The problem is that the genre is pretty hard to have a universal definiton for, and different people seem to have their own definitions on what constitutes one. But given how IMDB has split up the message boards (which does have sci-fi and fantasy as their own which those two films, 2001 and Wizard of Oz respectively, would be more closely classified as) for each genre, they (including the OP) appear to be going with the one AFI one of as "A genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past." (With their examples here on the link to this board being Gone With The Wind, Ben-Hur, and The Last Samurai. Granted I'm still not sure why they decided to roll them in with disaster films) And those types of films are usally the ones normatively put into the epic genre, though it is when you get beyond that that different people seem to potentially start having other additions. (Though it should be noted that there could be a distinction between "epic" as a genre and as a description) Now maybe a better term for IMDB would of been "historical epic" or "period drama", or something to that effect. Again, I'm not trying to say who's right and who's wrong or anything. But I thought it was notable that I'm pretty sure this is what's being gone for when talking about "Epics" on this board.
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