Talk:Epic film
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The Sound of Music
blablablabla film category; however, its budget and its recognition both critically, among fans, and in the montage at the Oscars I believe deserves a spot on the list. -Fbv65edel 16:30, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
- The Lion King and Finding Nemo are epics? This is embarassing. Mandel
- You will notice, Mandel, that I said they share characteristics with what is widely perceived to be the epic film style. --ExtraordinaryMan 22:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- The Lion King, maybe, but I don't see how Nemo qualifies. They travel a great distance, but the events of the filsm basically only affect the main characters. It doesn't have the epic scope. Ace of Sevens 12:13, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Added a few pictures of "epic films" to the section.
Also, does "The Da Vinci Code" really qualify as an epic? --ExtraordinaryMan 22:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
It seems every damn movie that ever had a wide shot is now an epic. I'm deleting the entire list. Ace of Sevens 18:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- It's been resurrected at List of epic films. I am getting closer and closer to listing that for AfD. Morgan Wick 23:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
- A lot of the older films definitely belong on the list as epics. But in regards to the newer films, we seem to be using too broad of a defintion. Are "The Matrix" films and "The Da Vinci Code" really epics. --ExtraordinaryMan 13:32, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Cartoons are epics? I think this article is up to Wiki standards. The Muppet Movie is certainly an epic. Redrum Frank (talk) 06:01, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Sources
I'm concerned that this page lacks sources for describing epic films. As I can understand that the terminology is used, I believe such sources exist, but they should be referenced. Here's some I found:
http://www.filmsite.org/epicsfilms.html http://www.epinions.com/mvie-review-6829-8A8EB97-391C90BC-prod5 http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/movies/epics/epics.html
But I'm concerned that they lack enough substance to merit inclusion in this article, so I'm wondering if anybody has some print sources? Films are a serious subject so there must be something somewhere, right? FrozenPurpleCube 04:06, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Spoof
I removed this: "A film parodying the epic film genre was released in 2007 under the title, Epic Movie. The film spoofed such epics as Nacho Libre, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Snakes on a Plane, X-Men, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Cribs, and Borat." I don't think this has any place in the article, plus Snakes on a Plane and Cribs hardly place emphasis on human drama on a grand scale.