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Old March 30, 2003, 02:41   #1
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Favorite Epic films
So, why not have a thread about Epics?

Now, I leave it to people to make thier own judgement about what is Epic and what isn't. Also, any genre of film is available.

I really like The Last Emperor: the acting is good, it is geenrally accurate, and in general able to very efefctively and movingly tell the story of this one man and all the changes he lived through and on the way telling the sory of the first 60 years of China's 20th century hisotry.
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Spartacus was pretty decent, even though Kubrick basically disowned it...
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Gone with the wind defines epic and it's even well written with first rate acting talent.
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Gone with the wind defines epic and it's even well written with first rate acting talent.
Oerdin, first time I totally agree with your opinion

Another epic that I find fascinating in spite of it's message is also about the "galant" South, Birth Of A Nation.
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All my favourite really long films (Barry Lyndon, Vertigo, Tarkovsky's Solaris) are not distinctly epic in nature. I'm having a hard time thinking of a massive-scale, well-arched film I really like, which is curious since I'm quite focused on artistic vision, set design, cinematography, etc. that should all work equally well in an epic setting.
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Let's not forget the gangster epic: The Godfather Part II and Once upon a Time in America
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is bridge over the river Kwai the one about the British pow's who the Japanese force to build a bridge? and the British commander oddly wants to build it perfectly instead of sabotaging it


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and the British commander oddly wants to build it perfectly instead of sabotaging it
What is interesting, is that he wanted to talk about what really happened in there, but he did leave tapes about it (interview) behind, when he died. (Needless to say, that his version is slightly different than that the movie told.. )
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Well, I have to make the obligatory anime nomination, and I'll bring up Jin-Roh. No idea what everyone else is defining as epic, but I think it fits.

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Lawrence of Arabia
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For a more modern one, The Emperor and the Assassin.
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No other fans of Dr. Zhivago here??? Great film!
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I'll throw in Gladiator as well since I'm not to sure about the definition of an epic.
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Boris, it's not THAT boring... It's 10 times more exciting than Gosford Park, for example!
I consider Spirited Away to be rather epic, of a sorts.

Here's anotherexcellent and recent epic:
Atanjuarat (The Fast Runner)
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Das Boot. It put me to sleep, therefore it must be an Epic.

Ditto for Lawrence of Arabia.
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Quote:
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All my favourite really long films (Barry Lyndon, Vertigo, Tarkovsky's Solaris) are not distinctly epic in nature. I'm having a hard time thinking of a massive-scale, well-arched film I really like, which is curious since I'm quite focused on artistic vision, set design, cinematography, etc. that should all work equally well in an epic setting.
I found that Barry Lyndon does play like an Epic, at least for the first half. I would say that both solaris and 2001 classify as space Epics: films that try to cover huge ground.

I don't know if the new Last of the Mohicans counts as an epic or not. Gangs of NY certainly tries to be one, but I didn't like it.

The Godfather is certainly an Epic, and a good one.
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I also liked Spartacus, and recently Gladiator or LOTR. Braveheart was good too, but The Patriot was boring.

I do not really care about accuracy, as long as the movie is generally good. For historical details I wouldn´t visit a cinema...

BTW, do they really make a movie about Alex the Great with diCaprio???
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lots of good ones already mentioned (Godfather II, Spartacus etc.) but I can't believe I'm the first to mention Ben Hur!

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do they really make a movie about Alex the Great with diCaprio
Think I heard that, that casting actually works fairly well.
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Ok thanks, let´s hope it is a great movie....

I also liked the movie about Jeanned´Arc by Luc Besson (sp?). I think it wasn´t a big success, but I think it was good.

Edit: and "The Name of the Rose" was great too (and yes, I know the book is better )
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I wouldn't call The Godfather an epic either. Lacks... vastness.
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