Postby rii namuras » Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:10 pm
(Art of the Saber was looked far too rehearsed for me to finish watching it - one of the things I love about the films is that, for all we gripe about the writing/acting, the saber duels look natural, no matter how rehearsed they are. It looks like a real duel (real duel = not rehearsed period. You fight. I suppose you would call it impromptu). Art of the Saber, however, had way too many flourishes for it to look like a real fight.)
(But I just loved the first one. I can't quite place the form of the blue-saber guy, but it seems mostly like Djem So, except for the Shien stint (edit: seems to be mostly Shii-Cho, actually, using the Ataru ready stance occasionally). The yellow-saber guy is an excellent Makashi stylist, mixing it with whatever form bests fits the situation, usually Soresu, which a great choice against Djem So, and mixed with Makashi, can be deadly. Then with the Shien stint, he adopted Shien and mixed it with Makashi (even though Makashi is enough to counter Shien). An awesome battle. While it seemed a bit rehearsed, just enough to make it still enjoyable.)
(I bet you Mega and I could do better. ~_^ Djem So/Vaapad vs. Soresu/Sokan. Booyah.)