Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (No Spoilers!)

[Eric is God]

Just got back from watching it and I'm sorry to say I was more than a little disappointed. I'm a huge fan of the first 3 Indiana Jones movies and the latest chapter is definitely a step down. I won't give any details, but the plot is more than a bit contrived even for a movie about mythological civilizations and supernatural treasure. The action sequences are decent, but much of it feels like a cheap rehash from Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade.

The biggest problem with the movie was unavoidable; Harrison Ford acts like he has done this all before... because he has. Dr Jones is pushing 60 in the movie and has had so many adventures that nothing surprises him, hence nothing surprises the audience. Hmm, wasn't George Lucas involved in another beloved movie trilogy that was extended >20 years after the originals at greatly diminished quality?

I'm probably complaining too much because I loved the Indiana Jones movies as a kid so I'm holding this movie to a higher standard.

7/10 Decent action, acting, a few chuckles but ridiculous plot that falls apart at the end.

[riske]

Honestly how could you have expected that much, considering the last movie was called, the LAST crusade?

I loved the first 3 too, and will see this, and probably like it, but I really doubt it will even be close to the first 3. Kinda sucks because I like harrison ford, like shia lebuff or however its spelld, and loved the indiana jones movies, but I am not expecting it to be that great at all.

Watched the show on history channel last night about the real crystal skulls, pretty neat. The main one they showed looks bad motherfucking ass.

[Squeezer]

As soon as I saw the preview I turned to my friend and said, "It looks like they took the best parts from the first three, mashed them together, and pooped them back out into a remake."

Indian villagers chasing Dr. Jones? Check
Young, sarcastic tag along? Check
Nazis? Check

If he runs away from a giant ball I'm going to demand my money back (btw, I'm seeing it on Friday).

[Eric is God]

As soon as I saw the preview I turned to my friend and said, "It looks like they took the best parts from the first three, mashed them together, and pooped them back out into a remake."

Indian villagers chasing Dr. Jones? Check
Young, sarcastic tag along? Check
Nazis? Check

If he runs away from a giant ball I'm going to demand my money back (btw, I'm seeing it on Friday).

They are Commies not Nazis, but close enough :grin:

I'm probably not ruining anything by saying he doesn't have to out run a giant stone ball.

[phata$$]

I want to know if Short Round makes an appearance.

[Liquid Blue]

isn't he the kid from the goonies?

if so he died.

[genocidal]

isn't he the kid from the goonies?

if so he died.

Liar.

[Liquid Blue]

I just checked imdb.com, I heard he was dead (but he's not). same guy though.

Well I know for a fact the yellow ranger is dead

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870962/

[DankNuggets]

The 3rd movie was called The Last Crusade because it was the last attempt to recover the Grail from the holy land, not because it was the last movie in a series.

I want to see this movie, even though i'm sure it'll be ridiculous. But hey, so were the original movies, and no one really cared. Remeber, in Temple of Doom they jump out of an airplane that's about to crash into a mountain on top of an inflatable raft. At this point they surf the raft to a safe landing on the side of the mountain and then "tube" down the mountain to safety.

o yeah and the guy's heart catching fire in the evil guy's hand... or him being able to pull a heart out of someone... or them being conscious and aware of this act...


I'm willing to suspend reality as long as it isn't full of cheesey dialogue

[Bioture]

I just checked imdb.com, I heard he was dead (but he's not). same guy though.

Well I know for a fact the yellow ranger is dead

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870962/

Oh no she really is dead!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuy_Trang

[DankNuggets]

wow i saw the movie fri. night, and just wow

i've got to check my sources (google!) but i think speilberg must have gone all scientologist on us. That would explain the seriously NON-indiana jones plot of this movie.

And whoever said he showed little to no emotion while being under constant danger - spot on

one thing i did like was that they tried to reference the older movies several times, even at the cost of seeming like more of an homage than a series sequal.

[gran guerrero]

here's a spoiler that doesn't entirely ruin it unless you seen it (sorta):

It was a combination of all the Indiana Jones movies plus E.T.

[Squeezer]

here's a spoiler that doesn't entirely ruin it unless you seen it (sorta):

It was a combination of all the Indiana Jones movies plus E.T.

fucking aliens? Seriously...Aliens? I was so damn disappointed.

[Fit of Rage]

Parts were good and other parts were lacking. I too was put off by aliens, but more than that I was pissed off as all hell when they broke the corner off the arc of the covenant box but then didn't do anything with it after that. Annoyed me for the whole rest of the movie.

Entertaining for a movie but I wouldn't get the DVD.

[gran guerrero]

well most ppl i know said they are just waiting for the dvd to rent/download so they don't have to go to the movie theater and be disappointed (like us...)