Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Kilgore_Trout

Housing Jim wrote:

There are some things that should just be left alone. Wasp nests, a firework which falls over.....and now Indiana Jones.
To say that this forth Indi movie is a crushing dissapointment would be to give it too much credit. You sit there thinking, well, it's started okay....okay, it's not very good so far but it's probably going to pick up soon......hmm, not yet.....oh, it's finished. At this point I began to cry.
It's not go awful so what's good with it? Well, it has a couple of crisp action sequences. And that's about it, and even then there is nothing that even comes within a million miles of equalling Temple of Doom's minecart chase or Last Crusade's tank battle.
The story is uninspired and unnecessarily confusing, the script is dire and the characters lifeless. Not to mention the sheer proposturousness of some sequences. I know that the first 3 films had some fairly far fetched action but what was great was that it all looked do-able. Here Uncle Steven and George have got the cgi machine out of the drawer and really messed it up big time.
This is a bland, vapid nonsense of a movie which leaves that lasting memory of Indi and co galloping off into the sunset at the end of Last Crusade, forever tarnished.

perfect summary! perhaps the only good part of this one is that it will finally shut up all the temple of doom haters... cause honestly... temple is exponentially better than this new one... i just woke up and am still furious about how the FUCK anyone was able to sully the good name of Henry Jones II

my apologies to those saying they have tickets for tonight... but i guess you need to make up your minds for yourselves... if you havent seen iron man i suggest sneaking into that with your indy tickets... cause that movie was kick ass

AllNiteThing

I don't care, I still can't wait. Going to the 7pm showing tomorrow! :cool:

I've read a good deal of positive reviews too, so I'll reserve judgement.

Iron Man was kick ass though, and the movie I'm really jonesing to see is Dark Knight.

HermanBloom

Haven't read or heard much good about it, only that it is so-so, yet I will still see it.

rival.

i'm excited to check it out. not going into the theater with high expectations though.

carolinabeerguy

Just got back home. I am terribly disappointed by this movie. The acting was over the top and a the lines were a bit cheesy. The effects were too much and the storyline just got awful at the end. It was a fun movie for the most part but I'd never see it again. I'd give it 2 1/2 out of 5 just because it's an Indy movie.

carolinabeerguy

sgossard3 wrote:

what a worthless piece of SHIT! as if the latest star wars installments werent proof enough of how out of touch Lucas is with his audience.... this was the most pathetic fan pandering, far fetched garbage... i went in with what may have been unrealistically high hopes... but even with that aside... NOTHING was in keeping with the old trilogy and i left feeling insulted that i contributed to the heartless marketing machine that is Lucas Films... the dialogue was crummy, the plot holes were numerous, the action was anything but realistic (which was the coolest part of the old ones), and the ending... OH THE ENDING... i wont spoil it... but JESUS CHRIST

i will never even regard this film as part of the trilogy and it will be stricken from my memory starting now.

What he said...

ryan198

My first Indy was II, and I think it will always be my fave (like hearing baba o'riley first by Pearl Jam or DMB all along the watchtower vs. Bob Dylan then hearing what it's supposed to sound like)...III was pretty decent, some cool action, good story, etc., I I got to after the fact, but still enjoyed it. Ok am I leaving any of them out?

Kilgore_Trout

ryan198 wrote:

My first Indy was II, and I think it will always be my fave (like hearing baba o'riley first by Pearl Jam or DMB all along the watchtower vs. Bob Dylan then hearing what it's supposed to sound like)...III was pretty decent, some cool action, good story, etc., I I got to after the fact, but still enjoyed it. Ok am I leaving any of them out?

i just watched the original 3 today to purge the memory of crystal skull... gotta say that raiders is by far the best! karen allen was a babe and there is a perfect balance of action and geeky archeological stuff... from beginning to end it is really a perfect movie... as fantastical as the arc ghosts were, its still for some reason more believable than the end of crystal skull

temple is incredible too so i dont get why everyones always hating on it... i like the dark direction it goes and how it strays away from the christian roots of the other 2 movies to go deeper into the eastern occult... short round may be a little annoying and i absolutely hate willy, but its a great story... and once again for whatever reason, even ripping out hearts and voodoo dolls is more realistic IMO than crystal skull

last crusade did successfully what crystal skull failed to do: make a touching father and son story (oh did i just ruin the "big twist" of crystal skull?? too bad that was already spoiled weeks ago)... there is great chemistry between henry sr. and henry jr. as well as great performances from brody, sallah, and the grail knight... the tank scene... WOAH... getting some background on Indy was awesome without being too gimmicky... and the archeological search itself was so much more indepth than any of the other movies... riding off into the sunset... what a perfect ending to a perfect trilogy

ill wait a little longer to post my thought on crystal skull just so i can be honest without giving away too much

beachdweller

good flick, it stands on it's own, fun summer flick, love that indy was played at Harrison's current age, no gimmicks.

LikeAnOcean

I'm not expecting this movie to be good,.. as long as I have a fun time watching it, that's all that matters. These movies were never meant to be oscar worthy. They are B flicks. They are supposed to be cheesy.

No reason to get angry, its just a movie. I heard they made it for the fun of it. They had no expectations.


You can't compare it to the movies you grew up with, no matter how good, it will never live up to that. Someone who saw the first three for the first time a few weeks ago said it was on par with them.. Thats a fresh opinion. Gotta go into this with an open mind.

Flagg

OK, saw it last night. Is it good - yes. Is it great - no. But I had a great time watching it. The 1st third or so is definitely the best part of the movie. It kind of goes downhill after that. The dialogue and the story line - let's just say I wish it gone in a different direction.

There were several moments that made me smile like a kid again though and a few nice references to the original movies - and one to Star Wars. But it is impossible to make a movie that will recapture the feeling I had as a 10 year old kid watching Raiders of the Lost Ark in th theater for the first time.

It is what it is - an entertaining action movie with some flaws.