GIRLS FIGHTING MOVIES
Peter Balafas
of girls fighting
Mike Cohen
> Can someone give a list of movies that have scenes
> of girls fighting
"Manos: the Hands of Fate" has one of the weirdest ones - a 6-way catfight
between the Master's wives in see-thru nighties.
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> Can someone give a list of movies that have scenes of girls fighting?
If it's all right to list movies where WOMEN fight, try the Hong Kong
fun kick flicks THE LEGEND OF FONG SAI YUK and its sequel.
Also, THE TURNING POINT. Also, your posting is ambiguous; do you mean
females fighting females, or females fighting, period. If the latter,
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ALIEN 1-3, HIGH NOON and thousands more.
- Reid Gagle Minnesota, Land of 10,000 Flakes
Aman Verjee
writes:
>> Can someone give a list of movies that have scenes of girls fighting?
Unfortunately, _good_ female fight scenes are more scarce than a
synagogue in Bhagdad. There's one in 'True Lies' which is mediocre.
Aman
Christina A Coats
Don't forget about Total Recall; and if you want to see real women
fighting you have to see Faster Pussycat Kill Kill. I suppose you
are only looking for female to female though which leaves out a lot
of great moments such as Mallory kicking the red necks ass with L7
playing in the background. in NBK...
until next time,
chriss
chri...@gas.uug.arizona.edu
George Swan
Two gals have it out in "Tapeheads" (starring Tim Robbins
and John Cusack). I think the gals might be Madeleine Stowe
and Lori Petty, but I saw it before I knew who they were.
They pull out nunchaks and switch blades.
Then there was "Johnny Guitar", starring Joan Crawford.
She apparently wouldn't star in it unless she got to fight
while Sterling Hayden sat around looking pretty. Joan is
the "bad girl". She has a gunfight with the "good gal" who
has gone nuts.
CRIS RAVENDEN
Try Dinosaur Island. Michelle Bauer and Toni Naples have a good old fashioned
ritual wrestling match. They
're wearing outfits quite like Raquel Welch and Martine Beswick in One Milliln
Years B.C. It's all fairly credible except at the last where the girls
involve their hooters. But then it would be pretty hard for hooters like
that NOT to be involved.
Sraven
Gomez Philosophaster
: Can someone give a list of movies that have scenes
: of girls fighting
Towards the end of _Barfly_ there is a fight between Faye Dunaway's
character and the woman who plays a publisher (don't recall the actress).
This is a knock-down, drag-out fight with Dunaway coming away with a
handful of the other women's hair.
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Christina A Coats
How about the end of Friday the 13th; just a little decapitation from
the girls...
Paul Kunkel
Tilley." The movie is not in my four year old video guide, so I can't
find the name of her opponent.
I did not read the first letter in this thread, so I'm not sure if it
is just for girl against girl fights. Juliette takes on some nameless
cowboy in "Natural Born Killers" this year. The result is the least
plausible fist fight since Eddie Murphy held his own against Nick Nolte.
Kunkel
George Lane
>Kunkel
Agreed the fight with Nolte wasn't plausible, but Eddie did seem to be versed
in "Stick and Move". Are you saying that a classic boxer couldn't hold his
own against a typical movie fighter, like Nolte? That is the whole point of
that particular fight. Most any stick and move fighter could hold his own
against the Hollywood standard.
Hollywood fights are staged badly. Few are realistic. They are designed to
show the audience a lot of hard punches that seem to connect. In a Hollywood
fight, someone will draw way back, then let his punch fly. This telegraphs
the punch, to the audience, and the other fighter. It sends emotions to the
audience, but it is an invitation to a boxer. A stick and move boxer would:
A. Send stiff jabs to the opening, and
B. Dodge the oncomming punch.
Take a stick and move fighter like Sugar Ray Leonard vs Typical
Hollywood fighter like John Wayne.
The Duke: "I'm not gonna hit you. (pause) I won't? The hell I won't.
(Throws a punch).
Leonard ducks then counterpunches. Wayne draws back for another punch, but
while he pulls back, Leonard jabs twice, then steps back out of reach.
The Duke misses and pulls back to throw another and is jabbed again.
The Duke is really frustrated now since he can't tag the slippery Leonard.
He thinks, "If I can only get one in, I'll waste him". He misses again.
Now he's really ticked, and lands one, but not cleanly as Leonard is rolling
with the punch. Leonard almost doubles over, though, since even a glancing
John Wayne blow hurts. Leonard then dodges two more, regains his composure,
and scores with another jab.
This is what they were trying to do at the beginning of the Nolte fight. The
next time you see it, imagine Leonard vs the Duke, especially at the beginning
of the fight. The rest of the fight is crap.
The Nolte vs Murphy fight tried to mix stick and move with a caricature of
a fight scene with poor results. It was bad because it was typical Hollywood,
not because a smaller guy can't "hold his own". An over aggressive puncher
defeated by a slippery undersized opponent is occasionally done alright in
a karate movie, but seldom is good boxing used in a fight scene.
George Lane
Opinions are mine only. No employer would claim them.
Jeff Kerr
you watch boxing at all, you'll see that any punches that land usually rock a
boxer, allowing his oponent to get a few more in, typically felling his
opponent. In contrast, you'll see fighters in movies trade a good 10 punches
to the head before being the least bit affected. Mind you, it is
entertaining, but realistic? I think not. But then is that the whole point
of it?
Jeff
Becki Johnson
>Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
> Heheheh, I caught this one in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode.
>The film was titled _Manos: The Hands Of Fate_. There was a big (I mean
>BIG) ladies brawl in that film -- picture six to eight women all dressed
>in long white gowns screaming and hitting and tackling and (of course)
>scratching and clawing. Kicking and rolling around in the dirt too.
> WARNING: I will not be held responsible for any trauma you might
>experience from watching this film. I definitely would recommend AGAINST
>seeing it in its unMST'd state. I can't imagine the agony that would
>bring. On rec.arts.tv.mst3k, the general consensus is that _Manos_ is
>the worst film anyone has ever seen. Really. FAR worse than _Plan 9_ or
>anything like that.
>Dan
Oh God, I saw that movie on MST3K.... *shudder*
-- Becki, wondering why all my dates are Torgo wannabes
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Brian Bringardner
In "The Harvey Girls" there is a barroom brawl between the good girls
(lead by Judy Garland) and the bad girls (lead by Angela Lansbury).