From Hollywood Technicolor classics to swashbuckling comedies, the romantic adventure film can always deliver a grand time at the cinema.
For those of us hoping to cling onto the last vestiges of theatrical movie going, any movie that isn't about a superhero or an entry in a franchise doing well is a win, even if the film is far from the greatest thing ever made. This past weekend saw a totally solid $30.5 million opening for The Lost City, the new romantic adventure comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. In a lot of ways, this was an old-school success story.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY On Her Majesty's Secret Service While James Bond films are filled with a lot of sex, very few of them feature straight-up romance. You have Daniel Craig's first outing with Casino Royale in his relationship with Eva Green's Vesper Lynd, but considering so much of that movie takes place in a hotel and at a poker table, calling it an adventure film would be a bit of a stretch.
The Princess Bride Each and every one of us has seen The Princess Bride a thousand times, but what is wrong with one thousand and one? The love story at its core between Robin Wright's Buttercup and Cary Elwes' farm boy turned swashbuckling rogue may not be the most developed romance ever put to film, but their archetypal figures make for a perfect central couple for this spin on the classic tale of rescuing a damsel from the clutches of kidnapers and a forthcoming marriage she does not...
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Now we have the great evolution of The Mask of Zorro. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a seismic event when it debuted in July 2003. Everyone assumed a movie based on a theme park attraction would be a disaster, yet it became a phenomenon. A well-deserved phenomenon at that.
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