Lordmandeep Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) I would make a poll but so many suggestions. I go with Helms Deep from Lord of The Rings Edited March 7, 2014 by Lordmandeep 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Hmmm...best cinematic fight between two military forces. This is going to be tough.I have a lot of strong contenders to post, even if they are obvious. Starting with two that everyone knows.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WASr5-mS238https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPZigWFyK2oMore to come...a lot more. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 One of my favourites is the entire last battle between Anakin and Obi Wan in Revenge of the Sith. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Opening sequence in Saving Private Ryan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acetabulum7 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I would make a poll but so many suggestions. I go with Helms Deep from Lord of The Rings Omg, I forgot how incredible this scene was. I am almost in tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I'm gonna skip all the usual suspects, because someone else will nominate them, and instead I offer "The Battle on the Ice" from ALEXANDER NEVSKY. It's an incredible sequence that has influenced countless filmmakers -- Kurosawa, Lucas, Mel Gibson, Peter Jackson, you name 'em. Unfortunately only the first part is on YouTube (but it's my favorite part, the buildup, featuring a fantastic score by Prokofiev.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Tele wins the thread, you can't argue with the russian Cecil B.DeMille who was Eisenstein. (Battleship Potemkin as well, the famous stairs scene during Odessa's battle). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I think I've seen that clip before Tele (though not the movie). I agree it's an excellent build-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I think I've seen that clip before Tele (though not the movie). I agree it's an excellent build-up. The movie itself is kinda goofy... pure cornball propaganda to build up the Soviet spirit against the Nazis. But that battle makes it all worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Avatar's last f*cking 40 minutes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Tele wins the thread, you can't argue with the russian Cecil B.DeMille who was Eisenstein. (Battleship Potemkin as well, the famous stairs scene during Odessa's battle). Yeah, the Odessa Steps is flat-out kickass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Avatar's last f*cking 40 minutes. The actual end battle is only 12 minutes long (you can stretch that to 15-17 minutes if you want to include the final showdown between Quarritch and Jake/Neytiri). Yeah, I timed the shit out of it. Edited March 8, 2014 by dashrendar44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 The actual end battle is only 12 minutes long (you can stretch that to 15-17 minutes if you want to include the final showdown between Quarritch and Jake/Neytiri). Yeah, I timed the shit out of it.An awesome 12 minutes at that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I think ROTK had a better battle than Helms Deep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I think ROTK had a better battle than Helms Deep. Yeah, both Helm's Deep and The Charge of the Rohirrim (or, on a bigger level, the whole Pelennor Fields) are fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) The Battle of Stirling in Braveheart(so visceral and violent) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPcF1SN4YW0 and the Pelennor Fields in RotK(if you count all 4 stages) are the best of the last 20 years. I'd also say Omaha Beach in Saving Private Ryan, but that was more of a slaughter than a battle. Edited March 8, 2014 by Ozymandias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) The tank battle at the end of SPR is also great (although it's much smaller scale than these other scenes, of course). Edited March 8, 2014 by Telemachos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I'm sure there was some great poppin and lockin in Breakin and Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lChJz2DSpsEIt's the final part which sells it, a detached tracking shot of the horde progressing from the Turkish camp through the town to the sea that amplifies the scope of what the Bedouin surprise attack was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboom234 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Battle of the Pellenor fields this scene is one of my favorite in all of cinema 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
