Anytime, adventure movies are in demand. Watching someone survive in the jungle or solve the zagadki is always fascinating. People want to be in the place of the hero, feel adrenaline, excitement and other vivid emotions. Why are we so drawn to reveal the secret in this or that film? We will find out in this article.
What is an adventure film?
Krasilnikov’s modern dictionary tells us that it’s about the stunted kind of feature film. It has the same criteria as an adventure in literature. The dynamism of an adventure film is very close to an action movie: a quick frame change, a lot of characters, a constant movement — it’s not just in the movie with gunfights, but also here. What makes the action movie tougher. it has a lot of blood, fights and weapons. In the adventure, the main character has to think originally in order to get out of the situation.
Adventure, as in life, can be different. Films are also divided into sub-genres:
● costume adventure,
● Family
● fantasy
● romance
● marine theme,
● Space
● a story about a thug,
● a military adventure.
This classification is proposed by Helmut Gauss and Jacqueline von Hoy.
Features of the genre
Standing out among other genres, adventurous cinema gives a person the most important thing – an interesting plot and an exciting spectacle. The viewer goes to the cinema or watches a movie in order to have an exciting time, relax and at the same time, go into a parallel fictional world.
Why do so many people prefer to choose this particular genre? There are many reasons, one of them is universality. The adventure film is equally liked by both adults and children.
Often the basis is an intrigue that is not revealed until the end of the film. How did the main character die? Did anyone survive the disaster? Will they meet at the end? An insane number of questions makes you stay until the credits appear.
As a rule, the “frame” of the adventure is built as follows: a fictional story is used. Historical context may be present, but it is unlikely that the film will be shot really on a real basis, because in life everything is not as interesting as our imagination can draw. The main characters get into a situation from which you can get out if you apply an unconventional approach, show creativity and resourcefulness. There is a chain of events that leads to a happy ending.
If you are tired of such clichés, where the character encounters an incredible situation, you can choose a film that is built on a very real scenario. The difference will be that it is for the hero that the event will be unusual.
Another characteristic feature of adventurous cinema is the interweaving with other genres. For example, the same action movie, where in addition to clues there will be fights. When during the passage of various obstacles the main character gets into funny situations, this is already an “admixture” of comedy. You can show the story that I unfold in the world of elves and gnomes. Here will be an interweaving of adventure with fantasy.
An important part of any film, especially an adventure, is emotion. If a movie doesn’t evoke it, think it’s a bad movie. Watching an adventure, the viewer gasps and gasps, closes his eyes and laughs, cries and says, “Damn, don’t go there!” The more feelings, the higher the probability that the film is really good and will receive high marks from the public and critics.
Unexpected twists, a twisted plot, the main character who overcomes obstacles – three principles on which this genre rests. And a character doesn’t have to evoke only positives motions. Even if he killed a bunch of people, the author finds an excuse for him. Often the viewer needs to “root” for the main character.
In the classic version of the adventure, the hero behaves outside the box. He makes decisions that the average person wouldn’t make, often takes risks. The example that immediately comes to mind at the word “adventure” are the Indiana Jones movies. Traveling and searching for treasure is the basis of films about this hero.
Reasons for the popularity of adventure films
The reason that lies on the surface is that the audience wants to get away from the routine and gray life. That’s not to say that everyone’s life is boring. If you compare the fate of ordinary people and the main characters of the films, then, of course, you will want to become an archaeologist who will find an ancient artifact, a pirate to conquer the seas, etc.
Imagining ourselves in the shoes of a character is an opportunity that cinema gives us. Why not take advantage of it and diversify winter evenings?
You can get emotions from anything, and you can get from all sorts of things. Movies are a legal way to get away from reality and experience new sensations. Especially in 3D, 4D and 5D formats. For example, imagine that the eye of a huge dragon is looking at you, or that you are now falling off a cliff, or how you are flying in an airplane that is falling. In reality, you do not want to experience this. and here it is possible to experience adrenaline in a safe way.
So that the viewer does not yearn or leave the cinema, the film about adventures is created in such a way that it drags on until the very end. Adventurous movies play on this, which makes us, like chained, sit and watch movies without looking away.
Conclusion
Why do we love adventure? Because we get a lot of emotions that are not available in real life. More often arrange yourself movie nights to replenish the supply of emotions and just have a good time.