CL Tournament of Summer Movie Blockbusters Round 1: Raiders of the Lost Ark vs. Shrek 2
June 19, 2009 at 3:11 pm by Joe BardiNote: This is our first Tournament of Summer Movie Blockbuster. In case you missed it, here’s the skinny on the tourney and a full list of competing films. And for news and reviews of this summer’s blockbusters, be sure and check CL’s Movies & TV site.
In yet another blowout, The Empire Strikes Back froze Batman Returns in carbonite and sold it to Jabba the Hut. This weekend’s contest seems to be similarly one-sided as our final #2 seed Raiders of the Lost Ark takes on #7 Shrek 2.
Details on the films and your chance to vote after the break.
Tournament of Blockbusters Round One: #2 Raiders of the Lost Ark vs. #7 Shrek 2
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (100%, 19 Votes)
- Shrek 2 (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 19
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Raiders of the Lost Ark is the best action/adventure movie ever produced by Hollywood. Directed by an in-his-prime Steven Spielberg, Raiders is wall-to-wall with action and special effects, and features one of the best chase scenes ever filmed (Indy on a horse chasing a Nazi caravan along improbable desert cliffs). Of course, all that would be empty spectacle without a smart script by Lawrence Kasdan (from a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman) and the iconic performance of Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. Plus, I still laugh every time I watch Indy handle the angry swordsman in a Cairo marketplace — and I’ve seen it easily 100 times.
Final Box Office Gross: $242,374,454.00
Rank on AFI’s “100 Years … 100 Movies” list: 60
Shrek 2 is the well-regarded 2004 follow-up to Dreamworks smash animated hit. To be honest, I’ve never seen it. (Sorry, I’m over 15 and don’t have kids.) The first film was a riot, though, using out-of-copyright characters from Disney’s past — and fashioning a villain that bore a striking resemblance to a certain Disney CEO — to skewer the Mouse House. It was all a very profitable revenge from ex-Disney animation chief Jeffery Katzenberg directed at his former employer.
Final Box Office Gross: $441,226,247.00
Rank on AFI’s “100 Years … 100 Movies” list: N/A
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