Most amazing fight scene in a movie ever

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The discussion centers around a notable four-minute long take fight scene featuring martial arts, praised for its lack of cutaway shots and minimal CGI. The director describes it as "the most dangerous long take scene ever," highlighting the extensive preparation and choreography that took over a month. The crew faced challenges, including limited takes per day due to set repairs and the need for a specialized Thai stedicam operator. Despite several attempts to capture the perfect shot, issues arose, such as safety concerns and timing miscalculations. Ultimately, the fifth take was chosen for its near perfection, despite minor corrections made with CGI. Participants in the discussion express admiration for the artistry and planning involved in the scene, contrasting it with other fight scenes that lack the same level of choreography and creativity. The conversation also touches on the entertainment value of fight scenes in general, with varying opinions on their realism and impact.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=K06wDn3XsZE&mode=related&search=


Just remember that this scene uses absolutely 0 cut away shots and almost no CGI effects the entire time. I thought it was an awesome scene.

here are some interesting comments from the director about this scene:

The director calls this "the most dangerous long take scene ever." A 4 minute stedicam shot featuring a variety of martial arts.

The crew spent over 1 month preparing and choreographing before they were able to get a perfect shot. When it came time to shoot, they could only do 2 takes per day because of the set repairing and prop replacement that needed to be done. It took 5 takes to get it right. A foreign cameraman was needed because the stedicam mount was built for american / european operators who are typically much larger than asian operators.

The foreign operator they hired could only do two flights of stairs at a time and simply gave up. They decided to use a Thai stedicam operator who physically prepared for a month for this job.

The reason the shot is 4 minutes is because reels of 35mm film are only about 4 min in length.

They shot the first take which had a number of problems with stuntmen cues, and even a stuntman bumping into the stedicam operator. After choreographing more dynamic action, an increase of extras and improving the set, the next take they did was 17 days after the first take.

The second take was better but when the stuntman was supposed to be thrown from the 3rd story, the safety mattress was not completely in place yet so Tony Jaa stopped the shot and saved the stuntman's life.

The third take was just about perfect but just before Tony Jaa was supposed to bust through the last doorway, the film ran out. The director finally decided that instead of simply cutting there, they would try again for perfection.

They thought the fourth take was perfect but after review there were some parts that weren't as good as the pervious takes. They decided on one more try.

On the fifth try, it was almost perfect. But there were 2 miscues. On the 2nd floor, Tony Jaa slams a door into the head of a stuntman and the small glass window on the door was supposed to break. It failed to do so, so they used CGI to fix this. The 2nd issue was the fight just before the sink gets thrown. The timing was off as planned but the end result looked natural so they decided this was the take to use in the final film.
 
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robphy said:
That was great!
It's certainly much better than http://youtube.com/watch?v=NKoLFusNCCI

hahaha I haven't laughed that hard in a while. ahaha thanks
 
Impressive really. Although did anyone think he could of just booked a table, and then moved over to talk to the guy and asked him a question? Well that wouldn't of been much fun, but hehe. :biggrin:

I watched the scene first then read the quote, I was thinking all the way through how much planing that must of took, it's like a dance performance, you literally would have to choreograph it so well to make it work. It's a stand alone piece that I would watch again.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uIOI_CQJ9MM

I like this fight scene, it's more gritty, Bourne Identity, but it has none of the artistry of yours. It's just brutal and frankly it shows how much damage people who have no consideration to death or breaking bones can do. A biro very innovative...
 
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That sucked. Sorry.

Lets all just stand around and throw big wide punches so that you can block us and break our arms...mmmmmmmHHMMMMMMMM. :rolleyes:
 
cyrusabdollahi said:
That sucked. Sorry.

Lets all just stand around and throw big wide punches so that you can block us and break our arms...mmmmmmmHHMMMMMMMM. :rolleyes:
It's a movie, i.e. for entertainment. you know?maybe you would like the infamous "hammer fight scene" from the south korean film old boy better. It also uses 0 cut away shots. (expletives warning)

 
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Leader: "OK boys, let's go over it again. How were we supposed to attack?"
all (dejectedly): "all at once."
Leader: "Right, and how did we just do it?"
all : "one at a time."
 
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Schrodinger's Dog said:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uIOI_CQJ9MM

I like this fight scene, it's more gritty, Bourne Identity, but it has none of the artistry of yours. It's just brutal and frankly it shows how much damage people who have no consideration to death or breaking bones can do. A biro very innovative...

Dude if you want to see some brutality and tons of bone breaking check out this one. Make sure you have the volume on for this one so you can hear all the crunching. I think he must have broken about 200 bones in this clip in another Tony Jaa scene-

 
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robphy said:
That was great!
It's certainly much better than http://youtube.com/watch?v=NKoLFusNCCI

oh Damn! that's the best boss death i have ever seen in my life! the way he gets picked up by his eye socket and Carried away is way better then death by helicopter blades
 
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gravenewworld said:
It's a movie, i.e. for entertainment. you know?


maybe you would like the infamous "hammer fight scene" from the south korean film old boy better. It also uses 0 cut away shots. (expletives warning)



Again, ehhhhhhhh? I find this to be mindless entertainment. If you want a good fight scene go watch the movie ALI when he fights in Africa at the very end. I find this to be just pointless hi-ya, kick kick, karate chop nonsense. At least Ali is based on a real story, and they tried to make the fights just like the real ones in terms of his moves etc. Its ok in small amounts like the Matrix. But 4 mins of this is zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZzz.
 
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gravenewworld said:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K06wDn3XsZE&mode=related&search=


Just remember that this scene uses absolutely 0 cut away shots and almost no CGI effects the entire time. I thought it was an awesome scene.

here are some interesting comments from the director about this scene:

I remember when I saw that movie that scene just blew my mind. The movies itself ain't the greatest... just something mindless to defrag to. but that fight scene is mind blowing. I don't want to know the amount of planning that went into it.
 
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Johnny, what are you doing here?!? I told you go 15 South Nanjin Street...this is 15 North Nanjin Street!

Huh? Ohhhh...
 
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star trek fight scene

Here's a fight scene with some style!

 
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jostpuur said:
Here's a fight scene with some style!



:smile: my god. that was beautiful.
 
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