Best movies about Knights with realistic combat.
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Jmanghan
Just wanted to know.
Maybe I'm getting too into Berserk, but I really wanna see more realistic style fights.
Preferably from REALLY good movies.
I see some good fights from King Arthur movies.
Jmanghan
GODDAMNIT!
Could someone move this please?
golem370
Excalibur is good.
FrothByte
Ironclad is the only one that comes to mind. Brutal and realistic knight fights. Best sword fight would still be Troy even though it's not knights. Problem with Excalibur is that the fight scenes move a bit too slow.
Jmanghan
Well, I look fights that draw out for a bit, and aren't big armies going at it where you see people going ranged immediately.
Crossbows are great, but when are realistic 1-on-1 medieval sword fights ever shown.
Like that scene where King Arthur fought Lancelot in that one movie was pretty good, and some other fights in game of thrones were awesome.
Jmanghan
Also, is there any movie that realistically follows the Knight vs Dragon trope?
FrothByte
Give Ironclad a shot. Last knights as well. To be honest, I don't really know of any movie that shows realistic knight sword combat. The longsword is not as easy to use as a scimitar or katana. So unless actors have proper training with it, they just look clumsy and slow with a longsword
-Pr-
Rob Roy. It's a medieval-ish movie. The sword fight at the end is nothing short of excellent.
Jmanghan
I also should mention I HATE rapiers, and fencing.
Fencing to me, is not even considered medieval sword fighting, its dueling.
What I'm talking about is anything that involves a medieval type of sword that isn't a rapier.
Longsword fights would be GREATLY appreciated, one-on-one if possible.
FrothByte
So basically longsword duels. That's tough. The ones that come to mind are:
1. King Arthur
2. 13th Warrior
3. Excalibur
3. Ironclad
4. Red Sonja (lots of longsword fights here)
5. Conan
6. Willow
7. Last Knights
8. 7th Son
9. Highlander series
10. Braveheart
11. Dragonheart
Not all of those will have knights, but all have longswords
Jmanghan
So, I started watching a swedish movie called "ARN: The Knight Templar".
Haven't even made it through the first ten minutes and it got me right in the feels.
Also got 4 out of 5 stars on Netflix, so they're doing something right.
As I said, its on Netflix of you wanna watch it, with english subs.
It starts out really good, too.
Edit: Never mind, they can speam english just fine apparently, LOL.
NemeBro
Originally posted by Jmanghan
Just wanted to know.
Maybe I'm getting too into Berserk, but I really wanna see more realistic style fights.
Preferably from REALLY good movies.
I see some good fights from King Arthur movies. Would you even recognize a realistic sword fight if you saw one?
A duel between two armoured knights wielding longswords looks nothing like it does in fictional media. It's more wrestling than swordplay. It is impossible to cut through plate mail with a sword.
I can't recall a single film that depicts it like that.
Robtard
Excalibur did for the most part. Arthur Vs Lancelot was basically a shoving match with both of them trying their best to hit between their opponent's unarmoured joints.
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FrothByte
Originally posted by draxx_tOfU
First Knight
That movie had crappy sword fights.
Jmanghan
Originally posted by Robtard
Excalibur did for the most part. Arthur Vs Lancelot was basically a shoving match with both of them trying their best to hit between their opponent's unarmoured joints.
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nPiYBfTE1ec Exactly.
First thing I think of.
Also, the one where the Black Knight fought that guy in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, despite it being a comedy movie, is pretty realistic. (Not King Arthur, the one who fought him before that.)
Jmanghan
Originally posted by NemeBro
Would you even recognize a realistic sword fight if you saw one?
A duel between two armoured knights wielding longswords looks nothing like it does in fictional media. It's more wrestling than swordplay. It is impossible to cut through plate mail with a sword.
I can't recall a single film that depicts it like that.
I know Berserk isn't in the realm of realism, nor are most sword fights, but it doesn't mean there aren't any.
Jmanghan
Originally posted by Jmanghan
I also should mention I HATE rapiers, and fencing.
Fencing to me, is not even considered medieval sword fighting, its dueling.
What I'm talking about is anything that involves a medieval type of sword that isn't a rapier.
Longsword fights would be GREATLY appreciated, one-on-one if possible. Listen here kid, shut the **** up, fencing is great.
Jmanghan
Don't give a **** whether it's Knights anymore, but I've found that apparently this apparently super highly acclaimed movie "The Duellists" has the most realistic sword fights in history.
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Jmanghan
Originally posted by -Pr-
Rob Roy. It's a medieval-ish movie. The sword fight at the end is nothing short of excellent. I took a look at Rob Roy and it looks realistic to the untrained eye, but its not, they both duel look complete amateurs, with dumb stances and sloppy movements, they'd get cut up by beginners.
But the movie is great, and seeing Liam Neeson fighting with a rapier is ****in awesome.
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