Comparative analysis of The Terminator(1984) & The Avengers 4: Endgame(2019)
This week we are going to analyze two films using genre. These two films belong to the same genre, which is science fiction film. I want to compare them from two aspects, which are the use of visual effects and characters.
The Terminator(1984)
This film talks about a Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son will one day save mankind from extinction by a hostile artificial intelligence in a post-apocalyptic future.
From the pictures we can see, the visual effects used in this film has been a few years. There is not much visual effects in this film, and most of the visual effects are used on the cyborg assassin’s body, like mechanical body.
The characters in The Terminator is kind of simple. Sarah kept escaping from the cyborg assassin and fell in love with a man. They had a baby in the end, who will one day save mankind in the future. Apart from that, almost the whole film is full of chasing and fighting.
The Avengers 4: Endgame(2019)
As for The Avengers 4: Endgame, it won’t be an exaggeration to say that, the film is full of visual effects. People love watching those effects nowadays, especially for the exciting fighting, extraterrestrial scenes, etc. Unlike The Terminator, which tells a story between a cyborg assassin and a woman, there are lots of super heroes in The Avengers. People may applaud for their victory, cry for their death, those heroes have become the audiences’ friends and people are becoming crazy for them.
By comparing these two films, we can see the development of science fiction films through the years. Companies are getting more and more familiar with visual effects. Additionally, visual effects have brought super heroes alive, created huger and grander virtual universes.