Category: Adventure

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2000s / Adventure / Comedy

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Unlike some other critics, I didn’t go into The Life Aquatic with any expectations of greatness.  I’ve only fallen asleep while watching two movies in my lifetime, and one of those movies happened to be Wes...

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1990s / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family

Antz (1998)

Dreamworks first big foray into the 3D animation genre proved to be successful with Antz, a beautifully rendered adventure that sparkles with comic dialogue and fantastic special effects.  It came out the same year like...

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1980s / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Science Fiction

Flash Gordon (1980)

Flash Gordon is another glitzy, bloated Dino de Laurentiis big-budget production that emphasizes eye-candy first, story elements last.  It’s based on the popular 1930s comic strip of the same name, which itself has been adapted...

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2000s / Action / Adventure / Comedy

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

Very loosely based on the classic Jules Verne novel, and made into a movie more than once already (most notably in 1956 with David Niven), Around the World in 80 Days is an old-fashioned adventure in...

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2000s / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy

Shrek 2 (2004)

A sheer delight from beginning to end, Shrek 2 manages to be even better than its now classic predecessor in scope and humor value.  Whether or not the pop references and modern jokes will stand the...

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2000s / Adventure / Comedy

Secondhand Lions (2003)

Although I’m giving Secondhand Lions a marginally negative review, I will admit, I did like many parts of the film quite a bit.   In fact, I was quite entertained throughout most of it, confident that I’d be...

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1960s / Action / Adventure / Thriller

Thunderball (1965)

For those who think that the worst of Sean Connery’s Bond adventures is still better than the best Roger Moore ever did, I hereby submit Thunderball as an end to that argument.  Overlong and far...