There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the Bourne films that it's possible to make an action film with a political, social conscience.
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Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.
The 'Bourne' films totally reimagined and elevated the action genre.
I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work.
The 'Bourne' movies are great in their own ways; it introduces a whole other sort of allegory about the Bush years. The secrecy and the threats of a big global organization.
Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that people can care about is something even better. We love to see action heroes that are vulnerable, that are sensitive, that are family people, that are accessible.
With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!
I see the first 'Bourne' movie as really kind of a fulcrum in changing the modern action film, where things are really gritty and really character-driven. Think about how the entire Bond franchise was completely radicalized by Bourne.
I mean, I love action films, you know, good action films.
The promise of an action movie to a certain audience is not a bad thing.
I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.