So, what are your favorite movie battles? Omaha Beach? Stirling? Hoth? Helm's Deep?
What do you think makes for a great film battle?
Discus your favourite movie battles, both realistic and fantastic and what makes a great film battle in the first place.
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The assault on the Japanese fortification in The Thin Red Line.
All of the battle scenes in The Longest Day, Gettysburg, and A Bridge Too Far.
The beach landings in Saving Private Ryan and Flags of our Fathers.
The Siege of Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven.
The Battle of Mogadishu in Black Hawk Down.
The last battle in The Seven Samurai.
Easy Companies attack of the German battery, the capture and defense of Carentan, the "turkey shoot", the assault on Foy, and the patrol in Band of Brothers.
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Since I just saw it and I am still blown away
Rambo.
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darthdrago
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Question: does the climactic shootout at the end of the DePalma-Pacino version of Scarface count? 
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darthdrago posted:
Question: does the climactic shootout at the end of the DePalma-Pacino version of Scarface count?
Very well done scene. It still saddens me to this day about the assassin... 
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darthdrago posted:
Question: does the climactic shootout at the end of the DePalma-Pacino version of Scarface count?
For the sake of this thread, no, Scarface doesn't count.
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The "liquidation" of Bexhill at the end of Children of Men.
It's a simply stunning bit of cinematic art: the climactic sequence is all contained in a six-minute long tracking shot that doesn't cut away at all, and which follows the lead character around and through the crumbling streets of an immigrant ghetto as the British army fights a bloody and terrifyingly realistic urban battle against a cityfull of feuding gangs and paramilitary groups.
Apart from the monumental size and scope of the scene (the choreography of which must have been mind-bogglingly difficult to execute) it is also a really interesting take on battle scenes in general. Apart from it being an urban battle, which aren't too common or too well-done in general, it is seen entirely from the perspective of a single civilian caught in the crossfire. We as the audience are brought into the sequence in a way that makes it seem like we are there, ducking and dodging and running and hiding around corners and in and out of buses and behind rubble and through buildings. It was the first time that I've ever seen anything quite like it, and I don't think I'll likely ever see something as successful as it again.
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Radical-Edward posted:
The "liquidation" of Bexhill at the end of Children of Men.
It's a simply stunning bit of cinematic art: the climactic sequence is all contained in a six-minute long tracking shot that doesn't cut away at all, and which follows the lead character around and through the crumbling streets of an immigrant ghetto as the British army fights a bloody and terrifyingly realistic urban battle against a cityfull of feuding gangs and paramilitary groups.
Apart from the monumental size and scope of the scene (the choreography of which must have been mind-bogglingly difficult to execute) it is also a really interesting take on battle scenes in general. Apart from it being an urban battle, which aren't too common or too well-done in general, it is seen entirely from the perspective of a single civilian caught in the crossfire. We as the audience are brought into the sequence in a way that makes it seem like we are there, ducking and dodging and running and hiding around corners and in and out of buses and behind rubble and through buildings. It was the first time that I've ever seen anything quite like it, and I don't think I'll likely ever see something as successful as it again.
That makes me want to go watch Children of Men right now.
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Radical-Edward posted:
The "liquidation" of Bexhill at the end of Children of Men.
QFT.The Battle of Bexhill is a beautifully executed cinematic urban combat sequence.
My favourite movie battles, in no particular order, are:
Omaha Beach-Saving Private Ryan
The Battle of the Denmark Strait-HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Hood vs the Bismark-Sink the Bismark!
The Battle of Yavin-ANH
The Battle of Endor-ROTJ
The Battle of Coruscant-ROTS
The Sieges of Helm's Deep, Isengard and Minas Tirith TTT/ROTK
The Battle of Zion- The Matrix Revolutions
EDIT: Forgot the Battle of Stirling from Braveheart
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I submit the battle between the Romans and Germans at the beginning of Gladiator.
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Jediflyer posted:
I submit the battle between the Romans and Germans at the beginning of Gladiator.
Almost forgot about that one. Good choice! 
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the entire film 300 is cinema's greatest battle. 
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Jediflyer posted:
I submit the battle between the Romans and Germans at the beginning of Gladiator.
Almost forgot about that one. Good choice!
QFT. The battle in Germania is the Omaha Beach of sword and sandal epics. As for small unit actions, this battle rules.
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Chancellor_Ewok posted:
QFT. The battle in Germania is the Omaha Beach of sword and sandal epics. As for small unit actions, this battle rules.
Another great battle. I love it when Phoenix goes "woo ooo" when Maximus is showing off.
My favourite battle on the small screen has to be from band of brothers. The scene where Maj. Winters massacres hundreds of troops is the bloodies battle I have seen on tv.
Winters vs. Germany
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Armenian_Jedi posted:
the entire film 300 is cinema's greatest battle.
It's kind of hard to pick out specific instances in 300 since its a look inside a single engagement, but there's no denying that 300 has some VERY beautifully executed combat sequences.
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The Battle of Hoth.
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