#36: What’s the best battle in a movie?
We had a quick discussion on witty humor and Sherlock Holmes came out on top. It made back-to-back wins for Shannon on this Independence Day eve. This time Shannon asks:
What’s the best battle in a movie?
Fight it out.
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Gonna go a different direction here and say The Battle of Endor from Return of the Jedi. What I love about it is the way it flawlessly ties together the space battle between fighters and large cruisers, and the land battle taking place on the planet below. The space battle's success is contingent upon the land forces actions and those in the fighters are unaware of the chaos taking place on the ground.
The viewer bounces back and forth with advances and setbacks in both theatres of the battle and the drama builds until there is a definite turning of the tide. Great storytelling.
My vote is for a non-conventional battle from a not-terrific movie that manages to be redeemed by one of the most powerful, creative battle scenes of all time (stolen from the original literature, of course): wild griffins, a phoenix, centaurs and fauns, with majestic, furious cats racing ahead of the horses and unicorn to make first contact with the enemy...this scene never fails to move me. Sooo...the battle in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, final answer.