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.
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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.
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.
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I don't know why some of you are going on about being right and winning. Rob and Impediment were in on this gag because I PMed them. Silent and Rao PMed me and figured I changed the post. I highly doubt anybody thought Quan made the post, but simply played along just for the lulz.
You're just upset that the Cap movies made more than the Hulk's.
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I don't know why some of you are going on about being right and winning. Rob and Impediment were in on this gag because I PMed them. Silent and Rao PMed me and figured I changed the post. I highly doubt anybody thought Quan made the post, but simply played along just for the lulz.
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