# Epic battle movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-battle-movies/437081 "2008-02-10T21:59:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-battle-movies/437081/21 "2008-02-11T13:39:49Z")
[QUOTE=Omniscient] Um? [/QUOTE] Mamluks are Tolkien’s cross between elephants and mammoths. [QUOTE=Alessan] He obviously meant “Janissaries”. [/QUOTE] 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-battle-movies/437081/22 "2008-02-11T14:01:09Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Mamluks are Tolkien’s cross between elephants and mammoths. [/QUOTE] No, _mûmakil_ are Tolkien’s cross between elephants and mammoths. [Mamluks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamluks) are something completely different. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-battle-movies/437081/23 "2008-02-11T17:38:59Z")
Princess Mononoke has huge forces arrayed against each other, but the battles themselves are not really the focus of the movie. The ones they do show, however, are quite impressive, and the film does a really good job of portraying the epic scope of the conflict. It generates that same fluttering gut feeling that the combat in good war movies does, but really, the conflict extends far beyond the battlefield. It’s animated (which may put some off), but it’s one of the most intelligent, creative, and awe-inspiring movies I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-battle-movies/437081/24 "2008-02-11T18:01:22Z")
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**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-battle-movies/437081/25 "2008-02-11T18:03:58Z")
[QUOTE=brownie55] I thought the parts about Hook being a malingerer were made up, and that would already be more than 1% of the movie. I’ll be looking for a cite for I fear you will ask. [/QUOTE] O.K., I admit it. I was exaggerating, something I usually try to avoid doing. What I should have said was that “it was for the most part accurate.” **Zulu** is still well-worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-battle-movies/437081/26 "2008-02-11T20:52:40Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Or if you mind telephone poles in ancient Rome. [/QUOTE] Nobody cares if telephone poles get killed. 😛 Besides, them poles was in Africa! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-battle-movies/437081/27 "2008-02-12T01:13:32Z")
Ralph Bakshi’s **Wizards** had some epic battle scenes. The guy was an embarrassment later, but give him his due on this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-battle-movies/437081.md?page=1)