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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal skull
PostedJune 15, 2008
mikethepsych
from Tampa Bay
None of the subsequent films to "Raiders' has lived up to that movie's standards, and this one is no exception. Ford is a great actor but he's done this character to death and Indy can never again be anything but a caricature of himself.
Since Indy is obviously older, they couldn't make Germans the enemy, so they made the Soviets the enemy, Unfortunately, the film's Soviets were carbon copies of the first film's Germans. I got the feeling throughout the entire film they were trying to recreate the "Raiders" mystic, but they made a mistake, in my opinion, making the "new religion" little green men rather than sticking with real religion or religious icons. As a man of faith, I found it impossible to relate to the premise.
Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone and John Hurt did what they could with the recycled material they were given. They didn't shine, but they weren't terrible, either. Shia LaBeouf was great, providing a fresh storyline for the Indy series. He didn't sound like he was delivering lines from 25 years ago, as Ford often did.
As for the sets and location shooting, they all looked like a conglomeration of all three of the earlier films. Direction? I never thought I'd say this about a Spielberg film, but he could have mailed this one in, so uninspired it was.
Don't spend eight to ten dollars to see this film. Wait for it to come out on DVD, or pay-per-view on cable. Better yet, wait for it to be the feature movie for the month on HBO. Otherwise you're wasting your money.
Since Indy is obviously older, they couldn't make Germans the enemy, so they made the Soviets the enemy, Unfortunately, the film's Soviets were carbon copies of the first film's Germans. I got the feeling throughout the entire film they were trying to recreate the "Raiders" mystic, but they made a mistake, in my opinion, making the "new religion" little green men rather than sticking with real religion or religious icons. As a man of faith, I found it impossible to relate to the premise.
Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone and John Hurt did what they could with the recycled material they were given. They didn't shine, but they weren't terrible, either. Shia LaBeouf was great, providing a fresh storyline for the Indy series. He didn't sound like he was delivering lines from 25 years ago, as Ford often did.
As for the sets and location shooting, they all looked like a conglomeration of all three of the earlier films. Direction? I never thought I'd say this about a Spielberg film, but he could have mailed this one in, so uninspired it was.
Don't spend eight to ten dollars to see this film. Wait for it to come out on DVD, or pay-per-view on cable. Better yet, wait for it to be the feature movie for the month on HBO. Otherwise you're wasting your money.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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