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I realized I never did an actual post about the Indiana Jones movie. So here be it!
The opening sequence was silly, even for an Indy flick. The atom bomb and the fridge [shakes head]
Why did Mutt and Indy go back to Indy's house after being chased all over town by the KGB?
Ugh!! Man eating ants! But it was nice they sent Indy's hat back for the wedding [weg]
Okay, aliens. Spielberg wanting to revisit CEOTTK and ET no doubt [g]
Hey! That was my plot device from 'I Remember You Not Fondly'!! Interdimensional alien device created to seek out knowledge. Pffft! I should be writing movies [g]
Way back when details of the movie came out, I said that if they went for the cliche of making the kid the long lost son Indy never knew he had, I would scream. So yes, there was screaming. I mean, come on! And it's sad too. Indy was denied seeing his son grow up, Mutt was denied having a father growing up. What a cheat that was.
Who else was expecting piranhas at some point?
Twenty years late, but at least they finally got married!
I'm not sure if it was on purpose, or coincidence, but Indy seemed to have a lot of the mannerisms/personality of his father in the beginning of the movie.
I liked how the kid kept combing his hair.
Cate Blanchett was interesting, especially with the hair colour.
Overall, I enjoyed it, especially when I was afraid it was going to be a train wreck like the recent batch of Star Wars movies. It was better than Temple of Doom, other than the opening sequence I'll definitely get the DVD when it comes out.
The opening sequence was silly, even for an Indy flick. The atom bomb and the fridge [shakes head]
Why did Mutt and Indy go back to Indy's house after being chased all over town by the KGB?
Ugh!! Man eating ants! But it was nice they sent Indy's hat back for the wedding [weg]
Okay, aliens. Spielberg wanting to revisit CEOTTK and ET no doubt [g]
Hey! That was my plot device from 'I Remember You Not Fondly'!! Interdimensional alien device created to seek out knowledge. Pffft! I should be writing movies [g]
Way back when details of the movie came out, I said that if they went for the cliche of making the kid the long lost son Indy never knew he had, I would scream. So yes, there was screaming. I mean, come on! And it's sad too. Indy was denied seeing his son grow up, Mutt was denied having a father growing up. What a cheat that was.
Who else was expecting piranhas at some point?
Twenty years late, but at least they finally got married!
I'm not sure if it was on purpose, or coincidence, but Indy seemed to have a lot of the mannerisms/personality of his father in the beginning of the movie.
I liked how the kid kept combing his hair.
Cate Blanchett was interesting, especially with the hair colour.
Overall, I enjoyed it, especially when I was afraid it was going to be a train wreck like the recent batch of Star Wars movies. It was better than Temple of Doom, other than the opening sequence I'll definitely get the DVD when it comes out.
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Date: 2008-05-28 03:29 am (UTC)From:That kid from Transformers sure is growing up quickly! It was pretty cliche for him to be Indy's son. I was so hoping they weren't going to go there. But, they also went the alien direction, and I'm not quite sure which is more out of place in the series.. I totally thought the kid said his name was Mud and I thought that was hilarious.
Cate Blanchett does not do a very good Russian accent. Not consistently, anyway.
Speilberg offered to direct the new Star Wars movies and Lucas said no. He should have said yes. The new Indy movie didn't really compare to the old ones, but it didn't absolutely horrify me like the first two new Star Wars (the third was mildy acceptable but failed to make up for the other two.)
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Date: 2008-05-28 07:39 pm (UTC)From:Yeah, I know. They might have even been good if he'd taken him up on it.
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Date: 2008-05-29 06:15 am (UTC)From:I could rant for hours over the 'direction' of the new Star Wars movies... I think George Lucas has great concepts, he's a great producer, but writer or director? Hell no!!
(Worst line ever: Hold me, Anakin, like you did on the shores of the Lake of Naboo!)
[ahem]
Anyway... I agree. The new Indy movie isn't awesome-great-wanna-see-it-again-now, but it isn't
oh-no-he-didn't-just-ruin-my-whole-lifetime-of-Star-Wars-fandom-glee-and-geekiness!
I think I like it better than Temple of Doom, but that isn't saying much. (There are portions of Temple of Doom I liked, but mostly, it was 'ehh'...)
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Date: 2008-05-29 09:15 pm (UTC)From:I never saw the Indy movies when I was a kid and only saw them all a few years ago, so even if Crystal Skull had been terrible it still wouldn't have compared to the utter despair I felt as one installment after another of the new Star Wars came out - man, Star Wars was my life! My first sci-fi obsession! HOW DARE THEY MAKE IT SUCK!