2003's Best Action Films

I believe 2003 was an incredible year for action movies. Off the top of my head, I can name:

Bad Boys II
Kill Bill: Volume I
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Rundown

With those and many more in mind, if anyone would like to answer these questions:

(1) What's your favorite action film of the year?
(2) What's your least favorite action film of the year?
(3) What's your favorite overall action sequence?
(4) What's your favorite battle sequence (in terms of mass scales of induviduals involved)?
(5) What's your favorite fight sequence (two or three people/hand to hand)?
(6) What's your favorite chase sequence?

Mine:
(1) The Matrix Revolutions
(2) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
(3) The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
(4) The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (The Return of the King)
(5) Neo (vs) Agent Smith (The Matrix Revolutions)
(6) The Freeway Chase (The Matrix Reloaded)

 

1) Return of the King
(2) Matrix Reloaded
(3) Pelennor Fields, of course
(4) Pelennor Fields again
(5) Jack Sparrow vs. Will Turner (The banter just makes it better)
(6) The Bridge of Khazad-Dum (Fellowship of the Ring). Not 2003, but I consider it a chase sequence, and I can't think of any I really liked from 03 anyway

 

(1) ROTK and Kill Bill
(2) It's a tie between T3 and Matrix Revolutions
(3) The end battles in ROTK
(4) Same as above
(5) I really liked both fights in Kill Bill with The Bride fighting Vernita Green and O-Ren Ishii
(6) Freeway Chase in Matrix Reloaded

 

(1)The Return of the King
(2)Once Upon a Time in Mexico
(3)Matrix Reloaded (the fight scene where Neo battles the Werewolves, Vampires, etc., with all of the hand weapons)
(4)Pelennor Fields
(5)The fight between Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa
(6)The highway chase in Matrix Reloaded

 

(1) What's your favorite action film of the year?
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
(2) What's your least favorite action film of the year?
Pirates Of The Caribbean
(3) What's your favorite overall action sequence?
The Bride vs the Crazy 88 (Kill Bill)
(4) What's your favorite battle sequence (in terms of mass scales of induviduals involved)?
The Pelennor Fields (ROTK)
(5) What's your favorite fight sequence (two or three people/hand to hand)?
The Bride vs O-Ren Ishii (Kill Bill)
(6) What's your favorite chase sequence?
Freeway Chase (Matrix Reloaded)

I actually thought most action movies sucked this past year, aside from Kill Bill, ROTK, and a few others.

 

(1) Kill Bill
(2) LXG
(3) Nightcrawler storming the White House (X-2)
(4) Battle between the Surprise and the Acheron (Master and Commander)
(5) tie between Jack Sparrow vs. Captain Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean, "Yer off tha map, Jack. Here there be monsters!") and Spike Spiegal vs. Vincent Volaju (Cowboy Bebop: The Movie)
(6) The Dogfight in (Cowboy Bebop: The Movie)

 

I would just cut and paste Well_Of_Souls' post, but I'm too lazy. Typing all this took even longer you say? Blast!

 

What's your favorite action film of the year?

Pirates of the Carribbean

What's your favorite overall action sequence?

The last part of Pirates of the Carribbean

What's your favorite battle sequence (in terms of mass scales of induviduals involved)?

Pellinor Fields

What's your favorite fight sequence (two or three people/hand to hand)?

Sparrow versus Barbosa

What's your favorite chase sequence?

The Black Pearl chasing the Interceptor.

 

"The Matrix is overrated." - Mace Windy



Mace Windy,
too windy for spoilers!

 

(1) What's your favorite action film of the year? As far as good, fun, comedic action I'd have to go with Pirates, but as for dramatic action film, I'd have to go with The Last Samurai
(2) What's your least favorite action film of the year? Matrix
(3) What's your favorite overall action sequence? In PotC, Jack and Will's fight
(4) What's your favorite battle sequence (in terms of mass scales of induviduals involved)? The end battle of The Last Samurai
(5) What's your favorite fight sequence (two or three people/hand to hand)? Umm.. not sure
(6) What's your favorite chase sequence? I'd say when the British soldiers are chasing Capt. Jack (right before his and Will's fight)

 

All mostly predictable I'm afraid:

(1) What's your favorite action film of the year?

Dead heat between ROTK and Kill Bill.

(2) What's your least favorite action film of the year?

Terminator 3 (utter franchise cacking-up garbage)

(3) What's your favorite overall action sequence?

House of The Blue Leaves (Kill Bill).

(4) What's your favorite battle sequence (in terms of mass scales of induviduals involved)?

The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

(5) What's your favorite fight sequence (two or three people/hand to hand)?

Neo vs Agent Smith (Matrix Revolutions).

(6) What's your favorite chase sequence?

Freeway Chase (Matrix Reloaded).

 

wouldn't ROTK be considered a fantasy film and not an action film?

with that out of the way, I don't think there were many great action flicks this year.

The only ones I can think of that are good is X2, and Kill Bill and Pirates of the Carribean was good too.

Matrix just seemed like the same old thing to me, a little bit better than the second one, not as good as the first one.

I actually can't stand most action movies now, it's basically just mtv edits, only in a scene for like two seconds than cut to the next one. I wish Francis Ford Coppola would make more movies, too bad the hacks get more chances at making films than he does.

 

wouldn't ROTK be considered a fantasy film and not an action film?

I don't classify it that way. The way I figure, if any film has a substantial amount of action sequences (whether it be fantasy; science fiction; war) I consider it an action film. And since my word is law, you shall all agree with me...

 

and what if I don't agree with you, huh?

 

(1) What's your favorite action film of the year?

--Since you're including ROTK, then ROTK is my fave!

(2) What's your least favorite action film of the year?

--Anything featuring Ben Affleck

(3) What's your favorite overall action sequence?

--The Siege of Gondor/Battle of Palennor Fields(ROTK)

(4) What's your favorite battle sequence (in terms of mass scales of induviduals involved)?

--Same answer as no.3

(5) What's your favorite fight sequence (two or three people/hand to hand)?

--Eowyn vs Witckhking (ROTK)

(6) What's your favorite chase sequence?

--Shelob chasing Frodo (ROTK)

 

(1) Once Upon a Time in Mexico
(2) Matrix Revolutions
(3) Pellenor fields
(4) Pellenor fields
(5) Jack vs. Will
(6) T3 truck/car chase.

 

(1) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
(3) Battle of the Pelennor Fields
(4) Battle of the Pelennor Fields
(5) Neo versus Smith in Matrix Revolutions
(6) Freeway chase in Matrix Reloaded

 

(1) Pirates of the Caribbean and SWAT
(2) Bad Boys II. That movie sucked
(3) The Jack vs. Barbossa fight and the opening sequence of SWAT
(4) Return of the King, the Gondor battle and the Black Gates battle. What else?
(5) Hm... I'd have to say Neo Vs. Smith
(6) I don't think that I really had one

 

(1) ROTK
(2) Hm, i dont watch crappy movies.
(3) Pellenor Fields - ROTK
(4) "
(5) Jack Sparrow, Barbosa, Will Turner - POTC
(6) Highway chase - Matrix Reloaded



i would say ROTK is an action film.

im pretty sure people die and stuff blows up.