Action Films During The 1960s

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“POW!” “OOF!” “BAM!” The Action genre keeps the audience engaged and on their feet at all times during the film. Action films date all the way back to the silent film era. The Great Train Robbery was considered the first Action film as well as the first Western. Action movies consist of lots of movement and tension to keep you on the edge of your seat. The genre has the typical heroes’ vs villains, and the hero always wins. During the 1930s, action films weren’t such a big hit. Action became the most popular during the 1980s and 1990s due to the advancements of special effects.
The adventure genre takes the audience out of their normal settings and brings them to a place beyond their imagination. Action films tend to take place in exotic settings. The character is faced with an obstacle that he has to …show more content…

Their routine usually involved physical comedy, and later verbal humor. Even before the Three Stooges, came the Marx Brothers. Both of these groups were famous and influential during the silent film era. During the 1930s, dialogue in films became popular, allowing a new style of comedy to come about. Verbal humor is used today in every modern comedic film. During the 1960s, humor started to become darker. The creation of spoofs was born during the New Hollywood Era. By the 1990s until today, most comedy films typically use sex as a comedic topic.
A fairly new genre, crime and gangster films started to gain popularity after World War II, when the weight of war was still being carried on everyone’s shoulders. This genre of film only started becoming more popular after World War II. This genre is known for being the most censored and critiqued genre. A typical gangster flick includes brutal character with loose morals, with fighting, guns and smoking. Despite the lack of popularity of this genre before the 1940s, crime and gangster films date all the way back to the silent