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The 80s.
Sword movies.

What a great time to be alive! Which is your favorite?

(FYI: Even though it had Courtney Cox in it, I refuse to put "Masters of the Universe" as an option.)

Conan the Barbarian?

Sw Rotj Ftw :d

Highlander, followed closely by RotJ.

I actually love all of these movies on some level (though I confess Red Sonja is at the bottom of the list), but I had to choose Highlander.

The Princess Bride is probably the most accurate for realistic sword fighting out of that list.

There can be only one!
Only one greatest sword movie of the 80s that is and its Highlander.:cool:

Return of the Jedi OWNS. The fight between Vader and Luke, that is a very cool sword fight. (BTW: If you want to see a better version of the fight between Obi-Wan and Vader, check out the manga. I'm serious)

The Princess Bride is probably the most accurate for realistic sword fighting out of that list.

...I'm actually WATCHING it right now on TV, which is what spurred this thread!!

I wouldn't call it accurate, but it's a classic for sure.

BTW: The swordmaster for The Princess Bride was Bob Anderson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026428/). He also gave us all 3 Lord of the Rings, Mask of Zorro, the (1993) Three Musketeers, By the Sword, Highlander, and the original Star Wars.

The man is a theatrical genius.

...I'm actually WATCHING it right now on TV, which is what spurred this thread!!
Freaky!

I wouldn't call it accurate, but it's a classic for sure.
The one scene between Inigo Montoya and Wesley (the "I'm not really left handed! Aha!" scene) is accurate enough. (Considering that swordplay is next to non existent in modern cinema (remembers Die Another Day *shudders*), one has to go back to Errol Flynn prior to this for good mainstream 'accuracy'.)

BTW: The swordmaster for The Princess Bride was Bob Anderson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026428/). He also gave us all 3 Lord of the Rings, Mask of Zorro, the (1993) Three Musketeers, By the Sword, Highlander, and the original Star Wars.

The man is a theatrical genius.

He was a sabreur too I believe. Top British coach in his day.

Good list by the way.

The one scene between Inigo Montoya and Wesley (the "I'm not really left handed! Aha!" scene) is accurate enough. (Considering that swordplay is next to non existent in modern cinema (remembers Die Another Day *shudders*), one has to go back to Errol Flynn prior to this for good mainstream 'accuracy'.)


Good list by the way.

Cinema is non existent in modern cinema. Not only is there no Cary Grant or John Wayne in movies any more, Harrison Ford isn't even around any more.

As I heard on "Mind of Mencia" yesterday: "John Wayne would kick Tom Cruise's ass!"


Thanks!

Highlander was a DOCUMENTARY, and the events happened in real time!


A delicious special cookie to whomever gets this quote.

Transformers: The Movie.

One character had a sword.

/bias

Highlander.

Because only a good movie can have a French Scotsman and a Scottish Egyptian/Spaniard AND STILL MAKE SENSE

There can be only one! :)

Highlander was a DOCUMENTARY, and the events happened in real time!


A delicious special cookie to whomever gets this quote.

That would be Master Shake, explaining the logic behind throwing Happy Time Harry over a cliff to deny the depressed and mean doll the death that he so desperately wanted.

Obviously I have a big soft spot for the Return of the Jedi and that was probably the best duel of all the movies, but I gotta give it up to Highlander. That has the mark of, "You know what'd be cool? People fighting with swords-like all of them. Now." and making a concept to allow that to happen.

When I was a projectionist we had a little tv that got one channel and there was an hour and fifteen minute gap that let me watch the Highlander tv series. It might just be familiarity, or I had nothing better to do, but I actually grew to like that show. I would have liked it to be a little different, like it didn't need to end in a beheading every episode. I actually think that those should have been rare.

But meh.

That would be Master Shake, explaining the logic behind throwing Happy Time Harry over a cliff to deny the depressed and mean doll the death that he so desperately wanted.

*hands you a fricking box of special cookies*

*hands you a fricking box of special cookies*

I'm going to bath in special cookies.

Remember kids, don't squeeze the pancake batter.

I'm going to bath in special cookies.

Remember kids, don't squeeze the pancake batter.

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http://www.abestweb.com/smilies/insane.gif

Wow. When LG says somebody's crazy...

...Wow.

Wow. When LG says somebody's crazy...

...Wow.

I can smell my own kind. :)

I can smell my own kind. :)

Dude, you love to smell your own kind. Tell us something we don't know, okay?

Dude, you love to smell your own kind. Tell us something we don't know, okay?

In High School drama, I once played the part of a 60 year old woman.

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Cool! Praise from Caesar!

I go with Princess Bride because it's the superior film, but I don't know that it's actually a sword film--Highlander is more a sword film, and deliciously fun despite its many flaws.

Highlander had a soundtrack by Queen, that alone is awesome.

There can be only one.

Highlander by a landslide...


where else can you get beheaddings followed by the wonderful sound of queen? nowhere i tell you....

Highlander by a landslide...


where else can you get beheaddings followed by the wonderful sound of queen? nowhere i tell you....
Well, there's my cellar, but we'll ignore that for now.

Well, there's my cellar, but we'll ignore that for now.

:confused: :D

The only one with Clancy Brown.

The Kurgan, bitch!

Highlander! god that was good stuff.

Hawk The Slayer

Hawk The Slayer
your wrong

The only one with Clancy Brown.

The Kurgan, bitch!

The First, Last and Only badass named Clancy. :)

The First, Last and Only badass named Clancy. :)

Werd.

In fact, Clancy Brown is the debbil.

Carnivale?

Conan barbarian is my fave. Red thingy should have been omitted.

I got into a special premiere of Highlander, but was so pissed & stoned I couldnt lift my head to watch the screen for the first 15 minutes or so.

There was a sword movie that I watched on TV some 20 years ago, and cannot trace. I just remember a scene in which there was a breakout from the dungeon/torture chamber and the torturer got his head rammed into the grinding wheel. I remember thinking it "class" at the time, but I've never been able to track it down since.

I go with Princess Bride because it's the superior film, but I don't know that it's actually a sword film--Highlander is more a sword film, and deliciously fun despite its many flaws.

Roo? :confused:

Inigo's whole character is about swords and fencing. He gets two duels (Man in black and Count Rugan), and takes out four guards as they are storming the castle. The movie has no firearms at all. How can it not be a sword movie???

I mean, hey, if The Return of the Jedi counts as a sword film, The Princess Bride surely does!

Conan barbarian is my fave. Red thingy should have been omitted.


I put it in there because it is obsensibly a Conan film. There was no way I was going to give it it's own voting option!! :D

The 80s.
Sword movies.

What a great time to be alive! Which is your favorite?

(FYI: Even though it had Courtney Cox in it, I refuse to put "Masters of the Universe" as an option.)

I'd vote for Conan the Barbarian, but on your poll that means I would have to vote for such crap as Red Sonja and Conan the Destroyer as well. I simply can't bring myself to do that, so I won't vote.

I'd vote for Conan the Barbarian, but on your poll that means I would have to vote for such crap as Red Sonja and Conan the Destroyer as well. I simply can't bring myself to do that, so I won't vote.

It's an OR. You can ignore 'em! ;)

I go with Princess Bride because it's the superior film, but I don't know that it's actually a sword film--Highlander is more a sword film, and deliciously fun despite its many flaws.

Better than the first Conan? Man I loved that movie. James Earl Jones kicked ass as Thulsa Doom and any movie where Arnold doesn't talk much is fine by me.

It's an OR. You can ignore 'em! ;)

Ok then, In that case I will vote.

star wars!

star wars!

Star Wars was 1977, so I had to leave it out. Otherwise, I'd have to put in films like The Duelists, all those bad 70s Musketter movies, the Zatoichi films, etc...

Star Wars was 1977, so I had to leave it out. Otherwise, I'd have to put in films like The Duelists, all those bad 70s Musketter movies, the Zatoichi films, etc...

i'm talking about the whole trilogy, not just the original. though the orignall was 1977, the other two were in the 80's so i say it counts as the 80's.

I’m not voting, because the best sword movies of the eighties was the memory of the 70’s version of the Musketeers story.

The Three Musketeers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072281/

The Four Musketeers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073012/

:D

Since you've busted your own constraints, as pointed out, by listing Star Wars, either Ridley Scott's Duellists (same year as Star Wars) or the 1990 Cyrano de Bergerac . Otherwise the Princess Bride.

Since you've busted your own constraints, as pointed out, by listing Star Wars, either Ridley Scott's Duellists (same year as Star Wars) or the 1990 Cyrano de Bergerac . Otherwise the Princess Bride.

Read the thread, Luke...

BTW, what part of Star Wars (Empire or Jedi) says "A New Hope"?

Roo? :confused:

Inigo's whole character is about swords and fencing. He gets two duels (Man in black and Count Rugan), and takes out four guards as they are storming the castle. The movie has no firearms at all. How can it not be a sword movie???

I mean, hey, if The Return of the Jedi counts as a sword film, The Princess Bride surely does!

I was thinking of the question more along the lines of "is swordfighting the point of the movie" which is why I said Highlander was more of a sword movie than The Princess Bride (which I voted for, btw). Perhaps I underestimated the importance of the swordfighting in TPB.

And on a side note, I'd like to nominate LadyHawke for "worst choice of band to score a film set in 14th century France."

I was thinking of the question more along the lines of "is swordfighting the point of the movie" which is why I said Highlander was more of a sword movie than The Princess Bride (which I voted for, btw). Perhaps I underestimated the importance of the swordfighting in TPB.

Perhaps... I mean, swordfighting per se isn't the point of Highlander either, it's Connor's winning the prize and growth as a person. In theory, he could have held Kergan's head over a rail while a train goes by or something. :)

And on a side note, I'd like to nominate LadyHawke for "worst choice of band to score a film set in 14th century France."

Seconded... a lot!

bah... loosers all of em...
My votes go to...

The Warrior and the Sorceress
the Deathstalker series
The Barbarian Brothers
DragonSlayer
Gor
Krull
She
Sword of the Valiant
Sword and the Sorcerer
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

oh and Red Sonja is not a Conan movie. Even tho it has Ahnold in it. it's not a Conan Movie.

(wonders who else seen the above list.)

bah... loosers all of em...
My votes go to...

The Warrior and the Sorceress
the Deathstalker series
The Barbarian Brothers
DragonSlayer
Gor
Krull
She
Sword of the Valiant
Sword and the Sorcerer
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

oh and Red Sonja is not a Conan movie. Even tho it has Ahnold in it. it's not a Conan Movie.

(wonders who else seen the above list.)

Only Dragonslayer and Krull, both of which I saw in the theater as a kid, and even though I was young, I knew Krull was crap as a movie. The sword was cool, admittedly, but the movie was weak.

I voted Higlander but Blind Fury is a close second.

bah... loosers all of em...
My votes go to...

The Warrior and the Sorceress
the Deathstalker series
The Barbarian Brothers
DragonSlayer
Gor
Krull
She
Sword of the Valiant
Sword and the Sorcerer
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

oh and Red Sonja is not a Conan movie. Even tho it has Ahnold in it. it's not a Conan Movie.

(wonders who else seen the above list.)

I'm impressed. You dug up every bad sword film of the 80s (barring the aforementioned "Masters of the Universe") I was trying to forget!

Actually, Krull almost made my list, but it has less to do with swords than Ladyhawke. And I really wanted the joke option of "Yellowbeard".

What is "She"?

Only Dragonslayer and Krull, both of which I saw in the theater as a kid, and even though I was young, I knew Krull was crap as a movie. The sword was cool, admittedly, but the movie was weak.

you gotta see the sword and the sorcerer then... cool swords in that one.

to me, Princess Bride was a romance story with sword fighting. otherwise it would get my vote.

my list is sword fighting around a semblance of a story. ;)

I voted Higlander but Blind Fury is a close second.

I.... I just couldn't have TWO Rutger Hauer films in the list! I just... couldn't! :eek:

What is "She"?

A book by H. Rider Haggard?

Rutger Hauer is the man(not to hijack) but villian in NightHawk, the Hitcher(excellent film) Blind Fury the entire movie is about Swords I have no idea why you picked Lady Hawk over it.

A book by H. Rider Haggard?

Movie?

I'm impressed. You dug up every bad sword film of the 80s (barring the aforementioned "Masters of the Universe") I was trying to forget!

Actually, Krull almost made my list, but it has less to do with swords than Ladyhawke. And I really wanted the joke option of "Yellowbeard".

What is "She"?

Post Apocalyptic Female Mad Max...
from WWW.IMDB.com
In a backward post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle orgiastic werewolves, a psychic communist, a tutu-wearing giant, a mad scientist, and gladiators before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.
:D

Movie?

Of the same name apparently. 1965 starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Ursula Andress. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059710/

Edit: ...or maybe not... now I'm confused... *scratches head*

Edit 2: Ok, 1982 film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090009/ with writing credits going to H. Rider Haggard.

Post Apocalyptic Female Mad Max...
from WWW.IMDB.com

:D
That's the kind of film I'd expect from someone who has the Bulwer-Lytton awards link in their sig. :D

That's the kind of film I'd expect from someone who has the Bulwer-Lytton awards link in their sig. :D

hey, I make no attempts to hide my love for the B-Movies!

Cannabal Women of the Avocado Jungle of Death RULES! :D

tho the modern ones leave alot to be desired. infact, while most look like porn films with all the good stuff cut out... some of them ARE porn fims with the good stuff cut out. :(

bah... loosers all of em...
My votes go to...

The Warrior and the Sorceress
the Deathstalker series
The Barbarian Brothers
DragonSlayer
Gor
Krull
She
Sword of the Valiant
Sword and the Sorcerer
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

oh and Red Sonja is not a Conan movie. Even tho it has Ahnold in it. it's not a Conan Movie.

(wonders who else seen the above list.)

The lost kingdom.....Ach!!!!!! One of the worst duds ever made.

Conan barbarian is my fave. Red thingy should have been omitted.

I got into a special premiere of Highlander, but was so pissed & stoned I couldnt lift my head to watch the screen for the first 15 minutes or so.

There was a sword movie that I watched on TV some 20 years ago, and cannot trace. I just remember a scene in which there was a breakout from the dungeon/torture chamber and the torturer got his head rammed into the grinding wheel. I remember thinking it "class" at the time, but I've never been able to track it down since.

That's The Sword and The Sorceror. I love it, but it's very hard to find.

However, I voted for Excalibur. Not only an excellent sword movie (on a par with Highlander and Ran but also the best version of King Arthur yet produced.

That's The Sword and The Sorceror. I love it, but it's very hard to find.

However, I voted for Excalibur. Not only an excellent sword movie (on a par with Highlander and Ran but also the best version of King Arthur yet produced.


My Thanks to you sir.

And yes, it is an excellent version of Arthur.
(I had the sad misfortune to see the one with Richard Gere....)