shittest/best battle scenes in film and tv

[Idris2002]

Fury for me because they went to a lot of trouble to get technical details of the weapons rights, even hauled out the famous UK owned, still running Tiger 131. But the gist of the story was a reheating of the UK\US producing piss poor weapons while the Nazi Ubermench had near superweapons from the future and only succumbed to raw numbers. It helps perpetuate a wholly unwarrented romantic myth of Nazi technical genius. The Tiger I and M4 Shermans were actually quite close in frontal armour from low angles due the US sloping its armour thus getting more equivalent armour for less weight (same trick as the T34 and most tanks since) the 76mm at the ranges depicted would have had one shot one kill capability on a Tiger I, US crews would have had far more training than the children and old men the Nazis were dragooning into their suicide death cult. In order to create a sense of jeopardy and drama the battle scene throws aside any reality that and their tactics seem to be from 1950s war movies. Drive straight at each other? Seriously, are they jousting knights?

I thought they were shown trying to drive around the Tiger to be able to shoot at it from the back, where there was less armour?

 

[Idris2002]

Fury for me because they went to a lot of trouble to get technical details of the weapons rights, even hauled out the famous UK owned, still running Tiger 131. But the gist of the story was a reheating of the UK\US producing piss poor weapons while the Nazi Ubermench had near superweapons from the future and only succumbed to raw numbers. It helps perpetuate a wholly unwarrented romantic myth of Nazi technical genius. The Tiger I and M4 Shermans were actually quite close in frontal armour from low angles due the US sloping its armour thus getting more equivalent armour for less weight (same trick as the T34 and most tanks since) the 76mm at the ranges depicted would have had one shot one kill capability on a Tiger I, US crews would have had far more training than the children and old men the Nazis were dragooning into their suicide death cult. In order to create a sense of jeopardy and drama the battle scene throws aside any reality that and their tactics seem to be from 1950s war movies. Drive straight at each other? Seriously, are they jousting knights?

I thought they were shown trying to drive around the Tiger to be able to shoot at it from the back, where there was less armour?

 

[DotCommunist]

the Game of Thrones one trumps everything except sharpe now

 

[krtek a houby]

The fight scene in Old Boy, which must have influenced Daredevil (Netflix version). And any of them in The Raid.

 

[DotCommunist]

any of them in The Raid.

similarly, the new version of Judge Dredd. Excellent tower block intense fight

 

[Idris2002]

The Wild Geese is a dodgy, dodgy movie, but the chase sequence where the local elite troops hunt Burton's mercenaries must count as a good battle scene, surely?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Starship Troopers.

 

[Reno]

Starship Troopers.

If that's a "best" you'll get a "like"

 

[mojo pixy]

The Seven Samurai has a great fight at the end and IMO it's improved by understanding that it really was filmed in all that mud and falling water.

Another vote too for GoT, the Winterfell battle, the Hardholm battle and the fight between the Hound and Brienne of Tarth have all been high points for me.

 

[dylanredefined]

I thought they were shown trying to drive around the Tiger to be able to shoot at it from the back, where there was less armour?

At that range they didn't need to fury was the up-gunned version of the Sherman at that range whoever got the first hit wins and lives. Sherman having better ergonomics would do this. Germans didn't put a rubber bit on their gunsight so harder for the gunner to use.
You only really need to get a hit on the rear if you are infantry armed with a bazooka or the PIAT which is the frankly mad British weapon and you are looking at a VC if you pull it off. Probably posthumously.

 

[T & P]

One of the Star Wars prequels has an absolute turkey of a battle IIRC.

"Around the survivors, a perimeter create!"

Possibly the worst line in cinematic history.

Though you could have been thinking of a different battle. Plenty to choose from. Jar Jar Binks tripping over and releasing rolling cheeses (sorry, plasma balls) that career down a hill and take out the enemy's armour was also priceless.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

If that's a "best" you'll get a "like"

Definitely a 'best'.

 

[emanymton]

"Around the survivors, a perimeter create!"

Possibly the worst line in cinematic history.

Though you could have been thinking of a different battle. Plenty to choose from. Jar Jar Binks tripping over and releasing rolling cheeses (sorry, plasma balls) that career down a hill and take out the enemy's armour was also priceless.

Oh no, that was a bit of brilliant strategy from Sith lord Jar Jar.