03-05-2002, 06:57 PM
Die Hard.--Bruce Willis versus that long-haired blond dude (real live ballerina - come on Ikea you know his name). Fucking great fight scene. Seeing as how it was 15 years ago, that was really one of the first realistic fight scenes in a movie, where people weren't boxing, or doing kung fu shit. They were throwing each other around and bashing heads against poles. Great great scene.
A Christmas Story-- when Ralphie kneels on the bully's arms and just whales the shit out of him while cursing up a storm. I always loved that scene. The kid's bleading all over the place because his nose exploded. Totally fucking sweet.
The finales of Rocky II and Rocky III. Rocky II was a much better fight, but in Rocky III, Clubber didn't land a punch until halfway throught the second round. "Nah nah nah, he's not gettin hurt - he's gettin MAD!!!" Good times.
The Jew and the German fighting in Saving Private Ryan until the Nazi knifes him. Very suspenseful as you knew it would be a fight to the death (and NO THIS WAS NOT THE SAME GUY THEY RELEASED EARLIER IN THE MOVIE)
Does "the soap" from Full Metal Jacket count as a fight scene? I don't care. It ruled completely.
Also, might not qualify as "a fight", but Edward Norton splitting that butterhead's skull open in American History X. Quite possibly the most disturbing scene I've seen in a movie. As soon as he told the kid to bite the curb, I knew exactly what was going to happen, and my reflex was to turn away and not watch becuase I thought it was going to be more graphic.
A Christmas Story-- when Ralphie kneels on the bully's arms and just whales the shit out of him while cursing up a storm. I always loved that scene. The kid's bleading all over the place because his nose exploded. Totally fucking sweet.
The finales of Rocky II and Rocky III. Rocky II was a much better fight, but in Rocky III, Clubber didn't land a punch until halfway throught the second round. "Nah nah nah, he's not gettin hurt - he's gettin MAD!!!" Good times.
The Jew and the German fighting in Saving Private Ryan until the Nazi knifes him. Very suspenseful as you knew it would be a fight to the death (and NO THIS WAS NOT THE SAME GUY THEY RELEASED EARLIER IN THE MOVIE)
Does "the soap" from Full Metal Jacket count as a fight scene? I don't care. It ruled completely.
Also, might not qualify as "a fight", but Edward Norton splitting that butterhead's skull open in American History X. Quite possibly the most disturbing scene I've seen in a movie. As soon as he told the kid to bite the curb, I knew exactly what was going to happen, and my reflex was to turn away and not watch becuase I thought it was going to be more graphic.