Most Epic On-Screen Battle: LotR's Siege of Gondor? SPR's D-Day? Braveheart's Battle of Milvian Bridge? Or something else?

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6 years ago 12/19/2017 7:13am EST

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Another vote for Helms Deep being superior to the siege of Gondor. It feels more claustrophobic and draws you in that little bit more.

Other issues I have with the Gondor battle (which I nonetheless enjoyed) is the death of the Witch King on what can only be described as a technicality, and a massive invincible army of the undead turning up at the end and overcoming everyone, leading you to ponder what the point of all the preceding action was.

I'm enjoying Bad Wigins' nitpicking at the realism of the cavalry charge in the context of a battle which is ultimately won by a load of glowing ghosts. Maybe they're just magic horses, dude.

6 years ago 12/19/2017 7:27am EST

re: WDM

It was briefly mentioned earlier, but the final battle of "Glory" was pretty epic. Although the film depicts Col. Shaw volunteering for the honor of leading the charge, I suspect the 54th was intended as cannon fodder.

6 years ago 12/19/2017 8:03am EST

re: WDM

WDM wrote:
Another vote for Helms Deep being superior to the siege of Gondor. It feels more claustrophobic and draws you in that little bit more.
Other issues I have with the Gondor battle (which I nonetheless enjoyed) is the death of the Witch King on what can only be described as a technicality, and a massive invincible army of the undead turning up at the end and overcoming everyone, leading you to ponder what the point of all the preceding action was.
I'm enjoying Bad Wigins' nitpicking at the realism of the cavalry charge in the context of a battle which is ultimately won by a load of glowing ghosts. Maybe they're just magic horses, dude.

All good thoughts, and lol on BW. The context went over my head as well :-)

Ya, the undead army and (later) the eagles seem a bit “broken”. Like, why didn’t they just lead with those? ? (The books go into reasons why, fwiw.)

6 years ago 12/19/2017 3:07pm EST

re: WDM

Helm's deep was good with a few exceptions. Throwing a dwarf into a pile of orcs was stupid. Even worse that he kicked their asses and survived after so many others had died. But by far the worst was the sunlight coming up, and all the orcs raising their pikes so they would get slaughtered by calvary.

That's what I liked about SPR. There wasn't a moment in that battle scene where you thought, "Wait a second? That's stupid and completely unrealistic!" You can't say the same for the other battles mentioned.

6 years ago 12/19/2017 3:10pm EST

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UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:
Helm's deep was good with a few exceptions. Throwing a dwarf into a pile of orcs was stupid. Even worse that he kicked their asses and survived after so many others had died. But by far the worst was the sunlight coming up, and all the orcs raising their pikes so they would get slaughtered by calvary.
That's what I liked about SPR. There wasn't a moment in that battle scene where you thought, "Wait a second? That's stupid and completely unrealistic!" You can't say the same for the other battles mentioned.

In fairness, that was Gandalf’s staff, not the lucky timing of the sun ?

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