Michael Keaton was recently featured in the 2024 Oscars. He was featured in a bit that included him as Batman. This bit featured Arnold Schwarzenegger as his iconic role as Mr Freeze and Danny Devito as the Penguin.
Keaton played into this part in a funny role during this years Oscar’s show. He claimed it would be fun to return as his iconic character (Batman from Batman and Batman Returns).
It’s a clip worth watching for any Batman fan and an amazing moment from this years Oscar’s.
Indiana Jones was the brain child of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, the movie named Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.
This movie was extremely successful: It had a budget of twenty million
It ended up making 389,000,000
The second movie called Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom had a budget of 28 MILLION
The movie ended up making around 333,000,000
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade had a higher budget of 48 MILLION
Even though this movie had a higher budget it made around 474,000,000
This was supposed to be the end, but in 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came out. It had a budget of 185,000,000
This movie made more money that any of the others with a box office of around 790,000,000
This was supposed to be the end, but there was a fifth Indiana Jones movie called “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
This movie however didn’t make profit, it only made around 383,000,000
This concludes this article…
When you think of an action movie what do you think of? Maybe Die Hard, terrible CGI action, or just generally Michael Bay. Whatever it is we all have a basic idea of what an “action” movie is.
–ROOTS OF ACTION FILMS
Some consider the “Great Train Robbery to be the first action movie to ever be released to theaters. This film was much different to the action films we have today, heck it was much different than some of the action films in the 60s and 70s.
-THE 70s and 80s ERA OF ACTIONS FILMS
In the 1970s and 80s we got to see the introduction of CGI, but still crazy stunts not using CGI. A great staple of this would be the Indiana Jones franchise (the first three) in the 1980s. This movie used some CGI, but mainly used practical effects.
–THE BEGINNING OF CGI OVERUSE
During the time for the late 1990s and the early 2000s the overuse of CGI was starting to become a thing in cinema especially action movies. This is mainly because it was just easy to just computer generate the scene instead of actually doing it for the movie.
Examples of this CGI overuse are films such as; Green Lantern, Die Hard 4 and 5, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, etc
-FINAL CHAPTER
After this we would see CGI come in more and more, not saying it’s all bad I’m just saying there was a lot. Anyway CGI has became a big theme in action films as a whole and has taken over the action films industry.
CONCLUSION
Anyway this article covers how CGI has taken the “action” movie in a big way and how it has impacted the action movie genre. This concludes the article
Movies based off of video games where not a very popular thing in 1990s or early two thousands such as the Doom film which didn’t make as much money as it’s budget.
Budget: 60-70 million
Money made from film: around 58.7 million
Nonetheless in 2020 the film had a budget of film was around 90 million, the film actually made 319.7 million dollars in the box office.
After 2020 video game movies have become a massive success in 2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 had a budget of 90 million, but it made 141 million dollars in the box office.
In 2023 the Mario Movie had a 100 million dollar budget, but the movie made 377.5 million dollars in the box office.
In conclusion we figured out that VideoGame movies are actually quite successful with the recourses we have now. The examples I presented here are only some of many…
The Simpsons television series is an animated comedy series that has gone on for THIRTY FOUR SEASONS! Even long running television shows like SouthPark only have 26 seasons, which is still a lot just not as many as the Simpsons.
There is a joke “the Simpsons already did it,” this joke has its origins in a SouthPark episode called “Simpsons Already Did It,” after this the quote became popular and well the name of the episode really speaks for everyone when we say that the Simpsons has done it all.
when we say that the Simpsons already did it we mean that they have made so many episode, 745 EPISODE IN FACT. Some even have said that they have predicts the future like when they sort of predicted COVID-19.
There is a reason that people say the Simpsons have already did it. They have made so many episodes that they are almost destined to make an episode about something that might happen.
So in conclusion we now have a better understanding of the quote “The Simpsons Already Did It,” and we know why it makes so much sense that people say it.
A different article you could go to if you wanted to read more go here: https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-simpsons-did-it
When a movie series is made if it does really well there will probably be a sequel. A sequel is just a continuation of the story (usually). Sometimes a series chooses to make a prequel.
A prequel is a film that takes place before the original but is made after the original. These can either go good or bad, or possibly it’s just okay.
Now you can read more interesting tips that go into a prequel.
In a half decent prequel, well to actually make a prequel it is needed for there first to be a strong enough story from the original for there to even be a reason to make a film that takes place before the original. Something else that is important is to make sure people care enough about the story of the original or originals for them to want to go see the prequel.
In some cases even if there is a good amount of material to make a prequel it might not always be a good idea…
In some instances making a sequel film is not a very good idea. For example when the StarWars prequel trilogy was made it wasn’t very liked among StarWars fans probably the least popular being the first prequel StarWars the Phantom Menace.
StarWars Attack of the Clones was a massive failure, in fact it made the least amount of money out of money and according tohttps://www.statista.com/chart/20306/star-wars-box-office-results/ “It shows that Episode II, released in 2002, was the least commercially successful entry to the franchise.”
This quote is directed to the second sequel to the original prequel. Though all this is not to say that all prequels do horribly.
For example after the massive success of the film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, there was almost no doubt that there was going to be a second film. This second film was a prequel called Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. This movie was also a success making 333.1 million dollars.
So in conclusion we now know examples of both good and bad sequels, more information on sequels, etc.
In the 1990s horror movies where not as popular as they used to be, they had sort of became a joke. Now it was December 20, 1996 and something new had released in theaters: Scream directed by Wes Craven the same Wes Craven that directed the original Nightmare On Elm Street on November 9, 1984. When Scream released in 1996 it was an absolute hit making $173 million worldwide. Another slasher movie wouldn’t make that much money till 2018 when the Halloween reboot was made.
Scream was a massive success for many reasons. Still one of the main reasons is that it was a different horror movie. By this I mean that it broke the horror movie formula and tried something new. According to http://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film this is the basic formula for a slasher film “Because suspense is one of the most important qualities in a frightening flick, the equation is (es+u+cs+t) squared before shock (s) is added to the formula.” From this we know that there needs to be a specific formula.
Usually in a horror/slasher film there is only one killer playing the role of the antagonist, however in Scream there was two killers that are two different normal people. In the movie you have to figure out who the killer is, this was a new thing for horror films.
Scream broke the mold for a normal horror/slasher movie and it worked! This shows that you don’t always have to do the same thing, trying something new sometimes works. So now the Scream movies have their own formula they have fallen into which is okay.
To some people Scream is what revived the horror genre. During the 1980s the horror genre was absolutely booming with films like Aliens (1986) with 98% on rotten tomatoes or A Nightmare On ElmStreet (1984) with a 95% on rotten tomatoes.
In the 1990s the number one horror movie in rotten tomatoes was The Ring (1998) which released after Scream in 1996.
So now we know Scream was a massive hit as we saw it was a massive game changer for horror. So with that this was Cinema Rules…
If you want to get into the genre of horror you need to pick either for it to be a television show or a movie, either one. Doing a television series is a lot less likely to get noticed among the several other shows, but if someone made a horror movie it would be in theaters and people would get a lot more exposure to the movie than a television series.
A good example of this topic is how the Scream movies really took off and they are extremely popular, however when they released a Scream television series it ended up somewhat failing. According to cinemablend “Though Scream: The TV Series aired for three seasons, they were tumultuous. There was shock and confusion out of the gate when the decision was made for the show not to use the iconic Ghostface mask, and with each new episode run there were major creative shake-ups behind the scenes.” This quote is one of the many good examples of how this show was a somewhat failure, there was too many ideas at play and they just wanted to release something because of the initial failure of Scream 4 which was quite a anticlimactic failure at the box office which gave motivation for the Weinstein Company to make something to bring back the success of Scream and help recover the initial failure of Scream4. This project was later picked up by MTV.
If you are choosing to make a horror television series you want to make sure that it is able to stretch out the story across multiple episodes and still stay entertaining without all the episodes just being filler episodes. Here is some things that could make a horror television series work.
1. Some exciting and thrilling events to keep the viewer on the edge of their seat.
2. Make sure there is room for character development to take place throughout the season to keep the characters involved in the episodes.
3. A thrilling and “scary” villain for the series. Like Michael Myers in Halloween or Freddy Krueger in Nightmare On Elm Street.
4. Give the villain of the series a rememberable design like Michael Myers mask of the Ghost Face mask.
5. It doesn’t have to be a stereotypical horror series.
Horror is a very classic genre in the film industry. There have been so many spectacular and classic different ones that are amazing classics to this day. These include ones like Halloween, Nightmare On Elm Street, Jaws, a older one is the original Dracula, and so many more. All these horror movies did so many things right. All of these absolute classics had a rememberable story, as well as characters. One of the most important characters in horror movies are the main antagonist of the film. They always have to have a signature design that will pretty much stand for that film. For example if you think of Halloween one of the first things that you might think of is Michael Myers and his iconic mask or maybe even Laurie Strode. Not only are the main antagonists important but so are the other characters especially the ones that survive the first film. This character will be the main character of the franchise basically. Just how Sydney from the Scream movies is a massive part of the franchise. So here are a few different things:
1. Don’t be afraid to try something new with it.
2. Make sure the characters that survive the first film are always the really good ones that will eventually become fan favorites.
3. The main antagonists design must be a rememberable one that will be well known for years to come.
4. You don’t need to be meta
5. Don’t ripoff other franchises!
In the 80s and 90s horror movies where starting to get really repetitive and sort of boring, the horror genre was dying out. That would be until 1996 when the movie Scream released, directed by Wes Craven. This movie was a game changer for the horror film genre because it broke the formula by it being ORIGINAL. Instead of it being one killer there was two killers and two different killers every movie. This was a different kind of horror movie on so many levels, but Scream deserves its own.
When creating a character in a series of movies or just a television series it is important to make your main characters right because the main characters will be very significant to your entire series or franchise.
You always want to make your character interesting, you want to make them good but not perfect. A character isn’t very interesting if they are just a perfect person there would be no room for relatability or development. A good example of a character done wrong is Randy Pearson in That ‘70s Show which was directed by David Trainer.
Too make a good character you need to give it relatability to the viewer and some sort of skill as well. Something you also want to do is leave a lot of room for development and satisfyingly develop the character as it goes on over time.
Too make a viewer feel invested in the character it is needed for the character to have some reason for the viewer to care about that character.
Some good examples of a character are characters like Bart Simpson from The Simpsons, or Jimmy from South Park, just to name a few.
When it says for a character to be relatable it means like for the character to be easy to understand how they feel or feel a connection to that character. You can bond or empathize for that character. That is what it means
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Now it is time to make your sequel in the series but before there is a sequel the director should ask themself if they really want to make a sequel and if they have a stable enough story. To make a sequel to a story you need to make sure there is enough of a decent story to make it work, don’t do it just because people are gonna watch it. Here is some rules someone might wanna use during a big sequel…
1. Before even creating the sequel think about if you want to make one and if there are a good enough story to actually create another strong and creative film or new television show season.
2. In your new sequel or next television show season use your original characters as well as add new ones keep the series new and exciting.
3. In the sequel you need to make sure it isn’t just a cash grab make sure there is actually good components.
4. Examples of doing a sequel wrong ones like Men In Black 2 or Jaws the Revenge. There are even more good examples of a bad sequel but those are just some.
5. Don’t make it a bland repeat of the first one, build off of the original not copy.
6. Not really good first film needs a sequel.
7. Make sure the story makes sense and is a good follow up from the original.
8. Continuity matters in a follow up film or television season.
9. Not every movie needs another sequel, but it is up to the director.
These are a few tips that go with the creation of a sequel and what makes it works, this is all presented by Cinema Rules! 🎬🎞🎥
Always remember that something can be a standalone it doesn’t always need a sequel and don’t be discouraged if the sequel doesn’t do well it is rare for it to do as well as an original film.
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