DO not bother with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The movie is utter junk. Without giving information away in case you want to see this junk, here are a FEW of the MANY issues in the movie:
- Improbable stunts. Sure Indy movies are way over the top on action, but this movie starts with Indy surviving a NUCLEAR explosion in a REFRIGERATOR. Really? Being launched 3 miles in a refrigerator and living??? Try that one Mythbusters!
- Bad casting. Poor decisions cost them. Shia Lebouf as some super kid? Cate Blanchette as some crazy USSR scientist trying to rule the world?
- And the number 1 thing wrong with the movie by far: Terrible RECYCLED storylines. Apparently, Spielberg and co. think they can rehash Close Encounters of a Third Kind, E.T., War of the Worlds and no one will notice. Its bad when at one point in the movie I wondered aloud if we were watching an Indy movie or one of Spielberg's Alien films.
Do yourself a favor RENT "The Last Crusade" and pretend this movie never happened.
3 comments:
11:08 PM
gee stephen, tell us how you really feel. &:~D
i've heard a lot of disappointment but then some okay feelings after recollections.
12:17 PM
Stupid, mindless entertainment, certainly. Impossible ("improbable" is an understatement) stunts. Yes. I disliked Shia Lebouf. Yes.
But, actually I thought it was a lot better than Temple of Doom which I absolutely hate.
There's a lot more competition for "WORST MOVIE... EVER!"
My wife & I saw it and enjoyed it. It was dumb. It was not as good as we had hoped it might be. But, it held our attention. It wasn't that bad a way to spend an evening.
7:28 AM
I agree with you...but not to your extreme. I'm glad I went to see it, and I liked Shia Lebouf. But there is also the fact that I didn't have high hopes going in because Harrison Ford (an actor I've loved watching since his Han Solo days) is what? 102 years old now?
Actually, he's in his 60's, but I knew it wouldn't be as good as the classics. So I guess my bar was set lower. I do think the ending stunk. But I thought bringing back his old flame was pretty cool.
Anyway, haven't written in a long long time. So just wanted to put my 2 cents worth down.
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