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Yay! I can't wait to see what they produce. 
Indiana Jones 5. It's official.
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I liked the ancient alien angle and the flying saucer.
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I loved the 1950s setting. The atmosphere was perfect for a story about aliens.
Well, Spielberg didn't exactly hide the fact that he thought Lucas' aliens were a dumb idea, but agreeing to them was the only way that movie would get made. So maybe he figures "that one for George, this next one for me"? He's hardly run out of movies to make generally, so maybe the fact that he's even bothering to come back means he feels particularly inspired to do so, and will actually work at making it good.
Or, Disney might well have told him and Ford "we're gonna hard-reboot this unless you come back right now to either make one last pre-reboot sequel, or somehow relaunch the franchise on your terms, say, by casting the new Indy and setting up a framing device for a whole-movie flashback next time around or something. Now or never, guys."
So, there we have it: Spielberg is definitely either doing this because he feels passionately and personally invested in making a fifth Indy movie soon, or not. One of those two options, for sure.
So, there we have it: Spielberg is definitely either doing this because he feels passionately and personally invested in making a fifth Indy movie soon, or not. One of those two options, for sure.
At the very least Lucas isn't involved, so what we get might not be full on CGI like Crystal Skull was.
Spielberg can still make a solid movie. Bridge of Spies was very good.
I like cheesy '50s B-movies with flying saucers and aliens. So I saw absolutely nothing wrong with integrating that into the Indiana Jones mythos with a movie set in that decade.
The only thing I wasn't particularly fond of (besides too much CGI) was that the archaeology was worse than in the previous movies. The idea of "ancient" crystal skulls was debunked years ago.
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I like cheesy '50s B-movies with flying saucers and aliens. So I saw absolutely nothing wrong with integrating that into the Indiana Jones mythos with a movie set in that decade.
The only thing I wasn't particularly fond of (besides too much CGI) was that the archaeology was worse than in the previous movies. The idea of "ancient" crystal skulls was debunked years ago.
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Yeah, it's mostly the first-half that had the good moments. In terms of character development though, some important things did happen, like the wedding for instance. There's a growing trend of making scenes and sets more physical as of late, so I can only hope the trend is reflected here.
Maybe Sullah will return? Would be fun to also see the kid again, all grown up.
There's a joke about Indy encountering zombies in here somewhere.
I suppose there was some potential in the idea, but for me it just made Indy's world a little too fantastical and out there.
What made the original trilogy work so well for me was the way Spielberg managed to keep the character and world feeling surprisingly grounded and believable, even with some of the supernatural elements that were involved (and heck, even in the lighter and jokier Last Crusade, you still had Indy sweating and fighting in a real desert, and some real stakes and drama in the shooting of his father to keep you emotionally invested at the end, etc.)
But I had trouble buying much of anything in Indy 4 as believable or real, particularly in the fantastical and over the top second half. And seeing Indy simply as some cartoonish hero from a bad 50s scifi movie just doesn't interest me that much.
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I really liked MOST of Crystal Skull and I'm really jazzed to see what Speilberg will do without Lucas' involvement. I really have to wonder what Ford will be physically capable of doing at this point, though. The biggest question is whether Mutt is in it... I'm guessing no, given LaBoef's recent antics...
I exhausted all my old man jokes on the last movie. I hope they come up with a movie that uses Ford well and a measured hand of on the CG spectacle.
Maybe the premise will be a Michael Corleone-like thing, where Indy is a respectable Professor, teaching night school Archaeology, and the Eye-Batters are no longer college girls, but older, more mature second-career students, and something "Big" comes along to pull Indy back into the action?!
There could even be a scene where we see him go to the dusty, musty attic, open the "Arc of the Covenent" trunk, and pull out his hat and whip - all, of course, as the dissonant/harmonic music plays!
I like the idea of Sallah coming back.
Not The Beef, though...didn't I read he went off the dig site a while back?
There could even be a scene where we see him go to the dusty, musty attic, open the "Arc of the Covenent" trunk, and pull out his hat and whip - all, of course, as the dissonant/harmonic music plays!
I like the idea of Sallah coming back.
Not The Beef, though...didn't I read he went off the dig site a while back?
He directed all four, yeah.
Ford is waaay too old to be Indiana Jones. Give the reigns to that cute guy Starlord as Jones. I think he would be casting to restart the series. I just don't want JJ Abrams to write or direct it; the film might end up RAIDERS AWAKENS.
Why? At what age does Indiana Jones die?
Like The Force Awakens it will make billions of dollars despite how ridiculous this idea will be. One last, LAST adventure of Indiana Jones at 75 years old. This could be a comedy; it that vain it just might work. It worked for Leslie Neilson in his advanced age.
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