Fusion!

[kaitou]

Inspired by m_steelgrave's lack of awesome fight scenes to bring to class, and twigcollins's recent post of the best video game moments....


For the purposes of narrowing it down a bit I've limited it to only fight scenes involving fists & handheld weapons. I think once guns come in to play you've left 'fight scene' behind and entered 'action sequence' territory. I also tried to avoid some of the cliche ones, though I wasn't all that successful.

Crouching Dragon Hidden Tiger

Watching Michelle Yeoh pwn Ziyi Zhang with every weapon in the house just fills me with immense joy.

Bridget Jones Diary

Because this is how a fight would really go. Also, when Bridget's friend runs over to the restaurant to announce the fight I die laughing every time.

Ong Bak

It's really hard to pick a Tony Jaa clip. REALLY hard. I think he's unquestionably the best martial artist out there right now. He has all the acrobatic skill of Jackie Chan, but he's just brutal. Do not get between this man and his elephant.

Prisoner of Zenda

You can't beat the Old School Swashbucklers. (Very hard to pick between this version and the 1952 version)

And finally...
Way of the Dragon

Dude, it's Bruce Lee AND Chuck Norris with gratuitous kitten.

P.S. Anything with Jackie Chan would fit well on this list.

Comments

[soranokumo.livejournal.com]

Your selection is awesome!

Also, there's just something about: GRATUITOUS KITTEN!!!

It should be made into a lolcat or an icon somehow.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Ceiling Cat demands blud!

The problem is that they're never in the same shot. And even if you made icons, anyone who didn't see the movie wouldn't believe that you didn't just add a kitten frame.

[bardofawen.livejournal.com]

Very nice list, although I'm rather sad that the duel between Inigo Montoya and the Man in Black didn't make the list.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that fight ALMOST took Bruce Lee's spot. But again, Bruce Lee AND Chuck Norris AND a kitten!? Crazy man.

Also King Arthur's fight with the Black Knight in Monty Python, and anything with Jackie Chan. I should have made it a top 10.

....ooh, and Shaun of the Dead~!

[m-steelgrave.livejournal.com]

Oh man, it's like the fight fairy came! Thank you, this helped. While I was watching them I kept thinking of others I like, too.

I totally forgot about the gratuitous kitten. I did not, however, forget about the chest hair pull. OW.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

So, so, what did you pick? Enquiring minds want to knoooow.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Also, I've said it before, but I LOVE that Icon. It only gets better the more I see it.

[twigcollins.livejournal.com]

I love that fight from Bridget Jones' Diary with all my heart.

[twigcollins.livejournal.com]

Also, that is an EPIC Lee/Norris showdown.

... and Tony Jaa is the reason Brendan finally settled on Muay Thai.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I know that despite all my Tae Kwon Do, and all the stage fighting I would fight just like Darcy. Probably Darcy without the manly punching at the beginning and with more hair pulling.

Tony Jaa makes me think of Jackie Chan, if Jackie Chan were a hardcore assassin. JC does 10 backflips and flicks you in the third eye. Tony Jaa drives the top of your skull into your kneecap.