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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 1:21 pm    Post 1 of 398

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A light saber fight sequence with the flavor of a Hong Kong martial arts action movie. This short is set in a dense forest, where a young man, willing to leave his loved ones behind to help fight in the Revolution, clashes with an enemy in a battle where only one will remain standing. Music by Denez Prigent and a monologue extracted from an authentic Civil War love letter written in 1861, help to set the tone for this movie.

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I saw this movie on TheForce.Net/theater and i thought it was so kool. i saw the other one too and it was amazing. yeah only one thing the music didn't really fit but other than that it was really good. i love the sabers spinning around each other heheheh. ok that's all

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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 2:30 pm    Post 3 of 398

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Pretty slick moves! As far as saber fights go, this is one of the best I've seen so far.
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 3:12 pm    Post 4 of 398

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I was wondering when the Ho brothers were going to get this thing posted over here since it's one of the best lightsaber movies ever done with ALAM. By far and away the best saber sequence on this site- love the martial arts influence. I'm just not sure I totally bought into the whole "Matrix meets Star Wars meets Crouching Tiger" theme, but I guess it's harder for me to remove the "standards" for costuming from the official Star Wars world. (Jedi wearing sunglasses-huh?) That being said, if I just try and forget "Star Wars" and that it's another Sith vs Jedi battle in a forest with no real story, then I can really appreciate the effort that went into this very complicated sequence and enjoy it for the excellent saber fighting spectacle that it is. The music worked for me- at least it wasn't Duel of the Fates. Would have been nice to see some damage show up on the jedi as he was gutted like a pig- instead it just looked like the Sith's sabers clashed together in front of the jedi. I gave it a 5 because it was very well done and despite my nit-piks (which are really nit-piks) I thoroughly enjoyed it and didn't find alot of technical issues with it. (cept for the saber not turning off when the jedi dropped it at the end) Great work! Now, when is AOTS3 coming out?
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 3:55 pm    Post 5 of 398

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HO HO HO 2 THUMBS UP, 2 SNAPS UP IN A CIRCLE AND ON SCALE OF 1 TO 5 I GIVE IT A 9
AWESOME !!!!
Only could you compress it next time even with my DSL I was tired of waiting no one with dial up is likely to have the patience, at least I wouldn't.
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 4:50 pm    Post 6 of 398

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A very cool, choreographed lightsaber fight.

a few things:

Glow was a little too prominent for being outside...

Also, when you spin the lightsabers, they have flat ends, which is a sign hat you used alamdv. spinning lightsabers have round ends.

there's also that one spot where the saber touches the grass, and nothing happens...

Other than that, this is the best saber fight here!

Explosion gun wins.
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 6:16 pm    Post 7 of 398

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I could totally bring you down by giving this movie a zero. But it deserves a five. So that is what I gave it. I don't feel good right now, so I'm not going to list what is good or bad. Great clip. Loved it.







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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 7:54 pm    Post 8 of 398

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wow this lightsaber duel is better than all the duel in the first 3 Star Wars

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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 8:30 pm    Post 9 of 398

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I am glad you took my advise and finnaly put your movie here! I loved it! It is only the 5th or 6th time I have seen it.

(BTW this is the guy that told me about alam!)
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 10:31 pm    Post 10 of 398

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A very well choreographed and well edited fight. A little colorgrading could have done wonders, but it flows pretty well.
The "irvi" score went very well with the battle...

I would give it 4,5.
5 for the battle and 4 for how it was filmed (this is a filmsite after all), but as this isn't possible I'll give it a 5...
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 12:05 am    Post 11 of 398

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Just when I thought I've seen the best, something comes out to top it. Fantastic choreography! And you said that you are not filmmakers! I beg to differ. Outside of the fight, I thought it showed alot of creative skills to set a mood for the film. This could have been just another good sabre movie, but you kicked up a notch by adding the narrative, and with the melancholy music. This is good filmmaking. Keep up the good work!
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 12:08 am    Post 12 of 398

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Wow that was good. I like how you tied in the Civil War letter in. It really shows the desperation in the battle between the Sith and the Jedi and its similarities to the Civil War. I have a technical question though how did you do that low pitched lightsaber swing right at the beggining? It sounded really really cool. 5
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 1:06 am    Post 13 of 398

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That was amazing! I have never seen such well done choreography. Luckily the film that I'm working on is a comedy, so I can get away with crappy choreography, but it still makes me sad to look at mine. Repeating what lots of people have said, I loved how you set the tone with that music. it isn't what you typically think of when you think of a saber battle. Yes, as was also said, you ARE film makers, and you did an incredible job. You are getting a well deserved 5.
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 1:19 am    Post 14 of 398

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How was AlamDV used in this though?

I haven't watched it yet as its still downloading but you aren't a Gold Member... just wondering.
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 2:07 am    Post 15 of 398

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That was great! I gave it a five-(Duh!) That was great choreography and Martial Arts stuff. The only part that I think could use work is the end. The Jedi (Or was it the sith?) could have died more cineamaticly or somthing. It's just too hard to really see what he did.

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