Thursday, September 27, 2012

Deep into Action Films: Research



Author: Jasmine Brown
Date: 27 September 2012
Action Film Blogs:
Guardian.co.uk is a fantastic blog to refer to for information on the most recent and memorable action films throughout history. Each film blog post is written by a different author, which helps keep the stories interesting with every new perspective. This website primarily focuses on writing its’ reviews on films and specific entertainment battles between action movies come opening weekend such as The Avengers, Hunger Games, The Dark Knight Rises and etc. This source is significant because it allows me to learn how to analyze a film from a different set of eyes and helps me acknowledge how some people interpret a film.

Slacker movie blog dedicates each post to a specific theme like 80’s action films such as The Terminator, Rambo and Die Hard or even the top 5 movie guides to on films based off of video games. This source presents a more interesting quality because it doesn’t just review the most recent film that came out to theatres, this site focuses on those mysterious action films that have not been promoted for months before their release. This blog is useful because it gives people a more pleasurable approach to reading about action film reviews and recommendations for similar hardcore action films.

This blog is a smaller subcategory amongst the entire website geeknation.com dedicated to action movies and some films are even reviewed by woman. Not only does this source show relate to my perspective of being a girl who writes her perspective on the latest action flicks but also it helps me get a grasp on what people want to read. This website, like most, writes reviews on the film and even post their expectations before the film comes out to theatre.

Action Film Academic Sources:
This website helps people who are naïve about the action film genre understand the basic information of the historical background. The main argument in this website is that action films are aimed at a male audience rather than to a female. This source gives detail information about certain films after a specific time period, which gives the reader a broader knowledge and interest of the genre.

Although this website is purely dedicated to action films, it still gives you the access to look up certain categories like 100 Best/ Worst Action Films or just a specific film you are looking for on the website. This website helps other bloggers or move lovers compare their reviews to come up with a brief speculation whether or not a film will be successful before they see it in theatres. This website is important to give everyone a brief knowledge of a action film whether it be movies like Fast Five or Taken which might build up personal bias or critique beforehand.

This source gives specific details why people have a large appeal to action films; it has to do with the adrenaline, explosions, fast car speed chases and beautiful women and men. This article separates actors out from the rest who are known, primarily, for being in action films, these actors include Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood, Steven Seagal, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone. This article helps me to understand the appeal to action films which will help me write my blog using logos, a more logical approach to each post on a specific action film.

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