Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) (2 Viewers)

[Douglas Monce]

I can see that. But it wouldn't bother me either way.

Doug

 

[AaronMan]

I know this is an Indy thread, but War of the Worlds was superb. The ending with his son still being alive was the only part where I was left scratching my head. Those aliens had one mission--to exterminate all life. And that's just what they did. The cinematography, direction, and visual effects were all first rate. This film simply blew the doors off of Independence Day.

You wanna talk about Spielberg's clunkers? How about Hook, Always, The Lost World, and 1941? No one is perfect, and even the great Spielberg has made a few flops. But in my opinion, War of the Worlds, is not one of them.

 

[Douglas Monce]

Well I liked Always and 1941 is one of he funniest movies of all time in my opinion.

Doug

 

[Greg_S_H]

I'm sure Spielberg and Lucas would love to tell stories about Indy's time during the war, but it would require a recast. Maybe Indy should be like Bond in that a new actor could be found from time to time, but I think it's too late for that. It's too heavily tied to Harrison Ford.

I don't want to be rude, and it is probably rude to ask somebody to change their settings, but I think your posts could benefit from a larger font size. It's really hard for me to read that little text. Of course, if you absolutely don't want to consider this, it is entirely your business.

 

[Ray_R]

I was looking at it and damn my font size is puny! I increased it a bit.

Perhaps if Lucasfilm ever decided to go into an Indiana Jones animooted series they could probably do it. I should work on that list of actors I'd like to see lend their voice to something like this.

 

[DaveF]

Yes, and it's still a terrible ending for an action movie.

 

[Sam Davatchi]

I just mean the line where the narrator speaks of God. It just sounded too religious and cheap. I have no problem with the ending itself. It's just the God line that ruins it a little. You want to immediately respond, hey what if they come back with cheap plastic outfits and defeat God's master plan?

 

[WillG]

I'm not so sure I would classify WOTW as an action film.

 

[Douglas Monce]

Thats probably because it's not an action movie. It's a science fiction film that happens to have action in it.

Doug

 

[Douglas Monce]

Again the line about God comes directly from the novel. It's part of the theme of Wells' story. That line was also used in Orson Welles radio version, as well as the 1953 film version.

Doug

 

[RobertR]

Marketing isn't the be all and end all of success. Sometimes you just have to accept the fact that people aren't interested in a product, regardless of how it's marketed (as in the case of New Coke, the Edsel, or the midi).

 

[Chuck Mayer]

I'll agree with that, Robert. People weren't (and aren't) interested in Speed Racer. At all. I should have been more specific on that point.

And they were very interested in Indiana Jones. Clearly.

 

[RobertR]

The complaint about the ending reminds of complaints about the ending of Return of the King:

"I hated the ending! It went on too long!"

But the book had a long ending too.

"I don't care! Truncate it!"

This despite the raging controversy about how many changes had already been made from the book.

 

[Don Solosan]

"People weren't (and aren't) interested in Speed Racer. At all."

It'll be interesting to see how Speed Racer does on home video. Quite a few movies that get ignored in theaters come back strong then.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

People are a lot more willing to check things out at home. So we'll see. I tend to think it'll find a pretty strong audience at home, but it's so far in the red, it'll take some time to crawl out.

I'll be interested in how Indy holds and how it sells at home. I've met few people IRL who were very enthusiastic about it. Consider this dichomotomy: you've seen my posts in this thread...now I'm the guy defending the film at work No one hates it, but no one seems impressed by it. And these were folks way more excited about it than me a week ago.

I still think it'll hold well, because SATC is not siphoning it's audience. And WoM is pointless for a sequel to something so entrenched in the pop culture zeitgeist.

 

[DaveF]

It's lousy ending for that movie too I enjoyed WOTW from the get go, but that ending was wholly unsatisfying. As Douglas Adams said in a University Lecture, the problem with most stories from daily life is that they are missing a beginning, or a middle, or an end, and so they're not good stories to tell. WOTW felt like that: it was missing its ending.

Anywho...I need to borrow a friend's Indy trilogy. I've not watched them in years, and am not sure I've seen Doom since the theater 20-ish years ago.

As much as I enjoyed Indy IV in the theater, I don't think I'll rewatch it. I fear that it won't hold up to repeated viewings.

 

[Sam Favate]

Oh, I dunno. I went for a second viewing today, and enjoyed it more than the first time. To each his own, of course.

 

[Greg_S_H]

I enjoyed it on Sunday, and it has only grown in stature as I've thought about it since then. I don't know if I'll go see it again--I vowed to go see Iron Man again and haven't done it--but I would like to. I definitely look forward to owning it.

I've had the Indy box set since it came out in 2003, but only watched Raiders back then and didn't watch it again or the others at all until just last week. Now that that mini-marathon and Indy IV have given me the Indy glow, I'm going to try to watch these films more often.

Looking over that wording, I have to clarify that I didn't watch the *discs* until last week. I saw all the movies at the theater during their original releases. Until the other day, that was the last time I'd seen any of them in their OAR, I believe.

 

[JeremyErwin]

Sit back, turn off your brain, enjoy the film. Not as good as Raiders, Not as good as Lost Crusade. Different than Temple of Doom.

The commies worked decently enough as replacements for Nazis. Didn't much care for Indy's british partner (MacHale?). The years have not been kind to Miss Ravenwood.

 

[TheBat]

don;t start with the brain thing.. that is total bullshit..
the expression of leaving your brain at the door.. bullshit.
enjoy the movie for what it is.

Jacob