Perhaps the most popular ones are action movies. There were a lot of good action movies in the 80's like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Die Hard, and Superman. Imagine what our world would be like if we didn't have movies like those. Kids wouldn't be as excited as much to go to the movies if they didn't have action in them. Action movies are violent and they will always be criticized for it, but people should think of others reasons that people are violent and not blame it on the movie industry.
If we didn't have action movies, people wouldn't be going to the movies as much because people love violence. Also it would change the movie industry a lot because action movies are a big part of it. People aren't usually exposed to violence in real life like the movies, so they just love to see good guys shoot it up with bad guys. Movies are good entertainment, because it's the only way we can see things that are outside of our reality. People just love to see the down and out good guy overcoming all odds, shooting it up with tons of bad guys.
This is a chart of top three highest grossing action movies of all time. The numbers are in the millions of how much the movies made. Entertainment Insiders (2007 March). So this proves that action movies are very popular to the majority of people. Violence helps movies sell tickets.
Here is another chart that shows the top violent movies for the past ten years. Dahl, Delavigna (2006). As you can see from this chart, millions of people flock to see an action movie, despite its violent content. A movie being violent doesn't stop people from seeing it, it just makes them want to see it more.
Action movies can have many different meanings, which can be hard to figure out, but a lot of times that makes the movie better. It keeps you on your toes, and when you least expect it, you find out what the movie was all about. A majority of the time these movies lead up to a final battle at the end, with the main good guy fighting the main bad guy, and there usually is a sequel if the movie is successful. Movies like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop, and the James Bond movies fall into this category.
What makes a movie work? Most of the time it is the characters .Wells(2006) stated “ The action characters in movies can act very dramatic or serious to influence their parts(pg. 2).” Also their acting ability can make the movie a success. Violence helps move the story along better. Usually movies will have at least one comedic character, and others are always doing something, like fighting against each other, car chases, explosions, or gun battles. Something is always going on to keep the action moving.
Action movies are good entertainment for the American people. Movies are a good way for people to escape reality and to look into a life that they would like to have or wouldn't see everyday. They play a big role in entertainment today. When people go out on the weekend, a majority of the time they are going to the movies. If you think about it, how would this world be if we didn't have movies? We would be losing a large quality of entertainment in today's world. People would have to stay home all the time. We wouldn't have much a need for television either because movies play a big role in television today too.
Home video is also a large part in the movie business, because if an action movie doesn't do well in the theaters, it can make it up in sales for at home. Movies at home is now becoming more popular than at the theater because of cheaper price, plus it is a convenience for them to watch a movie right from their own living room.
Not only do action movies provide good entertainment for people, it also gives them a chance to see parts of the world that they have never seen before. Someone might see a movie and might decide that they want to visit where the movie took place. So it is a good way to see new places.
Many people criticize action movies, because they have sex and violence in them, but if you think about it, if they didn't, who would go to see them? A majority of the time in action movies the good guy does most of the killing. In movies like “Die Hard” “Lethal Weapon” and “Independence Day” the good guys did more killing than the bad guys did (Ozawa, 2007) Should we ban all movies just because a few of them are too violent? Does everyone that sees a violent action movie go out and kill people? Violence in the movies has no consequences in real life, so what harm does it cause? The first amendment and the 1952 case of Burstyn vs. Wilson protected rights for movies to show almost anything that they wanted to. It expressed that movies are made to make money and to entertain, and they are for no other reason.
