The Problem With Adventure Movies Today (Patreon)

The Problem With Adventure Movies Today

Get both Nebula and CuriosityStream for less than $15 a year: https://www.curiositystream.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: An analysis of what makes an adventure movie feel actually adventurous. Watch the companion video: https://nebula.app/videos/lsoo-the-many-failures-of-jurassic-world-dominion Chapters: 0:00 The Problem With Adventure Movies Today 2:14 A Case Study, and a Reappreciation 4:00 The Real Purpose of an Adventure 9:15 The Importance of Adventurous Characters 11:50 Creating Tangible New Worlds 15:27 Making it Feel Real 19:00 The Value of Great Action Scenes 23:06 From a Great Adventure, to a Great Movie Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Media included: Assassin’s Creed; Avatar; Burden of Dreams; Dune; Fitzcarraldo; Indiana Jones; Jungle Cruise; Jurassic Park; Jurassic Park 3; Jurassic World; Fallen Kingdom; Dominion; King Kong; Lawrence of Arabia; Lord of the Rings; Master and Commander; National Treasure; Pirates of the Caribbean; Red Notice; The Lost World (1925); The Lost World: Jurassic Park; The Mummy (1990); The Mummy (2017); Uncharted Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Dexter Britain – Midnight Sand Dexter Britain – Your Own World Dexter Britain – Raising Dexter Britain – Stay With Me Daniel Deuschle – Wild is Life Music licensed from Musicbed. Elevate your videos with record-label quality music here: http://share.mscbd.fm/likestoriesofold