An Introduction to Climbing and Adventure dvds and films

People love adventure in every sense. Adventure provides an adrenaline rush and excitement and for that reason various sports like rock and mountain climbing, hiking and extreme sports have become so popular in the last few decades.

When it comes to movies too, adventure is one of the most popular genres. Adventure movies have always been popular with the movie-goers and Hollywood has been consistently supplying audiences with some good quality adventure movies. Today, adventure films and DVDs are a guaranteed success with any age group.

Adventure movies- the history

The upswing in the adventure movies began in the 1930s in the Hollywood. It was then that the steady stream of adventure films began with movies like Robin Hood and Captain Blood. People loved the thrill these movies provided them with and soon enough the directors began to take the idea and started producing more action packed thrilling adventure movies.

Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn had been some of the major adventure film stars back then. Soon enough, adventure films were just not enough for people. Adventure themed TV shows began appearing regularly and today almost every TV channel has its own adventure themed shows.

Since the 1950s, the adventure movies began to see revivals with legendary figures like Robin Hood being re-invented according to the modern generation. The Indiana Jones movies had been an instant hit with the people and in the recent years the Pirates of the Caribbean and the Stars Wars have been successful.

All time favorite adventure DVDs and films

Some movies can only be described as true classics when it comes to the adventure genres. Over the decades there have been several adventure movies which were not only immensely successful then, but often have been copied by other directors. In the 1920s and 30s, movies like The Black Pirate, Captain Blood, Lives of the Bengal Lancer, The Charge of Light Brigade, Prisoner of Zenda and King Solomon’s Mines had been released and these movies paved way for the newer and modern adventure movies. Robin Hood had perhaps been the most popular of them all in that genre and with the movie, the figure became etched in history forever.

In the 1970s and 80s came the age of the Stars Wars and Indiana Jones with episodes like A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back which have been some of the most successful adventure movies of all times. Back to the Future had been released in 1985 and the movie gained instant success.

In the 90s, movies like the Lost World, Jurassic Park and The Mummy had been released. All of these movies are popular even today. With the year 2000 came the movies like Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Hero, Pirates of the Caribbean, National Treasure, Blood Diamond, Chronicles of Narnia and several others.

Some filmmakers like Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Raoul Walsh and Michael Curtiz have established their niche in the adventure category and have gone on to provide us with some of the best known adventure movies and DVDs of all times.