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View Poll Results: What's your favorite swashbuckling film? Why?

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  • Hamlet(1948)

    0 0%
  • Yojimbo(1962)

    1 6.25%
  • The Three Musketeers (1974)

    4 25.00%
  • The Seven Samurai(1954)

    1 6.25%
  • The Mark of Zorro(1920)

    5 31.25%
  • Spartacus(1960)

    0 0%
  • Excalibur(1981)

    0 0%
  • Braveheart(1995)

    0 0%
  • The Prisoner of Zenda(1937)

    1 6.25%
  • StarWars(1977)

    4 25.00%
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    Swashbuckling Films

    Goodday! Here are some great movies with great fencing stars.What is your favorite one?
    "Steel true/blade straight"
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    Ooops! Forgot the poll....


    P.S. - we get it, you're reading "By the Sword", most people on this board have also read it.
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    this poll is most definitely flawed because "Scaramouche" is not a choice.
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    I can't think of anything to put down there!

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    This poll is flawed more than any other poll....

    Where is the princess bride? Robin Hood?
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    The Great Race.
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    Poll Options

    Trust me fencers i gave you my very best options.

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    "Steel true/blade straight"
    ~Inscription on the gravestone of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,by Robert Louis Stevenson~

    "If you can't hit your friends with swords,who can you hit?"
    -The University of Calgary Fencing Club 2002-

    "Ye have feared the sword;and I will bring a sword upon you,saith the Lord God." Ez.11:8 B.C.

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    Star Wars!!!! Yay!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!
    Where is the princess bride? Robin Hood?
    And Robin Hood: Men in Tights!
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    I like The Princess Bride. Not only does it have passable rapier fencing, but it a princess (LIKE ME! *skips*) and locations (sp?) that are very clearly sets which just makes it funnier. Oh, I also like The Seven Samuri, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The House of Flying Daggers, Hero, ect.
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    So mant missing films ...

    Scaramouche
    Fanfan La Tulipe
    Le Bossu
    Cyrano De Bergerac

    etc

    This poll is clearly flawed.

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    The Prisoner of Zenda final fight scene is very entertaining.
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    Flawed not!

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav
    So mant missing films ...

    Scaramouche
    Fanfan La Tulipe
    Le Bossu
    Cyrano De Bergerac

    etc

    This poll is clearly flawed.
    Do not get mad Gav 4 Star Movies listed.Yes i could have included the above as poll options but for 10 options sakes.
    "Steel true/blade straight"
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    "Ye have feared the sword;and I will bring a sword upon you,saith the Lord God." Ez.11:8 B.C.

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    Favorite fencing movie - Sunshine. Not erally a swashbuckler, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by qatet
    Favorite fencing movie - Sunshine. Not erally a swashbuckler, though.
    Neither are about half of the films in the poll. Not every film with swordplay is. Probabaly most aren't, in fact.

    My favorite: The Duellists.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WordRider
    Do not get mad Gav 4 Star Movies listed.Yes i could have included the above as poll options but for 10 options sakes.
    I am not mad I am just poking fun at the poll options; I mean - you actually included Braveheart...

    And Spartacus, while being a great film, is not what I would term a swashbuckler.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scrapinpeg
    The Great Race.
    I watched this movie over the weekend. While it doesn't have a lot of swordplay in it I must admit it was some of the most realistic fencing combat I've seen in a film! Also a very funny movie!
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    Quote Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead
    this poll is most definitely flawed because "Scaramouche" is not a choice.
    Agreed! Have some rep while you're at it. I love that movie.

    EDIT: Damn, unable to rep you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead
    this poll is most definitely flawed because "Scaramouche" is not a choice.
    I haven't seen Scaramouche in forever, but it definately should be on the list!
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