does being computer generated give you a
fighting chance
or is it mostly an impediment welcome to
watch mojo and today we'll be counting
down our picks for the top 10
cgi versus non-cgi character fights in
film
for this list we'll be looking at the
best bouts in movies wherein one
combatant is primarily constructed
through the use of cgi
the amount of cgi used may vary to some
degree but there must be a pronounced
difference between the two characters
so don't expect to see the t800 go up
against the t1000 in terminator 2
as the latter is just cgi enhanced also
to allow for a wide range of entries the
fights in question may
be of any variety and of course spoilers
ahead
hasta la vista baby
number 10 shazam family versus seven
deadly sins
shazam let's face it at some point or
another we've all wanted to be
superheroes
fortunately for billy's foster siblings
they all get the chance when billy
realizes he can't stop dr savannah and
his army of the seven deadly sins on his
own
together they say the magic word and are
suddenly transformed
into shazam-like heroes themselves each
endowed with a particular power
while billy engages with savannah
himself each of his siblings revels in
the opportunity to stand up to the
beasts
while the particularities of each sin
aren't clear their terrifying nature had
us quaking in our boots from the start
and seeing this new-found family work as
a team to defeat them is the definition
of fun
hi i caught you number nine
doctor strange versus dormammu doctor
strange
okay this isn't a physical fight per se
but it is an imposing confrontation that
sees strategy
gloriously outmatch unrelenting
punishment before the godlike entity
known as dormammu can arrive at earth
and impose his will
doctor strange meets him on his plane of
existence known as the dark dimension
severely outmatched strange is quickly
vaporized only for the scene to reset
due to the time loop strange trapped the
two in
after strange is endlessly killed in a
myriad of ways
dormammu finally agrees to withdraw his
forces from earth in exchange for
strange breaking the loop
but i can lose again
and again and again it's not the final
battle we've come to expect from
superhero films but it's ingeniously
exciting all the same and makes us
admire our hero more number eight batman
superman
and wonder woman vs doomsday batman v
superman
dawn of justice while it would have been
nice not knowing this would be the true
climax of the film
thanks trailers there's still a lot to
appreciate here in an otherwise
disappointing movie
after batman and superman lower their
dukes upon some shared maternal
nomenclature they're set upon by lex
luthor's genetically modified creature
popularly known as doomsday
solidifying this fight however is the
cinematic debut of wonder woman which
realizes dc's holy trinity on the big
screen
she with you i thought she was with you
from there we get ultimate destruction
as these superhero titans try to take
down a literal one
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doomsday being too powerful however
superman
sacrifices himself by impaling him with
a kryptonite spear
leaving himself vulnerable to a fatal
impalement himself
that's some dramatic stuff right there
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number seven hellboy versus the golden
army hellboy 2
the golden army working within the
bureau of paranormal research and
defense hellboy has naturally fought
a host of cgi creatures most recently in
the form of three giants in the 2019
reboot
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however for our salt it's his battle
with the titular force in his previous
cinematic outing that's most memorable
if only for the guillermo del torones of
it all when the evil nuada gains command
of the mechanical army
he sets them upon hellboy and his crew
though severely outnumbered hellboy does
what he does best and
packs a wallop to the large slow-moving
bots even discounting some
robot-on-robot action when johann krauss
commandeers one
this fight somehow manages to work
around the filmmaking difficulties
involving characters of different
structural makeup
number six thorin versus azog the hobbit
the battle of the five armies the hobbit
movies are easily the black sheep
relative of the lord of the rings
trilogy
but let it not be said that peter
jackson forgot how to film a fight scene
in the intervening years
since their encounter in an unexpected
journey the climactic showdown between
the dwarf thorin and the great white orc
azog was inevitable
this time they meet on an ice shelf on
the perimeter of the great battle with
azog wielding one heavy stone flail
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thorin spends most of his time dodging
until he's able to submerge azog in the
water
seemingly dead azog breaks out of the
ice and pins thorin
knowing that victory is impossible
thorin allows himself to be fatally
stabbed
so he can return the favor
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number five john versus ted ted
while some of us might get into a
disagreement with our best friend from
time to time
usually that best friend isn't a talking
teddy bear late second act altercations
are nothing new in storytelling but seth
macfarlane takes it a step further by
making it a physical one
with a teddy bear sorry look johnny i i
know you're pissed all right but just
listen to me for five seconds
john blames ted for his failed
relationship with lori
and when too many hurtful words are said
the two start going at it in john's
hotel room
i wish i'd just gotten a teddy ruxpin
say that one more time though both sides
trade blows
john takes an unrelenting amount of
punishment from crashing into the wall
to a lamp strike by way of
ceiling fan all throughout it's
hilarious
and might not have ended had jon not
taken a tv to the nards
number four yoda vs darth sidious star
wars episode 3 revenge of the sith many
star wars fans preferred the days when
yoda was just a puppet but if there's
one thing his conversion to cgi gave us
it's some wickedly cool fights
it's so powerful you are
why leave while we got our first taste
in his climactic duel with count dooku
in attack of the clones
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it was the follow-up revenge of the sith
that showed us the full
force of his arsenal no pun intended
following darth sidious coup of the
galactic senate and the eradication of
nearly every jedi knight
the sagemaster yoda has a duel with a
self-appointed emperor
in addition to some wicked lightsaber
action we get a whole host of force
powers thrown in for good measure as we
watch the republic
literally fall apart
number three thor vs hulk thor ragnarok
since his cinematic debut in 2011 the
god of thunder has had no shortage of
cgi adversaries
we are not your enemies banner from
loki's destroyer robot to another
skirmish with hulk in the first avengers
movie
however it's thor's gladiator duel with
the green goliath that proved most
memorable and arguably put the most
butts in seats
when thor is captured on the garbage
planet sakhar and forced to fight in the
arena
he's more than pleased to see the
reigning champion as his long-lost
fellow avenger
hulk doesn't exactly return the
sentiment however and the two give us
the slugfest we've always wanted
thor seems to have victory in sight upon
harnessing his inner strength but the
grandmaster intervenes and knocks him
out
freaking buzzkill
number two samwise versus shelob the
lord of the rings the return of the king
if you're arachnophobic you might want
to look away for this one after gollum
tricks frodo into entering the lair of
the giant spider shelob
the young hobbit finds himself paralyzed
and wrapped in her webs
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[Applause]
never one to abandon his friends samwise
gamgee returns to save him in the nick
of time go
he will not touch him again the ensuing
scramble finds sam
smothered and narrowly avoiding shelob's
pincers and stinger himself
after getting in a choice stabbed to
shelob's underside sam is able to drive
the creature back into her den
with the shining file of caladriel
with the cgi holding up to this day on
the monstrous arachnid
we still squirm when this scene comes up
in the best way possible of course
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
gandalf versus the balrog the lord of
the rings the fellowship of the
shall ring pass
pops versus t-800 terminator genesis
i've been waiting for you
arthur versus vordigern king arthur
legend of the sword
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spider-man vs lizard the amazing
spider-man
jack sparrow versus davey jones pirates
of the caribbean
at world's end
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number one avengers vs thanos avengers
infinity war
no we're not talking about thanos fight
with the avengers big three and end game
though that had some legitimate
crowd-pleasing moments i will
shred this universe down to its last
adam
no for our money we have got to go with
the showdown on his homeworld of titan
in the previous film for its dynamic
nature
a ragtag assemblage consisting of iron
man doctor strange spider-man and a few
guardians of the galaxy devise a plan
whereby they remove his all-powerful
infinity gauntlet
i think you'll find power will equal
to yours surprisingly it almost
works until star-lord's emotions get the
better of him and thanos makes off with
the time stone
it was a heartbreaking scene in that our
heroes came within
inches of avoiding devastation but it
was also an awe-inspiring one to watch
as fans of the mcu
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