Indiana Jones

[Figit090]

i'm trying not to let those thoughts phase me.

heh...and the price of the premiere.


BUT I was having a bad night and spontaneously went to see it, no planning, and i think the fact it cheered me up so much helped it keep a positive memory in my mind.

I agree, nothing in the originals quite as ridiculous

 

[GrimJack]

Sadly those scenes ruined the entire movie for me. There was nothing in the originals even close to as ridiculous.

Really. Nothing like, oh, crossing the ocean on the OUTSIDE of a U-boat? Or surviving after you've cut the rope bridge in half, which makes for essentially a 100 foot fall straight into solid rock? Or the whole mining cart scene?

I think you've just forgotten the over the top parts from the originals.

 

[SupraOfDoom]

*spoilers*
I did have a problem with the u-boat thing... but I had to tell myself the U-boat never submerged and it was pure luck . I still find it more believable then some of the over top scenes in this movie. The 100 FT fall was still more believable then CRAWLING IN A FRIDGE when being nuked ( which btw I think I saw a new style Crisco cooking oil can fall out... certainly don't think it was the same back then if it even exsisted ). The mining cart scene was so ftw I don't even care . Temple of Doom was my favorite oddly . Also keep in mind those movies had maybe a 1 or 2 some-what ridiculous scene's, while this one had a BUNCH.

At least those were like, ok MAYBE that would work.. but the shit in this movie was like, no fucking way that would happen sorry. And the thrown in Perri dogs ( which btw looked like ass )for a cute factor? What was that comparable to in the old ones? Dito with the Monkey's kinda cheering Indy's son on. Infact all the CGI looked like ass too... like the again retarded sword fighting scene while standing on the 2 jeeps IN A UN-PAIVED jungle looked like complete ass. The movie should have taken a note from Die Hard 4 and used as little CGI as possible. They scene's in the previous movies even looked better.. how sad is that?

I think Harrison Ford was great, as always... its just the above that I can't get over. You can't tell me if you would have seen the movie and been asked by Lucas/Burg what bothered you, you wouldn't tell them to change those scenes.

 

[Figit090]

My dad calls The Temple of Doon the Temple of Dumb...

he has something against the lines, the blonde, and Shorty.

I TOTALLY forgot the scenes in that one since we dont watch it nearly as much. haha..

I totally forgot the rope bridge.

 

[OfnaRcR4]

Just saw it. Fucking sucked.

 

[GrimJack]

Saw it again today. STILL HAPPY.

 

[Figit090]

bahahaha

 

[Keros]

One thing I've always enjoyed about Indiana Jones, is that the hero is somewhat realistic, and yet the story can be so far fetched. Indiana is a flawed hero, makes mistakes, and is about as graceful as a deflated football... the stories are not: as mentioned above.

I like to think that it's taking a normal, every-day guy we could all relate to, and care about, and putting him into extra-ordinary situations. He's just an average guy with two hands, a whip, and (occasionally) a pistol (which is usually never around when he REALLY needs it, lol). Granted that Indy's gotta have balls the size of watermelons to do some of the stuff he does, and a few horseshoes shoved into various places, but there's gotta be some fun somewhere, right? It's just a movie.

Consider the scene where Indy is faced with the crazy sword wielding maniac... and whips out his pistol and shoots his bitch ass? I can't count how many times I've wondered why the hero doesn't just shoot the guy in the same situations in various movies... I recall on more than one occasion yelling at the movie "YOU HAVE A GUN YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCK! SHOOT HIS BITCH ASS!"... But, Indiana Jones, he delivers.

I've seen snowmobiles drive up trees... perhaps it's within the realm of reason that a car could :biglaugh:

 

[bentandbroken]

When did movies become about realism? I was highly entertained by the movie, which is what I thought movies were all about. Don't go see it expecting reality and the movie is good; but go see it expecting realism and be disappointed.

 

[OfnaRcR4]

When did movies become about realism? I was highly entertained by the movie, which is what I thought movies were all about. Don't go see it expecting reality and the movie is good; but go see it expecting realism and be disappointed.

Yeah, but it was so bad it was rediculous.

Spoiler sorta

The whole magnetic skull thing was totally dumb. Only at certain times would things attract toward it, other times i guess they just forgot.:nono:



The last movie i saw was rambo and omg that was bad. Jesus, i give up on ever seeing an origional movie ever again.

 

[GrimJack]

We're about to give up on you. Rambo was tremendous. What were you expecting?

 

[Keros]

Yeah, but it was so bad it was rediculous.

Spoiler sorta

The whole magnetic skull thing was totally dumb. Only at certain times would things attract toward it, other times i guess they just forgot.:nono:



The last movie i saw was rambo and omg that was bad. Jesus, i give up on ever seeing an origional movie ever again.

Watch Stranger Than Fiction.

The most original movie I've seen, to my knowledge.

 

[improved]

Rambo is 80 times better than Indiana Jones 4.

IJ4 is a horrible movie. Many scenes weren't explained. Characters made decisions/actions that should have had reactions/explanations and there were none.

I honestly was disgusted. Some of my family members actually slept through the movie. I wish I would have, it would have made IJ4 enjoyable.

Matt-

 

[SupraOfDoom]

Well, I'm a big fan of the Angry Video Game nerd / Cinimassacre's review's on games and movies, so I was waiting for his review on Indy 4 and here it is. He brings up a few good points, even though I think he was a little bit to nice, and I disagree on a few things... but maybe I'll be slightly less harsh on it. ( PS, if you havent seen his stuff, watch it hes funny )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER-CyEBjIxA



This guy feels more like I do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74C635Txhpw&watch_response

 

[tlo86]

i liked the movie but i agree that it could have been better... i say the same things for the star wars movies.

whats that one guys name? the one in transformers? yeah i hate that fucker. he ruined the movie for me in indiana jones.

 

[Figit090]

Shia.

I thought he did well. I WAS thinking he'd fuck it all up but he wasn't bad. Less obnoxious than Shorty too...

hehe.

Those video reviews were pretty good. The second dude makes good points, I agree with his review pretty much all the way.

I NEVER really knew about the crystal skulls, so the fact they were aliens and not humanoid didn't even occur to me.... another dumb point in the movie then. but since i was oblivious to it, it was fine. haha... but i still have no clue about much/any details on the skulls.

research time.

 

[Clueless]

It was lacking the indiana jones feel to it...I wouldn't recommend this to anybody