Action Movies
Action movies have captivated audiences since the beginning of the industry. In the recent decades, action movies have done phenominally well, including many well known films. Some such films include Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, many of the recent comic book movies. It can be said that action movies captivate its audiences by transporting them to world similar to our own, yet mingled with the dreams we have of heroic deeds to save either those we know, or the entire world.
In many of the recent films of the last few decades, we see that the best films are those that remind us of who we are, but then propel us into the dream we all have of prevailing over evil and saving everything. In George Lucas's Star Wars, Luke Skywalker is propelled through adolescence with his "easy" life on a moisture farm, to leading the Rebellion as the head of the Jedi Order. In J.RR. Tolkien's The Lord of the Ring's, Frodo moves from the quiet little Shire to defeating Lord Sauron by throwing The Ring into a volcano.
But with these films, the part that truly brings the viewer in, is that of the "hero" nearly falling to his own darkness but overcoming it in just the nick of time. This makes us feel as if we too can defeat our "darkness" and once more travel the path of "light".
I will be totally honest that I have never watched any to the Lord of the Rings Movies and dont plan on it. Action movies are the movies that catch peoples attention and bring people in.
ReplyDeleteYou make a lot of good points about action movies. People are definitely drawn to them and for good reason.
ReplyDeleteYou make alot of good points, I especially like this one "the "hero" nearly falling to his own darkness but overcoming it in just the nick of time. This makes us feel as if we too can defeat our "darkness" and once more travel the path of "light"." because it is true.
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