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The Rise of the Fast and the FuriousAnalyse the impact of the Fast and the Furious film franchise on cinema-going audiences and film buffs worldwide. The continued success of each film at the box office and their potential to rake in millions worldwide as well as the non-stop sequels being released every other year.
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Does CGI Benefit Special Effects or Detract From Them? | |
Harry Potter is one of those characters that embodies the fantasies of most adolescent readers worldwide, an unremarkable person rising to greatness through luck, skill and determination. He’s a character that shares similarities with another popular character, Peter Parker, both are outcasts who discover friendships, love and their own heroism in the face of peril and are presented as being more relatable than similar characters. | Harry Potter: The Remarkably Unremarkable Main Character |
Superhero films have changed a lot since their inception, I think it’s brilliant how filmmakers are able to capture the spirit of these characters and place them in genre films, whilst all taking place in the same universe in the MCU’s case. I would add Guardians of the Galaxy into this list for being a Star Wars inspired space opera with a comedic fantasy twist. | Super Heroes films as Genre Films |
CGI is good when done well and serving the narrative, good and strong characters, character development and interactions as well as main storyline are generally more important in my opinion. CGI, however, is something that I do definitely enjoy in movies, cases being Star Wars and the Marvel movies, where it’s necessary to bring the action to life in ways practical effects may not have been capable of doing.