Many of these movies were made on a low budget in the 40s and 50s, and the filmmakers relied more on long takes. Modern filmmakers have more footage to work with, including archival video and other stock footage, allowing them to put a movie together in more different ways.
It probably comes as no surprise, but modern movies have more action than older films. Cutting has quantified this trend by calculating how many pixels change from one frame to the next across the entire movie. When people watch action sequences their heart rate increases, and so does their galvanic skin response, an indicator of physiological arousal.
Tying the motion to shot changes is an especially effective way to engage the attention of viewers, he says. But filmmakers risk irritating audiences if they bombard them with frenetic motion for too long. The black dots in the lower right corner represent the average shot length and motion index for entire films.
The white and gray dots to the left represent sequences, and fragments of sequences from within movies. The point is that when film makers use lots of motion, they usually only keep it up for short periods of time. Audiences sometimes revolt against movies that buck this trend. For example, the incessant, jerky handheld camera work in the film Cloverfield nauseated some people. The graph includes two other movies that were criticized for too much queasy cam: Quantum of Solace a , and The Bourne Ultimatum b.
For the nightclub sequence, Aronofsky worked with a Photoshop artist who manipulated each frame and added some subliminal imagery. Modern movies are also darker than their predecessors, Cutting has found. The move into digital has given us better control over the dynamic range. TV 44 min Action, Drama, Fantasy. Stem cells, gene therapy, transplants, and cloning have changed the definition of "humanity" in the modern world, but the darker side contains monsters that only few are brave enough to face, because the future lies in their hands.
Votes: 20, R min Drama, Mystery, Romance. A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it. PG min Comedy, Sci-Fi. A fire-fighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky but sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor. PG min Action, Adventure, Fantasy. A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting everything ablaze, establishing dominance over the planet.
R min Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. In the distant future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements. R min Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi. A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.
R min Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories. Votes: 47, R 91 min Fantasy, Horror. A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures move to a small town to seek out a young virgin to feed on. Not Rated min Action, Adventure, Drama. R min Action, Adventure, Drama. A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.
Votes: 57, His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. PG 97 min Comedy, Drama, Romance. A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue. Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion , search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship. Votes: 21, R 93 min Action, Drama, Horror.
After an unprecedented global pandemic turns the majority of humankind into violent "Infected," a man gifted with the ability to speak the Infected's new language leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.
Votes: 8, G 95 min Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans. R min Action, Drama, Sci-Fi. Votes: 55, Later, he fathered two sons who became the first Vampire and Lycan by being bitten by a bat and a wolf.
Since that time, a war has broken out. The Lycans were enslaved by the Vampires, used as guardians of their lairs during the daylight hours, but they revolted in the 15th century. Both sides have their own lair and chain of command. Vampires are ruled by the three Vampire Elders , who command an army of Vampire warriors known as the Death Dealers.
Rules and tradition demand that two Vampire Elders be at rest while one is awake; this arrangement calls for each Elder to rule for one century followed by two centuries of sleep. By the beginning of the 21st century, the Lycans are almost completely wiped out, but a Vampire regent has his own plans, which end up spinning the war out of control and disrupting the chain of command on both sides.
A third mortal son of Corvinus was able to pass down the dormant form of the original virus through his descendants. One of the third son's descendants, Michael Corvin , is not only able to survive the bite of one immortal species, but his rare bloodstrain is able to imbibe and combine both the Vampire and Lycan virus strains due to this mutation, allowing him to become a Hybrid — a full blending of the two Immortal species.
Other Hybrids are later created by using the blood of Michael's daughter, Eve ,which grants the user with greater strength and size, as well as an immunity to silver. Hybrids appear in every installment of the series except for Rise of the Lycans. Len Wiseman mentioned plans for a sixth Underworld film, possibly including Kate Beckinsale as Selene. There is a three-part anime movie set in the Underworld mythos as well, called Underworld: Endless War.
In addition to the novelizations of Underworld , Underworld: Evolution , and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans , an original novel a non-canon spin-off , Blood Enemy , has been published.
All four are authored by Greg Cox.
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