This was one of my favorite movies as a kid and this was one of my favorite scenes. I caught it tonight after putting the toddler to bed and realized something. The fight scene is amazing. Banter is corny, but not over the top. You don’t have a clear idea of who is going to win as it progresses. Dodging, parrying, and everything that makes a fight scene entertaining.
I wonder if watching this movie time after time had any effect on my ability to write fight scenes.
Legends of Windemere 
I can easily say that this is among the movies that influenced some of my fight scene writing. Plus, “Ninja, vanish” is a common catch phrase of mine, that for some sad reason no one ever seems to know where i’m getting it from…
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I haven’t seen the movie in years, so I might have forgotten for a bit. Every time I mention ninjas these days, it’s Naruto. That’s really cool that you use the phrase.
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Hey, can’t go wrong with the TMNT, I find. That franchise was a huge part of my childhood.
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I’m glad to see it’s still going strong. At least until Bay gets his demonic talons into it.
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Don’t get me started on the A-Bay-Monation in the franchise’s future. I’m dreading it so much, it brought about an absolutely horrific pun!
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I fear that it will tank and take the franchise with it.
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Banter! That’s the word I’ve been trying to come up with to describe your talent. Really. You are most excellent at banter:>)
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Thanks. I have to give credit to watching movies like this, Marx Brothers, and Spider-Man. Really helped hone the wit.
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Then give credit to yourself for doing the work to get it right:>) I do.
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Mr Bay does for subject matter, plot, character and story telling exactly what he does to every car, building, street, town, and city, he blows them to pieces.
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Yeah. Not sure how he got picked for Ninja Turtles since ninjas are supposed to be stealthy. Explosions are definitely not stealthy.
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Probably because despite his artistic failings he can make the same amount of money as that of a medium sized nation’s GDP! Sigh.
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Nothing wrong with that! The Ninja Turtles are still a guilty pleasure of mine. But in writing fight scenes, I’m probably influenced more by movies like Hero; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Iron Monkey.
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Those are great too, but you’re missing Enter the Dragon.
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I do love some good banter in a fight scene. So much more interesting than real life. 😉
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Definitely. Though I have seen one or two real life banter-laden fights. Never fast paced though. Banter tends to slow down the speed.
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