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Great Talent Squandered
PostedMay 23, 2008
gigapede
from Los Angeles, CA
I'm sorry that this is a negative review. I saw it yesterday, and maybe it's too soon for me to respond to it, but my initial reaction was disappointment.
I wanted to like the film. Raiders of the Lost Ark is usually my favorite film of all time. But my eyes were aching from too much rolling by the middle.
The plot turns were predictable, even though they were incomprehensible.
The cinematography was incredible, but the picture gradually glows brighter in a golden haze, which was unnatural and made me feel like what I was watching a dream. That's a bummer when I'm already suspending my disbelief.
The cinematography was incredible, but the picture gradually glows brighter in a golden haze, which was unnatural and made me feel like what I was watching a dream. That's a bummer when I'm already suspending my disbelief.
Shia LaBoeuf did a great job as an earnest punk, but the tone matches Last Crusade more than Raiders. In other words, it seemed like everyone was in a fun community theater play about absurd danger. The action sequences are as unbelievable in parts as the Temple of Doom, but sometimes they're edge of your seat exciting. The difference is when the action is ludicrous, it's ludicrous. Some people like ludicrous, but I can only take it in small doses before I feel the sloppy desperation of the story teller.
There were some great moments, but they were usually spoiled for either 'comic' or 'horror' effect and so it was difficult to get traction and believe what was happening.
Kate Blanchett was amazing as a foil, but she seemed like an underboss that was missing a boss. I get the sense that there's a lot of her that's on the cutting room floor.
I'm 'recommending' this movie because it's Indiana Jones, and there is still a lot of creativity up on the screen and a lot of great effort.
I would have loved to have been consulted when they were structuring the story and peppering the dialogue with expository plot points. But alas, they are the professionals.
And they are all extremely talented.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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