The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004) - a campy adventure film that celebrates knowledge while confidently basking in B-movie silliness

Hey everyone.

I wanted to talk about a film called The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It's a campy adventure film from the early 2000's. It's whimsical and so damn entertaining that you can't help but fall in love with the premise.

Something about it's tone felt like it knew exactly what it was, what it was going for and never stopped trying to have fun with it. You can really see it in the reactions that the characters give (seriously, look at how everyone approaches the scenes, some with genuine playfulness).

A favorite aspect that always gets me is how the main villain's 'henchwoman' won't stop commending Flynn for his 'skills' (that are all accidental successes). There's a hilarious scene when they've been captured and she's grinning like an idiot because she's met her 'hero' and Flynn is appropriately confused. She even fights for him at the end.

Hopefully this still falls under the 'movies' category, even if it was made-for-TV. It's over an hour and a half, so I consider it a legitimate film.

Do you have any thoughts on this film? Any favorite scenes or glaring flaws that I'm ignoring?

Submitted January 26, 2021 at 12:06PM by Bagrisham https://ift.tt/39WVZ9q