Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Above: Harrison Ford taking a break after having to run for half a block
What Bryan said:
Craig and I went to see this with our guitar buddies the other day and all i have to say is; I think George Lucas has lost his freaking mind! I can excuse Steven Spielberg for this one because lately he seems more interested in working on video games rather then focus on movies. Who wouldn't really?
The movie industry is pretty much rampant with shitty movies about anything but a good story. The movie is just pretty slow to start off, the bad guys don't really seem that bad, to the point where you might actually start cheering for them here and there. Here's a hint guys. Russians? not so scary or hate-able. Nazis? the perfect enemies, in both movies AND games. So the fact that the bad guys didn't seem like bad guys most of the time really made it seem like there was no real danger other than some stupid ants.
Let me explain. first scene, Indy vs. Russians, 15 minutes later, Indy & Russians working together to solve a puzzle. 10 minutes later? Indy Vs Russians. Rinse and repeat formula for the rest of the movie.
The past movies always seemed to be based of religious artifacts and such, so 20 years later when we live in a world were you cant say "Islam or Jesus sucks" without having a bunch of mindless fucktwats raging like a bunch of chihuahuas on Prozac. They phone this one in, Literally phone it in, as in E.T. Phone home! so once the suspense of disbelief is lifted all your left with is a movie which probably shouldn't have been made, or at the very least been a straight to DVD.
What Craig said:
I am so glad this movie was made!!! Why? Well if it wasn't, fan boys would still be asking for another Indiana Jones movie anyway! Good job Harrison Ford. You did what you could, and for that I thank you! In all seriousness, I think this movie was good. Worth the 13 bucks? Not really. Worth a 5 dollar rental at your local blockbuster? Definitely!
As Bryan said Indy vs. Russians, Indy helps Russians, Indy vs. Russians. Rinse, Repeat. Yup, It' s been done before in the other films. Not a bad plot line actually. Lets face it. One world renowned archaeologist/tomb raider vs. an army of Russians; going to the same place, after the same thing. Basically its Indy gets captured, and forced to help; or else so and so will be killed. As for the cliche Russian characters. I didn't hate them. Yeah Nazi's are better than Russians as evil antagonist's any day; but the Russians did their job.
I thought the extra-terrestrial plot wasn't so bad actually. The thing that annoyed me about the film was just how abruptly it ended; and how the alien part at the end was portrayed. It was a bit far- fetched and over driven. This is what happened basically. Found temple, 30 seconds later, found a way into temple, 30 seconds later, inside temple, 30 seconds, In treasure room, 30 seconds, In last room. It was so quick! I mean where were the booby traps!? and the other rooms in the temple? Hallways, etc. The end was just like BING! BANG! BOOM!. Quick and meaningless. For this Mr. Lucas, I have one thing to say to you. Lay off the X- Files.
