Best Adventure Film...

Tony Torn said:
...Raiders...only time Ford truly got close to Bogart Quality in performance. Outstanding...
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I couldn't agree more!
As a proud self-proclaimed Bogartphile, I have seen many parallels between the two of them.
I remember Harrison Ford saying that he had never seen Casablanca (ouch...my heart!) Lucky for us, however, Spielberg had seen it many times. In fact, I have always believed that there are some homages that he worked in to the Indy films.

For instance...
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The scene in the Cairo bar after Indy believes that Marion was killed always gave me vibes of the famous scene in which Rick Blaine gets pissed drunk after seeing Ilsa again.

Also...
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Check out the tuxes...look familiar?​

I nearly plotzed out of excitement when I first heard Harrison was taking on the Bogart role in the Sabrina remake a coupla years back. However, I have always said that a Casablanca remake would be a sacrilege...but if it must be done, Ford should take it on. Of course there is not an actress around near or far today that could shine Ingrid Bergman's proverbial shoes.
 
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CallaghanFilms said:
Of course there is not an actress around near or far today that could shine Ingrid Bergman's proverbial shoes.[/COLOR]
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For looks alone, they could use Isabella Rossellini. But no, that is one movie that CANNOT be remade!!!
 
David Jimerson said:
These are clearly pretty broad definitions of "adventure" films.
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The way I look at it, David, is like the infamous judicial definition of pornography...Adventure, I'll know it when I see it (or when I feel it, as the case may be.) For instance, the first installment of The Lord of the Rings just feels like an adventure to me (though technically it is fantasy.) All things being subjective, of course.:beer:
 
On the real, my biggest problem is trying to separate some sci-fi from adventure. To answer this question, I need to know where to draw the line. Example; is Brazil an adventure flick?
 
Matthew B. Moore said:
On the real, my biggest problem is trying to separate some sci-fi from adventure. To answer this question, I need to know where to draw the line. Example; is Brazil an adventure flick?
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I'd say no, it's not IMO.
It would be more fantasy/sci-fi in my book.
But that's up to you do decide, my man. I
wouldn't consider Star Wars eligible because
the first thing that pops in my mind is Fantasy
or Science Fantasy. Hudson disagrees. That's
cool. "Pin the Genre on the Movie" is a tough
game to play.
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With that said, I do believe Dr. Jones is the winner (often imitated, never duplicated)

Clint, Bond and Yojimbo are another bunch of hard asses, but where do they fall?

Damn this thread.
 
When you mention Clint and Yojimbo in the same sentence I'm assuming you're refering to "Leone Clint" which is western and Yojimbo is Samurai. They are adventures but specific enough in their characteristics to deserve their own designation from other adventures.

Bond too i think is specific enough to be considered Spy. However you might just say Bond is a genre in and of himself.
 
Matthew B. Moore said:
...Clint, Bond and Yojimbo...
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For me, each of their respective films would be hard core action (spiced with a dash of Western, a sprinkle of Spy & a pinch of Crime).
Again though, adventure is in the eye of the big-boulder.
Matthew B. Moore said:
...Damn this thread.
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I gotta go with Noct -- THE FRRIGGIN GOONIES
and The Yankee -- ADVENTURES IN [mypants] BABYSITTING.

Glad these two had their say already. They just hit me at a time when i was a kid when adventure films really counted.
 
I think you might look at "what's the first thing you think about" when putting a film in a category. When I think about Clint/Leone, the first thing I think about is Western. It may have elements of Adventure in it, but what is it at it's basic level. Same thing with Bond...Action. If you take something like Indiana Jones, Lawrence of Arabia, The Wind and the Lion etc., the first thing that comes to mind is Adventure. It might be nit picking but if we don't nit pick a little, then we could probably rationalize ANYTHING into just about ANY category, particularly one not definitively defined. So when you look at the movie, what's the first thing that comes to mind and how would you "sell" the idea to a studio exec?
 
I punched action/adventure into google search, you know, just to complicate matters and...hell, I agree with Callaghan. Eye of the beholder wins.

The Goonies - good call.
The Pirate of the Caribbean - I can go with that.

A lot of the other films fall into genres, but take me on an adventure. Maybe that's the deal.
 
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