I'm not going to get into the psychology of why dudes love watching girls fight. I would assume it's the same reason us girls get all hot and bothered over half-nekked manly men who duke it out on the big screen (300, anyone?) After all, aggression can be kind of sexy. I know, I know, it sounds twisted, but tell me I'm lying. In a recent interview with MTV, Sienna Miller (aka, The Baroness in this summer's G.I. Joe), fed the dreams of Joe fanboys everywhere when she said, "There's a really, really good girl fight between Rachel Nichols and myself, It's like a proper, violent girl-fight scene. And we both worked so hard for the choreography and the training of it." So Miller got me thinking: just what makes for a great girl-fight? For me it all boils down to two things:

1) It can't be just about looking sexy.
Nothing is lamer than a fight between two lingerie models; hair pulling and ripping dress straps is fun and all (so I've heard), but I need there to be some bloodshed going on for me to be interested. That means split lips, black eyes, and sensible footwear whenever possible (but I'm flexible on that last point). This doesn't mean I only want body builder types throwing down though, because even as a girl with no romantic interest in the ladies, there is something awesome about a butt-kicking coming from the unlikeliest of places (I like to think of it as the Buffy factor).

After the jump find out the second vital ingredient for a great girl fight...

2) It has to be just as violent as a scene between two men.
The one line that stood out in Miller's quote to MTV for me was, "a proper, violent girl-fight scene ..." Well, Amen to that sister! When I watch leading ladies fight, I want it to be a good one. No pulled punches, no last minute saves from a dashing hero, just two bad-ass girls going Mano-a-mano. When two men fight on screen, there is no expense spared to make it as brutal as the MPAA will allow, so isn't it only fair that women get the same treatment?

Just for kicks, I've included my nomination for one of the best girl-fights of all time, but I leave it to floor: tell me what you think makes for a go



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