How To Do Violence In Movies Right

How To Do Violence In Movies Right

Video: There’s so much violence in movies that it doesn’t even matter any more.

People get hurt, nameless bad guys get killed, cities get destroyed and we’re just like, “Oh whatever.” Superheroes fight superheroes and we don’t even care. That’s because most movies are numbingly uncreative when it comes to movie violence. Most films just use violence for the shock and the spectacle (which can still be fun to watch when done well), while movies by Shane Black — Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys — use violence awkwardly which is much more brilliant.

Obviously, not every movie can use awkward violence. We don’t want to see Captain America and Iron Man in a silly slap fight. We want to see armoured suits and shields get broken. But as Nerdwriter explains in the video below, Shane Black’s brand of awkward movie violence is more creative and realistic, and it accomplishes more than a normal movie’s fight scene because it goes beyond the violence. We get more background on a character. We laugh. We learn more about the story. There are layers beyond just the violence.


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