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Vince Guerra's avatar

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.

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Iree G's avatar

The ewoks! 😁

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Vince Guerra's avatar

Two of my others were epic war movies. One was an even more unconventional one I doubt anyone would pick: the hotel room battle in True Romance. It's actually more aptly characterized as a gunfight so I figured someone would throw a flag on that.

It features Christian Slater, two drug dealer bodyguards with Uzis, four cops with pistols, and four mafia hitmen with shotguns all blasting away at one another. It's a crazy chaotic scene made all the more intense by the close proximity of the setting.

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Shannon Guerra's avatar

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.

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Iree G's avatar

The griffins 😍

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Shannon Guerra's avatar

I know! 🤩👏🏻

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Eustace C. Scrubb's avatar

Just to annoy LC, I'll get the best choice in before her, the final battle in The Seven Samurai. One of the many things I appreciate about it, is the preplanning with maps, so you know what is exactly going on throughout the battle.

And heroes did, along with villain. It was well done in The Magnificent Seven as well, but the original is better.

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Vince Guerra's avatar

Looks like we have a tie between The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe versus Braveheart. According to MFC rules the winner will be decided by the member who posted the question.

Please stand by.

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Shannon Guerra's avatar

Sooo…if I give it to Katie, do I still get credit for a hat trick?

Nevermind. Katie wins. 😁👏🏻

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Elizabeth's avatar

Henry V!

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Kris's avatar

The Patriot, Dunkirk, 1917, Saving Private Ryan, Flags of Our Fathers, Open Range, Gladiator, Braveheart, Lawrence of Arabia, Gods and Generals, Glory, The Last Samurai...

There are some scenes from The Last of The Mohicans I find riveting. Modern takes of a battle would include The Matrix.

Can it even be called a battle when it's mano a mano??? Because I can think of some incredible duo confrontations.

What about plots and chases? Godfather, Dirty Harry, The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Heat comes to mind.

Unconventional? Caddyshack, Jaws, Rambo.

I guess what I'm trying to say, along with trying to impress you by throwing out movie titles, is this is hard to narrow down.

Ultimately, I am going with House of Flying Daggers. Each and every confrontation, skirmish or battle is incredibly fresh and artful.

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Vince Guerra's avatar

Dang, I've seen and therefore would have voted for every one of those but the one you chose. 😆

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Kris's avatar

Why am I not surprised :D

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Vince Guerra's avatar

Been debating between a few myself.

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