Indiana Jones: Good or Bad?(spoilers)

[ktanner3]

I must be the only one who thought this movie was a letdown.
So many things seemed out of place: The teenagers who wanted to drag race,the CGI gophers,aliens,a flying saucer etc. Karen Allen seemed to be nothing more than window dressing, unlike Raiders where she helped move the story along.The chemistry between the actors seemed to be forced rather than natural. And of course the usual "I got a bad feeling about this" from the worst dialogue writer of our time. Much more in line with the path Star Wars has taken and that's not a good thing.

 

[Brikar99]

Yeah, this movie was really weak. Far more ridiculous and over the top than the original films or than it needed to be. Far too much CGI. Shia LaBeouf ended up being the best actor in the whole thing. We were laughing at it more than with it.

 

[ktanner3]

They've always had some implausible stuff happen(stopping on a rail with only your shoe,sliding underneath a vehicle while it's running etc..) But surviving a nuclear blast thanks to a refrigerator is by far the biggest insult to people's intelligence I've ever seen a movie do.

 

[Dale]

To be fair, it was a lead-lined refrigerator.

I was actually a bit let down myself. It seemed to plod a bit. The jeep chase that culminated in the ant attack and waterfall ride seemed particularly slow to me. I think the problem was that Spielberg intentionally paced the film the same way he did back in the '80s as a sort of style homage to himself/concession to those of us who grew up on Indy. Modern styles and high-speed sensibilities were not taken into account, so the whole thing felt very old fashioned. Plus the portrayal of the Russians was very old-school and a bit tough to swallow. Maybe it's me that's gotten old and curmudgeonly, but I think it could have been better.

 

[Tom Servo]

I think there is already a grading thread in Scifi/Fantasy forum.

I loved it personally...another fine film in the collection.

 

[Kirkman1987]

I Loved it!

I know it irked many, but I loved the alien plot. It's a great place for the series to go, very fitting with the 50's. That long cgi shot at the end with the ship was mindblowing.

My only complaint is the reduction in violence, particulary gun violence. both lucas and speilberg have "matured", and it shows. that and the cgi monkeys

Harrison Ford was excellent.
Fav scene was the opening at Area 51.

great addition to the series

 

[Kirkman1987]

To be fair, it was a lead-lined refrigerator.

I was actually a bit let down myself. It seemed to plod a bit. The jeep chase that culminated in the ant attack and waterfall ride seemed particularly slow to me. I think the problem was that Spielberg intentionally paced the film the same way he did back in the '80s as a sort of style homage to himself/concession to those of us who grew up on Indy. Modern styles and high-speed sensibilities were not taken into account, so the whole thing felt very old fashioned. Plus the portrayal of the Russians was very old-school and a bit tough to swallow. Maybe it's me that's gotten old and curmudgeonly, but I think it could have been better.

Admit it though, if th film was paced to modern sensibilities, fans would be complaining it was "too Modern".

as for the russians, their portrayal is no more old school than the portrayal of Nazis or.....for heavens sake....The thugee cult bad guys that can be traced all the way back to Gunga Din (which if your an Indy fan, see it!)

I was suprised so many people hated the fridge scene. I thought it was one of the funnest moments. Indy is supposed to be ridiculous and comic bookish. and it's followed up by great lines

"don't you know those things are deathtraps"
"Besides surviving an atomic blast, what are you accusing me of"

 

[Dale]

I spoke with my little brother tonight. He said he didn't know, at various moments, whether he was watching Back to the Future, Close Encounters or Indiana Jones.

 

[Kryton]

Generally speaking? I was kinda sorry I went to the theatre for the first time in over a year and half.

 

[The Evil Dead]

It stinks!

 

[Hermiod]

I loved it, even if it did go to a place I never expected an Indiana Jones movie to go to.

 

[archeryguy1701]

I thought it was a ton of fun, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm going back today with my little brother, so we will see if it holds up on repeat veiwing.

 

[Shaytan]

I just saw it today and I didn't liked it very much. It's still amusing (my neighbour in the cinema found it hilarious, I had to endure her stupid laugh during all the movie ) but the mix between Close encounters and the Mysterious cities of gold was really too ridiculous IMO.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Saw it today...loved it.

 

[Trekker4747]

Hmmm.

If only there were more people talking about this! I mean it's one of the biggest movies of the Summer, you'd think a thread would've been started a week and half ago when it opened.

That's strange. A new, cult, classic SCI-FI movie comes out with a new sequel after 20 years. You'd think a new SCI-FI movie like this would have a thread.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

I think there is already a grading thread in Scifi/Fantasy forum.

That's what I was thinking after I saw this thread. Maybe the OP doesn't go there very often. I loved the film when I saw it over a week ago.

 

[Thrall]

It was Van Helsing with Aliens, Russians, and a decrepit-looking Harrison Ford. It was fun I guess. But it's not an Indy movie.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

I thoroughly enjoyed it, very entertaining.