You’ve waited 19 years (wait, has it really been that long?) and the moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here - Indiana Jones is back on the big screen and you saw the movie! So what next? It’s time to tell us about your experience! Vote in the poll below which I’m running in conjunction with FilmSchoolRejects, and please leave your thoughts in the comment area. We will updating this feedback thread to the top of the site throughout the weekend.
Did it live up to expectations?
Where does it place in the series?
What did you love? (the jungle chase?)
What did you hate? (Shia and the monkeys perhaps?)
Comment Now!
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:04 am
It was slightly better than “Temple of Doom”, but not by much. The story is pretty ridiculous; it’s as if they just put in Indiana Jones (still played great by Ford, I’ll give him that) in some random adventure, like he was a guest star or something.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:06 am
Funny, it kind of felt like they rewrote the script dozens of times over 19-20 years.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:08 am
Well. I don’t know if I’ll be the only one, but I absolutely had a blast. It was awesome. Felt like the others. I loved it. I don’t care what anyone says.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 am
I just got back from midnight screening and I agree with Brian - It Sucked.
I even had low expectations for this after seeing what Lucas did with the SW prequels, and it still sucked. Almost every scene was corny and implausible - even in an Indiana Jones universe. Plus the bad guys were insultingly dumb.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 am
While there were some really nice vintage Indy moments, Crystal Skull had one of the most unbelievable stories imaginable. Yeah, Indy’s been after the Holy Grail and the Arc, but you could actually believe that could happen. Not so with this movie, in my opinion.
And I will never, EVER laugh at a monkey after the soon-to-be-infamous “Monkey Scene” in Crystal Skull.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 am
i just got back from a midnight soul raping thunder slaughter of shit.
i cant believe this is the movie they came up with, after all those years, and all this excitement. i hope reviewers call it like it is - fucking horrible.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 am
I just got back back from a midnight showing. It wasn’t “Raiders of the Lost Ark” but I place it between “Temple of Doom” and The Last Crusade”. The movie also had plenty of Indy moments. The scenes between Mutt and Indiana were a good throw back to “The Last Crusade” and the way Indy escapes from a nuclear bomb is classic. The plot was a little too science fiction for Indiana Jones but it definitely wasn’t bad. The most clever scene in my opinion is at the end. I won’t ruin it for anyone but lets say Indy isn’t ready to retire just yet. Overall, it is a good addition to the Indiana Jones series and is a nice jumping off point for a sequel or spin-off.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:38 am
I thought it was okay. I don’t hate it but it’s definitely not my favorite Indy movie. It felt mostly like set up for the adventures of Mutt.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:46 am
I like that aliens are too hard for people to believe but mystically powerful Jewish zombie wine cups are okay.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:48 am
If you try to rank this movie among the rest in the series you’ll only be setting yourself for disappointment. It’s a futile exercise, why bother? The best way to go into this move is not to compare it to the other Indiana Jones films but to every other action movie ever made. Spielberg still does it better than anybody. The set pieces and humor in this movie were better than anything in Die Hard 4, Pirates 3, Spiderman 3 and Transformers. If you grew up watching these movies, doubted that another one would ever get made and it doesn’t make you happy to see the Paramount mountain, the red line go across the map or Indy crack the whip again then nothing could.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:09 am
I just got back from seeing Indy and I honestly don’t know how to feel. I loved some stuff and hated others. One thing I know for sure is that Spielberg needs to stop making alien movies. He should have stopped after Close Incounters in my opinion. But if you want an outline of this movie Basically this movie is Raiders minus melting Nazis combinded plus the stupid humor of Temple of Doom with aspects of Star Gate, the Mummy Returns, AVP (the predators teaching ancient humans), and the video game the Infernal Machine. I’m kind of indifferent. It’s good but it could have been way better. Now I’m just looking forward to the Dark Knight.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 am
Justin, that was the most awesome thing I’ve ever read. Awesome. I agree. I loved this movie.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:26 am
The series would of been fine with out this movie, but it was the most fun I’ve had watching a movie in a while. But ranks last among the films.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:32 am
:
I figured it out! George Lucas makes children’s movies…and he always has. If you loved “Indiana Jones and the Kindgom of the Crystal Scull” you’re a child, if you hated it, congratulations, you’re an adult.
:
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:06 am
I loved it! It was funny, entertaining, very well made (filmed, directed, cut, and scored), and it had just the right amount of fantasy you need for a movie of this kind. Oh, and Cate Blanchett was awesome.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:18 am
Guess it’s time to let go of the past. It had some great parts and I was even willing to go with the basis behind the skulls, but it let me down and here’s why:
1. Think back to “Phantom Menace”. 3 things killed that- “Yippee!”, Jar Jar and Midichlorians. Crystal Skull had it’s equivalent- a fridge, some monkeys and some pandering “America’s Funniest Home Videos” humor. Monkeys in the Indy-verse are traitorous, Nazi-loving bastards that we are happy get poisoned or a tasty chilled treat /serving dish. Lucas-berg seems to have forgotten this, or are trying to make amends with the monkey community.
2. Impotent bad guys. Previous bad guys you didn’t mess around with. Bellocq would rob you blind and tempt the fury of God, Donovan sold out his country and shot Indy’s dad straight up, and Mola Ram ripped a guys heart out of his chest while it was still beating! All Cate Blanchett does is manage to lose acting cred and look like a bad cosplay version of a more menacing villainess. It looks like she is wearing a bad stripper wig, an old Ghostbusters jumpsuit and a sword she boosted from a Civil War re-enactor. Her accent seems like a female Chekov. There was probably a fantastic Russian actress just waiting to pull it off, instead we are left to think, “oh hey, look it’s Cate Blanchett”. Did she need to be in it? Would anyone have not wanted to see it if she hadn’t been in it?
3. Lucas and Spielberg both need to move on. I know Lucas was the story guy here and I can’t help but think that Spielberg was hesitant to call him on his shit, since he had meandered into the same territory in A.I. Spielberg did great with E.T. and Close Encounters, but AI sucked and we got a lot of A.I. in this one.
4. Setup the Cold War/McCarthy-ism political climate, start to make it interesting and then toss it aside like a 4 year-old child moving on to the next shiny present under the Christmas tree.
5. Treat us like the children we are (or were) not what you think a child likes now. We all fell in love with the originals (many of us at a very young age) and we didn’t need a tidy happy ending or general wackieness then and we don’t need it now (ie Jar Jar). The one smart thing Lucas has done lately was remove the inane Ewok song ending of Jedi, but that seems to be more the exception nowadays. We all want our heroes to live “happily ever after” but we don’t need to have it slathered on the screen like cake frosting (with sprinkles). Spielberg is a great story teller and can be subtle and effective, he just chose not to be.
Which really sums it up. CHOICES. They just made obviously bad choices. After 19 years, they chose this story, warts and all. And the weakest parts of the film could easily have been avoided by someone just saying “Hmmm, wait a minute, what else could we do instead?”. Have you ever seen that person with the really big mole on their face and you ask yourself “why haven’t they taken care of that” or “why hasn’t someone told you you need to take care of that?”.
Where was the discretion, dedication and respect to the original series that we were told kept this thing from happening sooner?
Probably packed away in an anonymous crate somewhere in the Nevada desert.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 am
I loved it. Then again, I wasn’t expecting some dark and brooding “reboot” of a franchise like some. I expected a fast paced, fun, action packed and respectful addition to the series. Rock on Steven, and thanks George (for not directing, haha.) and such…
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:28 am
PROS
*Motorcycle chase
*Most of jungle chase
*Ford, Blanchette
*Delightfully rendered environments
CONS
*Useless Peripheral Character Syndrome (TM Lucasfilm)
*MacGuffin requiring clumsy, poorly written exposition (TM Lucasfilm)
*”Swinging with Monkeys”/ Desert Gerbils
*Gonad smacking plants
*Woefully rendered action
Trim some of the crud and it’s not a completely awful movie.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 am
Could have done without that Cheeseball closeup on Dr Jones. Sr’s photograph. Apparently I wasn’t the only one that noticed it’s ridiculousness: the theater was in stitches!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 am
I thought, overall, it was a great movie. The story was pretty good and Shia did a lot better than I expected. As has already been pointed out, the whole Shia and monkey scence wasnt really the greatest. That and the whole alien part at the end I didn’t really life. But once you get past that it was a really really good movie in my opinion.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 am
I didn’t know what to think of this flick. I hated the “Swinging with Monkeys” scene. It felt soooo out of place. Also, surprisingly ILM did an awful job on the CGI. Weird since Transformers and Pirates had better and more CGI.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:53 am
So I’d say that George Lucas didn’t rape the corpse of my childhood, but he gave it a good, rough tongue-kissing.
When Mutt started swinging with the monkeys, I thought to myself, “Self, that right there is your Jar-Jar Binks in the Indiana Jones universe. At least it’s only a 30-second Jar-Jar.”
Fire George and make number five!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:56 am
Another thought occurred to me during the spaceship scene…
There will be no aliens in X-Files, but there ARE aliens in Indiana Jones? Am I on earth 2?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 am
I liked it. But, the prairie dogs were really stupid. Mostly for the terrible CGI employed.
The monkey scene was solidly unforgivable.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 am
Just got back from the midnight screening
and I dug it definetly fit in with the rest liked it better than temple of doom and all of that could have been ruined by that final scene
I can imagine george demanding that monkey chase scene be kept
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:59 am
Best of the four. Damn that was good.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:11 am
Did anyone else notice the similarities between this movie and The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones issues four and five? Even Ray Winstone’s flashlight at one point, seemed to be an homage to that storyline.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:31 am
It was basically Live Free, Die Hard, but with Indiana Jones. Anyone else seeing that?
The first and third movies ruled and had Germans as the bad guys, the second one was kinda iffy, possibly due to lack of Germans, the fourth one threw in completely over-the-top CGI action sequences and an annoying rising star sidekick.
Did I just describe Indiana Jones or Die Hard?
I’m not comparing the two in terms of content, I just see a pattern.
And yeah, CGI. What the hell. Is it really worthwhile to digitally animate groundhogs than to get real ones? I just don’t get it.
And the monkeys. Oh, God, the monkeys.
Whoever said that it would’ve been better if it wasn’t an Indiana Jones movie was totally right.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:11 am
those cgi groundhogs just kept make me think of Caddyshack.
i can’t count the amount of times i slapped my head in that movie because of the poor decisions.
the whole movie was a joke to me, i kept saying to myself, “are they really going to go that way?” then it happened and I’d ask myself, “why?” and remember, oh yeah i forgot, George Lucas is terrible.
I can’t believe the theater applauded at the credits, what a bunch of sheep.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:14 am
i really did like it alot.
yeah a million pieces were ridiculously silly,
but yeah, why should people think that a holy ark with
ghost lasers melting faces is alright and aliens arent?
yeah sure it didnt have a perfect feel to it…
- but spielberg has changed alot over the years
this has a very “new spielberg” feel to it [minority report,
war of the worlds(not in a bad way) feel]
Janusz Kaminski is becoming one of my top fave cinematographers
And that car chase scene alone was brilliant
- but thats what was weird, the action scenes bere basically the best
there have ever been, but the “regular” stuff was pretty stale in points
i think shia was one of the best things holding this movie together
(as much as i dont necessarily want to admit it)
-and it was a little strange that they tried to milk his ability to shed
tears on cue a little bit too much…
god ford is old though
…..but, a trailer for BENJAMIN BUTTON was fucking fantastic
overall, probably a 7.5 out of 10
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:24 am
It was entertaining. But they could had cut the ending.
But my neighbour ruined one of the best scenes. Right when Indy enters the village he said out loud: Here come the …. . I was so angry. Because its one of the coolest scenes in that movie :/
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:07 am
I wanted to love this movie, I really did, but after watching it, i just couldn’t.
I didn’t hate it, but it was rough.
Ford and Labeouf were the only adequate things in the movie.
The rest of the supporting cast seemed almost like throw-ins.
The villain was nothing to fear.
The action was there, but it seemed stale.
The escapes were almost too easy, there was never any real fear for the main characters lives.
The opening action sequence I did enjoy, but after that, the story feels pretty slapped together.
It just seemed lazy, thats it, a lazily put together film.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:11 am
I saw it last night too. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. It boggles the mind that Spielberg and Lucas could have thought that this was a credible script for an Indiana Jones movie. If you’re ten years old you may have loved it, but if you’re an Indie fan then prepare yourself for two hours of cinematic soddemy.The plot was so weak and thin it was positively anorexic, and in desperate need of medical attention. It was like quickly flicking through the channels on tv and trying to make a movie from it. Particuarly bad was: survivng an atomic bomb in a fridge, using a snake to climb out of a sand trap (was finding a branch in a jungle too much to ask), swinging with monkeys, sword fight on trucks, gymnastic killer ants, driving off cliff onto tree, aliens at end…. the list goes on. The film looked like a set and the casting was awful. Cate blanchett as the villain was as scary and believable as the story line. Just in case there’s any confusion….. I didn’t like it, and felt utterly abused and visually raped by this poor effort.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:13 am
I’ve been reading the reviews to make a educated judgement call wether i wait for it on DVD because as you know these films often are hiped to the point of diisapointment then they suddenly appear on DVD says alot, What I’ve read from CNN to the film reviews isn’t to promising, but then again when hollywoods best films were foreign last year says alot about writing, why is everthing espeacilly sequels always rehashed scripts? Thats the general idea i get wether they liked it or not, very disappointing and i haven’t seen it yet, i hate to make a judgement cvall but i haven’t read anything above that rings out fabulous!
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:18 am
Another thing i notice thosed that loved had no more than twenty five words or less to say they liked it? those that didn’t like had volumes to say as if the postings from those who loved it were in desperate defense, i going to have to see it and make a call thumbs up or down
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:21 am
Well it’s been a few hours since I saw it, and I’ve had the chance to get a little rest…and I still am not sure how I feel about it.
Shia LaBeouf did a great job, though I almost laughed out loud when he first appeared on screen (I think it was that hat). I thought the action scenes were phenomenal, and they really made the film for me. There were parts that had me on the edge of my seat, and I was totally in that “Fuck Yeah! Indiana Jones is the man!” zone.
But then there were moments when I would feel my face forming into a grimace, and it started with the CGI prairie dogs at the very beginning. Totally unnecessary. The monkey scene was the stupidest thing I think I’ve ever seen in any legitimate movie. And I don’t know if I was hearing things or what, but I thought Cate Blanchett’s Russian accent was pretty bad, especially at the beginning of the film. She was almost there, but she sounded very Australian with her pronunciation of “O”s, especially when she said “Dr. J’O'nes.”
Crystal Skull isn’t going to crack my top 3. If the whole movie would have been as good as it was in parts, it could have been the best of the 4…or at least passed up Temple of Doom.
And one more thing-Am I the only one that thought they were going to reveal that Mutt took his name from the dog after Indy asked him “What kind of name is Mutt?” I was positive that Marion would say that or something.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:47 am
I thought it was a good popcorn movie. Not much there, but it was fun to watch. Indy was incredibly bad-ass as usual. Only one thing: WHY SO MANY ANTS?! I hate ants. Can’t stand ‘em. I avoided them thoroughly after the movie as well. Yeesh ants are awful.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:03 am
I loved it. No, it wasn’t a “great” movie like Raiders. But it was a fun ride like Temple and Last Crusade. The chase stuff was great and I didn’t mind the monkeys. It was a little cheesy, but it wasn’t anywhere near the annoying moments of the Star Wars prequels.
While I didn’t like the ending (I’m still confused on exactly what the aliens wanted/were doing) I can overlook it. Again, I don’t watch the Indy movies for their plots. I watch for the chase scenes and the characters. This movie had all of that.
Mostly, it was just great seeing Harrison Ford acting again instead of just calling it in. The expression on Indy’s face when he sees Marion again is pure magic. It reminds you why we all love the guy.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:18 am
To add to to my earlier comments. Harrsison and Shia made a sterling effort to try and turn a big steaming pile of dog turd into something watchable. The reason that this film was soooo bad was certainly not their fault, and hopefully they are the only two people whose careers were not affected by this spiteful film. I’m going to take a deep breathe and count backwards from ten, and forget this film ever happened.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:37 am
The common thread here is “Expectations”, what do you expect out of a sequel, certain aspects that were no in the other movies?
Why is there always a chase scene thats predicatable? I feel for fans that went into the theater hoping for entertainment and at one point felt like there dollars wee supporting a ‘big pile of steaming dog turd” Its like this I’m a Star trek fan I’ve seen them enough to vocal the lines from memory and no matter how corny i watch it to the very end..But no matter how bad the reviews the concept of the hero and the action of the film is still great concept, we all yearn for adventure but not if it predictable, then its lame maybe they(lucas) hyped it too much from Burger king to the Florida lottery they marketed the shit out of it and maybe that in itself left a bad taste in everyones mouth before the opening scene even started, thats not the films fault remeber the first film just fel out of the can and was a hit becuase it was unexpected and harrison was anobody maybe in their lies the fault?
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:48 am
I’m from Perú, and in the premiere yesterday many of the viewers felt insulted. Nos because of the movie itself, but because Spielberg has created a new Perú. ¬¬
Nazca in Cuzco???? Villa speaking quechua? WTF?? Couldn’t they at least have researched a LITTLE more to get things right?. I know, the Nazca Lines are AMAZING in this movie, and it’s probably something worth watching, but it’s our country they’re messing with. U.U
Talking about the movie, I though it was fun, entertaining, and well directed. The script was kind of weird, and it started kind of slow, but to the end we could see the magic Spielberg has with action scenes. I LOVED the race through the jungle. It was an OK movie, and I didn’t actually expect THAT much from it.
Visit PERU! The Nazca lines are far more IMPRESSIVE! And they’re not in Cuzco, by the way xD
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:53 am
“Yes! A CGI alien! Lucas, you didn’t let me down! (Though it would have been nice to see more than one, you doofus.) And you Spielberg, with that flying saucer hidden in the ground! What an ending! Sci-fi & archaeology are better than peanut butter & chocolate!â€
HYUK HYUK HYUK!
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:56 am
I’ll wait for the DVD.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:21 am
i bet you most of the peeps that marked it as good are fanboys who havent seen it yet
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:23 am
also the holy grail is more plausible because it matches with some religious fortay same with TOD AND ROTLA what was the religion for this movie scientology?
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:02 am
@Justin
You made my day with that comment.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:03 am
Jelohac hit the nail on the head. If you go into the theater expecting a fantastical children’s movie you’ll get exactly what you expect. But, if you’re expecting a true to life action adventure, you’ll be disappointed.
Tonally, the movie was on par with Nim’s Island, which i liked because I was expecting a kids movie. Although I was disappointed that Leonidas didn’t scream “THIS IS NIM’S ISLAND!!!”
You really need to understand that any commercial (oops, i mean movie) Lucas makes is purely intended to sell toys and E rated video games.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:27 am
I hate George Lucas’ obsession with shitty CGI. Could someone please explain that to me? The CGI hurt the movie more than anything for me. Well, that and the plot. Everything I feared they’d do they basically did, except for that very last scene but if they get another movie you know it’s gonna happen. One of my friends made a good point, Lucas got famous out of luck, if CGI had existed in the 70s and 80s his movies would have actually lived up to his “visions” and therefore blown chunks.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:27 am
Was disney a consultant on this? No Ripped hearts or gun shot to the gut type stuff. Indy has more powers than Superman, it was a joke. Bring on DK
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
It could have been trimmed down by about 20 minutes(the scene with Mutt and Indy finding the skull was WAY too long) It dragged whenever there was explaining going on or characters just watched things happen. I loved the nuclear bomb stuff and as other people have pointed out the blacklisted angle should have been explored more. Also it could have just ended with Indy sitting down on the mountain, we didn’t need the bonus ending.
It was good fun but needed some tightening.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:48 am
———————-
INDY IS DEAD !!!!
———————-
WTF !!!!!
Just caught a screening here in France and I have to say : BIGGEST PIECE OF CRAP EVER !!!!
Flying saucers ?? Really ?
Swinging monkeys ?? Oh yeah ???
INDY WEDDING ?????????
Sooooooo disappointed….
The story is crap…
The CGI is crap…
The acting is way too goofy…
Indy last moments should have been him drinking the cup of eternity and leaving in the sunset… END OF IT !
How come so many critics give it a good rate ???
How come it is “certified fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes ??
If you like Indy DON’T GO !
If you don’t like Indy DON’T GO !
… and if you’re an alien, please… PLEASE… leave Indy alone !
Now I’m gonna watch “Last Crusade” (50th time)… and cry.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:49 am
“No Ripped hearts or gun shot to the gut… it was a joke.â€
I agree with you. And his whip wasn’t much of a factor either.
“Bring on DKâ€
July can’t come soon enough.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 am
My friends and I saw this movie really, really, high at a midnight showing. It all looked so fake to each of us.
The dumbest part was how the entire family got into the act, it was all, look dad i’m an adventurer, too and Mairon was all i can keep up with the boys and drives down a fucking tree.
And the fridge scene was the stupidest thing ever. However, i did like the fact that they made Indy a war hero and I kept thinking i’d rather see that movie instead.
And the actors always looked well rested as if they just steped out of their air conditioned trailors.
I agree, It was a kids movie.
The Handcock trailer, on the other hand, freaked me out. That’s when i realized i smoked way too much.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
Bad bad movie…shouldnt have made it and just ended it with the grail
anyone agree worst part of the movie was when shia lebouf almost put on Indy’s fedora signaling a possible fifth movie…i audibly groaned
reminded me of when i walked out of phantom menace
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 am
Ditto to most everything.
And since we’re being spoilerific - they could have done a simple thing to make the movie much, much better: use the word “alien” near the beginning. They keep alluding to it, using euphemisms (’not by human hands’), and it felt like they were trying to have it be a twist or something.
When Indy looks at the skull shape and doesn’t think ‘alien’, I call shenanigans. By calling it what it is, Indy could have told Mutt (or whoever) that the ancients were thought to have been visited by aliens, and that’s how their temples were built, etc.
In Crusade, they talk about God the whole time - and the grail legend. The pyramid culture/alien myth is a pretty widely known one, and by refusing to discuss it outright, the stuff at the end seems sudden and forced. Having Indy say what they were after was thought to be alien would have fixed all that and made the hunt that much more intriguing.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
If George Lucas has any guts at all he should be reading this stuff. He’s like the George W. Bush of film-making. Surrounded by people who will not tell him the truth, which he is badly in need of hearing. But now, in the twilight of his career and life, instead of genuine interst in doing a good job, making the best movies he can make, he’s only interested in protecting his legacy. The guy used to be my childhood hero and now I wouldn’t give a squirt of piss for his autograph. What mythological archetype correlates with his feakin’ trajectory? Icarus? Has he actually ever even been that bold?
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
Oxley: Space between Space.
Me: [out loud] F*** you!
Audience: [uproarious laughter]
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
Bad, bad film. At no point did it look like they’d left a sound stage. When they were at area 51, you could literally see where the stage stopped and where they CGI’ed it to look like a massive warehouse.
They also made a huge deal about Indy looking into the skull’s eyes and then there were no discernible effects.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:36 am
I see a lot of people saying Lucas rapist of their childhood memories and I can understand that. I wasn’t entirely impressed with Crystal Skull but I was entertained. Some of you think people need to tell Lucas what a screw up he’s been, but honestly I think he knows. He just doesn’t care.
Why did he set about to make another Indy film? He doesn’t need the money. He knows his fans will go to whatever new release he has for his franchises. So the only answer is if he WANTS to do it.
Crystal Skull is the movie he wanted made, and he’s stubborn enough to ensure that’s what happened. As much as I feel like Indy is mine or all of ours, it actually IS his. He can do whatever he wants. Be glad he doesn’t have Indy swinging through a cabbage patch of rainbows while wearing a pink leather jacket and a bowler instead of a fedora.
He tries to appease the fans but it’s definitely not his first priority.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Awful. I knew it was going to be bad as soon as it was revealed that evil Commie Cate Blanchette revealed she was psychic.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
@ Anthony: I agree with much of what you said. That’s a good point. But I don’t know if he knows. Maybe he does, but then why knowingly make crap?
I just know that if what I was putting my time and effort into genuinely sucked, I’d want someone to let me know so I wouldn’t continue to embarrass myself. He should just stick to producing. Help people with actual talent.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:12 am
Oh my days!! you lot are comparing indiana jones with cruddy old batman, you lot need your minds tested indiana jones is one of the greatest movie franchises of all times, batman may be good but can never beat indy. I think indy needs a script made by someone that is a huge success, such as jk rowling, probs not her though cos she might go into something about wizards.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
Aliens?? Really? Come on….
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
Got to see this today, 3 out of 4 stars imho… more CGI than I wanted, still loved seeing INDY on the big screen for the first time (I am only 27).
I took the movie as a sci-fi action adventure with Indy, and it worked for me in that aspect.
Indeed it could have been much better.
If Mutt would have put the hat on at the end I’d of slit my wrists.
Someone above summed it up well : “It was basically Live Free, Die Hard, but with Indiana Jones.”
I’d rank it 4th in overall quality in the series, Raiders first, Crusade second , Temple third and Skull fourth.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I Loved it.
Ok i admit aliens were a shock, but last crusade was about Jesus’ cup?!
Surprisingly, i think the aliens worked OK with it.
I thought the Shia and the monkeys scene was a bit… cheesy
wonder whats next instore for indy?
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I don’t give a shit what many people think, sure the script wasn’t perfect, implausible at times and was heavily influenced by a certain someone’s alien fetish but it’s Indiana Jones and I still loved it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Cinematography A+
Plot F-
*Aliens?
*We were waiting so long for a good storyline and what do we get..aliens..thats all lucas
Great Movie just needs to have a better plot
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
people complain to much
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
This was one of the worst sequels I’ve ever seen. It shouldn’t even be included with the Indy franchise. Short Round couldn’t even save this movie.
First half of the movie wasn’t bad. Some parts were actually kinda clever. Second half was………. ughhhh. It turned into a really bad version of the X-Files.
Save your money. Wait till it hits DVD.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
@ Justin
My thoughts exactly.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Aliens…Really? Oh, wait. I’m sorry “Interdimensional Beings.”
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
I saw it last night and absolutely loved it! As a die-hard Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford fan, I think it is an excellent addition to the series. Is this the most unbelievable of the Indy films? Probably. Is it a heck of a lot of fun? You better believe it!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
If I had to write a review it would be titled
“Fuck you George Lucas you fat CUNT for ruining my childhood.
I really appreciate you jacking off all over my memories!”
I felt ill after seeing this. Reminding me of other movies he has done and allowed to much imput. Star wars 2 & 3. My lifes goal now is to kick him in the nuts.
Fuck the monkeys
Fuck the ants
Fuck the lame ass russians
Fuck ALIENS!!!!!
Fuck Sword fights on racing jeeps.
Fuck Getting married! Indy is a ladys man not a home body.
Fuck Shia Labouf almost getting the hat!! If he had I would have left for the nut kicking adventure right after the movie ended.
The only good part of the whole movie was the square up between the greasers and the Jocks.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
If a movie can ruin your childhood, I think disagreeing with some computer-generated creatures is the least of your concerns.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
@Justin
You make a very good point.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
definitely lived up to my expectations.
My favorite scene was the ant attack, I am deathly afraid of ants and I had scars on my skin after than it was INTENSE
George Lucas is a twat, the combination of Aztec, Mayan and Inca symbols, artifacts, locations, etc… was a total clusterfuck of southern, central and northern american indigenous cultures, get your shit straight writers
I loved it, the end was overbearring but nicely toned it down,
Shia LeBeouf was more of a badass and not a little bitch as he usually is.
Overall it gets a 9/10 but definitely my least favorite in the now Quadrilogy
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:39 pm
this shouldnt even be considered as an indiana jones movie. the story was horrendous, so far fetched…so wrong for indiana jones. and why did he keep surviving the most ridiculous situations, a la the nuclear bomb in a refrigerator, using a tree to lower a truck off a cliff, etc etc…but the movie reached an all time low when mutt (shia) started swinging from the vines in the jungle with the monkeys. the theatre i saw it at was sold out and everybody laughed hysterically at that part, and not in a good way. george lucas once again succeeds at crystal skullf***ing a perfectly good franchise. the world was far better off without that trash.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I really enjoyed it even tho the alien thing was a bit surprising it kinda worked.
and life on other planets is more believeble than god really.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
and come on , “lucas ruined my childhood.” How the hell did he do that by making a film that isnt ‘completely’ perfect.
id like to see you make a better film.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Maybe they’ll do a ‘Indiana Jones vs. Predators vs. Aliens’ movie now!!! LOL
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Youtube is going to have a field day with this Movie! I can’t wait!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:52 pm
To those who have a problem with the surviving-the-explosion-in-a-refrigerator…
Um, have you seen Temple of Doom? Three people jump out of a plane with no parachutes, in only a life raft, slam into the ground at terminal velocity, and are not at all harmed.
Wait, don’t tell me, the 6-year old version of you probably wrote “that part where they jump out of the plane was ridiculous” in your Kindergarten journal the next day, right? Yeah.
I could literally not care less if someone dislikes a movie that I like but clearly, if you went to a showing at midnight or early opening day or if you’re saying things like “Lucas ruined my childhood”, you were a lifelong fan of the franchise and clearly bought into things like “Indy can jump out of a plane with only a life raft and survive unscathed”. But because you didn’t like some visual effect or some 5-second moment with Shia LaBeouf, you suddenly start de-constructing the mythos of a character of Indiana Jones? A character that — two days ago — you totally were onboard with? At least be consistent in your internet hypercritical cynicism.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I think it’s a pretty good movie, for what it’s worth and without the Indiana Jones brand name it would have been an above average action movie, the only thing that bugged me aside from Tarzan Shia, was the fact that there didn’t seem to be any surprises. I wasn’t on the edge of my seat because it simply met my expectations but didn’t exceed them.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I enjoyed it. I’ll say that. Once again, Justin makes a good point.
People need to grow up. You all make me sick. These movies have always been some kind of crazy comic to movie rendition. It’s a crazy dude with a hat that fears snakes and hunts religious relics. Turns out, the Aztecs must have worshiped some ancient astronauts that came to Earth long ago. I’d say that’s a religious relic to them. So it’s in the ball park. Plus, people have always speculated whether the pyramids in Egypt and Amazon were fashioned by some other worldly peeps. I mean, there are only so many ancient mysteries to conquer. I loved it. I thought it was veerrry entertaining. Surviving a nuke is just as likely as becoming a douchebag by drinking some crazy blood in a cave.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
*Ahem, saw this movie for FREE last night and I’m happy I did.
I had zero expectations. Not a huge fan of Indy but I dig the action. The scene in the warehouse was great. Shia was cool too.
Now, Shia with monkeys, wow. Worst scene in any movie I’ve seen all year. And for Lucasfilm, who pretty much created the best effects in movies, only to fail at some obvious moments in this film, I feel saddened.
I’m also a huge sci-fi guy, so when the alien story arrived I was all for it. I hear it’s not in the style of an Indy film, but look at George & Steven, people who made Star Wars and E.T. It’s in their blood.
I will say though that Bruce Willis battling a fighter jet with a truck on a freeway has been replaced with Harrison Ford surviving a nuclear explosion inside of a refridgerator for “Most Unbelieveable Action Scene Of All Time.”
Justin said it best too: “”I like that aliens are too hard for people to believe but mystically powerful Jewish zombie wine cups are okay.”"
6/10
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
My fav quotes from the above:
“…George Lucas didn’t rape the corpse of my childhood, but he gave it a good, rough tongue-kissing.”
“…prepare yourself for two hours of cinematic soddemy (sic)”
And the winner is:
Oxley: Space between Space.
Me: [out loud] F*** you!
Audience: [uproarious laughter]
I just don’t understand why the aliens did what they did at the end. Oh well.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:40 pm
yes it had cheesy moments, and some bad dialogue, and mainly I feel that cgi has NO buisness in this universe AT ALL, but when Indy sees Marion for the 1st time and he gives that goofy grin & shrug, I felt like I was 12 again, and reminded myself that Indiana Jones is the greatest adventurer of ALL TIME. I am grateful to have this movie even with its faults, because so few movies make me feel like a kid again, nor do they make me wish I was with the characters on their adventure as much as indy does.
Lucas’s sad fingerprints are everywhere, & he does seem hell bent on making things ineptly stupid, but even he couldn’t take away the nostalgia or the cool from Harrison Ford in that hat. 7.5/10, 4th best in the series.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
It seems that George Lucas insists on adding things like the prairie dogs and the monkey scene to appease a few certain types of fans. What he doesn’t realize is that a vast majority of his audience does not enjoy them.
In my theater, they only people who laughed at those things were two obnoxious fat ladies sitting behind me, and a few kids sprinkled throughout the place. Everyone else sighed or groaned.
I would put this one on par with Temple of Doom, or maybe a little bit below.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
@ Jack
i bet you if y=i got the same amount of money lucas got for this i could make a better film nowadays
Lucas cant write or “overlook” scripts anymore
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
@ Jack
i bet you if i got the same amount of money lucas got for this i could make a better film nowadays
Lucas cant write or “overlook” scripts anymore
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Indiana Jones is my favorite film series, Star Wars doesn’t hold a candle for me. and I SERIOUSLY hated this movie. Ah well…. it’s only a story kid
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:39 pm
OK… here’s what I thought. Definitely better than Temple of Doom. Not sure how it matches up to Crusade but I’m going to watch that tonight to make my determination.
I’m guessing most of the people who did not like it didn’t understand some of the theory behind it. A couple of points to this…
1. The movie was set in the 50’s. Lucas and Speilberg have said in interviews that they wanted to create the feel that it was a 50’s style movie, in much the same way they tried to create a 30’s feel with the other 3. I say it worked.
2. The monkeys did not bother me, nor did the ants (in fact, I thought the ants were rather cool).
3. The jungle chase was the best in the series.
4. I had no problem with the alien theory. It is no less plausable than God killing everyone with ghosts (Raiders), some dude pulling out someone’s heart (Doom), or a cup that takes ordinary water and turns it into a miracle cure. IT’S A FANTASY… with a basis in reality. I think if you believe aliens could exist, then you should have no problem with the story. If you don’t you’ll have a problem.
Which brings me to my final point… I think if you saw the first 3 movies in the theatre, you’re going to love this movie. Because, you will go and remember what it is like to go have FUN in a movie. That’s what going to movies used to be. Nowadays it’s just a matter of how many special effects, etc. we can cram into a movie to make it as visually appealing as possible. So, to that end, if you weren’t alive when Crusade came out, chances are you’re not going to enjoy it, because in your lifetime you have never truly been exposed to what having fun at a movie is all about. Last night was FUN! I give it 3.1/2 out of 4 stars.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I gave it a 2 outta 4 whatevers, based solely on nostalgia.
Someone about 1000 posts ago used the word “forced”, and that’s really what this movie is… completely forced.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:04 pm
one of the saddest experiences of my life.
indy in a fridge launched over miles and survies a nuclear blast? CGI prairie dogs?! CGI trees! CGI fucking everything. Mutt flying around in the worst special effects ever as tarzan on vines! karen allen looks like she just got out of a nut house. Marriage afte rnot seeing eachother for ever. all there was was one good hour in the middle of this film which was straight indy and mutt was actually a good partner other than that the good parts still can’t surpass the horrible parts. AND FLYING FUCKING SAUCERS WHAT THE FUCK!!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
So it’s safe to say that Indy is going to die of Cancer?
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
dgura, you pretty much summed it up for me. although I wouldn’t go so far as to say it was the saddest experience of my life. it was a horrendously bad movie, but it’s only a movie. and thankfully it is so forgettable - I will be able to do just that - forget it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
It was nice to see Indiana again, it was fun in parts but, when that CGI caddy shack gopher popped out of the ground at the start I knew we were in trouble.
The movie lacked a good villain like that freaky Nazi in Raiders, the double agent guy was not needed, the story was to all over the place, and not very believable, The Crystal Skull looked dumb. Ms. Ravenwood, just popped out of a tent in the middle of the amazon for no particular reason, and she wasn’t the tough hard drinking chick we all loved. Shia Labouf was the only interesting character in the movie. It could have been really good, but it fell way short. They should have watched Raiders more and learned from that formula. The tomb where they found the Crystal skull looked like a hollywood soundstage, bad lighting, fake spiderwebs, fake dead people, come on, who you trying to fool. At least in Raiders and Temple of Doom, there was some since of realism. I liked George and Steven better when they had less money and had to make up for that in creative ways, money ruins everything. I’m sure they will still laugh all the way to the bank.
I thought Indy was going to die in this one, good thing he didn’t now they can try again to make a better Indiana Jones film, you can’t end the series with this fun, entertaining, laughable, poorly scripted, disappointing Indiana Jones movie. See it, but don’t expect too much.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
This was the best Allan Quartermain movie yet!
…oh wait.
Seriously, I wanted to see Indiana Jones, not Indiana Jones reduced to supporting cast so “The Beef” could be brought out more.
I want an Indy Movie where Indy kicks ass and takes names, not where his side-kick does it for him.
Also, The A-Bomb thing, the Gophers, the fucking horrible ending with the saucer.. WTF.
Why couldn’t they use a story where the Russians steal the Ark or something, I mean, after the first 5 minutes of the movie the greatest weapon known to man, crafted by God himself was laying on the floor of a hanger.. The Russians completely over-look it in favor of an Alien corpse that has a magnetized Be-jeweled skeleton.
F-
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:46 pm
really great, didnt love it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Did it live up to expectations?
Maybe someone else’s expectations, but not mine. It will get a load of cash at the B.O. so Lucas and Co. will meet their expectations for sure.
Where does it place in the series?
4th
What did you love?
All of the chase scenes and the Harley Davidson. I also enjoyed the Elvis music to start the movie with a 50s groove.
What did you hate?
(SPOILER ALERT)
A flying saucer, REALLY?????!!!!?????
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Btw -
6.5 / 10 stars
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
FUCK YOU WITH SOMETHING HARD AND SAND-PAPERY YOU FAT PEICE OF SHIT…………….. I WANT MY 8 DOLLARS BACK
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
It wasn’t bad, but…
- where was the violence? Without the brutal moments, threats seemed lessened throughout
- three prairie dog reaction shots?
- no need for the monkeys; can’t be compared to the Raiders monkey, this was more ridiculous
- Mutt got hit in the crotch, like, four times.
- beyond the fight with Dovchenko, it could’ve used more brawling. Indy’s all about fisticuffs
- Marion disappears during the jungle chase, then reappears as if she hadn’t been offscreen for ten minutes
- why did the alien become flesh? Was that necessary? Did it need to look directly into the camera?
That was longer than intended, but those failings punctuated what was an otherwise fun sequel. Think about this: If it had to stand alone, would it work as a solid film?
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Aliens ARE hard to believe. However, “mystically powerful Jewish zombie wine cups” are part of human history, which has been around for thousands of years. I think people are more into the ancient earthly storylines for the Indiana Jones series than they are the extraterrestrial mystery ones. It just feels more like Indiana Jones that way.
Didn’t like the aliens, but was still a good movie.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I loved it. I am pleased with Shia too, he wasn’t distracting or annoying as I was expecting.
BUT yes, that monkey scene was SUPER lame. As well as the flying saucer….And the CGI could have been better.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
If you go into this movie thinking it’s a 1950’s alien movie you’ll probably love it. If you go into this movie thinking it’s an Indiana Jones movie, you’ll probably shit.
This movie should be put in a box and stuffed in a warehouse for a long long time.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
I liked the Alien theme and I also believe they have been around since Mayan times and longer, but they failed to make it believable in this film. It’s too bad because it could have been really good. I ain’t hating it like some of you all, it was a fun time, it just could have been way better, Cate Blanchette I like her but she was not right as the villain in this.
Best Part–
When Mutt threw Indy a snake to get him out of the sand pit.
Good try, but try again.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
I wasn’t expecting too much from this film, even though I’m a huge fan of the Indiana Jones series. However, since it’s been 19 years since the last one, is it really possible to make a smooth transition from “The Last Crusade” to the now “Crystal Skull”?
I enjoyed the beginning, how they went back to the warehouse filled with all the artifacts, even though Indy’s dialogue was pretty cheesy for a bit. I understand they were trying to add references and relate to the other Indy films, but I feel they over did it… The town scene up until the nuclear blast was interesting… The motorcycle chase was very well done… Towards the very end of the movie (the “escape”), I thought that was done alright. Even with the UFO leaving, the rocks, water covering everything up, it was somewhat believable (something most of this movie lacked.)
I don’t really have a favorite Indy film in the series, because 1-3 all had great stories/action. On a side note, it seems like a lot of people dislike “Temple of Doom” though, why? I love it, personally. That story takes you all over and is very enjoyable. From the beginning escape to the temples, the scenery, famous mine cart chase and bridge… Well, if I had to rank the 4th, it would be my least favorite.
I had more mixed feelings while watching the movie than at the end. I think they tried to fit too much and catch up on so much more, when the movie really didn’t need it. Shia and the monkeys was sad, so was the sword fight with Irena and Shia. But Shia did better as a sidekick than I was expecting, I give him that (though I truely do not want to see him play a “Jr Indy” any time in the future.)
So it wasn’t that bad, I wanted to clap when it ended and say I loved it, but it’s just not possible with this one, and I hate to say that. But overall, it’s fun, definitely geared more towards younger fans (under 18, to get another Indy fan generation going), yet worth seeing for anyone.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:40 pm
All right, well with 105 comments we probably won’t get through these all, but I’ll put a word in anyway. I just got back from a 4:30 showing and here’s how I’d rank the whole series:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. The Last Crusade
3. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
4. Temple of Doom
Last Crusade is a very close second, with Kingdom a very distant third. Couldn’t stand the whining blond chick in Temple of Doom, ruined the whole movie for me. I’m just glad they didn’t bring Shorty from Temple of Doom back with the rest of the characters, as he’s probably 40 years old and 6′5″ by now.
I didn’t completely hate this movie — the space aliens almost worked on me, but I wish they had trumped up their impact on human civilization a little more than reading paintings on the walls and exploring the “museum” of artifacts. That should’ve been tied into the earlier parts of the plot more.
Cate Blanchett wasn’t believable at all. I just saw the movie an hour ago and I can’t even remember her character’s name. My brain just kept saying “that’s Cate Blanchett” whenever she was on screen.
I could see Shia Lebouf carrying the character into the 60s, 70s, 80s… but do we really want a character with such a cool name like Indiana Jones played by a guy named Shia Lebouf? It’s superficial but it just seems… wrong.
And agreed, monkey scene was unforgivable.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I just got out of the movie.
First of all, I’m a huge fan of the series. I grew up on these movies. I know the trilogy backwards and forwards. I understand that the inspiration for the first three were 1930s serials and swashbuckling, over-the-top action adventure movies.
This film, however, is more inspired by what was going on in the 50s. Nuclear bombs, UFOs, Commies, psychic warfare, the Cold War, etc. It’s quite a jump from 1938 to 1957. That’s why this film feels different than the other ones.
That, and its NEW. It’s now going to take DOUBLE the effort for a lot of people, including myself, to group this one with the old ones.
Saying that, there is much that still looks and feels like an Indiana Jones movie - mainly Indiana Jones himself. Harrison Ford still knows the character and I totally believed he was Indy again. Marion was a nice touch, although I wish she had more dialog in the movie and more things to do. The cinematography screamed Indiana Jones, with the lighting on Indy’s face when he was in the catacombs searching for clues where just his eyes showed, or the various silhouettes of him throughout the film. For the most part, this feels like and Indiana Jones film.
The action was top-notch, although I will admit that some of it was far fetched. I actually liked the Tarzan bit with Mutt. The scene with Indy surviving the nuclear blast in the fridge was a little much. I can believe he’d be protected by the inside of a lead refrigerator, but to survive flying in the air and hitting the ground hundreds of yards away while in the fridge is too much I think.
Anyhow, the thing that makes this movie hard to accept the most is the ending with the flying saucer and the “alien.” To most people, Indiana Jones has always been more fantasy, with spiritualism and mysticism at the forefront, not science-fiction. This film feels very sci-fi in areas.
The problem lies within the fact that most people will not be able to get out of their heads the idea that these creatures are space aliens, even though they explain that they’re inter-dimenional beings. Indy is still dealing with the spiritual in this film, They ARE gods in this movie. Spiritual beings capable of taking on physical form and building supernatural technology.
Many theorize that if heaven exists, that perhaps it exists in another dimension. Perhaps in the Indy universe, the different gods come from different dimensions. So all along, while our culture has come to believe that these beings are space aliens, Spielberg and Lucas are trying to convey that they really are just other gods (”Chariots of the ‘Gods’” anyone?). They’re telling us what these beings REALLY are. That’s why, at least technically, they saw this as a fitting tale for Indiana Jones.
This movie just FEELS more sci-fi, and that’s what is going to throw people off. The image of gray aliens has been brainwashed into our culture, and we’ve thought of them as aliens for so long. Well, now we have the real explanation.
I still think the flying saucer at the end was a bit much, and probably should have just been left as the inter-dimensional portal that it started out as, and just formed into a giant vortex.
Anyway, I liked this movie. It will take time to grow on me, because, like most people, it’s hard to not think of the grays as aliens. I think I get where Spielberg and Lucas were trying to go with it and I am willing to give it time to fit in with the rest of the saga. No sequel can ever be Raiders, but it can be entertaining and fitting. It’s just that it’s been 19 years, the story is new and in many ways vastly different than the others. So I need to give it time. It’s definitely not a bad movie, and it’s definitely an Indiana Jones movie.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
ok well i saw it with my lady and to me it was great but i agree with some of yall out there it had a conviential spielbergesk story (close encounters, ET) so on that point i would say it needed work but harrison looked like young indy in some scenes (the hat covered him up and a stunt duble i assume ) so i was impressed how the charectors involve the story it was good it was defentily worth a wait good job from the crew
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
i call this movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Oh God George Lucas, Not Again, No, Please.
On the upside (there’s an upside?) as a longtime hater of Shia, I actually liked him in this. Also, Speilberg still knows how to direct a good ol’ fashioned movie. The practical effects were just great.
My real complaint about this film is Lucas, plain and simple.
I take the monkeys and Shia as an allegory to Speilberg thinking Lucas is apeshit crazy.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I want my $10 back. Enough said. This movie was absolute trash- even comparing it to other Indy movies is insulting.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:35 pm
GO SEE THE MOVIE!! HAVE FUN!! ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE!! There are definitely some fresh ideas in the movie, which is probably why it seems a bit whimsical at times. The CG is actually pretty good…great at times. CG professionals know what good CG and bad CG is. Don’t listen to the kids who think they know it all. Nice work Steve, Frank, Harrison and George. Kudos to Henry Ford, Jr. III too!
I’ll see it again.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
I can’t help but think the people dissing are still living at home, but putting gas into the old man’s drive. Talk about insulting, I’d hear more truth from my loser friend that has a “friend with benefits” in Canada, but you know, up there a bit…
I bet you pansies liked Prince Caspian…
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I hope your fav movie of ‘08 is DK, just so I can’t get behind it. Otherwise, I’ll root for quality and not tragedy.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Pretty lame. Sad to say. Ah well, It seems like they’ve rebooted the franchise. I’ll see another.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Personally I absolutely loved it. Seen it twice and I’m going to see it several more times this weekend. I can’t stress how much I loved it. I went in taking everything Lucas said- dont’ expect it to be better, its the same. And it was to me. Its still Indy. I rank it behind Raiders only by a little and way ahead of Temple of Doom. (Last Crusade was my favorite). I don’t see how a person could really dislike it. It certainly wasn’t without its flaws (some major gripes with the editing and smaller ones like the monkey scene) but the otherones weren’t near perfect films either. Amazing though.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
This giant bag of shit was more disappointing and much worse than any of the fucking Star Wars prequels.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Ok First, I love Indiana Jones. But this movie wasn’t great. It was good but not great. The film is Great in its Introduction and Body, its the Conclusion I’m having a real problem with. The ending truly wasn’t climactic and it really didn’t make any sense to me. If I were Steven I just would have done something a little different. But I did enjoy myself 80% of the time while watching. In addition I’ll probably see it again next week. So my final verdict go see it, the $8 bucks will still be worth it. I say that because I think its the last time will see Harrison as good’ old Indy.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Sometimes I wonder if today’s movie goers, all plugged into the internet ready to write their lengthy criticisms and harsh comparisons, are too cynical for a film like this. I’m not going to say “if you go in with lowered expectations” or “if you take it for what it is,” this was an unrelentingly fun film with a ton of brilliant sequences that had me grinning ear to ear.
I don’t know why everyone is so eager to hate movies these days.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Personally I loved it!
it was a bit too long was probably my only real grumble!
the dodgy ending….great, maybe a sequ