have achieved cult popularity. how do the formal and thematic elements in these films affect their popularity?
2007-04-05 04:40:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Sounds like someone wants us to do their homework: "How do the formal and thematic elements in these films affect their popularity?"
Seriously though... "Blade Runner" made you THINK... which isn't the best way to make a "blockbuster" here in the USA. It was also a rather "dark" film... not terribly uplifting. "Alien" was a blockbuster... but "suffered" from some of the same "problems": it was "dark", had strong anti-corporate themes that require some THOUGHT to really understand the movie.
"Independence Day" as your example is relatively MINDLESS entertainment !! Though it was VERY well executed, acted, and written... it is fluff !! There were conspiracy jokes, UFO abduction jokes... it was a comedy written around an action film !! Good defeats Evil... with special effects.
2007-04-05 05:19:41 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Movies like Star Wars and Independence day were special effects driven and meant to wow the audience and get them to come back to see it again. They made brief comments on situations that people can identify with in their own life but, were designed to be more of an entertaining family movie than a commentary. Movies like Alien and Blade Runner were designed with specific comments and characters that dealt with situations that alot of people can identify with in one way or another. The characters were not unbelievably futuristic or overly heroic, they were just normal people that were thrown into situations that test how much they can deal with. They were filmed to be darker and were based less around how much money was spent on special effects and more around how good the story was. The reason this type of film becomes a cult hit is because there are so many people that find something new in the story line or imagery every time they watch it.
2007-04-05 05:27:08 · answer #2 · answered by Demonvoid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blade Runner owns Star wars
2016-05-17 22:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SW, Indep. Day and Alien left very little to the imagination. You sat down and were entertained. Blade Runner required you to "work" a little (read "think"). Majority of the audiences don't want to do that.
2007-04-05 05:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by biscuitperifrank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just to clarify, "Alien" was not a "mixed success." It was a major box office hit.
2007-04-05 04:55:30 · answer #5 · answered by Film Jedi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats your question again?
2007-04-05 04:55:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋