And while you can find stand-out action sequences in every one of franchise’s entries to date, why not go with the best movie of the bunch for this list? The second film of the original trilogy not only builds off the momentum of its gamechanging predecessor, it remains the high point in the the series’ storytelling introduces some vital new characters (Yoda! Lando! Boba Fett!!!) and drops one hell of plot surprise in regards to our jedi hero Luke Skywalker. It was a turning point in American movies, and introduced a certain type of thrill-ride cinema to a whole new generation. When George Lucas gave the world the first Star Wars movie in 1977, the filmmaker managed to synthesize a heap of old action-adventure influences - from Flash Gordon serials to WWII aerial-dogfight movies - into one pulpy, crowd-friendly package. These are the films we go to when we want an uncut dose of that kinetic-cinema rush. Not all it-blowed-up-real-good films are created equal, however, so we’re shouting out the 50 best action movies of all time - the crème de la crème of martial arts flicks, bullet ballets, men-on-a-mission adventures, swashbucklers, superhero franchises, sci-fi spectacles, wuxia epics, and a whole lot more. And once the Age of the Blockbuster really kicks into gear in the early 1980s, you couldn’t throw a rock at a multiplex without hitting something that hyped up the “motion” into motion pictures. thrills, chills and spills, has been a main attraction of the medium for decades. Action has been a part of the movies since the days of Keystone Kops and mustache-twirling villains tying up heroines on railroads tracks you could even argue that the Lumiere brothers’ short of a train pulling into the station, which allegedly caused audiences to scream and flee the room, was the world’s first example of an action movie. It helps, of course, if you throw in a few explosions, several car chases, some knockdown mano a mano fistfights, a smattering of kung fu and any number of swordfights as well.
All you need to make a movie, a wise French man once said, is a girl and a gun.
0 kommentar(er)
