Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) (1 Viewer)

[Paul Arnette]

Marion's role was underwritten for sure. Still, I'd rather watch Karen Allen stand around and smile with her fists on her hips any day than watch Kate Capshaw's Willie Scott. Alison Doody gets little respect, in my opinion. Her Dr. Elsa Schneider character was miles above Willie Scott or Marion Williams (Ravenwood) in KotCS.

In the end, I'm just happy I liked KotCS a lot more than most it would seem. Perhaps that is because growing up Indiana Jones was always a distant second to Star Wars, so when prequel time came my expectations were sky high for them, but not for Indy. Now that I'm older, I'm finding Star Wars, taken as a whole, is becoming a distant second to the 'man in the hat'.

 

[Tim Glover]

The Original Indy films are TREASURES, indeed.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

Absolutely. I do thank KotCS for getting my wife and I to watch the first three this summer (and more than once). Ford, across the films, creates the very definition of an iconic character. And all by itself, Raiders is a legit masterpiece of the form.

 

[Tim Glover]

Harrison's Indy and this is a bit of a statement but his status as Indiana Jones is probably the Cinema's best all around character. I probably should use favorite instead of best.

Kind of does it all..appeals to young boys & grown men...ladies too. And he's cool...a bad ass. And The Hat. Well, it's THE Hat.

Everyone loves Indiana Jones.

 

[Chris Atkins]

I really enjoyed Harrison Ford as IJ in Crystal Skull. Other than the first 5 minutes, I thought he nailed the character. He just had to share too much screen time with characters like Oxley and Mack.

 

[Brent M]

Indy is easily one of my all-time favorite movie characters. I wouldn't put him at #1(that's Vader), but he's definitely in the Top 5.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

Well, I think Bond has him beat, especially since he's aping Bond to some extent. But Jones is right behind.

 

[DavidPla]

Completely agree. Ford was definitely 100% there as Indy ( other than those first 5 minute mentioned

). And how can you not love the moment of his reaction when he sees Marion for the first time.

 

[Tim Glover]

I agree on Bond but it's been played by so many different people that's why I stated it as Harrison's Indy.

 

[Kirk Tsai]

Big film score news--Concord records is releasing the Raiders complete score and expanded releases of TOD and LC. TOD has been the holy grail for many film score lovers, as the OST has long been out of print, and Williams' score for the film is a rolling and rocking joyride. Raiders got a pretty good release a few years back, but that has gone OOP, too.

For more info, see the following JWfan page.

JOHN WILLIAMS Fan Network - INDIANA JONES: THE COMPLETE SOUNDTRACKS COLLECTION (2008)

 

[Brian Borst]

FINALLY! That's about time.

I just hope that the soundtracks are actually complete this time, and not just expanded.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

Agreed. This is great news.

 

[MatthewLouwrens]

About time. I'm putting in a pre-order. I'll end up with two copies of KOTCS, but I can live with that rather than waiting for a individual releases that will probably cost as much in total as the box set.

 

[Todd H]

I was bored and home by myself so I decided to give the blu-ray a spin. I was surprised that I enjoyed it much better than the first time I saw it. I think with a few more viewings it will grow on me much like Temple did.