Summer Homework Action Adventure Films

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Action/Adventure Films                                                                     Summer Home Work

 Task 1

Night at the Museum

The hero in this movie is Ben Stiller, known as Larry Daley the night guard at the American museum of natural history. It follows a divorced father trying to settle down, impress his son, and find he’s destiny. Larry is a clever and ultimately a good hearted person. Like most other characters in the movie, he is a brave guard who seeks to win the leadership of many others, which demonstrates he’s power. This tells me that he can become tricky and tough at times; as shown in the movie as being a loser to his son, but a leader to his friends. Larry is not above lying or stealing, but has hatred on the people who do. The colour grey on his costume symbolizes security, reliability, intelligence, staid, modesty, and maturity.

 

The villain in the movie is Cecil Fredrick; he is an elderly night guard about to retire from the American museum of natural history. I would describe him as a dishonest man, but working as a clever character. As part of the movie, he lied to Larry that he has never touched anything from the museum, whereas he did and asked Larry wise question before knowing him or handing him over the keys of the museum.

 This is an action/adventure film as it contracts with the hero thrust into a series of challenges, that include physical fighting and extended fight scenes. There were also fights and argues every night between the sculptures. The movie is mostly set in a period background and includes adapted stories adventurous heroes within the historical event. The background music also tells us there’s a mystery going on. 

Certain characters look and behave in a certain way, the audience finds this as a problem as some of the characters act in a way which their not represented. In this movie men’s look brave and heroic, I know this because in some scenes they defend others and take the risk of saving the museum.

Toy story 3

 

The hero and the star of the movie is woody; he is a cowboy pull-string doll, and Andy’s favourite toy. We all know this as Woody is the main character of the movie, in some scenes the position of the character adds to the atmosphere of the movie. The character smiles in most scenes, usually self-confidently suggesting that his confidence will be subverted in the humour. There are also other characters, connotataing how the story follows that group leader. This suggests that he is the hero as in the movie he is the one who solves problems, discovers the truths, and makes his friends happy.
 

 

The villain of the story covers Jessie; she is a cowboy girl and part of the woody’s round up gang. I know this because, from the movie she argued with woody on their way back to Sunnyside Day-care. This is why others think Andy threw them out, and she blames Woody. The reaction and her characteristic connote how she feels for others, giving us different side views from her character. This reveals herself as not contributing in the group, but suggesting realistic ideas.
 

The film proves to the audience that it’s an action /adventure film, as its film genre has one or more heroes thrust into a series of challenges. This story is an action film, as it tends to feature a resourceful character struggling against incredible odds. Such as, when woody and their group were trying to work their way out of sunny side day care, facing lots of challenges. The setting of this film introduces their action scenes preferably to display and explores exotic locations in an energetic way. This proves to us that each scene has a different setting.

Men’s are represented in the film as heroes, because they are the main focus and have a bigger role play, whereas women’s they tend to have more beauty. This is why most men’s in the movie fight for their friends and break out freedom. We all know this as in the movie woody was trying to save his friends and keep them all happy.

 

The Amazing Spiderman

The hero in this movie is spider man; he has special abilities including superhuman strength and ability to cling most surfaces. Spiderman is also extremely agile; has amazing reflexes and has a spider sense that warns him off impending danger. The colour blue on Spiderman costume connotes depression or coldness, which creates a quite cold atmosphere for the audience. It also applies that the film may have dark impressions. There is also red on Spiderman’s costume which connotes power, blood and pressure. This tells us that he has been rescuing millions of lives every day. I also know this as in a scene it shows him cling from one building to the other, recognising that he must be really at the top of the border and being known in their area and city.
 

The villain in the Amazing Spiderman is ‘The Lizard’; he is the enemy of Spiderman. In the story of Spiderman, there was a man called Curt Conner who was a genetic biologist who researched the ability of certain reptiles to regrow missing limbs, particularly to find a way to regrow his missing arm. After a test on himself, he transforms into a violent monster. I know this because a scary image of the ‘lizard’ is shown to intrigue audience. The colour on his costume is dark green, which is associated with ambition, green and jealousy.

This proves to the audience that it is an action/adventure film, as this film often uses their action scenes preferably to display and explores exotic locations in an energetic way. This is a film genre in which one or more heroes are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include physical feats, extended fighting scenes, and violence. The character is struggling into life threatening situation. And a villain which generally includes jealously for the hero.

 

Women and girls are represented in the film as helpless and incapable of defending herself, the posture and facial expressions contribute to this representation. The female character has been represented as delicate and feminine, whereas the male character is a domineering and described as a hero. There are strange contrast between the representation of men and women in ‘The Amazing Spiderman’.

 

Harry Potter and the philosopher’s Stone

In this movie the hero is Harry Potter, as he is definitely brave and daring, because his doing what’s despite the rules and he’s in Gryffindor. I know this as in the movie he was incredibly loyal to Dumbledore. We all know watching the movie that he can be quite irritable sometimes as it’s shown in many occasions. Overall he is the hero of this movie because he’s has a good heart, knows what’s right or wrong and is unafraid to do anything he can do due to what is right.
 

The villain of this movie is Voldermort, he is one unpopular wizard.  I know this because, even though he’s known for being incredibly powerful, a mere baby defeats him when he tries to kill it. Voldermort inspires such fear in his opportunities that they refuse to call him by his name, though using his name will conjure him up or alert him to their presence. The only people who call him by his name are Harry and Dumbledore. Overall, while Voldermort is present as an ominous shadowy kind of being, he doesn’t show up in person until the end of the movie.

The movie proves to the audience that it is an action adventure film, as the film is filled with action, spectacular, and enthusiasm. It also supplies the audience with electrifying excitement and presents us a hero to look up to. We also know this movie is adventurous as it has an exciting story to catch the audience’s attention, like when Harry tries to defeat Voldermort, using all his hopes and incredible power.

Women’s and girls are represented in the film as mainly being confident but emotional, I know this because in the film Hermione knew all the magic tricks, and learnt very quickly , whereas all the other boys were having a lot of trouble learning. Throughout the movie, females are represented to have talent and be more emotional compared to men, who are stereotypically seen as being more tough and less emotional. They are all represented as part of a group, which they tend to work and think as part of a team. Most Boys/men are the heroes of this movie; they have an active role, whereas women’s/girls have the passive role.

 

The Incredibles

The hero in this movie is Robert Bob Parr, known as Mr incredible. Bob possess tremendous strength, and heightened resistance to harm. He also has enhanced senses. In the movie he fights for his family, smell danger and save the city. The colour red on his costume symbolizes fire and blood, so it’s associated with energy =, danger, strengths, power, determination, as well as passion, desire and love for his family and wife.

The main villain in the incredible is Buddy Pine also known as Syndrome, a character voiced by Josen Lee. I would describe him as a person with complete lack of conscience, a direct result of sociopathy, making known for a mad scientist. This is evident that when Mr incredible was showing him as a completely amoral person without any regard for human life. Furthermore, he is depicted as a frustrated and spiteful character. The colour black on his costume signifies evil, unhappiness, elegance, and depth. Also, the colour white signifies cold and peace.

The film proves to the audience that it is an action adventure film as physical action takes procedure in the story telling. The film also has continuous motion and action including physical stunts, chases, fights, battles and races. The movie also revolves around a hero protecting the truth, but facing incredible odds to obtain it. The movie also provides an action filled, energetic experience for the audience.

 

In the movie, women are portrayed as independent and intelligent. I know this because, Mrs Incredible known as Elastigirl has a character that she has the confident to fight anyone in order to save her family and her friends. Men’s/boys are represented as heroes saving their city. This movie shows us that there were a lot of fight scenes going on.