Comment on The Timeless Code of the Eternal Outsider by hq
Drive was seriously amazing. My bro recommended it to me for the 80's style music and sheer awesomeness of Ryan Gosling.
As far as the questions:
1- All of the above. You can't separate those pieces in to which is more important in a medium like film, they all must work together or the whole of the experience is
lessened. It all depends on what the goal of the film-maker is. Maybe a director doesn't have a deep message to convey and only wants to blow stuff up and stun the audience with effects (Looking at you Michael Bay) or because of the message and meaning he's trying to get across lets writing quality slide (Looking at you George Lucas with your awful episodes 1-3) or perhaps they get too wrapped up in both the acting and message and the film becomes a long drawn out 'art peice' which fails to hold our interest and attention because its pacing is too slow or the action involved is too few and far between (Looking at Mad Max here, a good example of what's considered a classic film but very slow and for the most part a boring failure if you weren't predisposed to be intrigued by the undertones.
2- Depends. Honestly I think any film that tricks people into feeling the dramatic message if they initially only wanted to watch it for the blood and guts, did a good
job. Then there are films that don't even try though, its all about the action. On the whole though I think most people can identify better with a plot or a character that is fighting FOR something, and specifically something positive. Not a revenge story or a survival story necessarily but action in the name of that deeper ideal that the character(s) defend. Book of Eli, is an excellent example. Its got a message from the start though so it might not fit into the pure action genre despite the fair amount of violence and blood. Legion, might be better. That for the most part is all action and for a fairly straightforward reason, until the two angels confront each other at the end and it gets into the real message.
3- The most recent one I can think of that really sucked me in was just this last year. Battle: Los Angeles. I wasn't even very interested in it at first, just something
to watch in the background or flip back and forth to while searching for something else. But after the first 10 minutes I couldn't turn it off. It is action all the way, battling across L.A. with aliens. Ridiculous when you think about it. But damn did they do an excellent job. I was emotionally involved for the whole film.
4- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Adjustment Bureau
Battle: Los Angeles
Sucker Punch
Insidious
The Beaver
Priest
X-Men: First Class
Bad Teacher
Super 8
The Rum Diary and of course
DRIVE.
As far as the questions:
1- All of the above. You can't separate those pieces in to which is more important in a medium like film, they all must work together or the whole of the experience is
lessened. It all depends on what the goal of the film-maker is. Maybe a director doesn't have a deep message to convey and only wants to blow stuff up and stun the audience with effects (Looking at you Michael Bay) or because of the message and meaning he's trying to get across lets writing quality slide (Looking at you George Lucas with your awful episodes 1-3) or perhaps they get too wrapped up in both the acting and message and the film becomes a long drawn out 'art peice' which fails to hold our interest and attention because its pacing is too slow or the action involved is too few and far between (Looking at Mad Max here, a good example of what's considered a classic film but very slow and for the most part a boring failure if you weren't predisposed to be intrigued by the undertones.
2- Depends. Honestly I think any film that tricks people into feeling the dramatic message if they initially only wanted to watch it for the blood and guts, did a good
job. Then there are films that don't even try though, its all about the action. On the whole though I think most people can identify better with a plot or a character that is fighting FOR something, and specifically something positive. Not a revenge story or a survival story necessarily but action in the name of that deeper ideal that the character(s) defend. Book of Eli, is an excellent example. Its got a message from the start though so it might not fit into the pure action genre despite the fair amount of violence and blood. Legion, might be better. That for the most part is all action and for a fairly straightforward reason, until the two angels confront each other at the end and it gets into the real message.
3- The most recent one I can think of that really sucked me in was just this last year. Battle: Los Angeles. I wasn't even very interested in it at first, just something
to watch in the background or flip back and forth to while searching for something else. But after the first 10 minutes I couldn't turn it off. It is action all the way, battling across L.A. with aliens. Ridiculous when you think about it. But damn did they do an excellent job. I was emotionally involved for the whole film.
4- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Adjustment Bureau
Battle: Los Angeles
Sucker Punch
Insidious
The Beaver
Priest
X-Men: First Class
Bad Teacher
Super 8
The Rum Diary and of course
DRIVE.
Excellent point about the Mad Max films. As far as Revenge and Survival films go I would highly recommend checking out "the Descent". It's excellent work within that genre.
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