The only moment that even slightly resembled Gladiator was when King Richard came up to him at the beginning and asked him his honest opinion... of course, he ended up getting locked up before the morning's battle for telling him how he felt, which is WAY different than the Gladiator ruler/character relationship. In truth, it didn't even remotely feel like Gladiator in any way shape or form. In some sequences it had a very strong Kingdom of Heaven feel to it, though, and in some parts it kinda felt like King Arthur (which wasn't even a Ridley Scott directed film), but mostly it just felt like a good story driven battle epic... but don't expect the Robin Hood story you think you know... its very much a Robin Hood: Year One.
The entire 2 and half hour film is an origin story that leads up to him becoming the outlaw, not a story about the outlaw who saves a kingdom (like just about every other Robin Hood film has been), and that gives it a certain lack of retread feel, as its not that same old story. I especially like how they took both of the most popular and famous origins and combined them for the film's grand story (you'll see what I mean if and when you see it).
Overall... it wasn't as good as either Kingdom of Heaven or Gladiator... but it was still awesome... and I am greatly looking forward to the inevitable Director's Cut BD.
There are really not many movies that qualify as being epics. A film has to have a certain scope before that title really applies and a large percentage of epic films have flopped over the years, because they are hard to pull off.
Describe what is an epic movie? Listed some of the people I really like the more epic blockbusters, call wouldn''t. My Fall, Titanic, and not sure if it could be an epic Legends of the fall in the category but I really would have enjoyed the last samurai.
Rob
My favourite epic movie is Jesus of Nazareth. In the movie Robert Powell is one of the best Jesus casts ever and Olivia Hussey as the Virgin Mary.I always liked because Zeffirelli includes table is based on several classic works of art that you can find during pivotal scenes.And casting is really quite incredible when you think about it.
From the movies being described here, I get the feeling "epic" has the meaning of movies whose events have a sense of grandness, of being history-making and world-changing. That said, I'd say some of my favorites would be, like most, the LOTR trilogy, Spartacus, the original Star Wars trilogy, Gangs of New York (if that fits the definition of "epic"), Braveheart, Jason and The Argonauts, The Prince of Egypt and The Alamo (circa 1960. The 2004 version wasn't bad either, though).
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