The Rise of Old Animation

Marvel Movies we based on comic books which started in the mid-20th century and used to be focused on children and comic book fans but prospered in the next few decades and the audience increase and the comic books became collectible to the point of being valuable which can be expensive and as of the 21st century, people started making live action films inspired by stories created in the mid-20th century and using state of the art computer generated effects, the movies and appearances of the used to be unattractive animation became works of art which attracted the general public due to the emphasized appearance in high definition which allowed people to nearly experience the events first hand or simply be attracted due to advancement in technology which caused the comic book stories which were inspired by imaginations to almost come to life with improvements and top the box office and reach billions of dollars not only once but many times in a short period of time which is rarely done by any movie in history. The most notable marvel movies are Iron Man, Captain America, and the Avengers.

Iron Man is as fictional character that was created in 1963. The main character that plays iron man is a playboy, billionaire, genius and philanthropist named tony stark who is played by Robert Downy Jr. in the live action Iron man movie series. He is the main weapons contractor for the united states army and has two masters degrees from MIT and is known to have completed difficult projects at an early age which are incredible considering his age ad the performance and success of his projects. Technically, Iron man is a person inside a powered exoskeleton, the suit is powered by a fictional power source known as the ark reactor which generates large amounts of clean sustainable energy, the suit has many versions for different types of missions across the world, the description of the suit used in the live action movie series is a suit which is made of gold-titanium alloy and contains a miniature ark reactor, high powered metal cutter, jet thrusters and stabilizers which are capable of propelling the suit of armor at mach 3 or three times the speed of sound, flares, flaps, on board heads up display computer, energy cannons, repulsors, shoulder machine guns, and wrist missile launchers. Improved versions were later created by tony stark as the movie progresses which made the iron man armor even more lethal, portable, intelligent, and mobile with the upgrades which allowed the character to have remote access on his suits. The Iron man movie series franchise since the start of its release has become an incredible box office success and has broken many records such as being one of the movies in history to reach over a billion dollars in the box office along side with the Avengers in the span of only five years with only three movies.

Captain America is another name of a character and name of the movie which is based on a comic book by marvel and first appeared in 1941. Captain America is a super soldier that was created from an average human person using a serum which enhances a person to the peak of human physicality and intelligence, A genius american scientist who is the head of an extraordinary project chose a young man on the spot but the general criticizes his decision due to the malnourished and physically unfit body of the young man but despite his condition, the young man has an extraordinary intellect, the criticism of the general was later withdrawn due to the courage displayed by the young man as he tried to sacrifice himself to save his comrades against a grenade but was later revealed to be a dummy grenade. Captain America on its first movie was considerably a success with it doubling its initial budget. Captain America would later appear in the movie Avengers which grossed over a billion dollars.

The Avengers is the name of a movie and the name of a group of superheroes gathered from all over the world by a certain fictional organization called S.H.I.E.L.D. which is a type of law enforcement agency that usually deals with paranormal and superhuman activities. In the Movie, Nick Fury is one of the directors of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Natasha Romaoff a.k.a. The Black Widow and Clint Barton a.k.a. Hawkeye are two some of the best agents nick fury has, The Black widow is known for her dark past, red hair, looks, and reputation as a highly skilled assassin capable of taking out opponents even with her hand and feet and bound by ropes while sitting down and Hawkeye is known for his sharp mind and incredible accuracy in using projectile weapons and is able to execute the coriolis effect perfectly, other agents are Maria Hill who is Nick Fury's close assistant and Phil Coulson who oversees most field operations.
The Avengers are com posed of seven members in the movie who are, Iron Man, The Hulk, The Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, and Thor. The Movie was a critical box office success which was able to reach a staggering 1.3 billion dollars in the box office and also proof of its success and impact to the audience was seen with the incredible increase of sales of Shawarma for a short period of time because of the less than thirty second epilogue that was seen at the end of the Avengers film where all the heroes are exhausted and are resting and eating shawarma in a shawarma restaurant in Manhattan, United States.

Movie Similarities and Problems

The Action Movies White house Down and Olympus has Fallen are both movie which aired in the year 2013 which both have the same story of having the white house over run by terrorist forces.
Not only do these two movies have extremely similar plots but also each of them have their own problems.

The White house down movie has several problems in the story, first of all, a mere tour guide and a little girl should not know classified information regarding the white house such as the location of the P.E.O.C., second, why does the military let people gather so close around heavy artillery, military personnel and the danger zone which is directly in range of the heavy machine guns and RPG's of the enemy and not considering the fact that civilians might get caught in the crossfire and starting an assault with an Abrams tank without clearing them out, third, why is it that the terrorists did not use the daughter as hostage as soon as they found her identity to make the main character surrender, fourth, why does the media continue to broadcast information without the restriction of the government knowing that the terrorists are listening to the broadcast which could alert them regarding military activities of the government such as the black hawk helicopters approaching the white house at low altitude to avoid detection by the terrorists but was seen by the media and also, flying incredibly low is dangerous even for experienced pilots especially over thousands of people who may be casualties if the helicopter crashes, and fifth, why is it that a news chopper was able to hover above grounded airspace over the most secured airspace in the united states while in the midst of a terrorist attack. The White house down disappointed and was considered a flop but despite its flaws, the movie has good action scenes as well as comedy scenes of both characters.

The Olympus has Fallen movie despite it being significantly better than white house down in terms of action, it lacks comedy and is quite serious but even if it is better, a few flaws are still present in the movie.
First, the main characters of the movie overly used a foul word in the movie to the point of exhaustion, and second, the general of the military in certain times acted unprofessionally during a national crisis and did not exhibit descent behavior and continued to talk in a dirty manner and used foul words extensively, he did not exhibit significant decision making skills and showed over optimism which caused the death of several military navy seals. The movie is significantly better in terms of action scenes and story of the movie with the absence of comedic behavior.

The Similarities of the two movies is clearly the plot and story, the movies themselves are like counterparts due to their plot, the main character is left alone to defend and retake the white house, in white house down, the character has the president with him while fight, in olympus has fallen, the character struggles to save the president from enemy hands, the scenes of military troops are also quite similar with the scene in white house down having helicopters fly at low altitude in daylight and shot down by enemy Javelin S.A.M. weapons, in olympus has fallen, the helicopters fly in at high altitude at night and shot down by a next generation weapon system with only one helicopter survivor. It is almost as if the two movies were created for the directors to test their abilities against each other literally by having themselves compete with the same movie genre and plot.

The Transporter

The Transporter first appeared in 2001 with Jason Statham being the lead character who is a highly skilled driver in the movie who abides with his three rules to get his job done, he is called the transporter who delivers his packages on time without fail regardless of any situation, He is also extremely adept at unarmed combat and close quarters combat to defend himself against possible enemies who plans to target his package or himself. He is portrayed as a one man army who is able to defeat armed combatants with only his bare hands and random objects laying around him. He has a cold demeanor which is quite appealing if you are an action movie star.

He is also able to drive any car in any situation even perform a two wheel maneuver without assistance from a ramp. His movie has been recognized all over the world and since its first release continued to release more films for the next decade and producing two more films which all became box office hits.

Action Movies

Over the past half-century, action movies have been appearing and evolving in the media particularly in the United States with them having the capabilities to produce amazing films with Computer generated effects to the point of having no difference to reality. Most action films which does not involve Computer generated effects are mostly based on the actors than the technology and their skills. There have been many action films who have topped the boxed office with some minor modifications and additions to the action genre such as military, science fiction, comedy, and many more. The Transporter, Transformers, Iron Man, Avengers, Mission Impossible, James bond series and many more. It is currently one of the most anticipated movie genre in the world with an action movie being the first to reach a billion dollars in the box office and being able to defeat its own record in only a few years following the previous movie release.