30-03-2003 11:41									#1
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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.

	30-03-2003 11:42									#2
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Spartacus was pretty decent, even though Kubrick basically disowned it...

	30-03-2003 11:44									#3
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Gone with the wind defines epic and it's even well written with first rate acting talent.

	30-03-2003 14:04									#4
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Patton, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, Lawrence of Arabia...

	30-03-2003 14:29									#5
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin 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.

	30-03-2003 14:32									#6
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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.

	30-03-2003 14:44									#7
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Let's not forget the gangster epic: The Godfather Part II and Once upon a Time in America

	30-03-2003 14:49									#8
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Kurosawa's Ran

	30-03-2003 15:00									#9
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"The Man Who Would be King" is one of my faves.

	30-03-2003 17:23									#10
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Bridge over the River Kwai

	30-03-2003 17:31									#11
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" De witte van Zichem"
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"The great escape"

	30-03-2003 17:40									#12
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JohnT:

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


thanks

	30-03-2003 17:53									#13
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That's the one...

* starts whistleling(sp?)...*

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quote: 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.. )

	30-03-2003 20:00									#15
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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.

Wraith
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	30-03-2003 20:03									#16
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Epic: A film we heard somebody else call an "epic."

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Lawrence of Arabia
Spartacus
Alexander Nevsky


For a more modern one, The Emperor and the Assassin.

	30-03-2003 20:35									#18
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No other fans of Dr. Zhivago here??? Great film!

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quote: Originally posted by monolith94 No other fans of Dr. Zhivago here??? Great film!

	30-03-2003 20:43									#20
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Lord of the Rings
I'll throw in Gladiator as well since I'm not to sure about the definition of an epic.

	30-03-2003 20:50									#21
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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)

	30-03-2003 21:15									#22
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Das Boot. It put me to sleep, therefore it must be an Epic.

Ditto for Lawrence of Arabia.

	30-03-2003 23:09									#23
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Zulu

	30-03-2003 23:28									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Buck Birdseed 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.

	30-03-2003 23:31									#25
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The Austin Power trilogy.

	30-03-2003 23:43									#26
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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???

	30-03-2003 23:52									#27
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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!

quote: do they really make a movie about Alex the Great with diCaprio

Think I heard that, that casting actually works fairly well.

	30-03-2003 23:58									#28
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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 )

	31-03-2003 00:27									#29
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I wouldn't call The Godfather an epic either. Lacks... vastness.

	31-03-2003 00:55									#30
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back


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