The Age of Epic movies are over, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars

TwilightMafiree

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I think that there will still be more Narnia movies. C.S. Lewis' name is huge in the fantasy genre.

I think something will come along. Just look at the past where we've had Indiana Jones (granted the 1st is the best one) and the always great Back to the Future Trilogy. We still have James Bond (though I'm not a fan) which has been around for quite some time now. Don't forget about Pirates of the Caribbean (ignoring the 2nd and 3rd movies) and the soon to be National Treasure trilogy.

Granted, I would like to see something new and on the same type of scale as the movies originally mentioned. For this reason I go back to watching Doctor Who, which with almost 50 years of mythology basically deserves to be mentioned alongside star wars.

Really, this year's been a bad year for movies, as there have not been any really great original films, so I wouldn't expect any grand epic to start soon. I feel like these type of epics should either start as a tv show or a book first since it's cheaper to produce just in case it doesn't take off as expected. After all, LOTR and HP started as books, which allowed for a lot of room to play with the source material to then focus on key points to make a more accessible movie for those who havn't read the books and don't care enough to actually know all the backstory and what not.

there still the dark knight rises

I'm personally pulling for the film adaptations of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series, which supposedly are coming up in a couple years. raven_squad

I'd much rather see David Edding's Belgariad/Mallorean adapted to the big screen: broad age appeal, characters you can relate to, and some nice battle scenes.

Even more preferable would be an original property (much like "Star Wars" was, once upon a time) to come along, with no expectations attached.

Im sure another one will come along. Let it be original though.

What I mean by "epic" is a huge believable fantasy universe/world.

It's been sad to say farewell to the last Harry Potter movie. We've had 8 Harry Potter movies, 6 Star Wars movies, and 3 Lord of the Rings movies. Is there any movie franchise as rich and epic in scope as these?

No other movie franchises has had such an influential impact to hollywood and the world as these movie franchises.

What do we look forward to now?

Blazerdt47

They haven't been made yet. Do you think people in the 1980s were expecting Harry Potter?

Nobody is interested in watching Prometheus???

Someone could always come up with a new idea. I think there will always be an epic film franchise at some point or another.

LOL

who cares those movies aren't even good

super_mario_128

Just wait 6 years for the Harry Potter reboot.

Coming in 2012, the movie adaptation of Max Brooks' epic tale of a worldwide zombie outbreak: WORLD WAR Z!

:shock: :D

Just wait 6 years for the Harry Potter reboot.

The-Tree

The only reason there hasnt been a LOTR reboot is because the The Hobbit is coming out

Mission Impossible? What about that

I think Hollywood is in an interesting position. Harry Potter is a huge series that appealed to both adults and kids. I've noticed that there have been a couple of attempts to make films out of well known kid's books. Not many have done well though. Look at Percy Jackson & The Olympians, The Golden Compass, Chronicles of Narnia, and The Seeker: The Dark is rising. The first Narnia film did well but they have been making less and less money as the series goes on. For whatever reason they haven't hooked people like the Harry Potter series did. The Hunger Games is getting a fair amount of hype. I only read the first book and I thought it was surprisingly pretty good even if the story is very similar to Battle Royale.

I think The Mortal Instruments might be pretty popular, but that book series isn't as well known as Harry Potter. Maybe a film adaptation could be more popular than the books, which would make people go out and buy the series.A bit like how more people know Game of Thrones because of the HBO show. A lot of people I know didn't know that series before the show came out. Maybe there might even be a fantasy or sci fi film epic that is an original concept not based on any existing book series. I find it interesting how Hollywood is trying to adapt tons of young adult books in hopes of finding the next big Harry Potter kind of success. You never know how popular the film adaptation will be. Look at The Golden Compass, that book series is fairly well known but I think the film was a flop.

Harry Potter: Don't Like.

LoTR: Don't Care.

StarW: lol no.

Just wait til Halo!

Also Robotech should also be pretty epic!

Meat_Wad_Fan

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[QUOTE="Silverbond"] Yeah, no. I'm saying that because Twilight really is all that epic.Silverbond

Explain reasons as to why it's epic, because I don't see anything epic about it.

Vampires vs werewolves?

Epic movie are not over. Breaking Dawn has not come out yet.

[QUOTE="berserker2389"][QUOTE="Silverbond"] Why not?Silverbond

So? Most of them weren't even good.

[QUOTE="Mega-Mustaine"]

[QUOTE="Silverbond"] Yeah, no. I'm saying that because Twilight really is all that epic.Silverbond

Explain reasons as to why it's epic, because I don't see anything epic about it.

Vampires vs werewolves?

Underworld - that is all.

They should start making sequeals to the movies that deserve it.

As many others have said, there is still the Hobbit movie(s). And there are thousands of different series of books that could be made into epic movies, not to mention new ideas. I'd say Avatar was pretty epic regardless of the hate it gets here, and it wasn't based on anything else.