OT: Epic movies of today

[veloduffer]

Originally Posted by d_douglas

"The Goods" was a personally fave movie of mine. EPIC!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...6FORM%3DHDRSC4

I haven't seen The Goods yet (definitely on the watch list) but I think it draws its inspiration from "Used Cars" with Kurt Russell

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081698/

[Ozz]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

I'm a fan boy, but personally I think every Tarantino movie is pretty epic in it's own right. Pulp Fiction is probably my favorite movie of all time.

I was just about to post Kill Bill (parts 1 & 2)

love Pulp Fiction....

As far as epic...I was thinking "Legends of the Fall" and "Saving Private Ryan"

Originally Posted by veloduffer

I define epic movies as genre-breaking or film school study

Brokeback Mountain - new love story for modern times
The Crying Game - LBGTQ as the main protagonist - action and love story
Inglourious Basterds - unforgettable performance by Christopher Walz
Pulp Fiction - classic film school study for its dialogue and multiple story lines
1917 - cinematography with the film shot as one long continuous take
Dunkirk - minimal dialogue, multiple simultaneous timelines, POV cinematography
Saving Private Ryan - changed war movies forever
The Matrix - changed action movie cinematography
Unforgiven - Western heroes no longer romanticized
Parasite - Korean Oscar winner that is heist film and then expands into a comedy, mystery, thriller, drama, romance, crime and even horror film
Get Out - uncomfortable neo horror movie, challenging racial stereotypes and viewer' expectations with almost every scene .

This is a pretty good list....seen all (except "Brokeback Mountain") and agree with comments

[BRad704]

I just remembered one of my favs.

Gangs of New York


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[d_douglas]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

because I love the Coen Brothers) No Country for Old Men..

That was a great movie. Amazing.

[Toddtwenty2]

When I consider a movie epic, I usually end the movie a bit changed with a feeling of having really been through time and experience. I am maybe a bit worn out.

I fully agree with No Country for Old Men.

My other submission would be Requiem for a Dream. The juxtaposition of intense hope and despair, with such a raw style felt epic to me… like I had been through something substantive.

[charliedid]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[buddybikes]

When your down and need a lift: Animal House!

[Toddtwenty2]

Originally Posted by Toddtwenty2

When I consider a movie epic, I usually end the movie a bit changed with a feeling of having really been through time and experience. I am maybe a bit worn out.

I fully agree with No Country for Old Men.

My other submission would be Requiem for a Dream. The juxtaposition of intense hope and despair, with such a raw style felt epic to me… like I had been through something substantive.

And if I am going for the most epic plot
line of all time, it is clearly Strange Brew

[jamesdak]

Originally Posted by Toddtwenty2

And if I am going for the most epic plot
line of all time, it is clearly Strange Brew

"Ahhh! Take off, you hoser."



Yeah, I love that movie!

[tuxbailey]

Interstellar is pretty epic IMO. Despite the last act the theater experience was quite epic.

[Mikej]

Dumb and dumber-

[Tickdoc]

Epic is different than “one if the best movies I’ve seen”

So many good ones listed and not much to add, but epic has to cover a lot of ground to be considered epic.

For me go to epic is always Star Wars

New dune is the $hit, along with blade runner2049. Villenueve is killing it. Dune was epic where blade runner was just really well done.

Interstellar is awesome, if you can allow the survivability.

I also like Lawrence of Arabia. That is epic old done right, IMO.

I have a hard time with the new superhero movies and the expansive “anything goes” special effects.

Other less epic contenders for me include: the hunter. the bear was good too.

Summer spring winter fall is pretty damn epic. Need to watch that one again.

[Johnnysmooth]

Some good suggestions here that I'll have to hunt down, eg Blade Runner 2047.
If I were to expand upon what "epic" means to me, eg movies you walk away from and think about for days, but also have a grand sense about them, agree with others on:
Lord of the Rings
Dune
Pulp Fiction
Gladiators
Star Wars
and adding
Blue Velvet

Forgot to add...
Nearly anything from Kurosawa but my all time fav of his is Ran.
Many in this thread have asked what I meant with term "epic" Ran epitomizes epic for me. Grand, brilliant musical score, great scriptwriting, exquisite photography.

And if we delve into the realm of animation...
Ghibli Studios: Spirted Away and Princess Mononoke

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

how are you defining "today"?

I'm more curious how OP is defining "epic"?

...because if we go by the dictionary definition ("relating to or characteristic of a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation") it seems like it's pretty easy to do "epic" in this day and age:

- a troubled/conflicted protagonist who reluctantly assumes the Hero role
- some enormous and/or dangerous vistas/settings, and a ton of extras (all trivially achieved via CGI btw)
- a story steeped in myth, or with parallels to actual mythology or mythological behavior -- aka, death-defying super-powers

I basically described every action-adventure movie made in the last ~30 years. But I'm not sure I would ever refer to Die Hard 3 as an "epic" film.

[weisan]

Braveheart
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Gladiator
Kingdom of Heaven
Saving Private Ryan
Kill Bill Vol.1 & 2
The Ten Commandments
Interstellar
Forest Gump
Jurassic Park
King Kong
Last Samurai
Ben-Hur
Doctor Zhivago
1917
Lawrence of Arabia
The Last Emperor
The Passion
Titanic
Star Wars
Avatar
Apollo 13
Indiana Jones
The Mission
Matrix
Dances with Wolves
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Last of the Mohicans
Aliens
Blade Runner
Robin Hood
300
Apocalypto
Life is Beautiful
Fantasia
Mad Max
Spirited Away
Inglourious Basterds
Patton
Mission Impossible