Thread: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Haha... I think you've said that just for the sake of controversy.

Spoiler for Indiana Jones 4:

To be honest, I think the prospect of aliens is a LOT more believable than God making Nazi's faces melt. So I had no problems with the alien thing, although lots of people did.

Aside from that though, there were also lots of moments when you just went, oh COME ON! Like the fridge. No human could have survived being tossed miles in the air and god knows what speed in a fridge. Oh, and then Indy just gets that nasty radiation scrubbed off. Handy.

Also I find it slightly unlikely that you could fall off Iguazu falls in a boat, and emerge totally unscathed, and still in the boat.

I'm not really complaining... but if anyone says you have to suspend your disbelief, you should slap them in the face, because this is too far. All it does though, is it makes the movie a bit of a farce. There's nothing wrong with that, but it means it just doesn't take itself as seriously as the last few films, which is why some fanboys probably won't like it.

That would be fine; just because it doesn't take itself seriously doesn't mean it was a bad movie. Actually, it was very entertaining, but unfortunately, the movie did take itself seriously with the aliens. And that clashes horifically with the rest of the movie, where it's very toungue in cheek.

That's my main beef with the film though. It was fun to watch and quite well written... apart from one or two dodgy pieces of dialogue ("They've gone into the space between spaces"). I wasn't convinced by Harrison Ford's acting, but Shia la Beouf was actually quite good. And the very last scene was quite clever, and left me with a smile.

All in all, it's worth going to see, even if it's just to laugh at all the ridiculously impossible parts.

I thought it was terrible, and I won't be seeing it again. /spit

I just watched the trilogy today with 2 people who'd never seen it before, and I love Temple of Doom so many miles more than Crystal Skull it's hard to quantify into words. This film shouldn't have been made.

Meh it wasn't supposed to be good.

The whole point of the movie was to give Indy a son to continue the Franchise off of.

http://dreamviews.com/community/show...have+snakes%3F

yeah, they could have made indy maybe... slightly less indestructible perhaps?

but it was entertaining, which I guess is the whole point of going to a movie, right?

Huh. I want to see this..

Oh and are you saying that young dude is supposed to continue the franchise then? Omg... kill me now.

I liked it, it wasnt as good as raiders or the last crusade, but i think it was better than Temple. Thing is if you go to the movie expecting it to be as good as the others then you will be disappointed. This is a new era of filmmaking and most people have a adjusted to it, but when you resurrect an living legend of old people will be critiquing it.

But I thought the movie was great, I saw it 3 times. Opening premier with buds. Two days later with my dad. Then I went with my gf.

It was okay, I guess. The only reason it was so succesful was because of all the hype thanks to the previous movies.

It was a nice movie, but nothing outstanding.

And I didn't like that they used the cliché image of (highlight to reveal spoiler)'Aliens and UFOs' at the end.

I would really like to see that movie.

The previews I've seen looks pretty exciting.

Originally Posted by Switch

I would really like to see that movie.

The previews I've seen looks pretty exciting.

Unless you're a fan of the other ones, don't bother.

Originally Posted by AmazeO XD

Unless you're a fan of the other ones, don't bother.

Actually, on average, I think the fans of the first three like the fourth less than people who don't really care about the first three.

Originally Posted by Pensive Patrick

Actually, on average, I think the fans of the first three like the fourth less than people who don't really care about the first three.

You have a point.

I thought it was a massive disappointment.

I miss the old stunt work, but the new movie has incredible CGI scenes that made me squirm in my seat. I actually liked the movie, other than the cliche acting and plot (but thats no surprise for the franchise obviously)

This movie sucks. It's taking me days to watch it, and I'm only doing so because I'm stuck in Korea. It really sucks ass, imo. Aside from the obvious, there's something weird about Indy's acting. Seems like he got worse.

One of the worst movies of the year...

The dialouge tasted like spoiled milk, the action scenes smelled like rotting fish, the characters where so forced that it was like watching the authors try and push a pineapple through a colander.

Way to jump the shark. In fact, I think it jumped over about 10...

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

Aside from the obvious, there's something weird about Indy's acting. Seems like he got worse.

Totally agree there, although I think it's partly due to bad dialogue.

HUGE disappointment.

I mean, come on: We all loved some of the fantastical elements that were in the other Indiana Jones movies (surviving the cutting of the rope bridge, in ToD, for instance) but some of the shit they tried to pull off, in this film, should never have been attempted by veteran film-makers. Ever.

To say nothing of the fridge; how about when our little Greaser friend, Shia, is swinging through the fucking jungle like Tarzan, practically flying from vine to vine. What, does he practice vine-swinging in his spare time, between working on his bike and having a chocolate malt down at the malt shoppe? Come on.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

HUGE disappointment.

I mean, come on: We all loved some of the fantastical elements that were in the other Indiana Jones movies (surviving the cutting of the rope bridge, in ToD, for instance) but some of the shit they tried to pull off, in this film, should never have been attempted by veteran film-makers. Ever.

To say nothing of the fridge; how about when our little Greaser friend, Shia, is swinging through the fucking jungle like Tarzan, practically flying from vine to vine. What, does he practice vine-swinging in his spare time, between working on his bike and having a chocolate malt down at the malt shoppe? Come on.

actually, yes, out of everything in that movie, the tarzan thing ruined it for me. and no, Im not being sarcastic.

Yeah, I agree with that as well. And the three waterfalls thing.. with everyone being completely fine.. even the mostly immobile crazy old guy.

And the 'Jonesy!' character as well as the Russian chick were about as flat as a halibut gone through a... thing that makes you flat.

Honestly, characters where as unbelievable as... something that really couldn't be believed.