Posts tagged adventure
Review: Shipwrecked (1990)
Review: Shipwrecked (1990)

Shipwrecked is a competent boys’ own adventure, played without irony, revisionism, or computer-generated fakeness.

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Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromShipwrecked, shipwreck, boys' own adventure, adventure, adventure at sea, Nils Gaup, Bob Foss, Greg Dinner, Nick Thiel, Stian Smestad, Gabriel Byrne, Trond Peter Stamsø Munch, Louisa Milwood-Haigh, Kjell Stormoen, Norway, Scandinavian, Treasure Island, real locations, pirates, treasureComment
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

The third Pirates film threatens to spin out of control, but such an eccentric vision of a dark and whimsical fantasy world has rarely been as vividly imagined on screen.

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Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAnders BergstromDisney, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Chow Yun-fat, pirates, adventure, fantasyComment
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

An imperfect film yet still a classic adventure, mostly thanks to Johnny Depp’s iconic performance.

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Reviews, Flash BackAnton BergstromPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean, pirates, adventure, Gore Verbinski, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Mackenzie Crook, Lee Arenberg, Kevin R. McNally, Jonathan Pryce, fantasy, ghosts, Treasure IslandComment
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)

A full appreciation of Attack of the Clones requires the upheaval of some established viewpoints on the film.

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Star Wars, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromStar Wars, Star Wars Retrospective, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, George Lucas, Jonathan Hales, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Temuera Morrison, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, adventure, romance, point of view, criticismComment
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

A rare sequel that goes in a different direction, darker and deeper, The Empire Strikes Back permanently transformed what the Star Wars saga would be.

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Star Wars, Reviews, Flash BackAnders BergstromStar Wars, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, science fiction, sequel, adventure, 1980 Comment
On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot
On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot

Anton explores the dinosaur franchise, its science fiction themes, and the nature of the reboot.

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Essays, Movies TodayAnton BergstromJurassic World, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jeff Goldblum, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rafe Spall, Isabella Sermon, B. D. Wong, Toby Jones, Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow, science fiction, Gothic, adventure, action movie, blockbuster, summer, reboot, genre, diegetic reboot, clonesComment
James Bond 007: Octopussy (1983)
James Bond 007: Octopussy (1983)

Despite a few dreadful missteps, still a rollicking adventure.

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Flash Back, Reviews, James Bond 007, Aren's ReviewsAren Bergstrom1980s, action, adventure, Anthony Meyer, David Meyer, Desmond Llewelyn, George MacDonald Fraser, India, James Bond, James Bond 007, James Bond 007 Retrospective, John Glen, Kabir Bedi, Kristina Wayborn, Lois Maxwell, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams, Michael G- Wilson, Octopussy, Richard Maibaum, Robert Brown, Roger Moore, Steven Berkoff, Vijay Amritraj, Walter GotellComment
James Bond 007: You Only Live Twice (1967)
James Bond 007: You Only Live Twice (1967)

The most average of the first five Bond films.

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Flash Back, Reviews, James Bond 007Anton Bergstromaction, action thriller, adventure, Akiko Wakabayashi, Bernard Lee, Charles Gray, Desmond Llewelyn, Donald Pleasence, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, espionage thriller, Iam Fleming, invade the villain's lair, James Bond, James Bond 007 Retrospective, Japan, Karin Dor, Lois Maxwell, Mie Hama, misogyny, Nancy Sinatra, racism, Roald Dahl, Sean Connery, setting, spaceship, SPECTRE, spy movie, spy thriller, Teru Shimada, Tetsuro Tamba, thriller, You Only Live Twice Comments
Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

More extravagant fun. This is both a bad and a good thing.

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Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton Bergstromaction, adaptation, adventure, Aidan Turner, big battle, blockbuster, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, dragon, Evangeline Lilly, fantasy, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, J- R- R- Tolkien, Ken Stott, Lee Pace, male bonding, Martin Freeman, Middle Earth, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, quest, Richard Armitage, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, video games, visualized space Comments