War and Peace
On a scale of grand, grander and grandest; War and Peace smashes the scale into oblivion. It is beyond what you can imagine, both intimate and huge, as the best epics should be. 352
The fact that the director was even mad enough to take the lead role in the middle of it all is even more bonkers. The amount of people on screen at one time is something you just wouldn't see in today's film-making world and the camera work is freewheeling and delightfully chaotic at times. It really is a mighty piece of work. 877