Characteristics of an Epic in modern day movies/books?
From this list of Epic characteristics, choose six that match up with a modern day movie or book example.

-A long, narrative poem written in an elevated style

-Originally intended to be recited or sung

-Includes a character of heroic importance – "larger than life"

-The hero embodies the ideals of that particular culture

-The subject is a struggle for something significant to the culture

-Deities and other supernatural powers intervene in human affairs and aid the hero

-Starts in "media res" – in the middle

-The hero makes a decent into the underworld (not always hell can be symbolic) which teaches him a lesson he can learn in no other way – usually about his mortality

-The hero is introduced in the midst of the turmoil – any back story is introduce through flashbacks

-The hero is often a demi-god (half man/half god) but even if not he possesses weapons of size and power passed down by the gods

-Whatever the culture most prizes the hero will have in excess

-The hero is of nobility

-The hero usually meets his nemesis towards the end of the epic to sustain interest.

-The hero has a tragic flaw which leads to his downfall

I run a weekly support group for women (50+) and we're about to have our planning meeting - where we plan the activities we'd like to do in our upcoming sessions.

I'm struggling to come up with new ideas as to what we can do. We have a budget but we're open to new ideas (craft ideas we can do at the centre, day trips, having guest speakers in/guests to teach us skills etc...)

The ladies usually like creative things we can do ourselves at the centre (e.g.: card making, glass painting etc), but we're open to any and all ideas!

Note the weekly sessions are only 2 hrs long (some activities that take longer can be done for more weeks)

Thanks for your help in advance!

The style is common to tribal Nations of the Northwest. This one is by an artist named Nathaniel Wilkerson who is a citizen of the Gitxsan Tribe in BC Canada

is everything highly criticized?

I always try to like different things like video games, tv shows, movies, and other stuff. But for every video game or tv show I watched or play. I always see people hating on it. Is it like this for everything. That everything is highly criticized?