i waited a long time for the 4th movie. and then i figured it would never happen bc harrison ford is not getting any younger. then i heard the announcement and said to myself this is going to be awful. he's too old to be indy. but i have to admit i am totally stoked about this. he looks like he still has it. i can't wait!!
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Rambo 4 Rocky 6 Indy 4? Why not!?!?!? Better franchise for a sequel than many!!!
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I had a big grin from the moment the Indy theme started all the way through to the end...
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wow, one of the worst movies i have seen in the past 5 years. george lucas is dead to me now. after star wars episodes 1-3 and now this... he should be brought up on charges for killing my childhood.
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I saw this movie last week. It was decent, but didn't live up to the first three in the series. It was a bit slow, and a bit boring, but it had it's moments.
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Looks good, though typical revivalist dialog and such.
I'm wondering if the enemy is the Soviet Union this time.
Yep, them again.
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I'll undoubtedly watch it. Whether I will go back 3 and 4 times to see it in theaters like I did with the first one is another question.
Yeah, probably not...
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I had a big grin from the moment the Indy theme started all the way through to the end...
Me too And same when I watched the actual movie.
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I think they're just running around in the giant gov't warehouse from the end of Raiders where all sorts of artifacts are stored
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wow, one of the worst movies i have seen in the past 5 years. george lucas is dead to me now. after star wars episodes 1-3 and now this... he should be brought up on charges for killing my childhood.
Yeah, definitely still enjoyable, but maybe not for those who haven't seen the series before(Yeah, they do exist! I went to the cinema with a couple of them !!!!)
I had fun seeing it. I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted him to hand the hat to the kid though, not put it on his head in the end.
giving the hat away would possibly have been the most un-indiana jones thing he could have done. not to mention being horribly predictable.
anyway, the character of mutt was horrible although, to shia somethingoranother's credit, he did [pretty well with it. harrison ford did a good job. aside from that it was terrible. almost the whole theater got up and left due to its excessive crappiness. i stuck it out only bc i am a trooper and i figured i should at least see how the thing ended though by the end i thought perhaps my iq would have dropped low enough that i could appreciate the conclusion of the story. there were a couple of scenes that were good but the vast 90% of the movie was awful.
first off my willfull suspension of disbelief only goes so far. i don't care how awesome you are you cant climb into a lead lined fridge and get thrown 50 feet in the air due to a nuclear explosion and then you walk away with out a scratch
2nd wtf was with indy's military career? a colonel? impossible. it would have taken an entire career in the military to reach that rank. how did he pull it off in (and i am being generous with the time line) a decade?
3rd the waterfall scene. i don't think i even need to elaborate on how preposterous this is.
4th aliens... ALIENS?!?! they turned it into a sci-fi movie. and not even a good one. my anger at the entire plot can't adequately be expressed in type. i don't even know if i can muster enough vitriol this early in the day to even rant out loud about it.
5th i just couldn't disbelieve physics enough to buy into more than half the special effects.
there was so much more wrong with this movie but i am getting worked up thinking about it. i think the thing that hurts the most is that i am very easy to please. it doesnt take much to entertain me. that they gave less than that is insulting to my intelligence (what little is left after seeing that movie). i don't know, i just can't abide by it.
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here is a rare moment when a person says almost exactly what i feel. this is taken from a person that is more articulate than me from another forum that i frequent.
"Those who know me in real life will know how much of a fan boy I am. Comic book, Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Kevin Smith, ViewAskew, you name it, I love it. So when news of a 4th Indiana Jones movie started to gain speed and finally a movie with a release date was announced I was literally in heaven.
What’s not to like? The Indiana Jones movies have always, always, always represented the best in action adventure movies and when I first peeped the trailer for the new movie I nearly wet my pants.
The movie promised so much in the trailer and a manic grin spread across my face when the first bars of the famous theme tune piped up. This was Indiana Jones, after a 19 year gap, he was back on the big screen.
I got to the cinema with the lady friend early because I wanted the best seat in the house and what a full house it was. Every single seat was taken and you could see the excitement in everyone’s faces. Indiana Jones was back!!!
When the movie starts, you see a man dragged from a car and thrown to the ground, the fedora blows into view and a figure in silhouette picks it up and puts in on. My heart leapt, this was it, this was going to be THE movie of the year.
Sadly, I was cruelly mistaken…
This isn’t Indiana Jones, not by a long shot. There was none of the fun and adventure that permeated the original trilogy, instead Lucas and Spielberg have given us crap! The movie jumps from one ludicrous scene (Indy survives a nuclear blast in a fridge) to another (take your pick of the many on offer) and you’re asked to suspend your disbelief too much.
Sure ‘The Last Crusade’ had a knight from the 11th century alive and kicking in 1938 but it fitted well within the context of that movie and in ‘Raiders’ you had the Ark of the Tabernacle which was full of ghosts. However in ‘Crystal Skull’ your disbelief is tested to its very limit and then beyond and you’re treated to scenes that wouldn’t be out of place in the new ‘X Files’ movie.
Okay there were some pure ‘Jones’ moments in there regarding booby traps, snakes and punch ups with nasty henchmen but overall the movie was dull, predictable and the ending is straight out of ‘Close Encounters…’ and clearly has Spielberg’s fingerprints all over it.
It really pains me to be dissing Indiana Jones as the first three movies are a masterclass in movie making but this 4th movie just isn’t Indiana Jones and I came away hugely disappointed as did a number of people who had left before the ending once you realise where the movie is heading…
I sat there trying to justify what I have just seen, hoping that the movie was going to get better, but it never did.
I forgave Lucas for the Star Wars prequels, as, in my view, he redeemed himself largely with ‘Revenge of the Sith’ but ‘Crystal Skull’ is a huge blot on his and Spielberg’s CV.
I’m sure there will be many people, fans even, who loved the movie and I have to admit there are some wonderful set pieces in there, but it just wasn’t enough to lift the movie.
I was seriously gutted.
Like I said, the trailer promised so much and when I was sat watching the movie I kept hoping against hope that the story wasn't going to end up where it did but the rumours on the interweb were true...
Don't let my review stop you from going to see it, I mean you might come out thinking I'm crazy for not liking the movie.
I did try to like the movie, but it sucked badly overall...
I can't believe that not one of the proof readers, script doctorers, actors said "George, you can't be serious?" The plot was ludicrous and extremely painful to watch unfold and was clearly left over from some movie that Lucas/Spielberg failed to get greenlit.
I'm still pained by what I saw...
1 out of 4… "
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You know, I actually have to agree with your review. The fridge scene and the waterfall scene just pissed me off.
Another thing that aggravated me was the fight scenes. Most of the blows those people delivered would kill someone, yet they get hit over and over again, bone crushing hits to the skull of a 60-something man, and he keeps on fighting like an MMA pro.
I didn't like the sub-plot of Indy's supposed military career. Where did that come from?
Overall very disappointed, but it was still fun to watch on a big screen. I won't be renting/buying on DVD, but years from now when it's on TNT or USA network I may let it play in the background while I cook.
I didn't like the sub-plot of Indy's supposed military career. Where did that come from?
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haven't seen it so can't comment on the military issue in context -
but remember the intervening decade (between movies) was WWII - he's a PhD professor of military age - chances are he would have enlisted - probably as an officer, he would have had chances for accelerated promotion opportunities in combat, etc. After all, Jimmy Stewart went from enlisted private to colonel in the same war. It's not that much of a stretch.
Wow, look at all this nerd-rage. This is rivaling the nerd-rage that was endemic after Episode I came out.
Well, let's be honest here. Ep1 sucked. Badly. It was irritating knowing there was no damn way to break into that screen and choke the living shit out of JarJar.
haven't seen it so can't comment on the military issue in context -
but remember the intervening decade (between movies) was WWII - he's a PhD professor of military age - chances are he would have enlisted - probably as an officer, he would have had chances for accelerated promotion opportunities in combat, etc. After all, Jimmy Stewart went from enlisted private to colonel in the same war. It's not that much of a stretch.
i don't know about jimmy stewart but
they made indy a colonel in the army. now lets forget for a second that he was in his 40s in the previous movies. there is no in the intervening years he had enough time to join the army and have an entire military career (it takes 20-30 years to reach this rank) and retire and go back to teaching. unless the army does things so differently from the navy. the equivalent rank (capt) takes more than 20 years to reach even if you come in at a higher rank than ens.
but this is lucas, the same dude that made luke skywalker a general after one mission just bc he landed a lucky shot and blew up the deathstar. *adjusts pocket protector and nerd glasses*
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And same when I watched the actual movie.
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