Movies and Edged Weapons Pt. 2

Spunjer · 26th December 2005, 10:44 PM

add to the list, Bang-Rajan, an epic thai movie depicting the legendary villge of bang-rajan during the siam burmese war... lots and lots of sword fights and dhas...

nechesh · 26th December 2005, 11:05 PM

Funny you should pull this thread back up Spunjer because i was about to do it myself.
I will admit to knowing little to nothing about Chinese weapons so i cannot attest to the accuracy of what is depicted, but i just watched House of Flying Daggers from the same folks who brought us Hero and it is just fantastic. Beautiful, poetic and tragic with a whole lotta cold steel.

Spunjer · 27th December 2005, 03:19 AM

nechesh,

hero's a classic! haven't seen house of flying dagger yet, tho...

Andrew · 27th December 2005, 04:16 AM

Hero was outstanding. A beautiful film.

Aqtai · 28th December 2005, 01:37 PM

Has anyone seen Asif Kapadia's The Warrior?

It was on telly in the UK last week,I videotaped it, but haven't got around to watching it yet. Was it any good?

More info about the film: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0295682/

MABAGANI · 21st March 2006, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Spunjer

add to the list, Bang-Rajan, an epic thai movie depicting the legendary villge of bang-rajan during the siam burmese war... lots and lots of sword fights and dhas...

Good film, questions for dha collectors, did it look like the blades were intentionally made over sized for screen effect? are they often found in matching pairs? ever try to test throw them like javelin, as seen in the movie?

MABAGANI · 17th June 2006, 06:45 AM

on the dvd of the movie "kingdom of heaven" there is a version you can watch with historical references...
interesting info on muslim and crusader swordsmiths about thrusting the heated blade through flesh or animal skins and then cold water...

Rick · 17th June 2006, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MABAGANI

on the dvd of the movie "kingdom of heaven" there is a version you can watch with historical references...
interesting info on muslim and crusader swordsmiths about thrusting the heated blade through flesh or animal skins and then cold water...

Hi Mabagani , is that in the new director's cut 4 disc set ?
I haven't finished exploring the whole thing yet .
At least with the uncut version the movie finally makes sense .

I was watching The Man Who Would Be King last night ; what a fine movie that is !

MABAGANI · 17th June 2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick

Hi Mabagani , is that in the new director's cut 4 disc set ?
I haven't finished exploring the whole thing yet .
At least with the uncut version the movie finally makes sense .

I was watching The Man Who Would Be King last night ; what a fine movie that is !

that was in a 2 disc set, but probably in the directors cut...i'll have to watch the uncut version now too
i only caught the beginning with historical subtitles, nice extra feature

Rick · 17th June 2006, 02:32 PM

The Director's cut is a whole different movie ; about an hour of very important (to the story) material was left on the editing room floor .

This new version is how Scott wanted us to see the film .

I feel stupid saying this but I never really checked the second disc in the first DVD release .

MABAGANI · 17th June 2006, 02:52 PM

i usually load all discs before watching, not sure if that helps catch all the extras on the menu, i think the multi disc thing is a gimic...sure they can cram everything in multi dimensionally on a single dvd? lolz

nechesh · 17th June 2006, 03:02 PM

Well that's awesome news Rick, considering that i am a big fan of the original release i am sure i will love this. Glad i didn't run out and buy the first issue. It can be remarkable how much the studios can ruin a film by not permitting the director to follow his vision. My prime example, from a different genre, is the Abyss by Cameron. The original release made absolutely no sense. They cut the whole reason the aliens were even there to begin with. The director's cut is one of the best sci-fi movies ever made (except that there are no swords in it

). I look forward to see what Scott's true vision was for this film. Think i'll order it today.

tom hyle · 3rd April 2007, 05:01 PM

Cemetery man; a light hearted zombie romp from France or Itally (I don't remember which). Most super-bad-ass shovels ever. They make the thing Tuco was considering eviscerating blondie with in The Good The Bad and The Ugly look like a garden trowel.

josh stout · 9th August 2007, 02:32 PM

I love the swords in Ashok a Bollywood (Mumballywood

) movie with many extras who seem to have brought their own swords. The only really bad one is the one held by Ashok himself.
Josh

26th December 2005, 10:44 PM	#1
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	add to the list, Bang-Rajan, an epic thai movie depicting the legendary villge of bang-rajan during the siam burmese war... lots and lots of sword fights and dhas...

26th December 2005, 11:05 PM	#2
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Funny you should pull this thread back up Spunjer because i was about to do it myself. I will admit to knowing little to nothing about Chinese weapons so i cannot attest to the accuracy of what is depicted, but i just watched House of Flying Daggers from the same folks who brought us Hero and it is just fantastic. Beautiful, poetic and tragic with a whole lotta cold steel.

27th December 2005, 03:19 AM	#3
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	nechesh, hero's a classic! haven't seen house of flying dagger yet, tho...

27th December 2005, 04:16 AM	#4
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Hero was outstanding. A beautiful film.

28th December 2005, 01:37 PM	#5
Aqtai Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 222	Has anyone seen Asif Kapadia's The Warrior? It was on telly in the UK last week,I videotaped it, but haven't got around to watching it yet. Was it any good? More info about the film: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0295682/

17th June 2006, 06:45 AM	#7
MABAGANI Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 221	on the dvd of the movie "kingdom of heaven" there is a version you can watch with historical references... interesting info on muslim and crusader swordsmiths about thrusting the heated blade through flesh or animal skins and then cold water...

17th June 2006, 02:32 PM	#10
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,348	The Director's cut is a whole different movie ; about an hour of very important (to the story) material was left on the editing room floor . This new version is how Scott wanted us to see the film . I feel stupid saying this but I never really checked the second disc in the first DVD release .

17th June 2006, 02:52 PM	#11
MABAGANI Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 221	i usually load all discs before watching, not sure if that helps catch all the extras on the menu, i think the multi disc thing is a gimic...sure they can cram everything in multi dimensionally on a single dvd? lolz

17th June 2006, 03:02 PM	#12
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	Well that's awesome news Rick, considering that i am a big fan of the original release i am sure i will love this. Glad i didn't run out and buy the first issue. It can be remarkable how much the studios can ruin a film by not permitting the director to follow his vision. My prime example, from a different genre, is the Abyss by Cameron. The original release made absolutely no sense. They cut the whole reason the aliens were even there to begin with. The director's cut is one of the best sci-fi movies ever made (except that there are no swords in it ). I look forward to see what Scott's true vision was for this film. Think i'll order it today.

3rd April 2007, 05:01 PM	#13
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Cemetery man; a light hearted zombie romp from France or Itally (I don't remember which). Most super-bad-ass shovels ever. They make the thing Tuco was considering eviscerating blondie with in The Good The Bad and The Ugly look like a garden trowel.

9th August 2007, 02:32 PM	#14
josh stout Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 407	I love the swords in Ashok a Bollywood (Mumballywood ) movie with many extras who seem to have brought their own swords. The only really bad one is the one held by Ashok himself. Josh