Which 5 minute fight scene is better?

Started by Darren Dirt, April 24, 2007, 05:01:53 PM

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Darren Dirt

(a) totally choreographed, one-camera continuous-shot of an indestructible hero (Tony Jaa)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K06wDn3XsZE

(b) partially improvised, semi-campy bareknuckle fistacuffs (among friends -- Roddy Piper and Keith David)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg


Personally, I have great respect for the complexity of (a) but to me it just didn't have the same sense of urgency or danger or brutality as (b).

Thoughts?
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Lazybones

a) Was too long, and ultimately looked like half of the targets where flinching way before the hits, or even jumping the hits and reacting badly.
b) I really felt like they where kicking each other's asses the whole time.