Spare us all! Another Indiana Jones film could be on the way (1 Viewer)

[RobertR]

Originally Posted by Chad R [/i]

 

[Chuck Anstey]

I'm not even sure you can fully claim they tried. Reading Spielburg's comments about the history of getting Indy IV made, it sounds much more like he simply stopped trying to fix the problems and said "Fine George! We will use your damned script but it is not what I would have done." That is my read between the lines as Spielburg did not want aliens in Indy IV and after sending the script back several times and getting basically the same plot back time after time, settled for "Extra-dimensional beings" as a non-compromise.

 

[TravisR]

Originally Posted by Chuck Anstey

I'm not even sure you can fully claim they tried.

Do you seriously think that they all spent a year or more of their lives (which are much closer to the end than the beginning) on a character that they must love and instead of trying to make the best movie possible, they just did it half-heartedly?

 

[Chad R]

Something else that I think needs to be said, these films are very much like James Bond as in they really are not interconnected. Sure, there's a sense of history and a timeline, but you don't need to see one film to see another. They really are independent entertainments. Unlike Star Wars that's telling this huge interconnected story, these films stand on their own. And if you don't like one, it in no way affects the other.

 

Just look at the reactons in this thread. Some like Crusade but hate Temple of Doom. For others Temple of Doom is the nadir of the series. In fact, the reaction to Temple of Doom is specifically cited as Spielberg's reason for lightening up Crusade. So instead of using the fourth film as a reactionary point as to the quality of a possible fifth installment, everyone should consider that Spielberg and Lucas heard the criticisms and might make appropriate adjustments, just like they did in 1989.

 

Just like the Bond producers recovered after Die Another Day and pulled out Casino Royale, we should all have hope that a fifth Indy film can be similarly awesome.

 

[Chuck Anstey]

Originally Posted by TravisR



Do you seriously think that they all spent a year or more of their lives (which are much closer to the end than the beginning) on a character that they must love and instead of trying to make the best movie possible, they just did it half-heartedly?

In a very real sense, yes. I don't know what line of work you are in but I have been on projects that I knew up front were not going to be fully successful because the person in charge simply would not listen to alternatives. I still worked my hardest to achieve the objectives put forth as well as possible, it's just the objectives (or in this case the script) just wasn't the best it could be and nearly everyone but the person in charge knew it.