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PostedMay 22, 2008
Drago
from Columbus, Ohio
So I'll admit I am a die-hard fan of Indiana Jones. But after watching the movie I realized that I need to stop trying to compare this movie to the others and recognize it was different... but in a good way.
First thing this movie does an excellent job of capturing the 1950's era from communist scares to nuclear testing, its important to recognize that this change of era really does change the feel of the movie.
Also, while Indy is still great you can tell that its Indy is in fact older. This is not a bad thing, just recognize that the youthful Indy is in the past and this Indy appears to be more connected to his job as a professor and more socially tied up in current events. But don't worry; he still has the moves and humor of the young Indy.
You can tell that the filmmakers tried to pay homage to the pervious films without being overly obvious. This, in my opinion, makes the movie connected to the others but with blatantly throwing it in your face. Also, recognize that there is action, but I felt more dialogue than the others. Which is to be expected, the film has to present a new time period to us, what Indy has been up to these past years, who these new characters are in relation to Indy, and also explain what the Crystal Skull is.
When it comes to the legend of the Crystal Skull, people tend to claim that what happened in the movie is fake or unreal. But like other Indy movies, Indy follows the clues to the source of the myth and just like all other movies the myth is real. The movie, I feel, does an excellent job of telling the audience about a myth that is relatively unknown but based upon some real legends.
In many reviews there was a complaint about the CGI effects. This movie, I feel operates on a more grandiose level and the sets and action presented needs CGI to be filmed. The CGI is not bad, and never during the movie did I feel taken out of the experience due to it.
If the audience can stop trying to make this movie fit in to the previous trilogy and experience this movie as perhaps as the beginning of different trilogy of Indy's later years, it makes for a better experience.
That said, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, welcomes Indy to a new era and does a great job of doing so; fedoras off to this movie.
First thing this movie does an excellent job of capturing the 1950's era from communist scares to nuclear testing, its important to recognize that this change of era really does change the feel of the movie.
Also, while Indy is still great you can tell that its Indy is in fact older. This is not a bad thing, just recognize that the youthful Indy is in the past and this Indy appears to be more connected to his job as a professor and more socially tied up in current events. But don't worry; he still has the moves and humor of the young Indy.
You can tell that the filmmakers tried to pay homage to the pervious films without being overly obvious. This, in my opinion, makes the movie connected to the others but with blatantly throwing it in your face. Also, recognize that there is action, but I felt more dialogue than the others. Which is to be expected, the film has to present a new time period to us, what Indy has been up to these past years, who these new characters are in relation to Indy, and also explain what the Crystal Skull is.
When it comes to the legend of the Crystal Skull, people tend to claim that what happened in the movie is fake or unreal. But like other Indy movies, Indy follows the clues to the source of the myth and just like all other movies the myth is real. The movie, I feel, does an excellent job of telling the audience about a myth that is relatively unknown but based upon some real legends.
In many reviews there was a complaint about the CGI effects. This movie, I feel operates on a more grandiose level and the sets and action presented needs CGI to be filmed. The CGI is not bad, and never during the movie did I feel taken out of the experience due to it.
If the audience can stop trying to make this movie fit in to the previous trilogy and experience this movie as perhaps as the beginning of different trilogy of Indy's later years, it makes for a better experience.
That said, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, welcomes Indy to a new era and does a great job of doing so; fedoras off to this movie.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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