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Summary: Toooooooo Bad!!
Review: It is too bad and a crying shame that the transfer to dvd of this great movie has been cheapened. It is no better than the vhs version so i see no reason to upgrade. sorry to see the video is not even anamorphic and the dolby dig transfer is no better than the vhs audio!! what a shame!
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Summary: "Ahhh! God D*** it, the Doobie Brothers broke up!"
Review: It's a DVD keeper. I'm glad that I purchased this movie.There's not to many movies you can watch over and over,but this one holds a spot in my DVD collection.Romancing the Stone & Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom make a great double feature!Kevin
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Summary: Great movie!
Review: Joan Wilder, romance novelist, is on her way to Columbia after obligating herself to free her hostage sister at the price of a Columbian treasure map. After arriving in Columbia and taking the wrong bus, which then crashes and whose passengers leave without her, Joan finds herself lost and at the mercy of a man who wants her dead. Rescused by Jack Colton, a rough and jaded man working for his lifelong dream, Joan offers all she has in exchange for his help. After many rip-roaring adventures through Columbian countryside and city -- chasing after expensive stones, dodging private armies, and searching for Joan's sister -- Joan finds herself falling in love with Jack, only to find that in the end his "charm" might have been all a romantic trick of Jack's scheming in order to get the treasure for himself...
Pros:
- The main characters are really believable. Their personalities are realistic and they develop throughout the film. Joan is a girl who has only ventured to dangerous missions via her novels and is forced to learn how to adapt to new changes. Luckily, she invokes a wit she once reserved only for her writing and pulls through very nicely. Jack is a fairly greedy, raw, and jaded man without much respect for anyone. Somewhat caustic but somehow charming, Jack learns how to share his dream with Joan, a somewhat kindred spirit.
- Joan is a great female lead. She has her share of the action, she's intelligent, and she's brave despite her lack of experience.
- The humor is well-done -- the movie is more action / adventure-based than humor, but there are some hilarious scenes woven in that have me laughing everytime I watch the movie.
Cons:
- The romance happens a little too quickly. I understand that it has to happen or else -- wow, no movie -- but it was a little patchy / iffy and the development was way too fast. I would have rather had a longer movie or the same movie divided into two longer halves.
- Some of the scenes are a little predictable, but even then I'd say they're pretty good.
Overall Review: The movie starts off in a sequence of one of Joan's books, instantly giving the watcher a view on Joan's character without boring explanations or drawn-out cuts. From that the movie switches into several more scenes during which one gets to know Joan, her life, and her work before seamlessly fading into the action. Once Joan introduces herself to Columbia and her ineptness at meshing into the culture there -- even for the excuse of finding her sister -- Joan continues to be her headstrong self and convinces Jack to help her, despite the sacrifice she makes. Bound and determined, Joan makes her way across Columbia all the while executing fun -- somewhat predictable -- action and learning how to trust Jack despite her fear of being abandoned.
The action isn't quite as riveting and epic as, say, Indiana Jones, but then again the characters are well done and one of my favorite points of this movie is that the hero is a fairly average and very clever female rather than the typical witty, godlike male hero. The characters are easy to connect with, the plot -- albeit fairly simple -- is fun and easy to grasp. I laughed more than once, "awwed" more than once, and watched more than once. This movie is definitely worth buying.
Re-watchable?: Yes!
Rating: 
Summary: A good 'un
Review: Not much of a fan of either Douglas or Turner, but the "suits" could not have made better choices in their stars. As usual, Danny DeVito takes his part, makes the most of it, and pretty much owns whateve scene he is in. Much better than the sequel, it's worth seeing and owning.
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Summary: UNEXPECTED FUN!
Review: Released at the height of Turner's sex-appeal, many thought this a mere showcase for the endowments she and co-star Douglas had to offer. Surprise! A rollickingly funny film with plenty of action and, yes, romance. Turner's performance as the lonely (?) romance novelist who becomes one of the characters she dreamed up, is magnificent! Douglas' turn as the jaded yet naive con-man is inspired. De vito does De vito as only De vito can. Raid this lost ark of adventure comedy for your next date...unless of course she gets eaten by an alligator first.
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Summary: Neither Good Nor Bad
Review: ROMANCING THE STONE could be seen as the poor man's Indiana Jones movie. It's short on snappy dialogue, coherent plot and memorable characters. Essentially this is a vehicle for Douglas as rough and ready Jack Colton, and Turner to show her versatility as Joan Wilder, the novelist who sheds her loner image and eventually becomes a heroine. Danny DeVito crops up as a slimy rival to the duo's quest, but his part is overplayed and underwritten. The story as it is revolves around Wilder going to Columbia to rescue her kidnapped sister. This leads her into a journey of adventure to recover a fabled jewel with adventurer Colton. An almost sinister kidnapping becomes a farcical adventure comedy: I found the switching in tone of this movie at times confusing, and at other times far too blunt. Whilst ROMANCING THE STONE is not a movie that will leave any lasting impression on you, it is passable as entertainment - saved as it is by the one thing that causes it so many problems: the reliance on the Turner-Douglas on-screen relationship to carry it through.
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Summary: It Deserved More Oscar Nominations
Review: ROMANCING THE STONE is a movie about a writer of romance novels who lives alone with her cat in New York City. She is summoned to Columbia to deliver a package which will save her sister from kidnappers. Soon after she arrives in South America she is rescued during a jungle shootout by a daring American expatriot.From that point on the excitement begins in earnest.Kathleen Turner plays the part of the writer and Michael Douglas has the role of her knight in shining armor. Danny Devito gives one of his best performances as a kidnapper. The cast also includes Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda, Holland Taylor and Mary Ellen Trainor. The director was Robert Zemeckis and the screenwriting was handled by Diane Thomas. Neither one repeated for the sequel, THE JEWEL OF THE NILE, which was not quite as good in my opinion. ROMANCING THE STONE received only one Oscar nomination and that was for Best Editing. I was surprised because I thought it was one of the most entertaining movies I ever saw. The big winner of Oscars in 1984 was AMADEUS. Diane Thomas received a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on ROMANCING THE STONE. Ten years later Robert Zemeckis finally won a Best Director Oscar for FORREST GUMP.
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Summary: Mis-treated Gem
Review: Romancing The Stone is one of the best romantic comedies to come out of the 80's. Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner are perfect in the lead roles of novelist Joan Wilder and adventurer Jack T. (trustworty) Coleton. The story takes us from the streets of New York to the jungles of South America ... The trip is anything but smooth, but the laughs are plenty as Danny DeVito playing the much abused kidnapper keeps thing stirred. The DVD looks really good, however there's missing sub-titling... Also, this film should have been given more extras. I'm sure that there was some footage left for a gag reel, especially with Danny DeVito and a commentary would have been nice too. Maybe Fox will see the error of it's ways and do a special edition of a sleeper hit that has retained all it's lustre.
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Summary: A bit dated; yet very funny!
Review: Romancing the Stone is one of those movies that you do not see very often nowadays. The plot is inteligent and the actors have excellent chemistry. Douglas is perfect as the lone adventurer and Turner is not to shabby in her role as the romance novalist. The only problem with the movie is that the soundtrack is terrible and is the only reason why I did not give this movie 5 stars.
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Summary: DVD is a fine re-issue of this classic.
Review: Some have said the transfer to the DVD format is not particularly good. To that I disagree. I just played my new copy yesterday and the picture is very sharp and colors are very accurate. Naturally, the sound suffers in comparison to modern digital 5-channel surround tracks, but overall it is very good. Very good, not superb, and that is why I give this DVD 4 stars. The entire movie itself is a classic and hard to beat for its genre.
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