Talk:Adventure film: Difference between revisions

References to use

Please add to the list references that can be used for the film article.

• Tasker, Yvonne (2004). The Action and Adventure Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-23507-5.
• Taves, Brian (1993). The Romance of Adventure: The Genre of Historical Adventure Movies. Studies in Popular Culture. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-0-87805-597-5.

POV tag

This concerns POV tag cleanup. Whenever an POV tag is placed, it is necessary to also post a message in the discussion section stating clearly why it is thought the article does not comply with POV guidelines, and suggestions for how to improve it. This permits discussion and consensus among editors. This is a drive-by tag, which is discouraged in WP, and it shall be removed. Future tags should have discussion posted as to why the tag was placed, and how the topic might be improved. Better yet, edit the topic yourself with the improvements. This statement is not a judgement of content, it is only a cleanup of frivolously and/or arbitrarily placed tags. No discussion, no tag.Jjdon (talk) 21:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Definition?

Shouldn't this article include some kind of definition of the genre, so people have an idea of what it is they're reading about the History and Modernizing of? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.224.13.103 (talk • contribs) 16:27, September 3, 2008

Plagiarism

This

"Adventure Films are exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locales. Adventure films are very similar to the action film genre, in that they are designed to provide an action-filled, energetic experience for the film viewer. Rather than the predominant emphasis on violence and fighting that is found in action films, however, the viewer of adventure films can live vicariously through the travels, conquests, explorations, creation of empires, struggles and situations that confront the main characters, actual historical figures or protagonists."

is more then based on this, is copy:

"Adventure Films are exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locales. Adventure films are very similar to the action film genre, in that they are designed to provide an action-filled, energetic experience for the film viewer. Rather than the predominant emphasis on violence and fighting that is found in action films, however, the viewer of adventure films can live vicariously through the travels, conquests, explorations, creation of empires, struggles and situations that confront the main characters, actual historical figures or protagonists."--194.65.151.101 (talk) 13:56, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Examples

How come Lara Croft is mentioned in this article and Indiana Jones is not?

(Previous comment not signed) Lara Croft was mentioned as an example of a heroine. Indiana Jones does not qualify (as an example of a heroine). FrankSier (talk) 14:56, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

"...popularity peaked in the 1930s and 1940s"?

Would need a citation for this. And it is not clear if it is true. Possibly a certain type of adventure film peaked then. Certainly plenty of much more recent films have reliably been referred to as adventure films. https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/50-best-adventure-movies-of-all-time/6/ . FrankSier (talk) 15:10, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Re-write

So this article has been in need of re-write desperately for some time. It has been tagged for requiring more sources since 2007 (!). I've basically scrapped the few traces of paragraphs that existed and replaced with academic books and better overviews.

It currently skews far too much into Hollywood productions, but this can be updated later. Its already sat here since 2007 requiring more info, so I feel this is a big update. Thoughts? comments? anyone? Andrzejbanas (talk) 01:27, 23 July 2024 (UTC)