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1、AnAnalysistoSomeMoviesLinkedWithDisaster英语0805班帅凌08050523Disasterfilmsbasedonthehumancatastrophecausedbythenaturaldisasters.Generalrenderingthrillingdisaster,tostimulatetheaudience'sfear,andsomeperformanceoutofthewaytodisasteranddefeatoravoidthedisasterofwisdom,ortopromoterescueandoth
2、ernon-rationalreligion.Theirtypicalfeaturesarelargecastsandmultipleplotlines,andfocusonthecharacters'attemptstoavert,escape,orcopewiththeaftermathofthedisaster.Onemajorcharacter,severalminorcharacters,andscoresofextrastypicallydiebeforethestoryisresolved.Thedisasterfilmgenrerevived,br
3、iefly,inthemid-1990s—perhapsbecausenewspecialeffectstechniquesmademorespectaculardisasterspossible.Thefirstfilminthisnewtrendwasthe1996MichaelCrichton-pennedfilmTwister,followedinthesameyearbyIndependenceDaymergedasciencefictionalieninvasionplotfromthe1950swithdisasterfilmconventions(
4、mostnotably,fromEarthquake).Alsoin1997theepicJamesCameronfilmTitanicwasreleased,whichcombinedthedisastergenreinthesinkingoftheshipandtheromancegenrewiththerelationshipbetweenthemaincharacters.Disasterfilmshavereappearedperiodicallyinthe21stcentury.In2003,TheCorefeaturedadisasterresult
5、ingfromthe"stalling"ofEarth'score,whilein2004,TheDayAfterTomorrowbuiltuponfearofglobalwarmingandclimatechangewithanunlikelyassortmentofdisasters,perhapssettingarecordforthemostdisastersinasinglefilm.ThePerfectStormSowhenitcomestotheDisasterMovies,whichfilmswillyouthinkof?Someonewillsa
6、yTitanicwithoutdoubt.Butinmyopinion,Titanicisaromanticfilmmorethanadisastermovie.SoHowaboutThePerfectStorm?ItissomuchliketheTitanicinsomeplotsandItisa2000dramaticdisasterfilmdirectedbyWolfgangPetersen,andanadaptationofthenon-fictionbookofthesametitlebySebastianJungeraboutafishingshipm
7、etascarelystorminthenorthernPacificOcean,andthecrewleadedbytheCaptainBillyTynetenaciouslyfightwiththestorm.ThethingthatreallyirksmeisthatIhadreadthatitwasadisasterfilm(andit'smadeprettymuchclearinthetitle),buttheactualdisasterdidn'tgetstartedforawholefortyminutes,whichalmostbroughtmet
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