Best action sequence of the year - 2007

[Iceman]

It may have been that i was bored with the film by the time the Maelstrom took place but all the comedy stuff during it with Elizabeth and will, along with it looking a bit fake really dropped it a few nothches for me.

I think this was the main problem

It could have been a great finale to the amazing naval battle between all the world's best pirates which... er never actually happened.

 

[Rac]

Village shootout - Hot Fuzz

 

[co2]

All I have to say is Yippy Ki Yay.

 

[Mr. Socko]

From that list, Voldemort vs Dumbledore For The Win!

 

[byte19]

Mr. Gibbs: MAAAALESTROOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DACrowe]

My main problem with the Peter/Harry fight was that it looked like two rubber dolls bouncing around, then again nearly all the action in SM3 suffered from crappy CGI, only Sandman's CGI was good IMO. Transformers smoked it totally for me but i love the type of action that Die Hard 4 brought.

My main problem with the climax to Transformers was that I did not give a two ****s about what was going on in the screen. Outside of Optimus Prime none of the characters had any development and as I was not a fan of the cartoon growing up I could not tell the robots apart. As each non-Prime/Bumblebee robot got about 5 seconds of screentime before the climax I could not tell which is which and it got repetitive trying to figure out WTF was going on. You had the cliche "American military saves the day" subplot that is a pre-requesite for a Michael Bay movie and Megatron chasing Shia up a building otherwise it all ran together. At the end the revelation that Jazz was dead, struck me as odd. I had not realized he was completely dead and since I did not know anything about the character other than he liked to break dance to our music in his five second intro I could not give less of a flying **** that he was dead.

I agree the CGI is the most realistic looking of the summer spectacles, this year. But when I did not give a crap about what was going on it did not matter. I personally think the fight sequences in SM3 were probably harder to do with humanoid participants, but I still cared what happened to Peter and Harry and wanted to see Venom get his ass whopped. Oddly, the one who suffered most from the overcrowded and underdeveloped storyline was Sandman, but he looked the best. This, I think, is because sand is easier to animate than flesh, as is metal robots. But again, that silent completely CGI scene during his birth as Sandman was moving and endearing enough that it made me understand him enough to care whether he lived or died (if not a lot) and who he is, even if he is wrongfully underdeveloped. Transformers did not make me care about anyone other than Sam Witwichy, and that was more the performance than the script, there.

Still, I usually take awesome stunt work like in Die Hard (or Hot Fuzz) any day, anyway.

 

[nocomics]

The car chase from Death Proof. I really appreciate a good, old school, bare bones car chase.

Aye,this is why I chose this scene out of the bunch. For all the CGI movies that came out this 'OLD SCHOOL' stunts was the cream of the crop.
1.Death Proof; old school car stunts,chases,this was good. You don't see these chases,action scenes anymore or much so kudos to OLD SCHOOL STUNTS...
2. Bourne sequence;rooftop was okay,and the fight was probably the best of the bourne series,and you could actually follow it to some degree.
3.Transformers; end sequence was decent,but not great. Needed more auto-bot v. deceptacon fights more depth to the sequences..
4.SM3 final fight; ehhhh, was okay think the whole movie was a downer so it made the final battle bleh..
5.HP,well I have'nt seen one Harry Potter movie so can't say...

 

[Hunter Rider]

My main problem with the climax to Transformers was that I did not give a two ****s about what was going on in the screen. Outside of Optimus Prime none of the characters had any development and as I was not a fan of the cartoon growing up I could not tell the robots apart. As each non-Prime/Bumblebee robot got about 5 seconds of screentime before the climax I could not tell which is which and it got repetitive trying to figure out WTF was going on. You had the cliche "American military saves the day" subplot that is a pre-requesite for a Michael Bay movie and Megatron chasing Shia up a building otherwise it all ran together. At the end the revelation that Jazz was dead, struck me as odd. I had not realized he was completely dead and since I did not know anything about the character other than he liked to break dance to our music in his five second intro I could not give less of a flying **** that he was dead.

for me the connections was with Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Lennox, Miklala and Sam, the other bots were like the X wings that weren't Luke's in the Death Star run. I didn't have any problem getting into the sequence at all.

I agree the CGI is the most realistic looking of the summer spectacles, this year. But when I did not give a crap about what was going on it did not matter. I personally think the fight sequences in SM3 were probably harder to do with humanoid participants, but I still cared what happened to Peter and Harry and wanted to see Venom get his ass whopped. Oddly, the one who suffered most from the overcrowded and underdeveloped storyline was Sandman, but he looked the best. This, I think, is because sand is easier to animate than flesh, as is metal robots. But again, that silent completely CGI scene during his birth as Sandman was moving and endearing enough that it made me understand him enough to care whether he lived or died (if not a lot) and who he is, even if he is wrongfully underdeveloped. Transformers did not make me care about anyone other than Sam Witwichy, and that was more the performance than the script, there.

I couldn't bring myself to care about Harry at all, It was so silly the way he just blindly went for Peter and when it looks like rubber dolls i lose my investment. The end sequence was a kick back and have some fun thing in SM3, it was so hamily put together and the Harry arc so ludicrously concluded that it was hard to take serious at all, it was a lot of fun to watch them team up but in a sort of playing a computer game with a buddy way. Sandman's creation was beautifully realised I agree and his robbery scene and sewer scene with Spidey were kickass, the forced stupidity of the arc was really grating though IMO.

Still, I usually take awesome stunt work like in Die Hard (or Hot Fuzz) any day, anyway.

Feel the same here, guess that's due to my age and the action movies i grew up on. Looking forward to Hot Fuzz, i picked it up mainly for the comedy but it sounds like the action is also decent.

 

[Iceman]

At the end the revelation that

Spoiler

Jazz was dead, struck me as odd. I had not realized he was completely dead and since I did not know anything about the character other than he liked to break dance to our music in his five second intro I could not give less of a flying **** that he was dead.

I liked the film but got to agree on that

Spoiler

"death" scene.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

I gotta go with die hard. McClane was the most badass hero than any superhero.

 

[YoungE808]

1. Transformers- Yea this battle spawned a multitude of great moments like Optimus shanking Bonecrushers face with his sword, StarScream taking down the jet fighters and pretty much beating up the majority of the Autobots, Optimus and Megatron flying through the building, the Mountain Dew transformer and much more. Watching Optimus transform while still driving on the freeway was awesome as well as any time they transform.

2. Pirates AWE: Maelstrom: I thought this was a terrific action sequence which saw crucial turning points in the story. Having Davey Jones unleash his anger after regaining control of his ship was great along with the lines he had with Jack Sparrow as he tried to get the chest back. There was also some humor within the sequence that added to the action. Add Barbossa, Will Turner, the midget with the gun, and Bootstrap Bill and you've got a number 2 spot.

3. Harry Potter: The Wizard Duel- Wow this was great, the only thing that held this back was because of the duration of the sequence which was short in comparison to Transformers' and Pirates'. The last ten minutes of this film was breathtaking and showcased some of the best special effects of the movie. Also, the scene with Harry and Sirius right before Dumbledore vs Voldemort was kickass.

Those are my top 3 since I haven't seen most of the other movies. I saw Spiderman 3 but like someone already said the CGI wasn't too good and I shouldn't be able to easily discern the CG spiderman from the real one. The action in the scene was awesome but I would rather of had 'Spiderman' fighting The Hobgoblin or The Green Goblin II (Still Harry) instead of Peter Parker vs Harry...his mask was on for like 10 minutes of the movie (PP)

 

[L0ngsh0t]

I think this was the main problem

It could have been a great finale to the amazing naval battle between all the world's best pirates which... er never actually happened.

correct this didn't happen, and it would have been cool, possibly even cooler, however what we still got was the best action sequence this year imo.

Some on here say they prefer amazing human stunt work, others say the prefer stellar cgi robots, which is why I say POTC wins; it features both.

The best choreography hands down this year took place on those two battles, amazing high ropes stunt work, sword play, and of course the best cgi character ever (Davy Jones) in full badassary not to mention the impressive malestorm

its true it would have been cool to see the other pirates vs navy, yes...but (this can also be a slight on the writers too, so its not like I am blindly pro AWE that any poll they are on I am instantly voting for them) none of the other pirates where really all that developed enough, everyone would have just been watching the malestrom battle anyways cause every major character from the first three movies was in it essentially

 

[Hunter Rider]

Some on here say they prefer amazing human stunt work, others say the prefer stellar cgi robots, which is why I say POTC wins; it features both.

The best choreography hands down this year took place on those two battles, amazing high ropes stunt work, sword play, and of course the best cgi character ever (Davy Jones) in full badassary not to mention the impressive malestorm

Featuring both doesn't make it better IMO and the staging of it was poorly done with all the comedy asides between Elizabeth and Will. I also felt CGI wise that it often gave off the vibe that it was taking place on a sound stage. not sure on the choreography but the camera and editing work was not the best.

 

[CrypticOne]

Why isn't 300 on there?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Why isn't 300 on there?

None of it's sequences got enough nominations to make the poll.

 

[CrypticOne]

None of it's sequences got enough nominations to make the poll.

Geez. And we're voting to see what the 'Best Action Sequence' is? Well, I'm not complaining but this is SHH!, I'd expect an action sequence from 300 to be that list.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Geez. And we're voting to see what the 'Best Action Sequence' is? Well, I'm not complaining but this is SHH!, I'd expect an action sequence from 300 to be that list.

Well the nomination thread was here all week long and there wasn't enough nominations for any of it's sequences to make the poll.

 

[That'ssuper!]

Who could challenge Transformers?

 

[snap-hiss]

Who could challenge Transformers?

One of the not incredibly overrated choices maybe?

!snap

 

[The FallenAngel]

I went with the Voldemort/Dumbledore fight, mostly just because of the insanely badass fire snake thing Voldemort summons.
Also because it was the fight that had me on the edge of my seat the most.

 

[DX]

I voted for Bourne.....but, one question:

Why the hell isn't the SM3 Battle Royale up there?

 

[Kanon]

Still can't decide on Bourne or Spidey...

My main problem with the climax to Transformers was that I did not give a two ****s about what was going on in the screen. Outside of Optimus Prime none of the characters had any development and as I was not a fan of the cartoon growing up I could not tell the robots apart. As each non-Prime/Bumblebee robot got about 5 seconds of screentime before the climax I could not tell which is which and it got repetitive trying to figure out WTF was going on. You had the cliche "American military saves the day" subplot that is a pre-requesite for a Michael Bay movie and Megatron chasing Shia up a building otherwise it all ran together. At the end the revelation that Jazz was dead, struck me as odd. I had not realized he was completely dead and since I did not know anything about the character other than he liked to break dance to our music in his five second intro I could not give less of a flying **** that he was dead.

I agree 100%. I watched a lot of the cartoon as a kid, and as an adult, and I couldn't tell the robots apart... Transformers was one of the worst, most boring movies I have seen in a long time...

 

[Hunter Rider]

^^^ That's so odd given you have FF2 as one of the best 3 movies of the entire year.

 

[Kanon]

^^^ That's so odd given you have FF2 as one of the best 3 movies of the entire year.

Well, you had to add "IMO" to both my posts, Transformers sucking and FF2 ruling .
I really hated Transformers... I can't recall feeling that bad on a theather... It was extremely childish (Power Rangers childish), long, it had disconected nonsense all over the place, bad acting (except for Shia), and as said, not the best robot design... FF2, I loved it, it felt like watching a Silver Age comic on the screen, without looking ridiculous...

But, again, just my opinion, and taste

 

[Jake Cassidy]

One of the not incredibly overrated choices maybe?

!snap

It's not overrated just because you don't like it.