A soon-to-be impressive compendium of reflections and research in Genre Studies by high school students in NYC (with very short arms).
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Action/Adventure with Comedy and More?
Ever since I finished with Treasure Island, I went on to watch a few films that dealt in the realm of action/adventure as well as playing video games of that genre. The first film I started watching was Enter the Dragon, the first things that really stood out off the bat was that there were three main people competing in a tournament and the person running the tournament and a drug ring was the evil warlord that had to be defeated by Bruce Lee. There are many tropes that were used in the movie, some like traps left for some of the combatants, a huge evil subordinate of the warlord, fight scenes where there are two people versus many people. The evil warlord gets killed and the whole drug ring gets stopped. I started watching other movies like Rush Hour 2, this film actually had more elements of comedy in the way that the fight scenes are performed, the banter that is found between Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. The other interesting point that is brought in is a bit of true crime as the villain of the movie had let the father of Jackie Chan's character die in the line of duty that adds a bit of fuel to the fire that drives the adventure. I also played the Star Wars game The Force Unleashed, that games had a journey as a new dark sith was going through the galaxy eliminating enemies of the Empire. Along the way he encounters Jedi, giant monsters as well as a set of trials that shape the outcomes of his life in that two different endings happen. There is a woman who joins his crusade who sometimes provides insight into his journey and the decisions he makes as well as another Jedi who helps him mentally focus on the tasks and the way he executes his missions. Another video game that I played was the new Mortal Kombat video game, there are many different subjects and tropes that are brought into this game. Raiden has to stop Armageddon by avoiding certain outcomes and defeating threats that get in his way, it does have elements of action in the fight scenes, a group of protagonists who team up and try to stop a threat to the world . Here gore and bloody violence run amok as the fatality finishers are thrown in to kick up the action, there is an evil warlord who has to be defeated in the end but the journey through the two tournaments and the last attack on the Earth has points where some heroes fall, but some come back and others who have completely different ending than was originally planned.
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