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Originally Posted by MuGen
I don't think you interpreted the second one well. Of course it had the acrobatics and choreography of a Crouching tiger movie, but in essence it was telling a story and in fact the letter he was reading was written by a soldier from world war II whom had been KIA.
I think the second story told a great story as well as the first one. But the original objective of this thread was to show a home made lightsaber duel.... not who captured the essence of Star Wars the best.
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When I refer to story, I am referring to the story that was told during the battle, not a voiceover. The first video told a better story with no words at all. Secondly, to try and separate lightsaber duels from the Star Wars universe is like separating formulas from mathematics. You can do it, but its notreally still the math we all know, is it.
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In both videos... you had Lightsabers... and a duel.. and force. So in essence, you have a lightsaber duel. If you want I can show you a home made STAR WARS short film, because these are just duels... you'd probably benefit from the shorts a lot more and get more of the Star Wars.
EDIT: I don't understand how you could've gotten one is more Star Warsy then the other... first one, great video good choreography and good force but in retrospect was two kids fighting in a power plant in plain street clothes. The only star wars feeling they had was the light sabers and force.....hmmm
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Sorry, but the force use in the first film was far superior to the second.
How the second was more Star Wars:
1) The fight took place in plant with technology all around them. Much more Star Wars than a forest.
2) The way the the fight was FILMED was much more Star Wars. The close ups, the show of emotion and even the light saber fighting styles.
3) Light saber duels always seemed to be more about intuition than martial arts in the first films and even in the second set. The second home made film seemed to be all about martial arts
4) The use of sound was MUCH better. The music was true to the source material, unlike the second. And the SFX intensified with the intensity of the fight.
5) The lightsabers were wholly unneccesary in the second film. If you replaced them with katana or any other regular sword you would have lost nothing.
Sorry, just my opinion.