Has there been a real original epic movie this decade?

[HealyMonster]

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So the movie can't have a book that it's based on, previous works that's it's related on, or a remake? Are we also talking about movies that made it big at the box office or just plain great movies period? I'm definitely looking forward to Avatar to see if the hype is worth it. Why will it be in theaters for three weeks only though Renegade44??

Only 3 weeks in this decade is what I meant, it opens this decade but itll be in theaters "next decade" for the most part and on DVD,etc

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I don't get the qualifications for epic or the disqualifications, either. Godfather and JP were based on books. Star Wars pulled together plots/characters/themes from various Asian films.

TDK wasn't a remake.

[Rocky]

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I don't get the qualifications for epic or the disqualifications, either. Godfather and JP were based on books. Star Wars pulled together plots/characters/themes from various Asian films.

TDK wasn't a remake.

Simply put, if it was a movie before...with the same characters and the same general plot, than it doesn't count.

Reboot...remake, I think that is semantics. LOTR you could make a case for, not the Batman movies.

Gladiator was a good choice. Didn't think about that one. Matrix is definately an epic, but I think late 90's when I think Matrix.

[Watson]

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love it or hate it, Talladega Nights and The Departed belong on this list

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I think the Batman movies are kind of like the Bond movies, in that its not necessarily a "reboot" but a different envisioning because I think both TDK and Casino Royale belong in this "epic" category.

I would also stand behind PotC, Spiderman, 300, The Departed and Inglorious Basterds. I have a tendency to throw in There Will Be Blood because DDL's performance is truly epic and I drink your milkshake was an instant catch-phrase.

[PVarck31]

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Memento might be the most underrated movie ever. I don't know if you could call it epic, but it is certainly an original masterpiece.

Christopher Nolan might be the best film maker of our time as well.

[Lintyfresh85]

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The Departed is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong movie 'Infernal Affairs'.

So that doesn't count either.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Memento might be the most underrated movie ever. I don't know if you could call it epic, but it is certainly an original masterpiece.

Christopher Nolan might be the best film maker of our time as well.

Good pick. Even if that movie isn't your cup of tea it would still be epic on an objective basis in a subjective medium. The structure and pacing and originality makes it automatic. If someone told you before hand they would make such a movie, and an excellent one at that you would think they were smoking something yet Nolan pulled it off brilliantly. I still watch it now and shake my head at how the Nolan brothers pulled it off so well. If that doesn't qualify as epic I don't know what does.

[Santino]

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I'm nominating Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

[Brankles]

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There Will Be Blood

I never read the Upton Sinclair novel "Oil!" so I dunno how close it is to TWBB, but I hear it's only very loosely based.

http://www.imdb.com/chart/2000s

WALL-E
Finding Nemo
Gran Torino
Inglorious Basterds
Kill Bill
Snatch
District 9
Pan's Labyrinth
In Bruges
300

Not sure if I consider any of those movies to be "epic", but they're all very good and don't seem to be based off of anything other than what was intentionally written for the use of a movie

Gladiator seems to be really the only epic movie of our time not based off of a previous book or movie, although tons of Roman gladiator movies have been made before. The Dark Knight could be considered a take off on the genre of Batman, since we've seen so many different versions of the character, and this was by far the most creative and original version of the hero. I guess it depends on how you look at the definition of original, like other posters have said, there are only 5-10 stories and they get repeated over and over throughout history.

[Jonesey]

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How about "The Hangover"??

[PVarck31]

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Good pick. Even if that movie isn't your cup of tea it would still be epic on an objective basis in a subjective medium. The structure and pacing and originality makes it automatic. If someone told you before hand they would make such a movie, and an excellent one at that you would think they were smoking something yet Nolan pulled it off brilliantly. I still watch it now and shake my head at how the Nolan brothers pulled it off so well. If that doesn't qualify as epic I don't know what does.

Yes, I believe Nolan's brother actually wrote it didn't he?

[Blzer]

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Yes, I believe Nolan's brother actually wrote it didn't he?

I think Jonathan wrote the short that became the feature-length film, the screenplay having been written by Christopher.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Yes, I believe Nolan's brother actually wrote it didn't he?

Yep and i would think you would have to be brothers to know what each other are thinking to pull it off so well. Guy Peirce was also a brilliant casting choice to play the lead as I can't see any other actor who could do the job he did as kind of a lost soul who's also delusional at the same time. (there's one brief exchange between 2 characters the last time I watched it that I didn't notice any other time that gave me a whole new interpretation of the movie about Pierce's possible delusional nature that I'm sure Nolan slyly put in intentionally)

There are so many interpretations you can make with Memento it's mind boggling. I have several interpretations of what I think really happened to the protangonist and who knows which one applies the best and that's the beauty of Memento. Nolan leaves it up to the viewer but in a satisfying way and ends (or begins it, so to speak) it as such.

There's no cheap plot device used to steer it toward a certain interpretation or make it feel like it cheated the viewer of a certain conclusion. Just a brilliant, brilliant movie that demands multiple viewings (Jeez, I feel like watching it now) and epic in my book.

Of course TDK is another example of thier combined brilliance. If this Inception movie is not written in tandem with this brother then it may not be as good as I expect but I think he did.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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I think Jonathan wrote the short that became the feature-length film, the screenplay having been written by Christopher.

No AFAIK his brother wrote the screenplay as well but I'm sure Chris collaborated with him like in the Batman movies.