Fight Scenes Then and Now
I was watching the Star Wars prequels last weekend and noticed that I was having trouble folowing all of the light saber duels, especially the ones involving Yoda. I began to wonder about that and got out Zorro’s Fighting Legion (1939), I could follow the sword fights there no problem. Intrigued I then went and rented Batman Begins (2005), same thing, I couldn’t follow the fights. Dug out Batman (1943) and voila, instant followability, though the fights there are a bit clumsy. One more test, Transformers (2007) had fight scenes that were a mess, Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940), a perfect example of how to make exciting and inventive fight scenes that you can follow from start to finish. I don’t know how it happened but film makers today seem to have no idea how to do actions scenes. Before Christopher Nolan finishes the new Batman movie for this coming summer, someone really needs to come up to him and hand him a copy Captain America (1944) and tell him to study it.
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