DISQUS

ladyofthelake · 2 months ago

I didn't mind Indy 4, kinda liked it. I mean the 50's were all about aliens. Some of the classic sci-fi alien movies were made in the 50's. So having Indy deal with that didn't bother me at all. I mean Indy found the holy grail, the arc which burned the faces off of the Nazies, monkey brains. I'll go see Indy 5 for sure. Hell I even watched the tv show Young Indianna Jones, that was awesome. Though Lucas had to mess with it and combine the one hour episodes into two hour films and cut out the actor that played old Indy out of ever episode. Most of the eppys were two parters anyway, but the poor actor was cut out. Ford even made a cameo. Good memories of my youth.

Kangaroo Be Stoned · 2 months ago

"If there was one thing fans complained about after seeing 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull', it was that the story diverted away from religious icons to aliens." This is hilarious because both the religious icons and the aliens are bloody retarded. Is one more far-fetched than the other? I don't think so. Fanboys.

chille · 2 months ago

Its not that aliens are more ridiculous than religious icons, its that the fact that they switched focus from fantasy to sci-fi. Imagine if in the next Terminator movie, a Norse god came down and gave John Connor magic powers.

Osiris3657 · 2 months ago

I'm still shaking my head over the disaster that Indy 4 was. I can't believe some of Spielberg's caliber was responsible for that shit. Ok, partially responsible....Lucas deserves as much of the blame.

Question for anyone who saw Indy 4: Did anyone notice how much younger Harrison Ford started to look as the movie went on? When he first appeared on screen it was bad...he looked frail, sloppy, wrinkly....but then the wrinkles started to not be as noticeable. CGI to edit out his "oldness" I presume.

tmccar20 · 2 months ago

This is dumb, you know Lucas was suppose to do "Apocalypse Now." If He and Spielberg were doing something completely new I would want to go see it but this is not it. Lucas is lazy now, and crystal skull was sloppy. Cgi can't do everything, and every idea isn't a good idea. The whole alien thing could have been handled better. If they want to do this movie right how about going to actually locations, and get rid of the green screen. Hey Lucas learn the 15 feet rule when comes to cgi.

tylerdurden1681 · 2 months ago

From the second they "nuked the fridge" I was just thinking what the hell is this! Yes, I was pretty excited to get to see another Indiana Jones movie too but I would have rather they just spared us all of the not so good movie and let Indy stay retired and respected as thee action hero we all grew up watching.
Do I think another movie is a good idea? That would be a big no for me. The only way they could salvage the franchise would be to make a movie as good or better than Raiders of the Lost Ark. Good luck there Steven and George!

Joe505 · 2 months ago

I love the info this site gives. But not the opinions. You guys generally have a negative outlook on movies...just saying. And from the writers not the fans.

becasmar · 2 months ago

"Yeah, think about that and enjoy your nightmares, fanboys." hahaha, so true, im not going to sleep well tonight....

Dave B · 2 months ago

I agree that Indy 4 was forced, and the alien storyline was far fetched... of course, the lid of the Ark of the Covenant rocketing skyward at the end of Raiders was entirely believable...ahem. These films are supposed to momentarily allow you to suspend your beliefs, to accept the unacceptable. It certainly wasn't the best film in the series, and I do hope they redeem themselves a bit with number five. Take away the CGI stuff perhaps, get a better script, or at least someone who can touch up and revise what Lucas pens. I'll go see it, regardless...

What if Indiana was actually played by someone other than Ford? Certainly there are those who say he "is" Indiana Jones, but there were critics who said the same of Sean Connery as 007, and that franchise, while it stumbled at times, is still going strong.

Thoughts?

KT · 2 months ago

The difference between Bond and Indy is that Bond had life as a literary character long before any actor played him. (In fact, if you check out contemporary reviews of "Dr. No," you'll find any number of critics who thought Connery was poorly cast, simply because they knew Ian Fleming's books and had already envisioned a "perfect Bond" for which Connery did not fit the template.)

The Indy movies, on the other hand, have been increasingly built around Ford and his persona, and his screen presence and performances are an integral of the character as conceived. I'd say that if we learned anything from "Crystal Skull," it was that people still want Ford as Indy, even when his putative bosses bring in some 20-something nozzle to whom they intend to hand off the franchise.

mordfilm · 2 months ago

I am actually hoping that, much like what happened to temple, the next film will be amazing. think, Raiders was an amazing film, capitilizing on the pulp/serial action hero of the 40's-50's. spot on perfect film. then comes along this campy film temple. many people shunned this film, and it actually hurt the franchise, a basic hand mark from a slap on the cheek, then Grail was the all out, no holds barred re-invention of Indy. a fantastic film. Crystal is again another slap, and I hope it will be followed by another amazing film, And I also hope Shia will come back as Indy's son/apprentace again. the 2 made a great team, seeming to channel laurel and hardy.

Dave · 1 month ago

I just hope that if there is an Indy 5, it will be much better than 4, which was awful when compared with the 1st 3. Hopefully, it will be like the Star Wars prequels, which also didn't start out great with Episode 1, but improved greatly with each installment, with Episode 3 being 1 of the best of all 6.

Filmmaker456 · 5 days ago

you know what i don't get? why people have to take control of something they have no right controlling yes indy jones is for the fans but get over it stop putting down indy 4 it was amazing
and this stupid alien crap its like you guys didn't watch the movie it took place in 1957 thats when the first UFO was found in Nevada they wanted to go out of the box with the new indy film something new they had the technology to make the film they wanted in the first place same with the new star wars movies they were great lucas wanted to make them like he imagined in the first place so STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT INDIANA JONES ITS STEVEN SPIELBERG AND LUCAS'S FRANCHISE LET THEM DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO with it if you don't like it get over yourself people are saying the new film was absurd and yes it was did you watch it but it seems to me when i do that they where well aware that they where being absurd so get over it either watch it or don't cause Lucas and Speilberg don't give a shit if you do