I'd say that there is nothing better than an exciting adventure film. And if it is mingled with comedy is even better. Robert Zemeckis' Romancing The Stone is a movie that you love to watch on a Sunday noon. You know when boredom is so severe and the heat of the Summer is hitting you hard, that's the perfect time for it. Romancing is "doomed" to be one of the movies that you will think of after the screening and you'll have a silly smile on your face. Because there is nothing more cathartic and thorough than this good old adventure story that takes place in Colombia and brings together diamonds, greed, criminals and courageous humor. I can say with ease that this is one of the examples of the 80s where the entertaining element has most certainly left its mark on the movie, making it a superb and tasty journey to exotic lands and exciting events. Maybe the recipe doesn't sound too spectacular, but I assure that the outcome is most certainly of high value.
And it's true that some might say that this is a movie that might look even dated today. No, it doesn't look dated. It has that distinctive spark that makes it a movie that catches the interest of the viewer from the start. What good would cinema be, if it wasn't for the pure excitement of the story and the characters? And that is exactly what Romancing offers. A thrilling story of clear adventurous quality seasoned with some extremely intriguing characters. And for me there is no need for anything more. Because there are many times that you understand that art must be and should be simple. It's the simple needs that we have and get fulfilled that make the whole difference. In that way Romancing The Stone is a movie that takes you high and then drives you low and then high all over again. And then you are feeling that you are in a beautiful and amazing train of an amusement park. Excitement is so powerful in that movie that from minute one you feel that you have fallen to the right hands. You feel that you are working with the right kind of people. You feel that this movie is going to make your day a little brighter.