Trailfire: Boringus Maximus - How the historical epic died with Kingdom of ...

http://www.slate.com/id/2144540/

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Slate's Ross Douthat on the rise and ignominious decline of the modern historical epic. Makes me want to see Gladiator again (sort of), and Master and Commander (best surround sound ever).

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