Indiana Jones

[Nomadic]

Well I went and saw it and I have to say that I feel it lived up to the series. Some people may not agree with me but I really enjoyed it. Harrison Ford was his entertaining self as usual, and the other actors played their roles wonderfully. Because of a tiny error with the projector we got free tickets... so not complaining about that :whoa:

For any of you who have seen it, what did you think? (to those who didn't I urge you to give it a shot)

[beejazz]

Wellll...

I enjoyed it, but will deny it if asked in person, and some of it didn't feel quite Jonesy enough for me... [spoiler]like the bit with the aliens.

I'm of the opinion that if you're going to mess around with CGI you should do it with some taste and subtlety, so mad props on most of the jungle chase, at least in the SFX dept. (the monkeys I could have done without) but a bit too silly towards the end.

Also, knowledge was their treasure, their treasure was knowledge, and apparently knowledge makes your head asplode.[/spoiler]

[Elemental_Elf]

Use Spoilers! Some of us aren't as lucky as other people and have to wait until tomorrow! :)

I'm happy to hear the movie is entertaining, at bare minimum! :)

[beejazz]

Ack! Sorry man! Fixed.

[Elemental_Elf]

Ack! Sorry man! Fixed.

Its all good in the neighborhood... Hmm now I have a strange craving for Apple Bees... :P

I'm wondering, did Ford look too old for the part? I mean he's no spring chicken any more...

[Xeviat]

Because of a tiny error with the projector we got free tickets... so not complaining about that :whoa:

Error with the projector? You got to see a few minutes of "The Happening" too? Where do you live????????????

[beejazz]

I'm wondering, did Ford look too old for the part? I mean he's no spring chicken any more...

They advanced the timeline. It sort of worked. Sort of.

[Xeviat]

OH, my opinion. I loved the acting. I loved the pacing. I loved how the scenes were put together. I didn't like the plot.

I'm not sure on my over all opinion of the movie. My girlfriend said it best when she said "it's like having sex with your best friend; you liked it at the time but you need to think about it for a couple of days to realize if it was a good idea."

[Elemental_Elf]

I'm wondering, did Ford look too old for the part? I mean he's no spring chicken any more...

They advanced the timeline. It sort of worked. Sort of.

Like I always say, better sort of than not at all!  :)  

My girlfriend said it best when she said "it's like having sex with your best friend; you liked it at the time but you need to think about it for a couple of days to realize if it was a good idea."

 :huh: Now that's just plain weird!  :yumm:

[Nomadic]

Because of a tiny error with the projector we got free tickets... so not complaining about that :whoa:

Error with the projector? You got to see a few minutes of "The Happening" too? Where do you live????????????

Lol no it just sort of shut down (I live in bend oregon btw). Also... that last comment about... erm doing things... with best friends... I am going to have nightmares now :ill:

[Wensleydale]

I loved the acting and a lot of the dialogue, but the plot...

Not Indy. No way.

I even liked most of the plot twists, like the whole... yeah, well, you who've seen it know what I'm on about. But the entire [spoiler=premise]ALIENS IN AN INDIANA JONES FILM[/spoiler]... upset me.

Also, if you're going to have an Eastern European woman, get an Eastern European to play her. Or at least someone who can do a vaguely convincing Ukrainian accent... it made me go 'eww'.

[Spirit Hawkfellow]

I loved Indy 4, it not such a departure from what Lucas and other writers where doing with Indy, especially the esp stuff.  The soviets where big on that.  Even in some the games The ideas are kind of far fetched.  But in some respects, they are grounded in the rumors, speculation and mythology.  Speilberg can still shoot an action movie like no one business.  he much better with his shot selection than most of these action hacks out there directing movies.  He can still direct tight sequence.  Harrison ford; I loved his take of Indy blending some elements of Connery into the role.  

All in all a great romp, fits into the pantheon of temple of dooms and Last Crusade.  I just saw temple of doom, Underrated if you ask me, and I can debate this with anybody lol.  


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[snakefing]

I saw this on Friday, and I enjoyed it. A few notes from my standpoint:

Non-spoilers:

Good action scenes, overall. A few that didn't work so well, largely because they just didn't seem quite right with an aging hero.

I didn't feel that the Mutt character was well-realized. Like they couldn't decide if he should be a tough punk or callow youth, and they ended up with a mish-mash of the two that didn't click with me.

I found it interesting that the two movies that dealt with Christian mythology seemed to work out better than the ones that dealt with non-Christian mythology. I'm not sure why that is. Just because I'm more attuned to the mythology of my own culture?

[spoiler]
Nice that they brought Karen Allen back, that worked out very well I thought.

The psychic inter-dimensional aliens bit seemed a bit off. Not terrible - there was lots of mysticism in all the Indiana Jones movies - but mysticism works best when you leave a lot of the mystery in it. This didn't work out as well.

Fist fights between an older Indy and a young, brutal KGB agent? Not believable at all. Would have worked better if it had been an equally grizzled and experienced KGB agent.
[/spoiler]

[Stargate525]

Good action scenes, overall. A few that didn't work so well, largely because they just didn't seem quite right with an aging hero.

I disagree. The only one that didn't work out, in my opinion, was the one you've spoilerized. The others were just enough of other people, bad timing (the whip swing, for example), and briefness to be believable.

I didn't feel that the Mutt character was well-realized. Like they couldn't decide if he should be a tough punk or callow youth, and they ended up with a mish-mash of the two that didn't click with me.

After the Harley scene, I didn't see much of the punk. Where was he?

I found it interesting that the two movies that dealt with Christian mythology seemed to work out better than the ones that dealt with non-Christian mythology. I'm not sure why that is. Just because I'm more attuned to the mythology of my own culture?

Probably that, and the Christian mythos is ingrained as true (or at least partly) to the majority of the western world, while non-christian mythos has been bashed for the last two-thousand years.

[spoiler]
Nice that they brought Karen Allen back, that worked out very well I thought.

The psychic inter-dimensional aliens bit seemed a bit off. Not terrible - there was lots of mysticism in all the Indiana Jones movies - but mysticism works best when you leave a lot of the mystery in it. This didn't work out as well.

Fist fights between an older Indy and a young, brutal KGB agent? Not believable at all. Would have worked better if it had been an equally grizzled and experienced KGB agent.
[/spoiler]

[spoiler]
They had me until they said 'inter-dimensional.' One universe is big enough, no?
[/spoiler]

[Sarandosil]

I've never seen any of the Indiana Jones movies, is it worth seeing one of the old ones before heading into this one?