Greatest Movie Sword Fights

[VIII]

Toshiro Mifune against the Native Americans in "Red Sun"

Samurai in the Old West!

A mostly forgetable movie except for the pairing of Toshiro Mifune and Charles Bronson with Alain Delon and Ursula Andress.

Gauche: (Aiming a six-shooter) "I suppose you've never seen a man killed with one of these."
Kuroda Jubie: (Shrugs) "Gun... Sword... We all die the same."

[Scarlett]

Dunno if it counts as a sword fight but...

Last of the Mohicans - Chingachgook vs. Magua  I'll watch that WHOLE movie for that scene!!! 

I am SOOOO with you on that!  Except, I fear the use of a tomahawk eliminates it from the category.  I was so happy when Magua was tossed over he cliff like a piece of garbage!

[Scarlett]

My absolute favorite sword fight scene is in Rob Roy.  Just watching Liam Neeson in a kilt take down that prancing dandy gets me fired up.

Second, Anakin vs. Obi Wan in Revenge of The Sith.  Amazing. 

No laughing DuCouer - I'm serious!

[Scotsman]

Some of you people are WAAAAY off here ... The Princess Bride has gotta be one of the best ... Inconceivable!

... I have to mention some great scenes in all the LOTR movies.

[BLAKDUKE]

Scotsman:

Not trying to start a major debate here, but Princess Bride does not even make the top ten.  It is good, funny and interesting, but better than Scaramouche, Cyrano De Bergerac(1950),  Mark of Zorro(1940), Swordsman of Sienna,
Court Jester,  At Swords Point,  Mask of Zorro,  Adv. of Don Juan,  Against All Flags,  The Sea Hawk,  Adv. of Robin Hood, Prince Valiant, By The Sword, and lastly Captain Blood, not likely.   Princess Bride based solely on the banter between Inigo and the Dread Pirate Roberts I would give it the edge, but based on swordsmanshipnot even close.  Inigo used moves that the masters that he mentioned would have run him thru 1/2 dozen times before he finished.   Don't get me wrong it is good and I always watch it (the swordfight only)  when  it comes on cable.  To each his own but you have to watch the ones I mentioned in order to make a good comparison.  I have watched this thread since it's inception and I would venture to guess that most of the folks out there who have picked P.B. as the best,  either have never seen any of the other films that I mentioned or maybe only one or two, and/or have never fenced.   Let the blades clang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scotsman]

I dare mention Monte Python's "The Holy Grail" ... oh that Black Knight could really scrap!

[Lady Christina de Pond]

ok i have two

the first and probley the best ever
Westley and Inigo
the second is in Everafter with drew Berrymore
the point where she's carring all these rapiers after her step mother has sold her i think his name was Cartia and he says something about her needing to be broken and she pulls the rapier on him an threatens to slit him from naval to nose.

[Scotsman]

I almost forgot Kill Bill! That has to be my favorite ...

[Count Adolfo]

Well, bear in mind that there are elements to a cinematic swordfight.
Overall... including the banter and the character interplay, Scotsman, I'm with you... I'd put the Princess Bride duel (especially since both actors did every single part of the duel themselves with only two months' training) on top.

But for technical sword skill?  Well, if either of them could get as proficient with the sword in two months as some of these other actors who had years of training and practice... it would speak very poorly of those actors (barring some amazing gift on their part, though...).

For technical skill, there are many out there that are far superior.  I like watching Ewan MacGregor... in interviews, Liam Neeson said Ewan would learn 4 or five moves in the amount of time it would take Liam to learn one.

He does have a certain ease to his style.

[LadyDracolich]

Yes yes and yes... lol.  Also, love the one on the glacier w/ the last Batman movie w/ Liam Niesen. Wait... was that a sword fight?

[DuCoeur]

oooo the Training Sequence in the Bat Man movie?  that was very cool.

I loved Kill Bill Vol. 1...but the Fight between her and Davind Carideane (?) in Vol II is amazing.

Yes yes the Princess Bride.  Brilliant, witty, funny and very well done.  But did you feel any intensity?  any sense of danger or impending death?

the Finale in Scaramouche (and many others prior to that), you Feel the animosity between the Two Charaters.  In the Count of Monte Christo...you feel that these characters hate each other...that is what fuels the scene for me.  the sense of Danger and tension.And yes Scarlet, I must even give a nod to the Anikin VS Obi Wan scene.  You feel Obi Wans Sense of Betrayal and anguish.

These are movie Fight scenes so the quality of the actors lends alot to the choreography of the fight sequence.

I have to again reference back to Richard Lesters Three Musketeers.  There was intensity, there was humour, there was pathos, passion and brilliant swordplay.

[Count Adolfo]

Yes yes the Princess Bride.  Brilliant, witty, funny and very well done.  But did you feel any intensity?  any sense of danger or impending death?

Well, Inigo did say he was a decent fellow... and he hated to kill him.
And Wesley also felt Inigo was a decent fellow... and hated to die...
of course, that didn't stop him from spending a portion of the film mostly dead... but this was not the result of the swordfight, so doesn't count.

[Ferret]

Black Shield of Falworth.  And The Warlord.

[Scarlett]

Some of you people are WAAAAY off here ... The Princess Bride has gotta be one of the best ... Inconceivable!

... I have to mention some great scenes in all the LOTR movies.

Princess Bride?!?!  Scotsman - don't  make me take  away your blue ribbon and replace it with a pink one!  LOL

[escherblacksmith]

I'd have to agree, for all around actor (not known for their sword skill), it is an extremely good-pretty sword fight.

Not the most accurate one I have ever seen, but given the flick I wouldn't expect it to be.