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« on: May 28, 2010, 03:22:13 am » |
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Greetings, All!
I'm hoping to bulk up my film collection within the Adventure genre...
I'm looking to create a list of movies that are part of, or hearken back to, the old 'Adventure' theme...i.e. folks in khakis wandering about in the jungle, seeking a lost city or a treasure or something, dealing with angry natives, battling natural beasts or some sort of preternatural monsters or dinosaurs, that sort of thing.
Steamy elements a plus, though not necessary.
So I'm thinking about films like the Indiana Jones stuff, Jewel of the Nile, Alan Quartermain stuff, The Man Who Would be King, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Congo, King Kong, etc.
I'm more actually looking for older or 'classic' films, but more recent stuff that has the same 'flavor' is great, too.
Recommendations?
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« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2010, 01:55:16 pm » |
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H. Rider Haggard's "She" has been adapted in several films. My favorites are: 1935 version1965 version |
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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2010, 03:15:10 pm » |
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2010, 02:11:50 am » |
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Wind and the Lion....good old school epic movie about barbary pirates, teddy roosevelt, and the british military.
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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2010, 02:16:38 am » |
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The Mummy movie they made back in the 90s with Fraser and Weisz. The sequel had kind of lost the adventure spirit in my eyes.
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« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2010, 02:17:50 am » |
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Also are you aware they made a Young Indiana Jones tv-series? I rather liked it actually, though it´s been 15 years since I watched it.
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« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2010, 09:23:50 am » |
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King Solomon's Mines (the one with Stewart Grainger)
someone has already mention the silent version of The Lost World...I recommend the one from the 60's with Claude Raines as Challenger.
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« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2010, 02:18:53 pm » |
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The Indian Tomb is an early German effort (c. 1920) featuring Fritz Lang and Conrad Veidt. Very cool, and one of the few high-budget films of their early post-WWI era.
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Capt. Dirigible
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« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2010, 04:11:36 pm » |
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There are two 'Mr Moto' films (starring the great Peter Lorre as the eponymous Japanese detective) which have archaelogical/jungle settings. 'Thank You,Mr Moto' (1937) and 'Mr Moto Takes A Chance' (1938) Both are decidely un-PC and show most Brits as pompous, Colonial types who treat all foreigners with distrust and/or as servants. I'm a huge fan of Lorre's work so I like the films but they may not be to everyone's taste. Also the Mr Moto films are quite hard to get hold of seperately. I have them as part of a Mr Moto boxed set.  Despite the caption this is actually a publicity still from 'Mr Moto Takes a Chance' |
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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2010, 07:27:06 pm » |
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Not really old timey, but Romancing the Stone and African Queen are two movies that popped to mind.
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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2010, 04:55:17 am » |
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The Mummy movie they made back in the 90s with Fraser and Weisz. The sequel had kind of lost the adventure spirit in my eyes.
I agree there (though was the kludged-together airship in the first or second one? I can't remember); the first one was also kind of a spoof of the sub-genre, and that tends to only work well for one film's worth of material. Which might be why they don't make good ones of that so much, anymore. Everyone wants a "franchise". |
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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2010, 06:16:23 pm » |
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The airship was in the second one, along with that annoying kid.
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