Western Disaster Movie Inspired Disaster Movies Of China

2012, a “Doomsday Year” caused by Mayan prediction, disaster films attractedmost people`s attention. It is quite worth having a study on the film performance in“Doomsday Year” and people`s opinions on disaster films of2012before the coming ofso-called disaster. In addition, how they think about disaster after “Doomsday Year”collapse of itself. This article of disaster films is divided into two categories broadly forthe first time, and has a further step on detailing and filing the types of disaster films.We hope to have a new understanding on disaster films and find out the sally port ofChinese disaster films development.As a comparative study on domestic and foreign films, this article firstly analyzesthe definition and concept of genre film, determines the characteristic and definition ofdisaster film, divides them broadly and classifies sub-genres meticulously. For thewestern disaster films, we selected some disaster films represented by the United StatesHollywood, and carried on the thorough analysis from aesthetic characteristics andnarrative feature, then found out their peculiarity and popular reason. On the other hand,we had an analysis on the history and developing situation of Chinese disaster films,summarized their character and shortage. In the end, we figure out the futuredevelopment strategy for our disaster films by making a comparison in many aspects.China process abundant creation resource, but we make little use of our history andculture. We study those successful disaster films of Hollywood of which art or businessis worthy to study. The success of disaster films do not depend on great deal of moneyand technology, as long as have a reasonable imagining from the social reality, you cancreate an excellent film.From the above conclusion, the development limitation of Chinese disaster filmshas been displayed. It is time to think about how to develop the Chinese characteristicsdisaster films and extend to the whole current situation of Chinese film industry, explorea way for Chinese disaster films to play on world stage.