My Top 10 Reasons why "By the Sword" is a GOOD movie

[micromarty]

My Top 10 Reasons why "By the Sword" is a GOOD Movie

10. The spanish guitar of Angel Romero.

9. All the fencing collectibles in the very interesting background detail.

8. Who cannot relate to the muscles of Max Suba?

7. It reminds me of why I don't care for abusive coaches.

6. I like a fencing workout to music too.

5. Many lessons are good, for example: "Luck is not Technique."

4. The people, politics, activity and sounds of the salle.

3. Fencing IS good for the body.

2. The Story of the journey to redemption and humility of Max Suba

1. It's a 'Modern Fencing' movie!

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[swordsen]

Sound like good reasons to me.....

[big poppa]

My top ten reasons for watching the movie at all: 1.there are almost no movies about modern fencing.

2 Max suba is sort of cool.

3.The music is tight.

4 Eric Robert's wrist touch.


Mia Sara
is the other six reasons

[Bannor]

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[Gav]

OK so it's an enjoyable movie (it gives me a laugh) but come on it's hardly Citizen Kane. Eric Roberts shoes alone are reason for his subsequent demise as a grade A star!

Interestingly, I read that this sort of story (man finds teacher, helps teacher, becomes great) is quite a common story. However I remember reading that in the past at some salles (France in particular - I think) you could be taught as a payment for services you provided for the fencing master(e.g janitorial work). This applied if the master thought you had talent but couldn't pay his fees.

Can't remember the source of the story, just that I was surprised that there was element of truth to By the Sword. Anyone out there know more?

[Rick]

My top reason for watching "By the sword":

Mia Sara

[big poppa]

Mia Sara, Yeah baby!

[Lumberg]

Top 10 Reasons why "By The Sword" wasn't a good movie.

10. Writing
9. Acting
8. Extras stunk
7. Overly fake stunts
6. Eric Roberts
5. Boring
4. One-dimensional characters
3. Lame fencing scenes
2. The big let-down of a movie about fencing that looked good in the previews.
1. Eric Roberts


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Lumberg.
"...ahhh, we have sort of a problem here... yeah, you apparently didn't put one of the new cover sheets on your TPS report"

[micromarty]

My Top-10 Reasons Why there isn't more Fencing in the Movies

10. Reviews like the above

9. Many worthy movies get bad reviews

8. Does fencing really loose with 'license', i.e. Foil Fencing with Epee; it's a hook.

7. Stunts are fake by definition; Bob Anderson didn't do too bad considering. It could have been worse.

6. Better Eric Roberts than Paul Rubens. On second thought...

5. Eric Robert's 'character' ego was about to the level you might expect in a world class fencer.

4. Fencing in the US could use more, not less Hollywood 'spin'

3. Most fencer's would love to be an extra; even if they stunk too

2. Too bad there aren't many real writers who are fencers, otherwise there would be more modern fencing content in the movies

1. Lumberg hasn't finished his screenplay yet.

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[damianip]

I gotta go with Lumberg's review on this one. Where did Eric Roberts go so wrong?

However,

De gustibus non est disputandum

To each his or her own.

Paolo