Maybe not for everyone, but ideally, most people seeking some kind of intimate connection with somebody else will want that connection to last. That’s what marriage is supposed to be, and marriage might not be for everyone (stressing that, again), but for many, a long love is also a good love. And in the movie world, no love lasts as long as the kind explored in epics, given they're pretty much always at least 2.5 hours long, and often more than three.

Unless it’s a Before Sunrise to Before Midnight situation. That romantic pairing played out over 18 years. But, if you're talking single movies about people who are no longer single, then epics are the ones where things last . Or they don’t last, and it’s tragic, but then there’s also catharsis in having a good cry. Anyway, ra

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