I only recently learned that the space pirates from The Force Awakens are played by the cast of The Raid as a cameo.
(I feel like this is reasonably on-topic)
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I remain undeterred. Onward to the next GOAT pick.
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“Your men are already dead.”
For my second round pick, I select the opening scene from The Matrix: “Trinity vs the Agents”
A groundbreaking fight scene in a groundbreaking movie. This is the scene that told the audience they were in for something they’d never seen before. The choreography is stunning and innovative and singularly primes you for the later bullet-time scene that inspired copycats for decades to come.
Just look at this kick!!!
The directors had long been admirers of Hong Kong action cinema, so they decided to hire the Chinese martial arts choreographer and film director Yuen Woo-ping to work on fight scenes. To prepare for the wire fu, the actors had to train hard for several months.
Yuen let their body style develop and then worked with each actor’s strength. He built on Reeves’s diligence, Fishburne’s resilience, Weaving’s precision, and Moss’s feminine grace. Yuen designed Moss’s moves to suit her deftness and lightness.
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Probably not the scene I would have gone with but I understand the context helps it greatly
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I give this one a
not because the scene is bad (it isn’t) but it isn’t even the best fight in that movie let alone the entire trilogy.
Yuen Woo-ping is GOAT though.
Fight Draft Pick Chart
| Player | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FuncrusherPlus | Oldboy | |||||
| RiskyFlush | The Fifth Element: Leeloo fights the Mangalores/The Diva Dance | The Matrix opening scene: Trinity vs the Agents | ||||
| tabbaker | Kill Bill V1: The Bride vs The Crazy 88 | Probably picking the same scene six times iyam | ||||
| Nicholasp27 | The Princess Bride: YOU KILLED ME FATHER! | No Country for Old Men: Street Shootout | ||||
| superuberbob | Ip Man vs 10 Karate Students | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Yú Xiùlián vs. Yù Jiāolóng | ||||
| JonnyA | Gladiator: Maximum vs Tigris | Raging Bull vs Sugar Ray | ||||
| Twist | Saving Private Ryan: Omaha Beach | House of Flying Daggers: The Echo Game |
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Obv we’re not going to mention undrafteds before the draft is over, but if you don’t pick anything from the other two movies, let’s come back to this one after the draft. What a claim :P
You can pick multiple fights from films if you want. I actually made that clear earlier.
As for the other two, most are at best meh (a couple are cartoonishly bad) while there are a couple of good ones in there.
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For sure, you may yet pick another fight from the first movie. Though you may wisely come to realize there really is no better fight scene from any of the current three Matrix movies!
For those people like me that never actually read the OP
Thanks…I will revise my picks, but 5 and 6 were both going to be from The Story of Us, so I need to rethink things.
(not serious but could have been!!)
Ok screw it I’m going for a mega reach but my reasoning is correct
Round 2 Pick
Now you might be thinking, tabbaker this movie was terrible what a dumb pick. The movie was terrible but this fight has two things going for it that every other pick will be lacking.
- Darth Maul
The man is the definition of badass. That face paint and the horns might be the perfect villain costume. ALSO HE HAS A TWO SIDED LIGHTSABER WTF. The lightsaber was already one of the greatest weapons in cinema history and my man Maul says yeah lightsabers are cool but you know what’s even cooler? Two lightsabers combined. GOAT
- Duel of the Fates
Put this on full blast and tell me you don’t have goosebumps. This might the greatest musical composition of all time behind Friday Remix. My pick has John Williams does yours? Didn’t think so.
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Movie weapon draft might be a fun idea after
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Lucas killing off Darth Maul is all the proof you need that he planned on making Jar Jar Binks a sith.
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