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Who else had fighting movies ruined for them?

The Chosen

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I’m watching Warrior right now and I’m laughing my ass off because they have this character fighting Anthony Rumble Johnson... knowing about MMA really breaks the illusion about most fighting choreography in films, with exception to like the Undisputed films or Ip Man which have pretty cool fighting scenes.
 
The only mma movie I liked was Never Back Down. Maybe blood and bone, the rest are cheap and not worthy of watching.
 
The Chosen said:
I’m watching Warrior right now and I’m laughing my ass off because they have this character fighting Anthony Rumble Johnson... knowing about MMA really breaks the illusion about most fighting choreography in films, with exception to like the Undisputed films or Ip Man which have pretty cool fighting scenes.
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Yeah I tried to watch this one series...I think it’s called kingdom. The main character fought cub Swanson, and they just had a few things that pissed me off. Like they choked a guy out even though his chin was tucked. I hated myself for noticing it but I couldn’t help it
 
Breaks the illusion? I don't think most fighting movies are trying to be realistic. Treat them as superhero movies.

EDIT - oh you actually are referring to the ones going for realism and not Cradle 2 The Grave types. Yea well those are hard to actually pull off in general.
 
As an MMA fan i actually liked that movie, but i guess it will happen in every action film, super fake to poorly executed moves are the norm.

Never back down is a decent MMA themed movie, the "sequel" is not.
 
Zebra Cheeks said:
Yeah I tried to watch this one series...I think it’s called kingdom. The main character fought cub Swanson, and they just had a few things that pissed me off. Like they choked a guy out even though his chin was tucked. I hated myself for noticing it but I couldn’t help it
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Exactly the reason why I hate movies about things I like. It sounds stupid but I kinda forget that I watch a movie when I enjoy it. If there's thing that remind me its a movie...done.

I've heard that Kingdom is good apparently
 
IDK, there is also a difference between real combat and MMA. MMA isn't the same as street fighting or fighting multiple opponents. It is helpful to know MMA but there are a lot of things that don't work in real life that work in MMA. Granted, when I see an MMA technique applied wrong in a movie it does annoy me...
 
MartiniSIDe said:
Exactly the reason why I hate movies about things I like. It sounds stupid but I kinda forget that I watch a movie when I enjoy it. If there's thing that remind me its a movie...done.

I've heard that Kingdom is good apparently
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It’s just difficult for me to get into when the illusion is broken. I enjoy the stereotypical underdog boxing movies still. I just find it harder to enjoy the mma movies/shows.
 
The Chosen said:
I’m watching Warrior right now and I’m laughing my ass off because they have this character fighting Anthony Rumble Johnson... knowing about MMA really breaks the illusion about most fighting choreography in films, with exception to like the Undisputed films or Ip Man which have pretty cool fighting scenes.
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Is this the TV show you're referring to or a movie?
 
The Chosen said:
I’m watching Warrior right now and I’m laughing my ass off because they have this character fighting Anthony Rumble Johnson... knowing about MMA really breaks the illusion about most fighting choreography in films, with exception to like the Undisputed films or Ip Man which have pretty cool fighting scenes.
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I thought Warrior was awesome and reasonably realistic, all said. Koba was a great Fedor homage.
 
Weird thread. Warrior got silly with Hardy's weird punches, the basic and loose grappling transitions, and Kurt Angle straight up chucking a motherfucker, but it's CERTAINLY a better movie than that shitty attempted hype cash-in, Never Back Down.

And you can put someone out, even with the chin tucked.
 
Personally never liked Never Back Down. Thought the plot and acting was garbage. Cant argue the fight scenes were good tho, but that's the only compliment I'll give the movie
 
HighOnLife said:
The only mma movie I liked was Never Back Down. Maybe blood and bone, the rest are cheap and not worthy of watching.
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Anyone around here ever make to connection with the bad guy (Ryan Mccarthy) from Never Back Down kinda looks like and has the same persona as TJ Dillashaw?
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To answer your question TS, I don't enjoy them much either anymore. It's hard for me to enjoy fight scenes in movies now because it never really seems genuine or even close to how professional fights are. For example, I recently watched one of the Fast and Furious movies and found the fight scene with the Rock and Jason Stathom waaaaay over the top lol I understand they're just movies but I just don't enjoy them as much as before I started watching MMA.
 
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The Chosen said:
I’m watching Warrior right now and I’m laughing my ass off because they have this character fighting Anthony Rumble Johnson... knowing about MMA really breaks the illusion about most fighting choreography in films, with exception to like the Undisputed films or Ip Man which have pretty cool fighting scenes.
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it must be hard for you to watch any movie with an MMA fighter in it then. GSP would've easily 50-45'd Capt. America in real life.
 
Guy LeDouche said:
Shit man, GSP was doing pretty well USADA def needs to check Cap, I think he’s on the sauce.
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on the sauce? that motherfucker's whole persona is based on his "super serum" injection. he's on the sauce more than any other human being in the world is on the sauce.
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In general I think movies have gotten better with their fight scenes but there was a period of like 5 or so years where most of the hand-to-hand combat in movies I watched looked really lame. My absolute least favorite thing to see ever is when a person is in bottom of full mount and they punch up adn the guy in full mount gets rocked lmao.

Movies like John Wick really stick out as amazing action movies because of their fighting scenes. They incorporate real moves and it flows nicely and isn't super ridiculous in how they look. Iirc in the second movie someone even used De La Riva guard for a second lmao.
 
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