With the films I have chosen in my mood bored it is clear to
see the general consensus and general topics that the films look at would be
space, and either the exploration of it or the danger of forms of life that we don’t
know about from it. Two of the posters on my mood bored are the same movie 'the
day the earth stood still' one is the original 1950s and the other a more modern
remake. a couple of the films deal with a form of conflict between either space
creatures or monsters and us the humans, many of the older films seem to have
fairly basic story lines as the technology was not as sophisticated as it is
now and so does not give much to having an extravagant story line. the film
avatar however contradicts the norm, as its story suggests humans are the ones
invading a strange alien life forms planet and trying to destroy it, portraying
humanity as the monster. James Cameron could be sending a message here about
the world we inhabit. Other such very successful sci-fi films such as Star wars
and Star trek hold the theme of space exploration and minor themes such as heroism
and friendship. With the new modern remakes of star trek it’s obvious how far
the technology for sci-fi film making has come.
The technology for film making has progressed an enormous
amount since the 1950's and this is apparent in the films that were made then
compared to those made now. The more recent films are able to have more extensive
and impressive stories with advances such as better editing equipment, even
right down to better cameras and more intuitive shots. Also the advances in
technology have enabled film to become a lot more impressive with shots that
'blow the audience away' advances in 3D in avatar for example really took the
cinema by storm. But we must not forget that this is with the knowledge of hindsight, because in the 1950's the films such as 'the day the earth stood still' ( the original) would have been breath taking just as much so as the film avatar is now.
