Posted on 05/20/2008 11:37:58 PM PDT by drzz
Today, at one past midnight, I have seen the latest Indiana Jones movie.
Like many among you, I presume, I was a fan of that American raider travelling all over the world to look for treasures.
A BIG warning : the latest Indy is absolutely AWFUL. This is the worst thing you can imagine. Actors are nuts, there are so many special effects even when Spielberg said he wouldn't use them, the screeplay is ridiculous.
This is a nightmare, and I really encourage fans to boycott it. This is a shame, far away from the original Indiana Jones trilogy.
Even Ford seems to not believe in the crap he is playing in. Not to say the ghost Shia Lebeouf, whose performance is pathetic.
The first 30 minutes are great. But when Jones begins to look for the Krystal Skull, all the movie collapses.
Beware, big failure ahead.
Mainstream media is supporting it only to support a failing industry like Hollywood. But this... thing should deserve below zero star.
Indiana Jones will be forever a trilogy, and this thing will be forgotten. Shame on Spielberg and Lucas to have produced such horror.
Because of this, it's no surprise the movie is so bad. It's hard to make a blockbuster on such a flimsy premise. Even The DaVinci Code was better, and it was all trumpery.
The McGuffin is only terrible.
How Lucas (author of the Phantom Menace) and Koepp (author of the Lost World) are treating it is just unbelievable.
In the middle of the movie, you just think it is so awful you guess it is a parody.
I hope the die-hard fans will stand up and ask that this horror won’t be added to the original and brilliant trilogy.
Going to see it Thursday. We’ll see how it turned out.
So your saying you didn’t like it?
Spell check is our friend.
It seems every two-bit screed behind a keyboard wants their 15 seconds of notoriety writing vapid reviews of potential blockbuster movies. Why do anonymous losers try to get their thrill in life by making others miserable? It is a loathsome trait. It wasn't meant to be the Second Coming. It's only a movie. We already went through this tripe with Star Wars fans acting like spoiled children who didn't get their candy cane for the day when they didn't like the prequels. If you want to wallow in your miserable viewing experience, fine. But leave the rest of us alone.
Sorry, that’s just your opinion of it. Point in fact, the vast majority of critics have hailed it and screening reception has so far been great.
Check out this thread on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/board/flat/106432963
It has a near complete list of all reviews for Indy IV so far, plus ratings on RottenTomatoes (the top critics so far have given it 83% rating). So far 80 reviews are positive, 32 are negative for a total rating of 79% and a “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes.
Also, from what I’ve read the film was given a 5-minute standing ovation at Cannes at the end of the movie.
So all of this so far negates your opinion of the film. I personally have no doubt it will be a good film. It won’t be Raiders of the Lost Ark or a masterpiece, but how many movies these days are masterpieces anyway?
I thought the 2nd one was horrible, especially the acting of his female sidekick.
Indy 5: “The Search for Obama’s Brain!” Many special effects! Cost Billions to make!
I’ll probably see it but certainly not because of lefty critics. Why do they like it? Is it because the Soviets are not really portrayed as bad guys and there is a McCarthyism bogeyman in it? I guess I’ll find out later.
If it was the same one I watched, it was about Archeology and the influence the Indiana Jones series had on attracting young people to carriers in Archeology. That was the first part. Then, it went into these glass skulls and really trumped up a bunch of wackos who believed in their qualities. That's when I changed channels. It ruined the entire program.
When the premise ( “MacGuffin”) really sucks, I have trouble getting past that as well. Despite the critics, I got a feelin’ my reaction to it would be about the same as yours.
Harrison Ford is getting a little long in tooth to play an action hero.
Take a hike.
I also have a hard time believing that you saw it at 12:01am today, since its being released at 12:01am tonight.
If you DID see it, it would have to have been an advanced screening of some sort which would not have the time requirements constituting a 12:01 showing.
I'll be there at 12:01 tonight for the real first release showing.
Whoops, sorry. The French release date was the 21st. My bad.
I’ve heard it is a good movie ... not great, just good.
Brilliant trilogy!?!
The first film was brilliant. The second was unwatchable and the third a self-referential walk-through.
Plot quality over time and it sounds like the fourth film follows the curve pretty well.
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