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Yes it is. If you ever get the chance to see, do so. The charge is probably the most incredible piece of film that has ever been made. But again, if you have any compassion for animals, it is a bit hard to watch. But then again, it makes it more real.Quote:
Originally Posted by DisruptorX
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Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
I saw it 10 or so years ago, but I was rather young so I don't remember anything. I'll have to rent it and see it again.
Thats one thing i liked about Braveheart, fake horses, beats huting a live animal anyday.
A new film on the charge of the light brigade is in order, the "facts" have changed considerably in the last couple of years.
The Battle of Borodino in the Soviet version of War and Peace was pretty good. Supposedly, the actually had the same number of extras in the movie as they had soldiers in the battle (100,000?). Amazing aerial footage.
Here's a quote from the Amazon.com review:
"Undeniably, however, the epic battle scenes remain breathtakingly unique; to experience the sheer scale of this film is to realize that such cinematic extravagance will never be seen again."
If only they made Pelennor Fields exactly the same way Tolkien had in the book, it would have been by far the best battle scene ever made I think. I have to agree that ghost army ruined it for me.
Even though Troy as a movie wasn't great, the battle scenes were pretty decent I guess. the scene where the trojans march to the beach to attack the greek encampment beating on their shields, I think thaty gave a realistic impression of how armies back then psyched themselves up/scared their opponents.
Troy wasnt great? it was TERRIBLE!! it was a disaster, the whole thing was written by trained monkeys, the whole thing seemed like it took place during a weekend off, and they killed the illiad, took the bits they like and discarded the rest (such as the gods). what they ended up with was a mess, neither an epic or a film loosely based on history, they even had greece on the map at the start of the film!!
Im glad it wasnt as popular as planned!
Fredericksburg in Gods and Generals,
Seige of Minas Tirith in LOTR III,
We Were soldiers (watch the movie, 80% of it is one battle)
Fort Wagner in Glory (I saw the edited version, so the effects were bad, but I do love to see an entire regiment of yankees get cut down, grr, i hate robert shaw, coward)
Camden in the Patriot (not accurate, i know, but how often do you get to see someones head ripped off by a cannonball?)
The beggining of Gladiator
I gotta see gettysburg, though.
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Originally Posted by Marquis of Roland
So true!!! i piss on the ghost army!!! ~:mad:
Here is my top 3:
The helicopter attack in Apocalypse now. Especially when you see the rocketlauncher firing at the drum of Wagners flight of the valkyrie.
The final battle in Platoon.
The battle for the church in The eagle has landed.
"Ran" - was pretty sweet. Although the version I saw, i'm not sure if it was cut or what?
"The Emperor & the Asassin" - LOVE that castle scene (with would-be usurpers;Great costumes too!)
"Braveheart" - Great action sequences!
There was also this move I saw on tv when I was a little kid. It was probably a biblical story. There was a battering ram and archer shootout up high in the battlements! Awesome! I just don't know the title. ~:p
Not-so-good battles:
LOTR. Except for the 2nd movies' marginally ok siege. The whole battles are underwhelming. Make it the whole trilogy is underwhelming. ~:(
Attila the Hun - ridiculously funny battles between romans and attila's forces. ~:joker: (It would have been better with more soldiers).
Last Samurai - The ninja attack was the only watchable part here. The rest...ack n/m ~:(
Well there are many battles l liked in a film, not because they are historically correct but simply exciting.
1. The landing in SPV as said above by many others. It was so cool and realisitc though as you could see guys really freaking .etc
2. I loved the last battle of LOTR since is so exciting. Also the battle in fellowship of the rings is quite nice.
3. Gladiator the battle in Germania.
4. The Messanger(joan of Arc)MILLA :), had some nice fighting sequences, it showed a very nice medieval way of laying siege and trying to scale the walls of a fort that wasn't a very good idea at that time cause when you managed to climb you were face to face with a spike ball :)
5.Troy has some minor cool scenes, not the entire battles but the way they are using their swords and the way of attack where each man was pusing the one ahaid of him so that they break enemy formation better.
6. Last Samurai since it had samurai in it :) Wicked stuff
I don't see any cowardice here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Caporegime1984
A biography of Robert Gould Shaw
I'm sorry, but I have seen few movies in my life that I hate as much as I hate Troy. The battles where nothing more than a steaming pile of shayt. The "moral" was a steaming pile of shayt. The whole thing was a steaming pile of shayt. How can anyone who was involved in that movie look themselves in the mirror and not want to commit seppuku?
Gah! ~:p
DA
i do agree that hollywood has a hard time making battles look real....what i find from time to time is that they can make certain portions of a battle either seem real or they get a certain point across...what seems to stick out in my mind is the first and last battle in "THE LAST SAMURAI".now you could walk through the holes that history have cut into the movie(wrong names,wrong places)but as a movie it made for a great peice.but now back on topic:the first battle emphasizing the fear of honorable samurai: the fog : the full yoroi: the being on the ground and looking up in to the eyes of a brave warrior,behind the mempo and kabuto. and the last battle for the focus on the power hungry,corrupt officials.i understand movies and DOCUMENTARIES are TWO different things.more important to a movie is getting a point across instead of displaying facts.i mean movies are meant to entertain if actual battles are more of your intrest the history channel and the learning channe, the discovery channel all have some good DOCUMENTARTIES.but when a movie is supposed to be BASED on an actual battle....i think hollywood has some work to do...