how did 9/11 change cinema?

Question 1

what were the characteristics of 1990s action heroes?

Answer 1

• instructive
• masculine
• muscly
• male
• wisecracking
• fearless

Question 2

how were terrorist villains varied in pre 9/11 movies?

Answer 2

• passenger 57 (1992) - EUROPEAN radicals
• devils own (1997) - IRISH republicans
• the peacemaker (1997) - RUSSIAN military
• clear and present danger (1994) - LATIN drug smugglers

Question 3

post 2001: ESCAPISM films

Answer 3

monumental struggles between the forces of light and dark
FOR EXAMPLE:
- lord of the rings (2001-03)
- harry potter (2001-11)
- narnia (2005/08/10)

Question 4

post 2001: MILITARY victory films

Answer 4

topped us box office charts
FOR EXAMPLE:
- black hawk down (2001) - opposite to hurt locker
- behind enemy lines (2001)
- we were soldiers (2002)

Question 5

post 2001: PARANOIA & INSECURITY films

Answer 5

birth of a new superhero:
- heroes become flawed and traumatised
- they suffer setbacks and defeats
- they themselves could be lawless because the enemies they faced were beyond reason - they do what is necessary
FOR EXAMPLE:
- the dark knight trilogy

Question 6

what were war films like later in the 2000s?

Answer 6

• not on conflict
• on the homecoming of veterans
• some films question the bush administration
• they raise the issue of how the public were manipulated into agreeing with war in iraq
  FOR EXAMPLE:
• lions for lambs (2007)
• green zone (2010)