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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Boring anecdote ahead!

I remember watching a Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) video about Capo Fero while singing some Skallagrim videos, and immediately I went "hey wait a minute that sounds familiar" and racked my brain trying to figure out who's voice I was hearing in my head saying "capo Fero"

Of course once I realized it, I had to watch the entire movie, because one does not simply watch clips of The Princess Bride...

Anyway, that led me down a huge long road of videos all about sword fighting in movies and how realistic (or laughably unrealistic) they can be.

I was actually surprised to see halfswording in Season of the Witch when someone fights Ron perlman. That movie isn't amazing cinema, but it's fun and doesn't deserve it's 10% RT score. It should be at least 15%.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

I'm a HEMA instructor and yeah most movies are trash to watch from an accuracy perspective.

Princess bride is great all the historical references.

Another great film fight is the duel in "The King"

They're armourd up fight for no time at all and are both exhausted.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/@JillBearup

If you haven't heard of her, she does fun videos about classic movie sword fights and swordfighting in general.

Enjoy

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't heard of her, but I'm tossing the popcorn in the microwave as we speak!

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago

I love sharing vital information!