Downs 1 Avery Downs Instructor: Malcolm Campbell UWRT 1101-059 September 8, 2014 *ikethie, ‘ause in many aspects it contains characteristics of In this paper Twill be using the movie Godly basis ot moscow movie Giaéill because it has elements of both genes in it and because of ths I believe that it can be classified as both genres. Along withGodaillaifecl thatiPSGiH@RIM would also fit into this category so I have decided to use RaifieRRim as another source to help prove my opinion q about Godzilla. This does not apply to every monster movie toughyfor instance isa monster movie where it is not a mix between a monster movie and an action movie but instead is nat roe ‘a mix between a horror movie and a monster movie; granted this movie is very old and is now just Kia humorous instead of scary. The sear and = ‘The movie GSREANlAS a monster movie d ious use of giant monsters ‘throughout the movi, The use of giané monsters is also accompanied by the giant monsters fighting in intense action scenes; | feel as though this just adds to the feel of a giant monster ‘movie. Throughout the movie there are highly suspenseful moments such as the intro to the ‘movie where it leaves you hanging for a good 10 minutes until showing what had actuallyDowns 2 happened. A characteristic of many giant monster movies is the use of radioactive elements at some point in the movie whether itis a nuclear bomb, a nuclear power plant, or it could just be the monsters being radioactive in general. In most monster movies the movies are the primary focus of the movie with people being the second interest in the movie, In older monster movies the characteristics were slightly different with more focus on the human element, jump scares, and little to no plot(Movies like jormally target one group of people specifically. Se ” “The people who are mostly entertained by modern monster movies are mostly boys A” ‘who's ages can range anywhere from five to around mid-twenties. The people who are mostly interested in this genre would be people who are also into movies with some suspense along with rising and falling action with a few minor jump scares, The youl be primarily boys inthe same age group as monster movies. Al ofthese attributes can be found in most action movies and even in some monster movies. Action movies not only for the action have a similar age group as the modern monster film, but also have similar characteristics as one ‘00 including, explosions, destruction, military in some form, a long rising climax, massive final battles, and a central plot ine involving humans Inthe movie Gall bs if not all of the characteristics are present along with the ccharacteristies in monster movies. In many instances throughout the movie there were explosions, and the movie was fueled by a plot line involving primarily humans which helped ich can be found in the push the movie along, there was also a final battle _majority of action movies. This movie also contained the characteristics of a monster movie which it is classified as including som fem fain, sme fom of man deve} of course it contained a giant monster of some sort, It is because it falls into the characteristics of a mons wie itis classified as such and the el fan action movie are overloolDowns 3 in the way that it fits in multiple genres but is classified. one would be BSG, This movie which is classified as a monster movie should also be a monster-action hybrid. This is because throughout the movie there was @ heavy components of monster movies that are found inacific Rimi some form of nuclear device, tons of destruct 1 feel like due to ‘the amount of shared components along with the components of monster movies there should be a category of monster/action movies that are a mixture of both ‘What would happen if it)as a different genre? ‘The movie Gadi classified as a monster movie but hs many ifmt all ofthe characteristics of action movie Db it still differentiates itself enough to classify itself as a monster movie rather than being an action movie. The movie also has several movies that are very similar to it one of which is Rac yhich hhas many of the same features as Godzilla Movies in the action genre and movies in the monster movie genre both attract similar audiences. 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