From a cinephile standpoint, it is pretty easy to regard the past decade’s deluge of Superhero movies as simply the latest trend in the Action Genre. People who are not fond of this genre of movies will often complain of how sick they are of all of the superheroes. However, those who are fond of the Action Genre have been able to recognize how the various Superhero movies have been hitting the various subgenres of Action.
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Battle Epics: The Forgotten Movie Genre
War Movies have been a mainstay of cinema since the medium has existed. Even in the days of silent film, many of the early hits were War Movies. Take a look at The General (1926) as an example of an early one and Greyhound (2020) as a more recent one. However, with the constant presence of this genre, there is a subgenre that has largely disappeared.
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