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I thought the Watchman intro fight scene entirely set up the ending, so when the "twist" comes, it isn't out of left field etc. Also it's the single event that drives the entire movie.
I think it also does a pretty good job of illustrating to the viewers the gravity of The Comedian being murdered. No normal individual could do that. We see how strong and experienced he is, and yet hes still totally overmatched in that fight and it makes us wonder who that assassin could possibly be and why from the first moment.
yes but that's not what he is saying. he's saying because it is right off the rip, we know nothing. of course after you've seen the movie you know why it is there, but when that fight occurs, we don't even know his name is The Comedian.
It's also good at setting up the delusional notion that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons were imagining these guys doing Matrix moves when they made the comic. Comedian punching through concrete? Dude, he's human. His main "power" was shooting a flamethrower at bystanders. Also, the comic makes it pretty clear Comedian was just sitting there drunk and got his ass handed to him.
Completely and utterly agree with you. Season 2, to me, was really good, but you can see how much less the producers and writers cared compared to Cavill. The excessive CGI and the cuts in the fight scenes were too distracting. And after I learned about the "Roach's death" issue, I just stopped caring about the show.
@@claudiocontrerasgomez2949 What's the "Roach's death issue"? I hope it's not that he names every horse Roach, because that's directly out of the books.
really liked how they did season 1 with the timing of events and then season 2 and 3 were like tuning in to a gaming stream at random intervals for an hour
@@viv3rspectr387jesus where tf do they find these people, feels like caville and maybe 1 or 2 writers from season 1 were the only people who gave a shit about the witcher. roach, the beloved loyal steed who geralt often feels is his closest truest friend? yeah let's make him die funny. what the actual fuck
Yeah, that's a good one. Especially as most stuntmen would not put spears on the top of their list for chosen weapons. It was also nice in that film, they took into account that bronze swards cannot be sharpened like steel and cannot slash or slice. So they developed a fighting choreography that suited bronze swords.
Still one of my go to movies. Him at the gates screaming Hectors name still gives me chills every time. That movie is criminally underrated in the modern times.
@@LordViktor299: Also the Fact hector knows he will die before he even steps out. But unlike his brother steps out anyway. Because whether he deserves it or not. He understands that he’d do the same if his brother was killed. Troy is just a good philosophical and Physical masterpiece.
Man that scene where Dr Manhattan turns Rorshach into mist has still got so much gravity to me even today. As much crap as that movie got when it came out(all the blue dong drama), looking back it's a seriously underrated superheroish movie. Especially with how much of it is being pushed out today. I just so happened to stumble on this video. Good work dude
I think the problem was that people thought it was a popcorn flick, action rollercoaster, but they got a film that is political, full of morality, and that explores the human question in a back drop of caped crusaders. Critics did not like it because back then comics where for nerds and general audiences didn't like it because it flew above most heads. To this day it is in my top 3 movies made from a comic book.
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I gotta mention Gladiator in terms of fantastic fight scenes. The directing, the acting, the spectacle, the amazing attention to detail, the way that each hit has an that is felt, it's amazing.
I felt a lot of the action in Gladiator was not precisely-enough cut, or maybe not precisely-enough shot. But it likely wasn't a super-choreographed movie. Scott is a scenery photographer and Crowe isn't a stunt actor. It's also possible that this makes the film more classy. If it had razor-sharp cuts and the fights felt like The Raid 2, it would been an "action movie".
@@whoisgtsdk Even so. This movie fight does one of two things: 1 - It’s Practical and Realistic for a Futuristic Action Anime series. 2 - There are narrative Foreshadows thrown into this part of the film. As Spike is dealing with a person who or only shares the same tattoo as the villain, but also shows that she and Spike are studying each other.
Watching that fight made me realize something. Spike practices Jeet Kun Do which was invented by Bruce Lee, but he fights and has a temperament more like Jackie Chan.
The one at the end, right? It's so brutal you forget you're watching a spiderman movie imo. No music, just the sound of hits, bricks, and Peter yelling
The choreography isn't great, it is all cuts (although thanks to Raimi's directing, you can tell exactly who's doing what, when, and where), but it is a very strong character moment. I think that's why it sticks with you
@@ericlayton8888 the power balance was definitely different for those two scenes. In the Ip Man scene we get to see his skill and his anger at the Japanese and we're not really worried about him losing. In Spiderman we're definitely worried that he might not make it
Spike from Cowboy Bebop having good fight scenes makes a lot of sense. They were really heavily inspired by Bruce Lee's fights. His fighting style is Jeet Kune Do for that reason.
Though this particular fight scene is very Jackie Chan, which is why I think it's so great. It perfectly blends together the signature styles of two icons.
I would say that for Watchmen, the first fight (Comedian's death) served as very blunt foreshadowing. When I watched it for the first time and Adrian kills the assassin with the pole, he ends up in a similar "superhero pose" as one of the moves vs Comedian, which raised an eyebrow for me. And then of course, for the final battle, it's like you have a complete picture of what Adrian is capable of, physically, mentally, and emotionally. And you know our heroes are in for a tough fight as neither of them have shown the prowess of Ozymandias.
@@MarcusFlemmings I was going to recommend Sword of the Stranger as well, the fight scenes int he movie are all top notch and the soundtrack is spot on.
Fight Scenes are sort of my favorite topic but after seeing the short montage at 16:50 I wouldn't mind seeing a compilation of best "NOOO!" screams in film.
I remember seeing 300 in movie theaters. It was an experience and absolutely amazing. The scene where they're all lined up felt like I was really there, the theater was rumbling and vibrating from the insane battle sequence. For once I got to experience what it might be like if I were there in the line with Spartan Warriors all lined up together.
hahaha! I wish I had that much time in a week to record, edit and process hour long videos! I do have Volume 1-5 as a bumper episode that I posted a few days ago it's 90 mins long!
Captain America Winter Soldier is loaded with good fights. I like the fight between Cap and Batroc at the beginning. It hits hard, and says in no uncertain terms that this ain't your "aw shucks" Captain America anymore. The first Captain America definitely had a more cartoonish feel. Winter Soldier was harder hitting both physically and narratively and the fight set that tone so well.
This series is great. The scene from Transporter 1 where he dumps the oil and then puts the old metal bike pedals on his feet to get traction. Blew me away.
Please do NOT stop making these videos! You're like in my head! All of your examples are spot on, even the bad examples! Bravo! Also kudos again for adding Justified in Vol 5, that made me very happy.
I could not pick a favourite when it comes to Vinland Saga. Almost every one on one fight is so engaging through both the choreography and character drama.
God, probably one of the earliest instances of some very realistic martial arts fighting in a US film that I ever saw as a kid. I didn't know it at the time, but rewatched that recently and realized they're doing very practical fighting captured with very little fanfare. In fact, the film narrative makes it the big conflict point between the main characters, and does not seem to communicate this as "cool" but more his job. He seems even embarrassed and sad that it happened here where his friends and loved ones are.
There’s a Canadian TV series called Bitten where the fight scenes are so hilariously bad I couldn’t watch for very long. What makes them so funny is that they’re so serious about it as they whiff their punches and pull their kicks and fake their falls, like preschoolers trying to make Shakespeare. I was rolling.
Nice. Really enjoying this series - ( and yes, Justified makes everything better ). Good choices. I always enjoyed the Watchmen fight scene - a bit stylized, but vicious. The Winter Soldier scene has to be the best of the MCU.
My favourite fight scene of all time has to be Agent Smith vs Neo in the subway from the original Matrix. They had thematically built up the Agents into these unstoppable killing machines. Nobody could beat them. And as Neo learns of his strength and continues to become the One, the perfect fight scene illustrates his growing power. I had never seen a fight scene like that. It was like an anime come-to-life.
I still think the Batman fight with Luthor's goons in Batman V Superman is my favourite Batman fight, even though the Bane one is thematically better. Its the most accurate to what I always imagined Batman fighting to be like. Its brutal, its imperfect, and hes obviously calculating every new factor as it comes at him.
Loved that you included animation! There's many great fights with awesome CGI and super powers in anime lol. But I prefer the basics and love the good hand-to-hand combat. One of my favorites was the fight from "Hitori no Shita: The Outcast" Season 3 Episode 2. The first half of the fight was absolutely phenomenal.
I still think the first Iron Man is a better movie than either of them, but I do like The Winter Soldier. I think I was a little let down by it, though. I wanted it to be more of an espionage thriller than it was.
I reckon you should look at the fight between the killer and the big guy in The Killer. Very suspenseful. I love fights between someone who's more skilled at fighting and someone who is bigger and stronger. Gives the fight an interesting dynamic.
The fact that you’re giving Zack his flowers while every other RUclipsr just shits on him is so nice to see. Would love for you to cover the Snyder cut vs josstice league in one of these!
Snyder is very hit-or-miss, he has made great movies and enjoyable (albeit not great) movies, often highly-stylized, like 300 and Sucker Punch, as well as some real dumpster fires. It's only fair to give credit where credit is due
Snyder's gotta be one of the worst directors of all time, it's just straight fact man the guys terrible in every way, how he keeps getting such big budgets is beyond me
@@Aladelicous I’m the biggest Superman guy there is like he’s always been my number 1 and finally I just thought it was awesome that he was being taken seriously and not just a goofy Boy Scout so that’s where my love for Zack comes from tbh.
Well, my monday morning started with "300 is, subjectively, the best Zack Snyder's work". All I can do is throw my hand into the air, hold another one to my heart and chant "PREACH". As always, fantastic job, Marcus. Also, MA, I'M ON TV!
So glad you’re following through on covering anime! One worth looking into is God of High School for some of its 1v1 fights. The earlier episodes and best fights have no guns or magic, there’s some very good choreography, rotoscoping with real mocap, and so much impact. The show gets pretty wild in the later half with its plot and action, so the earlier fights with Jin vs Kang or Han would be good examples if you need some!
idk if anyone's recommended this, but the fight scenes in Avatar The Last Airbender are something else! (The SHOW. Not that abysmal movie) The use of martial arts as Bending powers, how to fight without those abilities, ESPECIALLY the Agni Kai duels. So Good!
12:00 I haven't watched Black Widow but from this clip you showed, that is not bad or even the worst CG I've seen from this movie. I know what bad CG moment you're talking about but it ain't this one.
One Marvel superhero fight I think always goes underappreciated, is Hulk vs the Abomination in 2008's "The Incredible Hulk". The movie itself went pretty forgotten, but I think it's a good example of how the fight between Superman and Zod in "Man of Steel" could had been done right. Usually when you have a fight between 2 people or monsters that can breaks cities apart like nothing, it's very difficult to tell the impact, so it doesn't feel like toy figures on scaled down model. But this movie seels that impact just out of its sound design alone. You can literally hear the sound of bones breaking and flesh tearing whenever they hit each other, and makes it feel all the more brutal.
man as always awesome!!! That scene from Watchmen just sublime. Love how they create that effect for 300. And hell yes the Winter Solider!! Really would love to see you do a progression from the 70s Kung Fu films to the 80s then to the 90s and maybe beyond there is so much gold out there. And your perspective on them would be greatly appreciated!!
Just found this channel today and binged the whole series. It seems the RUclips Algorithm gods approve of your content! I've got a good/bad comparison to recommend: Good: Cinderella Man. Either the fight against Corn Griffin or the fight against Art Lasky. The stakes in EVERY fight in this movie are incredibly high. There are a few sequences with no cuts where it looks like the actors are actually beating the shit out of each other. Pretty sure Russell Crowe got pretty bruised/injured filming that one. Bad: The Temple Fight scene in the Protector (Tony Jaa) where, like Cinderella Man, he fights 3 opponents in succession. But while the set piece looks really cool and the fight choreography is also very flashy and fun to watch, it doesn't feel like there are any stakes at all. It's just a fighting showcase, and Tony seems to get three times stronger every time he gets hit (not in danger - even at the end when he actually gets defeated, the plot armor of police arriving protects him).
Another one of Zack Snyder's best fight scenes is from Man of Steel - the smallville fight. It's his first fight as Superman going up against experienced Kryptonian Military. First experience for the audience of this version of Superman. I was blown away when I watched it in the theatres. Super underrated fight.
I remember when i was a little kid and those early marvel movies were coming out amd they were legit awesome movies. Captain america 2 was certainly a standout. Some iconic scenes in that film
In books, Blaviken fight was one of the best fight scenes I ever read, great colorful description of how it ends when humans try to kill Witcher, and how mutant Witcher with his enhanced biology experiences fights.
great video I really enjoy. I put my advise for Anime (1) Ninja Skoll Genma Vs Gubei (2) Cowboy Bebop the Movie (3) Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Gojo Vs Miguel (4) Sword of the stranger (5) Spriggan
The first anime that came to mind when you mentioned best anime fights was cowboy bebop lol. Spike's fight scenes are all pretty amazing and very fun to watch. Good choice.
This one will DEFINITELY be one of the weirder ones, but my all time favorite fight scene was the one between Kong and the T. Rex in the original, 1933 "King Kong." The action was well paced (not just a blur, as too many are nowadays) and had good choreography. It also conveyed a sense of gravitas for both Anne and Kong in the world they were in.
Some of the best RUclips content I’ve watched in a long time. You really have an amazing understanding of what makes movies great. Can’t wait for the anime episode, animation unlocks a whole new world of fight choreography. SUBCRIBED!!!!
BIG LOVE! Whole anime episode might be tricky! It'll take me a while to watch a lot of all the amazing suggestions! But I'll sprinkle clips in, every now and again!
One of the reasons the fight choreography in the scene between McLane and Karl in Die Hard is so good is because Alexander Godunov was a professional dancer not only able to learn physically challenging choreography easily but extremely flexible and athletic.
Great narrative driven story telling. By the time you got back around to Watchmen, I had nearly forgot that's how the video started. Just to toot my own horn, when I first started the video I couldn't see the screen, but instantly knew what movie and fight it was. I love me some Nat King Cole.
i know you arent trying to cover animes in this series, but i swear to god, not a single movie fight beats the kakashi vs obitio fight in naruto shippuden, i wish you would cover this, the music, the sound effects, the shots from old too young, its just perfect.
14:47 yay iam in the video 😅 Btw some more anime suggestions: Orsted vs rudeus from jobless reincarnation. Megalobox fights this anime is a underrated gem btw. Vinland saga thorfin vs thorkell.
These are enjoyable/interesting videos. A couple questions on scenes that were perceived as visceral at the time; I don't know if they were any good, LOL. 1. The Warriors, Subway bathroom fight. 2. Casino Royale, stairwell fight. Both seemed to convey a sense of danger and consequence.
@@MarcusFlemmings It's definitely of its time and place, but overall pretty good. The underlying novel was written by someone with appreciable knowledge of the gangs in NYC at the time, with a healthy dose of Anabasis thrown in for structure.
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I'm new around here but you have to do a video on the fight scene from the end of season 1 of See, it's an Apple TV series that's amazing.
I thought the Watchman intro fight scene entirely set up the ending, so when the "twist" comes, it isn't out of left field etc. Also it's the single event that drives the entire movie.
I think it also does a pretty good job of illustrating to the viewers the gravity of The Comedian being murdered. No normal individual could do that. We see how strong and experienced he is, and yet hes still totally overmatched in that fight and it makes us wonder who that assassin could possibly be and why from the first moment.
Of course, in retrospect the scene makes sense! But I was approaching it in isolation, without context :)
yes but that's not what he is saying. he's saying because it is right off the rip, we know nothing. of course after you've seen the movie you know why it is there, but when that fight occurs, we don't even know his name is The Comedian.
@@Fleato have to disagree, the whole movie is based off that scene.
It's also good at setting up the delusional notion that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons were imagining these guys doing Matrix moves when they made the comic. Comedian punching through concrete? Dude, he's human. His main "power" was shooting a flamethrower at bystanders. Also, the comic makes it pretty clear Comedian was just sitting there drunk and got his ass handed to him.
Witcher season 1 got my hopes up so then season 2 just had so many narrative changes and the treatment of Cavil
Completely and utterly agree with you. Season 2, to me, was really good, but you can see how much less the producers and writers cared compared to Cavill. The excessive CGI and the cuts in the fight scenes were too distracting. And after I learned about the "Roach's death" issue, I just stopped caring about the show.
@@claudiocontrerasgomez2949 What's the "Roach's death issue"? I hope it's not that he names every horse Roach, because that's directly out of the books.
really liked how they did season 1 with the timing of events and then season 2 and 3 were like tuning in to a gaming stream at random intervals for an hour
@@westrimNetflix wanted Roach’s death to be comedic
@@viv3rspectr387jesus where tf do they find these people, feels like caville and maybe 1 or 2 writers from season 1 were the only people who gave a shit about the witcher. roach, the beloved loyal steed who geralt often feels is his closest truest friend? yeah let's make him die funny. what the actual fuck
Brad pit's spear and shield fight with the price in Troy is one I've always enjoyed.
Yeah, that's a good one. Especially as most stuntmen would not put spears on the top of their list for chosen weapons.
It was also nice in that film, they took into account that bronze swards cannot be sharpened like steel and cannot slash or slice. So they developed a fighting choreography that suited bronze swords.
@@MadHax-wt5tlThat's very cool information, thanks for that 🙌
Still one of my go to movies. Him at the gates screaming Hectors name still gives me chills every time. That movie is criminally underrated in the modern times.
@@LordViktor299: Also the Fact hector knows he will die before he even steps out. But unlike his brother steps out anyway. Because whether he deserves it or not. He understands that he’d do the same if his brother was killed.
Troy is just a good philosophical and Physical masterpiece.
mmmmmmmm.... totally agree
Man that scene where Dr Manhattan turns Rorshach into mist has still got so much gravity to me even today. As much crap as that movie got when it came out(all the blue dong drama), looking back it's a seriously underrated superheroish movie. Especially with how much of it is being pushed out today. I just so happened to stumble on this video. Good work dude
Big love!!!
I thought the directors cut was even better
I think the problem was that people thought it was a popcorn flick, action rollercoaster, but they got a film that is political, full of morality, and that explores the human question in a back drop of caped crusaders. Critics did not like it because back then comics where for nerds and general audiences didn't like it because it flew above most heads.
To this day it is in my top 3 movies made from a comic book.
The next series should be good movie climax vs bad movie climax
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"I am iron man" vs "I'm all the jedi"
I'll put the 'your mom' joke away. Just know, I want to but I'm trying to take the high road
I gotta mention Gladiator in terms of fantastic fight scenes. The directing, the acting, the spectacle, the amazing attention to detail, the way that each hit has an that is felt, it's amazing.
Maximus vs the undefeated guy is one of the best.
"Were you not entertained?!"
I felt a lot of the action in Gladiator was not precisely-enough cut, or maybe not precisely-enough shot. But it likely wasn't a super-choreographed movie. Scott is a scenery photographer and Crowe isn't a stunt actor. It's also possible that this makes the film more classy. If it had razor-sharp cuts and the fights felt like The Raid 2, it would been an "action movie".
The Cowboy Bebop addition was much needed.
Ya, even the fight from S1E1 against the red-eye user is amazing, I'd argue even a little better than the example used here.
@@whoisgtsdk
Even so. This movie fight does one of two things:
1 - It’s Practical and Realistic for a Futuristic Action Anime series.
2 - There are narrative Foreshadows thrown into this part of the film. As Spike is dealing with a person who or only shares the same tattoo as the villain, but also shows that she and Spike are studying each other.
Watching that fight made me realize something. Spike practices Jeet Kun Do which was invented by Bruce Lee, but he fights and has a temperament more like Jackie Chan.
The green goblin fight from Spider-Man 1 is one of my favourites of all time, call it nostalgia 😭😂
The one at the end, right? It's so brutal you forget you're watching a spiderman movie imo. No music, just the sound of hits, bricks, and Peter yelling
The choreography isn't great, it is all cuts (although thanks to Raimi's directing, you can tell exactly who's doing what, when, and where), but it is a very strong character moment. I think that's why it sticks with you
"Misery, misery, misery"
Calling that a fight scene is like calling Ip Man vs Karate Black Belts a fight, it was so one-sided it was verging on a horror scene
@@ericlayton8888 the power balance was definitely different for those two scenes. In the Ip Man scene we get to see his skill and his anger at the Japanese and we're not really worried about him losing. In Spiderman we're definitely worried that he might not make it
i literally found this series 2 hours ago and binged the 5 volumes and now you post volume 6! amazing videos
Big love for watching! :)) Stick around!
Same! Haha
Spike from Cowboy Bebop having good fight scenes makes a lot of sense. They were really heavily inspired by Bruce Lee's fights. His fighting style is Jeet Kune Do for that reason.
Can't forget the shadow on the wall which shows Spike's silhouette being juggled with 3 flashkicks in a row, during his fight with Le Fou
Though this particular fight scene is very Jackie Chan, which is why I think it's so great. It perfectly blends together the signature styles of two icons.
The fight against Vincent is god tier!
I can't see that Cowboy Beboop scene ever again without thinking of the Gianni Matragrano video.
I would say that for Watchmen, the first fight (Comedian's death) served as very blunt foreshadowing. When I watched it for the first time and Adrian kills the assassin with the pole, he ends up in a similar "superhero pose" as one of the moves vs Comedian, which raised an eyebrow for me. And then of course, for the final battle, it's like you have a complete picture of what Adrian is capable of, physically, mentally, and emotionally. And you know our heroes are in for a tough fight as neither of them have shown the prowess of Ozymandias.
Incredible comment!
I would absolutely recommend Castlevania, there are some great fight scenes in that series, just make sure it's the first one and not nocturne.
Even the minor fights were good, like when Trevor confronted the 2 "priests" harrassing the old Speaker. Short, brutal and to the point.
My favorite part was when Travor says bear is better than sex. And Cipher freezes his bear.
Once again, Sword of the Stranger has an AMAZING final fight. Can’t recommend it enough.
Thanks, shall check it out! :)
You just brought back memories I didn’t even know I had
same pfp bro mad respect
@@MarcusFlemmings I was going to recommend Sword of the Stranger as well, the fight scenes int he movie are all top notch and the soundtrack is spot on.
Can recommend Sword of the Stranger it's a great movie I have it on DVD somewhere
Fight Scenes are sort of my favorite topic but after seeing the short montage at 16:50 I wouldn't mind seeing a compilation of best "NOOO!" screams in film.
Vader shouting noooo in episode 3 is the winner, thank you and have a nice day
I was so close to doing this, but stopped myself - the Wizard of Oz clip was when I thought "i've gone too far! It has nothing to do with fights :-D"
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I remember seeing 300 in movie theaters. It was an experience and absolutely amazing. The scene where they're all lined up felt like I was really there, the theater was rumbling and vibrating from the insane battle sequence. For once I got to experience what it might be like if I were there in the line with Spartan Warriors all lined up together.
Make these an hour long if you need to bro. I'm here for all of it
hahaha! I wish I had that much time in a week to record, edit and process hour long videos! I do have Volume 1-5 as a bumper episode that I posted a few days ago it's 90 mins long!
@MarcusFlemmings seen all of them. I saved that video to listen to at work tonight anyhow tho. Thanks for making these for us!
Captain America Winter Soldier is loaded with good fights. I like the fight between Cap and Batroc at the beginning. It hits hard, and says in no uncertain terms that this ain't your "aw shucks" Captain America anymore. The first Captain America definitely had a more cartoonish feel. Winter Soldier was harder hitting both physically and narratively and the fight set that tone so well.
This series is great. The scene from Transporter 1 where he dumps the oil and then puts the old metal bike pedals on his feet to get traction. Blew me away.
Please do NOT stop making these videos! You're like in my head! All of your examples are spot on, even the bad examples! Bravo! Also kudos again for adding Justified in Vol 5, that made me very happy.
Anything from Transporter is fantastic, particularly the car garage scene in which Statham gets jumped by all of the thugs.
It's gotta be Transporter 1 forget about the rest
Nah, man; too many jump cuts.
@@elcamello1980 Nah man; the frenetic cuts add to the action.
Would love a "good shootouts vs bad shootouts" series
Stayed for next Sunday!
@@MarcusFlemmings "The Heat" for good shootout!
Vinland Saga:
Thorfinn vs Snake
unarmed pacifist vs an expert swordsman
I could not pick a favourite when it comes to Vinland Saga.
Almost every one on one fight is so engaging through both the choreography and character drama.
@@Dutchyman it's what separates a seinen, a TRUE seinen, from other anime
Can’t believe bro hasn’t talked about Anakin Vs Obi Wan in the battle of Mustafar. It’s choreographed very well.
To this moment, the best lightsaber fight of the whole franchise. And the music? uff, John Williams just add more awesomeness to the fight.
@@claudiocontrerasgomez2949i still count duel of the fates above it but they were both amazing
The only people that don't like it are the ones that think "good" choreography is swinging lightsabers around like baseball bats.
@@lessalazar9068 I can bet my entire life savings that no one on earth has said that
Dude, I am HOOKED on this series! Just binged them all, keep the great work man these are great videos
I really love the locker fight from Grosse Pointe Blank
One of the best fights on film, I think.
God, probably one of the earliest instances of some very realistic martial arts fighting in a US film that I ever saw as a kid. I didn't know it at the time, but rewatched that recently and realized they're doing very practical fighting captured with very little fanfare. In fact, the film narrative makes it the big conflict point between the main characters, and does not seem to communicate this as "cool" but more his job. He seems even embarrassed and sad that it happened here where his friends and loved ones are.
you should definitly check out the kung fu panda bridge fight scene
"Shifu taught you well... But he didn't teach you everything."
@1:45 "300 is based.". That`s where you should`ve stopped the sentence!
Captain America: Winter Soldier is such an underrated movie. It makes me sad. It's the best standalone movie in the entire Marvel franchise.
There’s a Canadian TV series called Bitten where the fight scenes are so hilariously bad I couldn’t watch for very long. What makes them so funny is that they’re so serious about it as they whiff their punches and pull their kicks and fake their falls, like preschoolers trying to make Shakespeare. I was rolling.
Nice. Really enjoying this series - ( and yes, Justified makes everything better ). Good choices. I always enjoyed the Watchmen fight scene - a bit stylized, but vicious. The Winter Soldier scene has to be the best of the MCU.
Drunken master II is incredible for the narrative of its fights
HIGHLY RECOMMEND:
Ip Man vs Mike Tyson (Ip Man 3)
Faora-Ul vs Kal-El (Superman)
Julie Estelle (The Operator) vs Two Assassins (Night comes for us)
you should talk about the forwards/backwards fight scene with the turnstile in the airport in Tenet. I really like it.
My favourite fight scene of all time has to be Agent Smith vs Neo in the subway from the original Matrix.
They had thematically built up the Agents into these unstoppable killing machines. Nobody could beat them. And as Neo learns of his strength and continues to become the One, the perfect fight scene illustrates his growing power.
I had never seen a fight scene like that. It was like an anime come-to-life.
I still think the Batman fight with Luthor's goons in Batman V Superman is my favourite Batman fight, even though the Bane one is thematically better.
Its the most accurate to what I always imagined Batman fighting to be like. Its brutal, its imperfect, and hes obviously calculating every new factor as it comes at him.
I concur . Would’ve loved to have way more of that or a whole movie of that flavor . Brutal, visceral Batman action .
Loved that you included animation! There's many great fights with awesome CGI and super powers in anime lol. But I prefer the basics and love the good hand-to-hand combat. One of my favorites was the fight from "Hitori no Shita: The Outcast" Season 3 Episode 2. The first half of the fight was absolutely phenomenal.
I know most Marvel fans consider Endgame the best movie but I think The Winter Soldier is by far the best movie Marvel has done.
100%
I still think the first Iron Man is a better movie than either of them, but I do like The Winter Soldier.
I think I was a little let down by it, though. I wanted it to be more of an espionage thriller than it was.
Jeremy Irons was the only person on that set that understood what movie they were making.
YES!!!
I reckon you should look at the fight between the killer and the big guy in The Killer. Very suspenseful. I love fights between someone who's more skilled at fighting and someone who is bigger and stronger. Gives the fight an interesting dynamic.
I'm sure he's already done that one
this is honestly my favorite series on yt right now
MASSIVE LOVE!!
The fact that you’re giving Zack his flowers while every other RUclipsr just shits on him is so nice to see. Would love for you to cover the Snyder cut vs josstice league in one of these!
Snyder is very hit-or-miss, he has made great movies and enjoyable (albeit not great) movies, often highly-stylized, like 300 and Sucker Punch, as well as some real dumpster fires. It's only fair to give credit where credit is due
Snyder's gotta be one of the worst directors of all time, it's just straight fact man the guys terrible in every way, how he keeps getting such big budgets is beyond me
He's good at action, but not as good outside of that. Especially when he's not adapting a scene from some other source.
@@Aladelicous I’m the biggest Superman guy there is like he’s always been my number 1 and finally I just thought it was awesome that he was being taken seriously and not just a goofy Boy Scout so that’s where my love for Zack comes from tbh.
@@Grimnir_x If it's still your opinion, it's not "straight facts" you dummy lol
Hit Girl in Kick Ass deserves a spotlight
This has become my favorite series
Honestly it's so good
Massive love!
Thank you!
Haywire son!!! Most underrated spy thriller ever.
I need to know what the scene at 5:48 is from. Dude, that shit is awesome! Like, that's some high level garbage. I love that shit lmao
Its from a Neil breen film...!
Well, my monday morning started with "300 is, subjectively, the best Zack Snyder's work". All I can do is throw my hand into the air, hold another one to my heart and chant "PREACH". As always, fantastic job, Marcus.
Also, MA, I'M ON TV!
Big love x 2! You're on TV!!!!
Where is the fight scene at 16:28 from?
Chocolate! A thai film.
@@MarcusFlemmings Ahh it's been on my list for a while, that short clip might have sealed the deal. Thanks!
Mate how did I miss this... Love what you offer and now have subscribed. Big thanks.
So glad you’re following through on covering anime! One worth looking into is God of High School for some of its 1v1 fights. The earlier episodes and best fights have no guns or magic, there’s some very good choreography, rotoscoping with real mocap, and so much impact.
The show gets pretty wild in the later half with its plot and action, so the earlier fights with Jin vs Kang or Han would be good examples if you need some!
That begging fight in watchmen has narrative weight after you finish the movie, as that is what sets off everything to happen afterwards in the movie
Totally agree! But what I meant was, as you watch the film for the frist time it doesn't :)
@@MarcusFlemmings ohhhh ok gotcha 👍
idk if anyone's recommended this, but the fight scenes in Avatar The Last Airbender are something else! (The SHOW. Not that abysmal movie)
The use of martial arts as Bending powers, how to fight without those abilities, ESPECIALLY the Agni Kai duels. So Good!
12:00 I haven't watched Black Widow but from this clip you showed, that is not bad or even the worst CG I've seen from this movie. I know what bad CG moment you're talking about but it ain't this one.
A movie that often gets overlooked for its outstanding fight sequences is Ong Bak. That and Kung Fu Hustle.
12:39 While I really like your professional tone in your videos, I loved how absolutely annoyed you sounded when you went off on this trope!
One Marvel superhero fight I think always goes underappreciated, is Hulk vs the Abomination in 2008's "The Incredible Hulk". The movie itself went pretty forgotten, but I think it's a good example of how the fight between Superman and Zod in "Man of Steel" could had been done right.
Usually when you have a fight between 2 people or monsters that can breaks cities apart like nothing, it's very difficult to tell the impact, so it doesn't feel like toy figures on scaled down model. But this movie seels that impact just out of its sound design alone. You can literally hear the sound of bones breaking and flesh tearing whenever they hit each other, and makes it feel all the more brutal.
Just found out that serie and binged the hell out of it. Fantastic work, keep it up!
Schneider used to be a Stunt Coordinator. That's why his fights are so well done. When he has time to do it right, it's amazing.
man as always awesome!!! That scene from Watchmen just sublime. Love how they create that effect for 300. And hell yes the Winter Solider!! Really would love to see you do a progression from the 70s Kung Fu films to the 80s then to the 90s and maybe beyond there is so much gold out there. And your perspective on them would be greatly appreciated!!
I saw your pt. 4 and watched the whole 1-5 video, and then pt.6 comes out! Dude, I really love these. Can’t wait til next Sunday!
I love fight scenes that are done in one take without a bunch of cuts. It's easier to follow and it just feels better
I remember seeing 300 3 times in theatres, movie was awesome! I will never forget that shield bash with leonidas!
Just found this channel today and binged the whole series. It seems the RUclips Algorithm gods approve of your content! I've got a good/bad comparison to recommend:
Good: Cinderella Man. Either the fight against Corn Griffin or the fight against Art Lasky. The stakes in EVERY fight in this movie are incredibly high. There are a few sequences with no cuts where it looks like the actors are actually beating the shit out of each other. Pretty sure Russell Crowe got pretty bruised/injured filming that one.
Bad: The Temple Fight scene in the Protector (Tony Jaa) where, like Cinderella Man, he fights 3 opponents in succession. But while the set piece looks really cool and the fight choreography is also very flashy and fun to watch, it doesn't feel like there are any stakes at all. It's just a fighting showcase, and Tony seems to get three times stronger every time he gets hit (not in danger - even at the end when he actually gets defeated, the plot armor of police arriving protects him).
Both of these are great recs! Thanks for watching and subbing as well :)
Another one of Zack Snyder's best fight scenes is from Man of Steel - the smallville fight. It's his first fight as Superman going up against experienced Kryptonian Military. First experience for the audience of this version of Superman. I was blown away when I watched it in the theatres. Super underrated fight.
I love this series !!!! Literally goose bumps on the Cowboy Bebop scene !!!
I have NEVER commented this much on anyone's videos. Cowboy Bebop is my all-time favorite anime, and you chose well, Sir! You have a fan for life.
I remember when i was a little kid and those early marvel movies were coming out amd they were legit awesome movies. Captain america 2 was certainly a standout. Some iconic scenes in that film
Final scene of Last of the Mohican... or Heat... everything is perfect... Micheal Mann is a true genius
The first extraction movie is really underappreciated gem IMO. Everywhere I see ppl bashing it, but I loved it so much.
In books, Blaviken fight was one of the best fight scenes I ever read, great colorful description of how it ends when humans try to kill Witcher, and how mutant Witcher with his enhanced biology experiences fights.
great video I really enjoy. I put my advise for Anime (1) Ninja Skoll Genma Vs Gubei (2) Cowboy Bebop the Movie (3) Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Gojo Vs Miguel (4) Sword of the stranger (5) Spriggan
Difficult to pick one best martial arts movie, but Kung Fu Hustle would be hard to beat....
The scrap at the end of the premiere episode of "the old man" is great
Also Boardwalk Empire has done great brawls... particularly Eli vs Agent Knox
Outstanding video... Thank you for this moment.
Thanks for the suggestion of Den of Thieves, i needed some suggestions for movies at home.
4:00 😂 I guess you're missing out on Hunter Killer. It's an awesome flick with Butler. His best in years I think.
I know it's movie fights but I really enjoy Lucas vs Sanchez in Banshee, it tells a good story and utilizes contrasting fighting styles 🤷♂️
There is something special about the way cowboy bebop is animated, still holds up SO well, glad the masterpiece was featured 💪
5:38 actually really really like this one lmao. So much energy and rage in that line
HAHAAAHHA! I love it too!
Literally just watched volumes 1-5 of this series earlier today lol, great videos keep up the good work ✊
Fullmetal alchemist
Samueai champloo
Cowboy beebop
Excellent serie
Movie: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled in.
Anime: Sword of the Stranger.
The first anime that came to mind when you mentioned best anime fights was cowboy bebop lol. Spike's fight scenes are all pretty amazing and very fun to watch. Good choice.
This one will DEFINITELY be one of the weirder ones, but my all time favorite fight scene was the one between Kong and the T. Rex in the original, 1933 "King Kong." The action was well paced (not just a blur, as too many are nowadays) and had good choreography. It also conveyed a sense of gravitas for both Anne and Kong in the world they were in.
I know it’s still new but the Deadpool & Wolverine.
Just discovered this series today and I love it so much.
Pfeifer is so incredibly insane in that movie. Watched it again recently, and I completely forgot what a mental performance that was. :D
The deadpool movies fight scenes INCLUDING the gunplay because imo they are amazing
That 300 scene was iconic man fr
Everything Everywhere All at Once has some of the most creative, funny, yet dynamic and realistic fight scenes I can think of!
New fav channel. Great stuff man!
Massive love!!!
Some of the best RUclips content I’ve watched in a long time. You really have an amazing understanding of what makes movies great. Can’t wait for the anime episode, animation unlocks a whole new world of fight choreography. SUBCRIBED!!!!
BIG LOVE! Whole anime episode might be tricky! It'll take me a while to watch a lot of all the amazing suggestions! But I'll sprinkle clips in, every now and again!
@@MarcusFlemmings just as good I love the regular content just as much!!!
The spear fight in "The Hidden Fortress" is great, and even begins with him chasing down people and fighting on horseback with his sword.
Dam this is good... and he’s really good at narrating...I’m subbing!
Big love!!!
One of the reasons the fight choreography in the scene between McLane and Karl in Die Hard is so good is because Alexander Godunov was a professional dancer not only able to learn physically challenging choreography easily but extremely flexible and athletic.
These videos are really entertaining and help me better enjoy fight scenes. Thanks!
I know you showcased some Banshee fights in another vid, but the boxing match in s1 is unbelivably impactfull
Great narrative driven story telling. By the time you got back around to Watchmen, I had nearly forgot that's how the video started.
Just to toot my own horn, when I first started the video I couldn't see the screen, but instantly knew what movie and fight it was.
I love me some Nat King Cole.
Hahhaah! Toot away! And thanks for the kind words!
i know you arent trying to cover animes in this series, but i swear to god, not a single movie fight beats the kakashi vs obitio fight in naruto shippuden, i wish you would cover this, the music, the sound effects, the shots from old too young, its just perfect.
14:47 yay iam in the video 😅
Btw some more anime suggestions:
Orsted vs rudeus from jobless reincarnation.
Megalobox fights this anime is a underrated gem btw.
Vinland saga thorfin vs thorkell.
These are enjoyable/interesting videos. A couple questions on scenes that were perceived as visceral at the time; I don't know if they were any good, LOL. 1. The Warriors, Subway bathroom fight. 2. Casino Royale, stairwell fight. Both seemed to convey a sense of danger and consequence.
Love this! I've seen ALOT of movies, as you can imagine...but never seen The Warriors!
@@MarcusFlemmings It's definitely of its time and place, but overall pretty good. The underlying novel was written by someone with appreciable knowledge of the gangs in NYC at the time, with a healthy dose of Anabasis thrown in for structure.