Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

planning on going to a midnight showing.

going to see the movie on weekend.

GlorifiedAnimal wrote:

just got back from the midnight showing...awesome flick. it doesn't quite rank with the others, but its very entertaining and brilliantly filmed on many different levels. anyone who was skeptical about seeing it because of harrison ford's age should disregard that thought and check it out! i think you will be pleasantly surprised.

you dont think it was better then II and III? i heard it was better then both, and only Raiders is better then the new one. hmm.

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.

the wolf wrote:

you dont think it was better then II and III? i heard it was better then both, and only Raiders is better then the new one. hmm.

I thought it was better than 2...but I have never really like 2 for some reason...I LOVE 1 & 3

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.

So what do you give it, like 3 apples out of 4?

sgossard3 wrote:

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

quite rightly so.. a trilogy is 3 movies.. this new one is the fourth... so it would never be part of the trilogy anyway

I like how it referenced old Indy a lot! They definitely tried to tie it into the trilogy..I also appreciate how they acknowledged the span of time between movies. (Nothing worse than part of a series coming out years later and the story being only 1 year later)
As for the ending, a bit far fetched for my liking. Thats one legend..er..conspiracy theory..I would expect Indiana to laugh at. Also, some of the scenes with special effects were a little over done and overly fake looking (the whole vine swinging part..).
Overall, I loved the action and the story (I studied art history in college and always loved Indiana Jones!). I'm curious to see who Shia will battle when he gets to take the lead next time.

dunkman wrote:

quite rightly so.. a trilogy is 3 movies.. this new one is the fourth... so it would never be part of the trilogy anyway

lol Great post!

I still have yet to see it. I want to, but im afraid. Im afraid it will become one of those like the new star wars, like its just trying with all its power in a feudal effort just to milk a few more dollars out of the original films.

Im scared it will ruin itself for me. :(

Can anybody assure me that it wont be that bad for me?

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.