Captain America vs. Achilles (Troy)

Originally posted by Robtard
Rob Roy is a good movie and the fighting pretty much lacked silly dance moves and posturing.

Originally posted by Mindset
You just like it because Rob is in the title.

Roy, actually.

Originally posted by NemeBro
By who?

A bunch of guys on a forum who don't know anything about combat?

It was bad. If you liked it that's fine. It was still bad. 👆

Look at Rob Roy for a good example of cinematic swordplay. 👆

I practice HEMA, which is mostly medieval and renaissance sword-fighting arts. And though I'm by no means an expert at it, I'm pretty sure I know more about sword combat than your average internet forum warrior.

And let me tell you, every single movie sword fight is silly. Even the fight in Rob Roy is ridiculous if you take it from a realistic point of view.

That said, the choreography in Hector vs. Achilles was very tight, aggressive and brutal. A whole lot better than any Star Wars light saber fight. And while I do think Rob Roy's sword fight was better, I also know that trying to choreograph a fight with sword, shield and spear is a hell lot harder than choreographing a fight of sword vs. sword.

Didn't realise there was so much Achilles hate out there? And the only thing about Rob Roy was Liam Neeson, the rest of the movie was pretty shit. The assumption I'm going with is that Achilles would beat everyone on that movie with a sword. I know Achilles didn't actually know a real Sword Fighting style because he was a fictional Achilles with a fictional Swordplay style that trumped everyone else's.

There is serious hate for Achilles cause Quan shoved him down everyone's throat a long time ago and people are so bias and butthurt over it, they can't see the simple fact that that bana vs brad sword fight rivaled pretty much any sword fight on screen.

Originally posted by FrothByte
I practice HEMA, which is mostly medieval and renaissance sword-fighting arts. And though I'm by no means an expert at it, I'm pretty sure I know more about sword combat than your average internet forum warrior.

And let me tell you, every single movie sword fight is silly. Even the fight in Rob Roy is ridiculous if you take it from a realistic point of view.

That said, the choreography in Hector vs. Achilles was very tight, aggressive and brutal. A whole lot better than any Star Wars light saber fight. And while I do think Rob Roy's sword fight was better, I also know that trying to choreograph a fight with sword, shield and spear is a hell lot harder than choreographing a fight of sword vs. sword.

Thats cool you do HEMA. I like Kendo, never tried HEMA.

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Thats cool you do HEMA. I like Kendo, never tried HEMA.

So you do kendo? Awesome. When I was younger I had always wanted to do kendo, but no kendo schools near my city. Eventually I left my hometown and roamed the world, and when I finally decided to go find a proper kendo school I found HEMA instead, which intrigued me due to the multiple weapons you could learn and spar with.

Originally posted by FrothByte
So you do kendo? Awesome. When I was younger I had always wanted to do kendo, but no kendo schools near my city. Eventually I left my hometown and roamed the world, and when I finally decided to go find a proper kendo school I found HEMA instead, which intrigued me due to the multiple weapons you could learn and spar with.

I would not call myself an expert, I spar with a friend merely for connivence, I admire HEMA though, I think it is a cooler style. I might try it out sometime. It looks very intense.

Originally posted by Dramatic Gecko
Didn't realise there was so much Achilles hate out there? And the only thing about Rob Roy was Liam Neeson, the rest of the movie was pretty shit. The assumption I'm going with is that Achilles would beat everyone on that movie with a sword. I know Achilles didn't actually know a real Sword Fighting style because he was a fictional Achilles with a fictional Swordplay style that trumped everyone else's.

Achilles is absurdly overrated.

Originally posted by RJ 2.0
Achilles is absurdly overrated.

Not as much as Captain America.

Originally posted by Psychotron
Not as much as Captain America.

Originally posted by RJ 2.0
Achilles is absurdly overrated.

Not when it comes to swordplay.

Originally posted by RJ 2.0
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm gonna disagree with you there.

You of all people cant be serious, you know the tremendous captain wanking that goes on here and have called it out numerous times.

Originally posted by RJ 2.0
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm gonna disagree with you there.

k. You're still wrong, though.

This is one whacked match. As it stands, Achilles takes it.

Standard gear for both, Cap kicks Greek ass via thrown shield and punch to the face.

Originally posted by Robtard
This is one whacked match. As it stands, Achilles takes it.

Standard gear for both, Cap kicks Greek ass via thrown shield and punch to the face.

👆

Originally posted by Robtard
This is one whacked match. As it stands, Achilles takes it.

Standard gear for both, Cap kicks Greek ass via thrown shield and punch to the face.

Originally posted by wallman77
👆

+1

Originally posted by Psychotron
Not as much as Captain America.

This. And it's obvious who wins this and it's not Cap.

Originally posted by carver9
This. And it's obvious who wins this and it's not Cap.

You're just upset that the Cap movies made more than the Hulk's. 🙂

Originally posted by Silent Master
You're just upset that the Cap movies made more than the Hulk's. 🙂

Shut up fan boy. You stick up for captain more then you do snake eyes and he's who you named yourself after. Pathetic, least carver has a spine.