Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
What are movies for if not to have the good guys triumph over the bad ones?
In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.
The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end.
Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.
Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.
The evil within the fantasy genre tends to be threatening to the heroes within the story, but not to the reader - or not to the viewer, in the case of cinema - and that's why I think it's more palatable and something that is more easily embraced for a lot of people.
On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.
Heroism in a bad cause.
A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.