Romancing the Stone (1984)

[baumer]

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[Blankments]

Romancing the Stone coasts by solely thanks to its stars' chemistry. There's nothing remarkable about the action scenes or script. Silvestri's score actively hurts the film as it is much too easy-going for it to be a fun film. The romance is underdeveloped despite the film spending a lot of time on it. Still, there's some fun to be found in Zemeckis's direction here, and the climax is wacky fun. Danny DeVito manages to steal the show by essentially playing himself too. Romancing the Stone isn't memorable at all, and it comes off as weak compared to other films with the cast and crew. It's a shame this is Zemeckis's only straightforward adventure film. C

[bartonfink]

Tongue-in-cheek fantasy at its best.  

[Dark 33Legend of the Sith]

I always thought that this movie was a lot of fun.  Douglas and Turner had great chemistry and Douglas brought a lot of charisma to the role.  I agree that there isn't anything incredible about the story, but the ending is a blast and for the most part it's pure fun.  I enjoy this one quite a bit.

 

B+

[IndustriousAngel]

8/10, A

the gags work for the most part, the main characters have excellent chemistry and the side characters are well chosen, the outdoors scenes are good, the pace perfect - basically a B movie where everything turned out top-notch, a rare miracle (as witnessed by the dreary sequel)

[elcaballero]

Zemeckis's best work.  Just kidding, although I do like the movie a lot, and it is really driven by the interactions between Douglas and Turner. I would say that it's a solid B+.