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[Jopax]

Seriously you guys, The Raid, easily the best brawler in recent years. It helps that the MC is an actual champion of the fighting style in question.

[TamerVirus]

If y'all liked the raid, then y'all will like The Night Comes For Us
I mean, it's got some of the same actors from The Raid

[Parsely]

If you like The Raid and well choreographed and filmed action, watch Isaac Florentine's movies. Ninja - Shadow of a Tear for example.

[Cthulhu]

I was just pondering movie fight scenes and I have a vague memory of an example of a very good one, in which the main character and his opponent brutally have at one another in a small room, seemingly evenly-matched until the protagonist manages to reach down and turn on a stove burner whilst his assailant is pinned against it, before subsequently snapping his neck or something.

It's not quite that, but the 2012 punisher fight with the Russian is pretty close to that, where he throws hot oil in his face and breaks his neck throwing him down the stairs.

I just saw It 2. I thought there were some good moments, the way they beat Pennywise is probably the best way they could've done it, close enough to the book thematically while still being comprehensible for a movie. 

But there's lots of stupid quips and jokes, and it's fucking loud and obnoxious, which kills any kind of tension the movie might set up.  There's a really obvious and out of place reference to The Thing, and thankfully the movie's not scary cause if it was that would've killed it.

It was okay, but it wasn't scary, and that's the entire point of a horror movie so unfortunately it gets an F by default.

[TamerVirus]

the 2012 punisher fight with the Russian is pretty close to that, where he throws hot oil in his face and breaks his neck throwing him down the stairs.

That came out in 2004 and is made better when you know that the actor who plays the Russian is actually WWE/WCW pro wrestler Kevin Nash.

[Cthulhu]

Why did I think it was 2012?  My brain wasn't working I guess.

[TamerVirus]

Why did I think it was 2012?  My brain wasn't working I guess.

Probably because Thomas Jane reprised his role as the Punisher in this short film in 2012

[Cthulhu]

I finally got around to watching Prometheus after hearing it was really bad.  I don't get the hate (well, I kind of do).  I haven't seen Covenant yet to see if it ruins everything, but the lack of answers I think is kind of the point.  I can see how that'd be disappointing but at its core the promethean (really more babelian almost) search for god is better for not having any of the answers you want.

It may have worked better as a book.

[Il Palazzo]

I finally got around to watching Prometheus after hearing it was really bad.  I don't get the hate (well, I kind of do).  I haven't seen Covenant yet to see if it ruins everything, but the lack of answers I think is kind of the point.  I can see how that'd be disappointing but at its core the promethean (really more babelian almost) search for god is better for not having any of the answers you want.

It may have worked better as a book.

It's fine where it doesn't give answers. It falls flat where it does, even in the most basic sense of giving motivation to the characters for doing what they're doing.
However, having listened to some interviews with and around Ridley Scott over the years, I came around to appreciating Prometheus for what it is - i.e. Pretty Pictures Strung On A Plot-like Scaffolding. From what I gathered, he doesn't care much about coherent plotlines or believable characters. He makes a film because he wants to show you some cool images that popped up his head, and the rest is subservient and an afterthought.
So, yeah. There's plenty of frankly amazing scenes in Prometheus, that I enjoy revisiting in isolation. But a good story it ain't.

[Kagus]

And it led to the foundation of the Prometheus Academy of Running Away, which has provided many esteemed graduates for films both before and since.

[Jopax]

My main beef with it was how for a team made up of scientists and experts in their fields, pretty much every single character was dumb as dirt when the plot needed them to be in order for something bad to happen and push the story forward.

[jocan2003]

On my side its more of a what was the name of. It was a modern day new york where a student studying tesla generator in a cave like place had to train to become a mage. Magic is being taught like science as in if atoms move fadt enough and rub enough it catches fire.

Anyone saw it and remember the name? It less than 10yr old for sure.

[Kagus]

On my side its more of a what was the name of. It was a modern day new york where a student studying tesla generator in a cave like place had to train to become a mage. Magic is being taught like science as in if atoms move fadt enough and rub enough it catches fire.

Anyone saw it and remember the name? It less than 10yr old for sure.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice? First thing that comes to mind.

[jocan2003]

YEEAHSSS!!! Thank ya

[Kagus]

YEEAHSSS!!! Thank ya

I can't for the life of me recall the circumstances of watching that movie (I believe I even saw it in a theater, of all things!), but I do remember lvl5 Lightning Bolt vs Faraday cage.