plot indy 5

We see flashbacks; aliens, wild gay monkeys, refrigerator flying, knive stabbing kid, russians, 2 little rodents and a bunch of crape.

INT. Bedroom - DAY
Indiana jones wake up from a terrible nightmare, he's swetting and swearing.

"Damn, i need a scotch"

Crystal Skull made me question whether it was a professional or amateur attempt. It couldn't have been professional because when you watch the film the errors in the film are there in the action sequences. That ruined the film, not to mention the whole premise of carrying a Crystal Skull, and an all too hokey plot that just wasn't at all believeable.

I saw the film once and I didn't go back to see it again. I didn't show up to give the film makers a royalty check so it could collect dust on my shelf. I personally think the best thing for the series for another Indy film is take the film back to its roots. Don't give me any more aliens.

Give me a reason for why I saw Raiders, and Temple of Doom. I liked the first 3 movies even though you had to suspend a certain amount of belief for the mythos. No more Crazy but great.

Just give me a great idea that reminds me why I loved the series. That's not asking for much. No Shia. Give us a digging for the old relics, and Indy finds the Spear that allegedly poked Jesus in the side, and the Nazi Party believes the possession will make them in invincible. And Indy has to return it to the Smithsonian to keep it under responsible guard. An action adventure. No over the top crazy ideas. Just a pure Indiana Jones movie where Ford can shine instead of falling short like in Crystal Skull.

I liked 'Crystal Skull' aplenty. It gets better the more I watch it. There's lots of exploration yet for a character like Indiana Jones. As I have said before, two more films with Harrison, then Shia takes over the franchise for another three "Jones" films, with Harrison appearing in supporting roles. I think there are enough cults, secret societies, evil geniuses, supernatural happenings, ancient legends, etc., to keep the whip cracking for 5 (yes, five!) more "Jones" pictures.

If for nothing else, Harrison Ford needs to do Indiana Jones 5 so he can redeem himself for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

If Mutt comes along now, fine. Maybe that could spark the idea. I was never crazy about Harold Oxly, anyway, since he was never really developed. Mybe if the search had also been for Marion. HEll, I'd have to think about it. This is just off the top of my head. Still, the film needed somthing, and personally I think it was a sobering bit of reality befor ethe fantasical adveture! The thing that ties it, allowing character development over bad script writing and the readily avaible forfit of speacial effects.

"Get out of my office."

"This isn't your office, doctor jones. You've been fierd."

Indy picks picture back up, put it on desk.

The men file out like rats.


Now, Indy packing, getting ready to go "searching..." that, is a movie. Through in some ideas, maybe even a dream of he and his dad... a dream of Marion, calling his to wake up. "Joones. Jooooones!" Jolts up, on the train, on the plane. He gos looking for Marion, thats why I would have it. Because he thinks me may not last forever. He is still our old beloved Indy, but alone, like a cold November day... he gos searching for Marion, not because she has some relic, some immediate "McGruffin" (as Lucas called it) but instead because- after much sould searchin- he wants to get his life together. To make somthing of it.

"I was part of a plan to foil the outburst of the revolution. You boys should go your home work, you'd see that"

"We've seen what you allowed us to see, Doctor Jones. Here, you write about crying in the street, the night your young communist friends were disposed of."
Indy, sneers, almost growls, makes the "if I could just his you" Indy face. "They were my friends. I was.... disgusted by the assualt on a peaceful protest. But I was on the right side, if thats what your going by. Hell, I was just a kid."

"In our buisness, Dr. Jones, 19 is old enough to be dangerous for someone who has gotten around as much as you. Of course, given the fantastical notions put down here, it is hard to discern thruth from fiction." man reaches for Dads grail Diary, and a picture of he and "junior" falls out.

The next scene opens up with Indy, teaching. just as before. But when he get his "temporary leave of absence" it shoudl go deeper.... The men in black have found his diary. "You claim to be a loyal partiot, Dr.Jones. And you have, served your country well. But who else have you served."

Indy's troubled glance down at the leather bound journal. "Yooou..." hesitates.

Men in black guy, flipping with mock causuallness thourgh the pages... "Riding with Poncho Villa, you took part in a attack that deliberatly blew up a train, waging fire upon American soilders."

Indy. "It was against gereral Ades Torte'a. I never fired a weapon at a countrymen. Who told you you could just bust in here and-"

"I'll have to warn you, Doctor jones, against taking such a tone, when your the one in the hot seat." continues flipping. "you have friends in the early stages of communist russia, I see. A love letter to a young communist woman dated 1918, a year after the over thourgh of the nation."

Indy: Like, what? Can you give me a best chace scenario.

This conversation could happen after the two jerk heads in black left the room, and he was talking to the general friend.

"Only time will tell. At the moment, your lucky just to be alive. Its a new world out there, since the war."

Indy, gives gruff, begrudging Indy face. "Yur tellin' me. Who do those guys think they are."

"haky times breed all sorts of un-checked antics. Somtimes I wonder if I even belong here anymore. None the less, your record makes a fine case. I assume they'll let you go."

"Whadda you mean you assume?"

Friend, reluctantly: "Who knows, for all we know, you'll be fine. Are you still teaching."

"Yeah, if I can stay in one piece." Indy smiles, awkwardly, then nodds and turns away. "What would you do, Dan?"

Dan, reluctantly, "I don't know..."

Harrison isn't to old.. that is, as long as they don't wait another ten or twenty years. He's up there. But so far, it's just character developemtn fun. And allows for new scenarios that make better storylines.

Indy IS out of his time in the fifties... I thought the film should have made more of a point of this fact; showing him getting board watching T.V. , picking up a book in the evening. If they were gonna do the "nke the fridge" scene, I would have liked it if they offered some half true scenario. "Frankly, Mr. Jones, we don't know what kind of trouble you in for yet. All considering, radio active science is rather new, and- considering your... untested means of... protection... it may take some time to see the TRUE reaction over a sustained period of time."

I just hope that George Lucas actually gives a damn that his legacy is to his displeased fans, and not his fat wallet or his goofed up ego. This last Indy was disney, and possesed little or none of the real life grit the others threw in to make things half believable.
Raiders was dark, at times. And involving, made to RAISE a standard, not meet it, intellecutually, dispite being "just fun" it was fun taken seriously. The trick with Indy used to be, you could watch it with a beer and your buddies and say, "yeah, that wouldn't happen." But you rarly ever got to say that "COULDN"T" happen, because the series relied upon BARLY possible scenarios that were, just maybe, on a one in a hundred chance (like jumping out of the clipper in the raft, landing on a slide) just BARLY concievable so you'd say, Ok, yeah, I buy it.
This time, well, shoot. I culd have dealt with the frdge. But the soaring refridgerator? Nah. Now, if the fridge was in basment... and the U.S. goverment found Indy 34 hours later..... maaaaaaaaaaaaaybe.

I think an Indy 5 would be great. Just keep Lucas away from pencils and paper and less CGI.

As far as the plot? I think he should fight his way through thousands of Orcs with his best friend Sam and cast the ring of power into the fires of Mount Doom!

Seriously? No damned aliens! Vikings this time! Indiana Jones and the Ghosts of Valhalla.

I think a prequel would be a good idea. I hate the idea of Shia LeBouf carrying the next Indy. Of course, if it's about the development of a hero (Mutt) to a likable, all-American, switchblade-toting Henry Jones the third, with the help and guidance of his still-present father, Indy, then... no, that would stink. Never mind.

Crystal Skull kicked ass! Look forward to the new movie if they make it!!!!

Get over yourself. You keep going on about Crystal Skull's "unworthiness" Most people liked this film actually. You don't make 750 million from a film without someone liking it. And whaen are you going to realize that Speilberg and Lucas don't even read all the stupid crappy reviews on internet sites, never mind give a shit about them. The only time they'd eb interested in what people thought were if their films failed, which theyu don't. Anyway in answer to the question - yes I would love to see another Indiana Jones film, I loved Crystal Skull and thought it was better than the painfully boring Last Crusade. Bring it on!

Get over yourself. You keep going on about Crystal Skull's "unworthiness" Most people liked this film actually. You don't make 750 million from a film without someone liking it. And whaen are you going to realize that Speilberg and Lucas don't even read all the stupid crappy reviews on internet sites, never mind give a shit about them. The only time they'd eb interested in what people thought were if their films failed, which theyu don't. Anyway in answer to the question - yes I would love to see another Indiana Jones film, I loved Crystal Skull and thought it was better than the painfully borming Last Crusade. Bring it on!

Bottom Line Crystal skull was good but flawed thanks to Lucas.
He has messed up all he has touched since the original star wars.
Do you think if steven speilberg had total control he would make indiana about aliens and use cgi gophers!! way too much cgi and thats thanks to george CGI EGO lucas

The movie was not that bad! All the fan boys should of expected the movie to be not as good the original trilogy! The aliens is no different than a man ripping the heart out of somebody else, like in temple of doom. The movie captured a good fifties vibe. Communists, sci-fi alien movies, the music. The russians in the movie were no different from the nazis in raiders or crusade. They both wanted to use a powerful object to take over the world. So it was not up to par with the originals, but it was still good. So I say they make one more that is great and end it there. It would balance out the whole franchise.

You had to figure that Indy would encounter aliens eventually, after all in real life, all of our ancient cultures had contact with extra-terrestrials and Lucas knows this, we as humans have forgotten who we are. My son and I both loved the movie, though it was different than the previous Indy films, it was still good.

I want to see a movie with Indy in the OSS. They referred to it in crystal skull...

George Lucas hates you all.

@gocitizen, Haha That Hitchcock comparison was all kinds of dumb. I'm glad someone else thought so too.

No interest in another Indy film and I won't be seeing it unless someone else other than Spielberg and Lucas write and direct it. Maybe then we'd get some new life into the franchise.

Reboot Indy... Crystal Skull was in insult to cinema.

A terrible script with NO tension. The film fails. No amount of box office changes that. I blame Spielberg as much as anyone. He's better than that.

I love the comparison to Hitchcock. I must be missing all of those times when Al pissed on all of his films. North by Northwester, The Birds 2, Vertigo Returns - Opportunities missed!!

George Lucas makes movies that make a shitload of money. He doesn't care what you think about him...

i just watched it again, and apart from a few little gripes (the fridge, the monkeys, the alien ufo) it wasnt as bad as it was the first time. as the movie gets going i do think it improves, it is still the worst indiana jones movie, but not quite as depressing as it was the first time with all those expectations.

HONESTLY, as much as I don't want to admit it, I think that if you took the scripts for National Treasure and replaced Nick Cage with Harrison Ford and Jon Voight with Sean Connery, you'd have an Indy film that fits the Indy "feel" we've come to expect.

Seriously, next time you see Nat. Treasure 1 or 2, just imagine it with the Indy actors (and turn the bad guys into Nazis) and it would be a pretty good addition to the original trilogy.

Gosh, i dunno whats worst, the crying......or some of these lame attempts at sarcasm towards Lucas and all posted here.

You guys aren't 'witty'.

I think they should make another movie. If you don't like the idea, don't go see it.

@Kumar

"If you play all four films to a kid who has never seen them before, I bet you he/she would like the fourth one a lot..."

I hear your little enlightened buddha of cinema also loved Beverly Hills Chihuahua and convinced $30 mill worth of Americans to love it as well. Great point.

"Everybody buckle up - George is going to take us for another ride on the Shitstorm Express."

haha, what I would give to see that as a real critic quote in print.

I think my biggest problem with "Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls" was that, ultimately, it just didn't *feel* like an 'Indiana Jones' movie to me. I know that's a hopelessly subjective statement. Perhaps it was the use of the CGI. The other movies, clunky as some may feel they look now, still have the feeling of authenticity, as if Indy was really in the situation. I just didn't feel that with this film.

Then all the wink-wink-nod moments to the other films, most notably being 'Raiders.' I just felt like "Crystal Skulls" kept trying to remind me of how much better things used to be. Plus the moments of camp sometimes almost turned into moments of parody, like with Shia swinging on the vines with the monkeys or even the sword duel on the trucks, which I thought was a bit overdone. Likewise the situation of having a student ask a question of his professor -- who just skidded through the library on a motorcycle. (But other scenes did keep to the style, I thought, such as the killer ant swarm and the last minute escape from the disintegrating temple.)

Plus I felt that story was lacking here a bit. The goal was just to get the 'Indiana Jones' series up-to-date, as it were, on its mythos. So we had the nuclear explosion. We had the "Roswell" connection. We had ancient astronauts tied in with the Nazca lines. I don't know. I guess I go back to what I said: it just didn't *feel* like an 'Indiana Jones' movie to me. If this same plot and the same setting was used around different characters that didn't tie itself to a past franchise, I might have liked it a bit better.

With all this, I can say that for me I don't really have high hopes for another film, in terms of it being all that great and appealing to me (whether prequel or not). But clearly I'm in somewhat of a minority regarding my perceptions of the film, so I guess I, like some others, will just have to hope for the best.

Don't worry borther... everybody hated the monkey scene. Hell, Harrison proably knows what happened. Watch (I think it's on utube) the Krystal Skull press conference, and you can see it. Karen is gracious. Steven looks like hes trying to smile through the guilt of knowing hes sold second hand goods. And, at one point, Ford turns around, awkardly and stares down Steven saying (somthing like), "I think... when you relie on visual effects, real stunts, as much as possible, and you actaully see that, and the audience makes that connection... then.... you come out with a film that is believavble and people want to see again. And when you have a director-", shuffles in seat."-that understands, and makes it his buisness to untilize that.." turns and looks directly at Steven, intense, full of Yeah I'm talkin' to you-" then, you have a film that doesn't fall sort of expectation."
Yeah. It happened. Check it out.

Just get him to search for Atlantis, that's what everyone wanted.

Lets see; the critics liked it, tons of movie-goers liked it, and it made a boatload of money. Somehow I doubt the ramblings of Hunter Stephenson or a bunch of angry message board fan-boys are gonna stop them from making another one.

I believe in INDY!!!!

But not in Lucas!!!!

SO bring on a indy 5 IM SO READY!!!

"Stop Lucas"? Sigh. Your ongoing hatred of all things Lucas is tiresome and predictable. I loved Crystal Skull and if he makes another one I'll be first in line. If you don't like these movies don't watch them. It's just so ridiculous to constantly rail against any Indy/Star Wars news, ridiculous and pointless. Why harangue someone who has created some of the best known and loved characters in film history? I can just imagine you in the 1950s bitching about a new Hitchcock film. Why "Stop Lucas"? Why do you care if he makes these films or not? How does it impact on your life? I'd focus on stopping more High School Musical films.

Crystal Skull. Oh, the thesis I could write about why you were epic, epic /fail.

Everybody buckle up - George is going to take us for another ride on the Shitstorm Express.

REBOOT! REBOOT!

Harrison is too old for the role, so get Will Smith in to play Indiana Jones (he can also rap the new theme tune, written by Danny Elfman). Martin Lawrence in Big Momma's House-style drag as his love interest. Mike Myers can play the Evil Nazi (another excuse for him to use a terrible accent - he loves that shit). Get Oscar Winner Akiva Goldsman to write it (or copy it from Lucas' notes like Koepp had to) and what are those Disaster Movie guys doing? They can direct unless a vortex to Hell has opened up already and sucked them down into it.

If Will Smith isn't available - Seth Rogan.

Now it's Tom Selleck's chance.

I loved Star Wars and Indy, i didnt even mind the prequels/sequel. but this is pushing it. Lucas has lost his touch. He has great ideas (indy IV started well) but he overdoes it by adding in ridiculously stupid ideas to make it hip, like Jar Jar and aliens in Indy IV. It didnt make any connection to what the rest of the film was trying to say, and overall it was a lousy way to reignite a lost series.
Indy V already sounds like a bad idea, and while i found Indy IV bearable, i cant help but think what will happen if Indy V ever got made

Rock on.

sure do it, except have have nolan write the script and keep lucas out of it. lets ahve a darker indy like temple of doom.

I will not tolerate anyone speaking badly of Temple of Doom.

@Kumar

Your opinion is automatically invalid.

The idea of a fifth Indy is an interesting one. Hopefully Lucas will bring in some much needed help for script duties, rope in the cgi to an absolute minimum (ie none). Indy needs to be the focus though, he doesn't need a troupe of people or a posse to accompany him though, well maybe an entourage of carers :).
Harrison was the best thing about the last movie, he nailed the Indy character again, the script and the woeful climax let things down in a big way.
The way that the 'beard' used the old film stock was also very cool, and I hope that will be retained.
Prairie dogs should not be allowed anywhere near the next flick, unless the opening sequence features a pack of them ripping Mutt Wiliams to shreds!
Basically I could warm to the idea, but remain very skeptical. Maybe it will be a remake of Raiders, Lucas loves the easy option.

Indy IV is awesome. I don't care what people think about the film.

Hey, Temple of Doom wasn't all that and they followed it with a great film. (I resist the temptation to say that Temple of Doom was a shoddily put together and rushed film that not only had a poor script, but was highly racist and played to racial stereotypes.)

Also, let's not forget what the Indiana Jones franchise was. It was comic books on screen. It was silly, but fun. Don't try to judge Crystal Skull as a serious adventure film. Yes, it was flawed, but it was good fun. If you play all four films to a kid who has never seen them before, I bet you he/she would like the fourth one a lot (though probably not anywhere as much as the first or third films).

okay, just so you know. In 1857, (as mentioned in the movie) the Indians really did have a Thuggee cult, very violent, and for that matter very damn simialr to the one in the film.
What did you want, the globalistic lie/nightmare of everyone in the village sitting around on internet caf'es running telamarketing buisness from cinderblack housing. I've been to India, only 3 years ago, and there are still rural villages exactly like the one Indy and shorty and whats her stupid face wound up in.... pretty cool to. Htere is less poverty when people are self reliant.

Harrison Ford is INDY!!!!
I dont wanna hear no shit!!!!!

they had their shot and blew it. KotCS was awful on every level. Biggest disappointment for me in a long time.

Maybe with a new director, writer, and yes, a new Indy, someone could breathe some life back into the character....oh...and actually create some tension in a cliffhanger script. When that day eventually arrives, I'll take notice again.

I'll be curious to see how many fools add Indy4 to their DVD collections.