Thursday, November 8, 2012

Genre: Looking at Movies

War movies usually have a common theme of "complete the task, win the war"  In these movies there is always a certain goal that the characters must obtain.  It could be to save a prisoner, take out an opposing platoon, or win the war in general.  The most common setting for war movies is in a city of rubble where there has been fighting for weeks or in fields.  In most war movies there are two sides fighting each other and you are taking the viewpoint of one of the two sides.  Some stories have to do with the heroic platoon leader and how he courageously leads his men to victory over the other side.  He makes big decisions and obviously takes it to heart if he ever loses a man.  The usual character type in war movies are hardnosed men in battle and women taking care of them in the care centers or hospitals.  The men usually are very brave and strong people.  There aren't usually stars that repeatedly do war movies, the cast looks like a bunch of real army men since these movies are most likely based on true stories.  War movies are unlike many other genres for that reason. 

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