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Disappointment is an understatement.
PostedMay 22, 2008
folgersnyourcup
from Charlotte, NC
To say I was disappointed by this film is an understatement. I went to the midnight showing last night with 5 of my friends and we all felt the same way. You know that feeling that generally happens at the end of a midnight showing? The euphoria, the clapping, the excitement? There was none of that last night. The entire theater sat in stunned silence from what we had just witnessed and slowly filed out. I kid you not. I wish I had recorded it. I have never felt such an akward moment. I looked over at my friend Andrew who had his face in his hands. My friend Trey just looked at me and shook his head. My friend Paul uttered "what was that"? My girlfriend who had seen the original three films once and was not the big fan the rest of us were gave me a hug and said she was sorry it wasn't what we hoped it would be. She could sense the overwhelming feeling of sadness and disbelief in the theater. Plain and simple, this did not feel like an Indy film to any of the people I came with or talked to afterwards. The fun just was not there. The suspense sure wasn't there. And the characters? I didn't care. Obviously the newly introduced people are characters that Indy cares about... He has gotten to know them during the time between Last Crusade and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... But I really had a tough time caring about them. And the villain? Whatever. There were so many implausible moments it was absurd. I have gone through three stages since seeing the film:
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Don't Care
I will likely never see this film again. I have never been so disappointed by anything in my life. I had seen some early reviews and purposely lowered my expectations. After waking up today around 1 PM and shaking off the cobwebs of my dismal night at the theater before I called my dad and tried my best to lower his expectations. I wouldn't wish the feeling of dissapointment that I or my friends felt on anyone. My friend Andrew has always been a big backer of the Star Wars prequels and always found it strange how some people said things like "George Lucas destroyed my childhood" etc. He has always found the entertainment value in them and poked fun at such comments. He looked at me after this movie with the saddest look I have ever seen on his face and said "Now I know how they felt." The dialogue was atrocious. The film dragged. Plot points seemed to pop up out of nowhere. There were numerous one liners that didn't just fall flat...they DIED. Harrison Ford was in no way the weak link in this film. I thought he did a fine job. The bad CG and reliance on it in many scenes, the boring characters, the pointless psychobabble conversations that went nowhere, the scenes that popped up from nowhere, etc. ruined it for me. I am being as spoiler-free as possible in this post. I am working on a longer version of this that is full of spoilers that details my exact thoughts at each major moment and just how unbelievably awful I felt this film was. I was 6 years old when Last Crusade was released and even had conversations in the playground in elementary school about what the future had in store for Indiana Jones. I never dreamed it would be this...
My ranking:
0 Stars out of 4 And if it is out of ten, it ekes out a point:
1 Star out of 10
Only for John Williams' music.
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Don't Care
I will likely never see this film again. I have never been so disappointed by anything in my life. I had seen some early reviews and purposely lowered my expectations. After waking up today around 1 PM and shaking off the cobwebs of my dismal night at the theater before I called my dad and tried my best to lower his expectations. I wouldn't wish the feeling of dissapointment that I or my friends felt on anyone. My friend Andrew has always been a big backer of the Star Wars prequels and always found it strange how some people said things like "George Lucas destroyed my childhood" etc. He has always found the entertainment value in them and poked fun at such comments. He looked at me after this movie with the saddest look I have ever seen on his face and said "Now I know how they felt." The dialogue was atrocious. The film dragged. Plot points seemed to pop up out of nowhere. There were numerous one liners that didn't just fall flat...they DIED. Harrison Ford was in no way the weak link in this film. I thought he did a fine job. The bad CG and reliance on it in many scenes, the boring characters, the pointless psychobabble conversations that went nowhere, the scenes that popped up from nowhere, etc. ruined it for me. I am being as spoiler-free as possible in this post. I am working on a longer version of this that is full of spoilers that details my exact thoughts at each major moment and just how unbelievably awful I felt this film was. I was 6 years old when Last Crusade was released and even had conversations in the playground in elementary school about what the future had in store for Indiana Jones. I never dreamed it would be this...
My ranking:
0 Stars out of 4 And if it is out of ten, it ekes out a point:
1 Star out of 10
Only for John Williams' music.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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