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Post by Joker on Jul 12, 2014 7:36:51 GMT -5
Give me Mad Max 2 car chases any day.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jul 12, 2014 8:56:19 GMT -5
The TV show Strikeback shows up most blockbusters that have far bigger budgets, although it's of the 80s action movie mould so other than the lack of CGI the OP probably won't like them. However to me just knowing it's the actors doing their own stunts with little CGI makes the action scenes better, admittedly there's no way most Hollywood actors would ever be allowed to film such stunts, this is a quote from an interview with one of the main actors. In this year’s finale, I had to do a jump from a moving van to a moving car on a live freeway. It was particularly challenging because we were going about 45 km per hour and any slight misstep would have meant really bad news. There was no way for a safety line to be attached so I just kept focused and relied on my prep. I don’t always get butterflies in my stomach before a big stunt but this time I really did. I hope fans really like the scene, it was pretty fun to do connect.hbo.com/events/cinemax/q-philip-winchester/The gif of it is massive so I won't post it directly www.abload.de/img/stonebridge1o4sjs.gif |
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jul 12, 2014 9:38:01 GMT -5
Most action scenes suck because there's no sense of danger. You know the hero won't get killed (or even injured in any realistic way), so who cares?
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jul 12, 2014 18:10:41 GMT -5
Most action scenes suck nowadays because of shitty, video game level CGI. For the last half hour of Man of Steel, I felt like I was watching someone play a terrible PS3 game.
Give me practical effects over that crap, any day!
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Post by Danimal on Jul 12, 2014 22:10:38 GMT -5
Haywire had my favorite movie fight scenes ever. Gina Carano isn't an amazing actress, but she's a kick ass action star nonetheless. Her vs Fassbender in the hotel was incredible. Since they ended-up casting another acting newb in Gadot anyway I'd rather have Carano as WW. She has the look/build and excels at fight scenes. Her acting will improve with practice, was alright in the last Fast and Furious flick. |
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Post by Danimal on Jul 12, 2014 22:27:58 GMT -5
I'm just glad the wire-fu craze died-down.
Agree with the shakey-cam complaint, it's annoying.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 23:16:18 GMT -5
It's because most of the best action stars are doin straight to dvd movies.
Michael Jai White
Scott Adkins
Everyone involved with The Raid 2
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Post by -Lithium- on Jul 13, 2014 1:01:05 GMT -5
OLD GOOD NEW BAD
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Post by Capt Lunatic on Jul 13, 2014 9:10:16 GMT -5
Whoa...what are we talking about here?
Cause if we're talking action scenes and no one has mentioned THIS......
then son I am disappoint!
This was the scene that made Hollywood say "Shit! We gotta take it down a notch for oh, I don't know...25 years. We'll get back to this level someday." They're still rebuilding. |
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jul 13, 2014 9:34:04 GMT -5
I'm just glad the wire-fu craze died-down. Oh God, yes! The Matrix ruined action movies for a good 10 years or so. Between ridiculous wire-fu and (I don't know if there is an actual name for it, but bear with me here!) and action scene where everything slows down and goes WOOOOSH..........Ugh. f*** THAT. I can happily live the rest of my life never seeing that again. |
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Post by MC Blowfish on Jul 13, 2014 9:41:04 GMT -5
You described pretty much every action movie ever, except the newer movies have CGI.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 13, 2014 19:15:25 GMT -5
I'm just glad the wire-fu craze died-down. Oh God, yes! The Matrix ruined action movies for a good 10 years or so. Between ridiculous wire-fu and (I don't know if there is an actual name for it, but bear with me here!) and action scene where everything slows down and goes WOOOOSH..........Ugh. f*** THAT. I can happily live the rest of my life never seeing that again. Bullet-time. |
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jul 13, 2014 20:21:44 GMT -5
Yes. f*** bullet-time!
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Post by Sparvid on Jul 13, 2014 20:28:09 GMT -5
And, worst of all for me, the fact there seems to be a modern trend of basically turning the films villains footsoldiers into nothing but walking cannon fodder for the heroes to demolish without barely breaking a sweat whilst doing "cool" clichéd moves. Why should I care about the action sequence if I don't feel like the hero is in any actual danger? I rewatched Turtles II some time back and I'd forgotten about how quickly the Foot Soldiers who beat up Leo and drove them out of their sewer lair became complete jokes in the sequel. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 14, 2014 5:42:19 GMT -5
Dude have you ever even watched an action movie before, ever?
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Post by Ryushinku on Jul 14, 2014 6:34:54 GMT -5
There's fantastic action in some modern films. Just as there was crummy action in some older films. It's your director and editor that's going to dictate that.
But, yeah, that particular style of "camera too close / cut cut cut cut editing" is a huge annoyance and that's popped up a fair bit in more recent years. I always feel like it's covering for a lack of actual skill from the performers (or, worse, obscuring those skills) and an attempt to do that whole in-your-face blur of violence.
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