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05 Jan 2020, 12:14 am

Which epic films that are not part of a franchise do you consider the greatest?

My personal list (in no particular order):
Ben-Hur
Spartacus
The Patriot
The Last Samurai
Out Of Africa
2001: A Space Odyssey
Gladiator
Lawrence of Arabia
Saving Private Ryan
The Last Emperor
The Ten Commandments
The Sound Of Music


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05 Jan 2020, 12:31 am

Have you seen 2010: the year we make contact

(I haven't)



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05 Jan 2020, 12:33 am

enz wrote:
Have you seen 2010: the year we make contact

(I haven't)


I have read good things about it, but have never had any opportunities to watch it.


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05 Jan 2020, 6:22 pm

What do we consider epic?


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06 Jan 2020, 7:44 pm

Gone with the wind
Zhang Yimou's Hero (and a few others by him. not all are good, though)
Akira Kurosawa's Ran
Akira
Princess Mononoke
Nanjing najing
Aguirre, the wrath of god

and yeah, the question of what counts as epic is fair - in what sense is "sound of music" epic?


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