Adventure Film:
Adventure films are a genre of film. Adventure Films are exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locales. Adventure films are very similar to the action film genre, in that they are designed to provide an action-filled, energetic experience for the film viewer. Rather than the predominant emphasis on violence and fighting that is found in action films, however, the viewer of adventure films can live vicariously through the travels, conquests, explorations, creation of empires, struggles and situations that confront the main characters, actual historical figures or protagonists.
History:
The adventure film reached its peak of popularity in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood, when films such as Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Mark of Zorro were regularly made with major stars, notably Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power, who were closely associated with the genre. At the same time, Saturday morning serials were often using many of the same thematic elements as high-budget adventure films. In the early days of adventure films, the protagonists were mainly male. These heroes were couragious, often fighting for freedom, and overcame injustices. In the last decade or so, however, these male heroic protagonists have been crossed over to heroins.
Popular concepts:
Adventure films sometimes contain stock characters and stereotypes. In some cases this has been accused of going as far as implicit racism; claimed examples of this are Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, First Blood and James Bond "Kicking third-world people around" in Dr.
History:
The adventure film reached its peak of popularity in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood, when films such as Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Mark of Zorro were regularly made with major stars, notably Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power, who were closely associated with the genre. At the same time, Saturday morning serials were often using many of the same thematic elements as high-budget adventure films. In the early days of adventure films, the protagonists were mainly male. These heroes were couragious, often fighting for freedom, and overcame injustices. In the last decade or so, however, these male heroic protagonists have been crossed over to heroins.
Popular concepts:
- An outlaw fighting for justice or battling a tyrant
- Suspense and dangerous situations the characters must escape from.
- Pirates
- A journey or quest of some kind, such as searching for a lost city or for hidden treasure
- The Campbellian hero-myth cycle, coming of age, discovery of one's destiny
- Allegorical themes as social commentary
Adventure films sometimes contain stock characters and stereotypes. In some cases this has been accused of going as far as implicit racism; claimed examples of this are Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, First Blood and James Bond "Kicking third-world people around" in Dr.