Film's 10 most epic battles
Once More into the Breach...
As 'Narnia' arrives, we highlight our top 10 favorite heroic battles from the movies By Kathleen Murphy Special to MSN Movies Click for full review: http://movies.msn.com/movies/battles_intro?GT1=7448 ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. Aliens (1986) 9. Princess Mononoke (1997) 8. Excalibur (1981) 7. The Matrix Revolutions (2003) 6. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 5. Alexander Nevsky (1938) 4. Gettysburg (1993) 3. Kingdom of Heaven (2005) 2. Zulu (1964) 1. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) ---------------------------------------------------------- I'm happy to see Excalibur included. It's my favorite film of all time, and often overlooked. |
The Matrix Revolutions??????? already a bad list
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No mention of any Kurosawa movie? Ran basically set the standard for the "epic", masses of armies type of battle scene.
That list is crap, IMO. |
No Braveheart? No Glory? No thanks!
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We all know the most epic battle ever was between Littlefoot and Sharptooth
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Originally Posted by bigsoos
No Braveheart?
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No D-Day invasion from The Longest Day OR SPR?
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In my opinion, battles that have CGI people should be disqualified.
When real people are used, the scope of the battle is much more impressive. |
Originally Posted by slavetotherave
We all know the most epic battle ever was between Littlefoot and Sharptooth
:) Yeah, another Land Before Time fan. I think I wore out my copy when I was a kid. |
I have to admit I haven't seen it, but I have heard that Sergei Bondarchuk's 1968 film version of War and Peace has some staggering battle sequences.
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The best Sci-Fi battle is in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
The battle at the conclusion of The Two Towers is far more enjoyable than the one in Return Of The King. |
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Exactly. First one that came to mind.
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The best Sci-Fi battle is in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. As for the list, ESB doesn't belong on it. Star Wars and ROTJ space battles are more epic than anything in ESB, including the Hoth battle. Hoth battle was great and epic, but not as epic as those two space battles. |
the best battle in a large scope was :
Battlefield Earth :yack: |
Another list from Channel 4
Saving Private Ryan (1998): Omaha Beach Waterloo (1970): The Charge of The Cuirassiers Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970): The Attack on Pearl Harbour Apocalypse Now (1979): The Helicopter Attack A Bridge Too Far (1977): The Battle for Arnhem Seven Samurai (1955): The Fight For The Village Das Boot (1981): Depth Charged by a Destroyer Intolerance (1910): The Fall of Babylon The Lord Of The Rings, The Two Towers (2002): The Battle For Helms Deep Star Wars (1977): Attack on the Death Star It's clear that "epic" has more than one definition. It can mean "grand sweeping scale" but it can also mean "heroic, mythical, that rises above the ordinary". A battle between two people can be as "epic" as a battle between thousands. |
Originally Posted by Giles
I have to admit I haven't seen it, but I have heard that Sergei Bondarchuk's 1968 film version of War and Peace has some staggering battle sequences.
And, in all fairness, I just did a quick glance of the article and the writer does qualify things with terms like "heroic" and "mythic". It's still kind of loosely defined but I think the writer was going for something a little different than simply "the 10 most epic battles". That aside, I'm always disappointed to see "Spartacus" totally neglected in discussions like these (especially given all the mentions of "Braveheart"). The topic would have to be more clearly defined but you also have films like: Zulu Dawn El Cid 55 Days at Peking The Alamo The Charge of the Light Brigade The Four Feathers and many, many more |
I have to agree with Ran, great battle scene with the different colored armies (and filmed mostly silent).
The Winter War had some cool battle scenes, some quite large. |
Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
The best Sci-Fi battle is in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
The battle at the conclusion of The Two Towers is far more enjoyable than the one in Return Of The King. |
Originally Posted by tdirgins
No D-Day invasion from The Longest Day OR SPR?
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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
The best Sci-Fi battle is in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Originally Posted by Terrell
Strongly have to disagree. The space battles in Star Wars and ROTJ blow away any and every space battle in Trek. It's not even close in my opinion.
Strongly have to disagree with your strong disagreement. Scale in and of itself does not equal excitement. The nebula standoff in Khan was tightly paced, with a real narrative flow to it. The Star Wars battles, by Lucas’ own admission, were a “greatest hits” of WWII dogfight footage, re-shot with miniature spaceships, and edited together. They’ve always felt to me like a mish-mash. Especially the chaos in Jedi… which comes across like 800 plastic models being tossed in a clothes dryer. |
The battle at Helm's Deep is the best battle in all 3 movies of Lord of the Rings. That list is pretty crappy.
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Last Samurai had an epic battle, especially the last charge
I disagree with the Two Towers comments. Build up was there but the when the war began it was "okay". They kept cutting to Treebeard and Aragorn became a one man wrecking crew. I prefer the battle in Return Of The King because the pacing was better. Plus when Theoden showed up, that was badass. |
Strongly have to disagree with your strong disagreement. Scale in and of itself does not equal excitement. The nebula standoff in Khan was tightly paced, with a real narrative flow to it. The Star Wars battles, by Lucas’ own admission, were a “greatest hits” of WWII dogfight footage, re-shot with miniature spaceships, and edited together. They’ve always felt to me like a mish-mash. Especially the chaos in Jedi… which comes across like 800 plastic models being tossed in a clothes dryer. |
The battle at Helm's Deep is the best battle in all 3 movies of Lord of the Rings. |
The battle in <b>Nevsky</b> kicked ass, but at least one Kurosawa should have been included.
Star Wars? :yack: |
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