The grandest and biggest scale epics ever

[The 8 Ball]

I'm talking about films that are grander than the finest pieces of literuature. With overwhelmingly big scales.

The Emperor and The Assassin

The Last Emperor

The Lord of The Rings Triliogy

Farewell My Concubine

[one_crow_sorrow]

Gigli.

[Briare Rabbit]

The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance
All Quiet on the Western Front
Gone with the Wind
War and Peace
Doctor Zhivago
Passage to India
The Last Emperor
Lawrence of Arabia
The Ten Commandments
The Sound of Music
Ben-Hur
Places in the Heart
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Man with No Name Trilogy (For a Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King)
The Godfather Trilogy (I, II and III)

Edit: Gandhi, Dances with Wolves, El Cid, Once Upon a Time in the West

[fevers]

Originally posted by one_crow_sorrow
Gigli.




:D



I had to go with Shichinin no samurai a.k.a. 'Seven Samurai'.

[Hucksta G]

Lots of people will probbaly disagree with me and for that I apologise...

LOTR Trilogy
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Gangs of New York
Gladiator
The Last Samurai
Dances with Wolves
Braveheart
Ben-Hur
Once Upon A Time in America
Legends of the Fall
Elizabeth

[Unicron]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Ben-Hur

The Greatest Show on Earth

Gladiator

[Scarface98.9]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Once Upon a Time in the West/America

LOTR trilogy

Any David Lean movie

Goodfellas

Ran

[Hannibal21]

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. The Godfather
3. Schindler's List
4. The Godfather Part II
5. Gone with the Wind
6. Seven Samurai
7. Lawrence of Arabia
8. The Bridge on the River Kwai
9. Apocalypse Now
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

[Indy in IN]

Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Ben-Hur
Cleopatra

[gyro_44]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING is the most epic and spectacular movie I've ever seen in a movie theatre, I know that much.

Then again I'm only 20.

Others I can think of: TITANIC, BRAVEHEART, RAN, GONE WITH THE WIND, BEN-HUR...

[Cronos]

Lord of the Rings
Seven Samurai
Dances With Wolves
2001 A Space Odyssey

[Trinity]

Nothing can touch Gone with the Wind in my mind. The grandest, greatest movie ever made!

But these are all pretty spectacular in their own right:
Lawrence of Arabia
Dr. Zhivago
Cleopatra (Cleopatra's entrance to Rome has to be of the grandest scenes ever filmed; it was just :eek:)
Ben-Hur
Titanic
Return of the King

[TheGodSon]

Troy looks to be one of them...

[blankpage]

Originally posted by one_crow_sorrow
Gigli.

Amen.


The Lord of the Rings
Gone with the Wind
The Ten Commandments
Lawrence of Arabia
The Seven Samurai
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Bridge on the River Kwai

[Gone in 60sec]

LOTR
The Last Samurai
Gladiator
Ben-Hur
Lawrence Of Arabia
Dances With Wolves
Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Gangs Of New York
Titanic
The Ten Commandments


Maybe even
POTC
Indiana Jones
Star Wars
SPR
BHD
Matrix Tri
Jurrasic Park

Upcoming Epic Possibilities
Troy
Alexander
The Alamo
King Arthur
The Passion Of The Christ
Kingdom Of Heaven

[bjeggert82]

The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Doctor Zhivago
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
Schindler's List
Minority Report
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Seven Samurai
Throne of Blood
Citizen Kane
Star Wars (original trilogy)

[therealjohng]

Recent, but still an epic masterpiece.




Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

[Grim H.]

Doctor Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of the Rings
Patton
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Star Wars

[Sigur509]

When you look up the word "Grandest Epic" it will read:



Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

[Danny L]

BIRTH OF A NATION
GODFATHER TRILOGY
LORD OF THE RINGS
ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY