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Indiana Jones & the Quest for Self
PostedMay 22, 2008
Gomer
from Lenexa, KS
As a long time Indiana Jones fan I was anxious to see the new film. To say I was disappointed is an understatement, but heck, I’m being polite. Historically, the team of Lucas and Spielberg skated the line in their action sequences in terms of believability. In the new film the line is blurred and they are so far over the top a ten year old would find it unbelievable. For example: Jeeps in the jungle moving at high rates of speed actually would be hard to stand on due to bumps and vibrations – not a problem in this film. Obviously, neither is nuclear fall out and the fact that refrigerator doors never remain closed if you drop them from a third floor window with food in them.
In the man himself, Henry “Indiana” Jones, you catch few glimmers of the old Indie, though he’s still appealing for a cantankerous older man.
I think the biggest problem is you never get emotionally invested in the Mutt Williams character and hence you never feel emotionally invested in the movie. I’m a huge Shia Leboef fan but you never really catch a glimmer of the mischievous twinkle you see in his eyes in other flicks. His character was flat and in many ways undefined.
Marian was brought back, yet her lines were few and the old Marian was not only gone, but replaced by a mindless idiot with stars in her eyes. The intelligent Marian was gone, yet she was the source for the original girl power!
Cate Blanchet went between flat and flatter, but that was more of a dialogue thing than anything. Her saving grace was how striking she was on screen with dark hair which made her blue eyes pop.
John Hurt was BRILLIANT! The one saving grace of this film. I’ve never seen a performance by him where he didn’t steal every scene he was in.
Unfortunately, the movie was predictable to the point of boring. Couple that with the feeling that they didn’t do their research adequately to tackle the topic of Crystal Skulls, Mayans, and Nasca, so anyone who’s watched the History or Discovery Channels in the past few years will be sorely disappointed. Between Spielbergs fixation with UFO’s and Lucas’s fixation with corny endings, you end up with a film without chemistry between the cast which leads to a lack of an emotional investment in their well-being. And this, more than anything saddens me. I’ve seen ET, Star Wars (all), and all the Indiana Jones literally dozens of times – I adore them. This movie saddened me because I know they could have done better.
In the man himself, Henry “Indiana” Jones, you catch few glimmers of the old Indie, though he’s still appealing for a cantankerous older man.
I think the biggest problem is you never get emotionally invested in the Mutt Williams character and hence you never feel emotionally invested in the movie. I’m a huge Shia Leboef fan but you never really catch a glimmer of the mischievous twinkle you see in his eyes in other flicks. His character was flat and in many ways undefined.
Marian was brought back, yet her lines were few and the old Marian was not only gone, but replaced by a mindless idiot with stars in her eyes. The intelligent Marian was gone, yet she was the source for the original girl power!
Cate Blanchet went between flat and flatter, but that was more of a dialogue thing than anything. Her saving grace was how striking she was on screen with dark hair which made her blue eyes pop.
John Hurt was BRILLIANT! The one saving grace of this film. I’ve never seen a performance by him where he didn’t steal every scene he was in.
Unfortunately, the movie was predictable to the point of boring. Couple that with the feeling that they didn’t do their research adequately to tackle the topic of Crystal Skulls, Mayans, and Nasca, so anyone who’s watched the History or Discovery Channels in the past few years will be sorely disappointed. Between Spielbergs fixation with UFO’s and Lucas’s fixation with corny endings, you end up with a film without chemistry between the cast which leads to a lack of an emotional investment in their well-being. And this, more than anything saddens me. I’ve seen ET, Star Wars (all), and all the Indiana Jones literally dozens of times – I adore them. This movie saddened me because I know they could have done better.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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