Film Duh de Duh duh! Dah dah dah !

[ECA]

Will post TR after watching this at some point this afternoon.

OMG OMG OMG I'm excited like a kid at christmas.

 

[Chilly]

rocky?

 

[ECA]

rocky?

 

[Lazarus]

star wars?

 

[JingleBells]

No spoilers, I'm going to see it tonight

 

[Dukat]

The thread title sounds like the indiana jones theme!

I'll name that tune in seven!

 

[Cyradix]

It's got a hat and a whip so it can't be a bad movie!!!

 

[ECA]

Just got back from seeing it.

Its really good, on par with raiders and last crusade.

There are some great bits in it, that I'm not going to ruin.

But yes, definately good!

 

[Damini]

But... Sharon lebeef? I just find him so... him, in every film. Oooh, look at me, being the contemporary presence representing todays idea of witty youth. I don't dislike him per se, but in a classic like Indiana Jones I'm a bit worried about him being cast in a main role.

 

[ECA]

But... Sharon lebeef? I just find him so... him, in every film. Oooh, look at me, being the contemporary presence representing todays idea of witty youth. I don't dislike him per se, but in a classic like Indiana Jones I'm a bit worried about him being cast in a main role.

He doesnt get in the way but ya if they do any more indi films after this :/

 

[Trem]

But... Sharon lebeef? I just find him so... him, in every film. Oooh, look at me, being the contemporary presence representing todays idea of witty youth. I don't dislike him per se, but in a classic like Indiana Jones I'm a bit worried about him being cast in a main role.

I really like him, he was great in Disturbia.

He is the only reason I would want to watch the new Indy, I find Harrison Ford a cock on a massive scale but that may just be his ear ring.

 

[Furr]

Spoiler

Apparently the theme is something to do with aliens...

 

[ECA]

Spoiler

Apparently the theme is something to do with aliens...

Well not really until the last 5 minutes

 

[Scouse]

But... Sharon lebeef? I just find him so... him, in every film. Oooh, look at me, being the contemporary presence representing todays idea of witty youth. I don't dislike him per se, but in a classic like Indiana Jones I'm a bit worried about him being cast in a main role.

I feel like that too. He's obviously the next, next, next, next big thing.

He's got a face I want to slap. Plus - as a rule I hate films with 'kids' in when the originals didn't have 'em.

Short-Round was just as annoying IMHO

 

[JingleBells]

Just back from seeing it tonight, quality film, some really funny bits and most definately better than the Temple of Doom.

I'm not sure I'd recommend seeing it unless you've seen the other films, there are lots of injokes, but otherwise it's one of the must see movies of the moment.

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I thought it was blindingly obvious Indy was Mutt's Father, and that the artifacts they were after were Alien (well as soon as the metal box lid was lifted and inscribed with "Roswell").

oh and:

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EWWWWWWWWWWWW ants uke:

 

[RandomBastard]

Awesome film although it does go a bit "modern george lucas" in places, aparently steilberg was trying to persuade him to tone down the effects.

Spoiler

Yeah saw the alien thing coming from the whole area 51/ roswell thing going on. Confirmed with the whole elongated skull on the drawings.

I didn't twig about him being his son till the whole meet the mother bit.

The whole aliens and archaeology was perhaps less corny than the religious stuff in last crusade and paranormal stuff in raiders although the whole storyline was a rip off of SG-1 (specifically the crystal skull episode )

 

[PLightstar]

Watched it last night, liked it quite a bit, even though it gets a bit odd towards the end, I enjoyed it.

Would like to have seen more stunts from Ford instead of Leboaf but Ford is getting on a bit now

 

[ford prefect]

All I can say about it, is Oh dear Mr Spielberg... It was good until you forgot it is no longer 1982.

 

[Opt1]

Personally, I thought it was one of the worst films I've watched in a long time..

I was worried when I knew Lucas was writing it.. but I thought there was hope so long as he wasn't directing.. but omg.

"Knowledge.. was their treasure.." ..seriously.

Cheesy, lame storyline, badly delivered, action stupid. Nothing on the originals.. sure the originals had out-there storylines, but they were well delivered.. this was something else.

Spoiler

Indiana wasn't surviving nuclear explosions and 500yard flights in fridges ffs

The film also had a definite "Kiddy" feel to it, similar to the feel Lucas brought in a lot more for the new Star Wars films.. things kept happening and I kept thinking "Jar Jar Binks".

Spoiler

Tarzan swinging through the forest.. cute comical animal shots.. omfg..

The storyline is blindingly obvious from the start. I just didn't think they'd follow through like they did.. or at least hoped they wouldn't =/

Spoiler

He truly ruined it when they showed a flying saucer lifting out of the ground and taking off.. "Where did they go? Into space?" "No.. the space between spaces.." <-- f*** off

And, seriously, with all that power, why would the alien turn himself into a crystal skeleton, wait for a few thousand years for a random gold-hunter to nick his head, then finally decide it's time to go home a few thousand years later when someone returns it, after being quite capable of melting the Russian lady (but not the gold-hunter)?

Also loved the shameless "We hate the Russians! We hate the Russians! Evil Russians!" sentiment throughout.. sure, they did the same to the Nazis, but that was the Nazis.. and yes, sure it was the Cold War, but even so.. Kate Blanchett actually apologised to the Russian people at Cannes for how they were portrayed..

Sigh.

 

[Mey]

Think i'm going to go watch it after my Pyschology exam xD

 

[GReaper]

I've never seen any of the other Indiana Jones movies, but...

It did feel a little cheesy having the old man running about.

A reasonable film, but nothing great. Kinda feels like they're milking another old cash cow with more sequels instead of coming up with new great stuff.

 

[Furr]

Is it worth paying for and seeing it in a cinema what, with the risk of chavs, annoying underclasses etc.. or just waiting to watch it at "home"

Dark Knight still to look forward to at least. No George Lucas in that.

 

[ECA]

I really liked this indi film, I rewatched all 3 previous movies again a few weeks ago, and felt people being overly critical probably havnt watched the others recently

 

[DaGaffer]

Personally, I thought it was one of the worst films I've watched in a long time..

I was worried when I knew Lucas was writing it.. but I thought there was hope so long as he wasn't directing.. but omg.

"Knowledge.. was their treasure.." ..seriously.

Cheesy, lame storyline, badly delivered, action stupid. Nothing on the originals.. sure the originals had out-there storylines, but they were well delivered.. this was something else.

Spoiler

Indiana wasn't surviving nuclear explosions and 500yard flights in fridges ffs

The film also had a definite "Kiddy" feel to it, similar to the feel Lucas brought in a lot more for the new Star Wars films.. things kept happening and I kept thinking "Jar Jar Binks".

Spoiler

Tarzan swinging through the forest.. cute comical animal shots.. omfg..

The storyline is blindingly obvious from the start. I just didn't think they'd follow through like they did.. or at least hoped they wouldn't =/

Spoiler

He truly ruined it when they showed a flying saucer lifting out of the ground and taking off.. "Where did they go? Into space?" "No.. the space between spaces.." <-- f*** off

And, seriously, with all that power, why would the alien turn himself into a crystal skeleton, wait for a few thousand years for a random gold-hunter to nick his head, then finally decide it's time to go home a few thousand years later when someone returns it, after being quite capable of melting the Russian lady (but not the gold-hunter)?

Also loved the shameless "We hate the Russians! We hate the Russians! Evil Russians!" sentiment throughout.. sure, they did the same to the Nazis, but that was the Nazis.. and yes, sure it was the Cold War, but even so.. Kate Blanchett actually apologised to the Russian people at Cannes for how they were portrayed..

Sigh.

Seriously. Its Indiana Jones. Nothing in this film was any more ridiculous than in the first three; picking plot holes misses the point by a fucking country mile; the whole concept is based on Saturday morning B movies; its supposed to be preposterous. As for dissing the Russians; its set in 1957 ffs, the height of anti-Red paranoia, who else would be the bad guys? If Cate Blanchett did apologise to the Russkis she's gone right down in my estimation. The anti-Russian element was appropriate to the plot, as was, in case you didn't notice:

Spoiler

the reds under the bed paranoia displayed by the FBI guys, the McCarthy witchhunt behaviour at the university, and the anti-communist student protest; which showed the bad side of American attitudes as well as Soviet ones

After the dodgy reviews I was expecting a real stinker, but overall I thought it was good, not as good as the first, waaay better than the second, on a par with the third.

 

[Kryten]

Saw it tonight.
What a fucking hoot. I loved it.
Yeah, the storyline and some bits were far-fetched. And finding the Grail, the Ark of the Covenant and talking in a scottish accent were not?

I like my films like I like my games. Doom. Serious Sam. Quake.
No fucking about. No lardee-dah. Getting into the thick of it. With humour, and whips. Spielberg has been going on about this for ages, and frankly I think we needed it. There's only so many remakes of fucking comic books and 80's flicks I can take.

So, I'll sit here happily awaiting the next Indy with the same expectations I had for this.

It made me laugh, it made me cringe. I sort of wanted Sir Connery to pop up at some point, as it just felt like it would have been "right"

 

[old.user4556]

I loved the first three and I love Indiana Jones. The far fetched supernatural plots are what I like about it, it gives the films an eery Poltergeist like edge to them (the bit in Raiders when the rat starts acting weird and The Ark 'burns' the Nazi emblem on the wooden crate?), and I love the silly quips mixed in with the real darkness; for example, the bit in Temple of Doom when Indy drinks the blood and has the spasms (that's dark) but the silly bit where his foot is on fire and he's saying "water! water!" then the water comes all the way down the mine-shaft.

... but this new one just felt all wrong and I still can't work out what it is yet.

I know Ford is getting on, but he acting just felt so wooden, unbelievable and less lively than the previous films - like he wasn't putting all his effort into it. Karen Allan was just rubbish; infact it was like watching old celebrities making a bad cameo in the wrong film. Sure, it had some good moments and the in-jokes were all nice nostalgic moments that I really liked, but on the whole it just lacked something.

Spoiler

The monkeys in the trees, Jesus suffering fuck-my-ring-piece that really made me slap my head.

And the fridge? Please, people groaned in the cinema I was at

The filming and cinematics of the action sequences were nowhere on par with Raiders or Crusades, overuse of CGI and not enough realistic shakey cam for me. The action sequence of Indy going under the truck with his whip and being dragged behind it was far more believable and edge-of-seat than anything I saw in Crystal Skull.

The truck chase took approximately eight weeks to film

... and it fucking shows because it's far better than this latest incarnation. I bet you a pound to a bucket of shite that they didn't spend anywhere near that length of time doing the jungle chase.

Rene Belloq and that creepy SS officer had believable edges to their characters, Mola Ram was a creepy; but Cate Blanchett was like a lesbian school teacher with a dodgy haircut and trousers that were too big.

This is all just my opinion, but it failed for me.

 

[Opt1]

^^ What he said, couldn't agree more.

I know it is the height of the Cold War - I don't have a problem with the paranoia etc. as such - I just think the portrayal of their characters wasn't particularly great.

And as Big G said, the action was better in the old movies.. this was all OTT

Spoiler

(nuclear explosions, high speed rocket cars, etc.)

And the few uses of his whip at the start looked pretty lame and felt like they'd just been put in because they felt like they had to use it a couple of times :/

I know Indi is all about the supernatural, I love that in the other movies.. but aliens, spaceships, nuclear explosions and flying fridges just felt too much and don't fit with the feel of the others so much. It's all in your face. In others there was a lot of mystery and excitement and you didn't really know what was going to happen next - I could predict everything in this one.

Each to his own though, glad some people enjoyed it I just think Lucas shouldn't be allowed to do anything unsupervised anymore =/

 

[mycenae]

It was entertaining, and I did enjoy it....but, like others, I just felt it a bit...well...silly, for want of a better word.

 

[tris-]

The thread title sounds like the indiana jones theme!

I'll name that tune in seven!

i thought it was ghost busters.

 

[Kryten]

It's plain to see the only people that don't like it aren't even nearly getting the entire point of all the Indy films