Indiana Jones IV

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Machias Banshee

I watched the second half of the Temple of Doom and then the Last Crusade on SciFi earlier tonight. As well as that special about the Crystal Skulls. That subject is kinda interesting - I hadn't heard of them before.

I suggest ya watch the ep of Stargate SG1 that deals with a Crystal Skull and there was a short lived tv series called Veritas: The Quest that dealt with searching for em.

I can't wait to see this film. I've been fascinated by the Skulls for many years.

[Warhorse]

There was one started.

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=20640

But I cant wait for this to come out, it's going to be fun!

[Raph's Girl]

I was looking at the cast list for the film and got a bit of a shock. Looks like ole Ernie Reyes Jr (Keno in TMNT 2) is in this film as one of the warriors...Cemetary Warrior #2 to be exact....

[Warhorse]

I wonder if Ernie Reyes Jr is going to be playing Ke Hu Quang's part of Shorty.

[Brodie]

Im gonna go to the midnight opening...

[Brodie]

Double post and I don't care.

This post could be spoiler heavy, but probably not. I can get out my frustrations quite clearly without splurging details.



This movie was balls. I'm sorry, really, because I wanted it to be bad ****in' ass just like the rest of you. For 3 reasons,

1)It's Indiana Jones
B) Harrison Ford is actually playing Indy
3)Spielberg was helming

These three things should have been enough to seal this movies fate as cinematic gold. And, it will be gold, I can guarantee it, because of those reasons, but strictly monetarily speaking. And everyone involved must have just seen it for sheer dollars n' duckets value, because there was nothing holding this film together that made a lick of ****ing sense.


Don't get me wrong, this film wasn't complete trash, not at all. But I'm not embellishing, or exaggerating when I say that they could have cut together all the scenes with Indiana jumping around with his whip, and fighting, and nixed the story, and it would have been damn cool, and sold just as much. And, chances are, it'd make a ****-ton more sense.


The only logical explanation of the script is that it had to have been written by a 5th grader who had just seen the original trilogy, and wanted to write his own Indiana Jones movie, but cooler. So, essentially, it felt like Tim Burton was making it.

This is where it could get spoiler-ish...

Spoiler:

Yes, I think that it had to have been written by a 5th grade boy who had just seen the old flicks. This writer wanted to make a new Indiana Jones movie, and make it cool. And what do all 5th grade boys think is cool? ALIENS! No ****.

The cool thing about the older Indy flicks is that they're somewhat grounded in reality... Somewhat. Sure, you have to suspend your level of logic, but for the most part its your (above)average adventure movie. This one just kind of **** on that in the last hour, and upped the ante in the last 20 minutes by bashing the alien thing into your skull. What kind of ruined it was the alien morphing, and then the giant ****ing flying saucer that ungrounded itself and flew away. What the hell?

This is really what sucks about the next movies, because there will be more, but the excitement or danger level won't matter because its like "Well, ****, I've seen aliens, and junk, so **** Nazis, seriously."

And what the hell is with Shia Lebauf becoming George of the ****ing Jungle and swinging from vines with the monkeys, pretty much out of nowhere?

I'm really curious as to why Aliens seemed to be the logical step. Maybe someone was like, "Hey, you know who Harrison Ford works well with? Aliens. Did you see Star Wars?" And if they were going to go the alien route, with Lucas' and Spielberg's connections, that alien should have ****ing been Optimus Prime or Chewbacca. The latter making the most sense, because Ford loves that goddamn wookie.

That being said, it still doesn't make sense why Lucas or Spielberg wanted to go that route considering every other goddamn movie they made had aliens in it...They must have really wanted their **** to be full circle... and make this movie like every 40's-50's serial adventure ever... "COWBOYS! TRAPS! ADVENTURE! DAMES! ALIENS!"

That being said...

Harrison Ford is still Indiana Jones.

Shia Lebauf is an alright addition as far as sidekicks are concerned.

Russians aren't nearly as troublesome/interesting as the Nazis.

Again, it's not entirely bad, for sure it's a good movie, just wrapped in a **** coating, with everyone's best intentions. Sure, I'll get the DVD, but after the first viewing, it'll only be seen by using the Scene Selection, and watching probably 45 minutes of the entire movie. Those 45 minutes consisting of when Indiana Jones is doing Indiana Jones related things.

[GK Punk]

You just broke my heart. At least I know to go in to it with lower expectations than I had.

[Ra]

Well, there goes a movie I was hoping to see in the holidays.

Spoiler:

Seriously...aliens? What the hell were they thinking? I mean...why?!

[Mecha Cow]

The only logical explanation of the script is that it had to have been written by a 5th grader who had just seen the original trilogy, and wanted to write his own Indiana Jones movie, but cooler. So, essentially, it felt like Tim Burton was making it.

Take a bow, sir.

[Brodie]

Thanks....but the ...****ing monkey scene...argh

[Jester]

Now I don't know if I want to go to the 4:15 matinee showing. Thank's Brodie...Kill-Joy!
j/k

[Raph's Girl]

Just got back from seeing Indiana Jones 4. If ya like action and adventure mixed with Sci-fi and conspiracy theories then see it. Otherwise don't bother. It's a pretty good movie tho. Not the best of the films..maybe the 2nd best Indy film (nothing will ever top Temple of Doom in my book). It was an interesting take on the crystal skull mythos for sure.

So what did we learn in this movie:

Spoiler:

1: Indy apperantly faught in WWII and holds the rank of Colonel and lots of medals.

2: Roswell aliens/Greys/Asgards have a crystaline skeletal structure that's apperantly magnetic...

3: Indy was somehow INVOLVED in the Roswell alien stuff...

4: Oh looky.. the Ark of the Covenent is at Area 51....along with everything else Indy has ever found....

5: Greys come from another demension where they have REALLY big space ships....oh they're Archeologists. Or they just were greedy and stole all that stuff.

6: When in times of trouble Indy III can hone in on his Tarzan ancestry....wonder if he got his bike back?

7: Due to Sean Connery not wanting to return to the role of Henry Indiana Jones Sr...they decided to kill off the character! WTF was up with Indy spending 5 min staring at that picture?? Ok we get it...your dad's dead...get on with the story!

8: There are several things that can survive a nuclear attack: Scorpions, Cockroaches, Indiana Jones and Prairie Dogs

Things that made you scratch your head:

Spoiler:

1: WTF was up with those Prairie Dogs anyways??

2: WTF was up with those monkeys?? Mutt sure made pals with them super quick.

3. WTF was up with those ants??? REALLLY big ants....

4. Did they kill that snake??? I felt sorry for the snake...

5: What was the point of the aliens being magnetic anyways???

Incidentally....the Indiana Jones novels and comics have similar plots to this movie...altho not all the novels have been translated into english but most of em deal with Indy meeting people from Arthurian times or Greek Oracles. There's also:

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

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which deals with green horned aliens..

Indiana Jones And the Golden Fleece

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Which has Indy facing a dragon...and Gaia, spirit of the Earth...so yeah...gods

Anyways. The things I liked about this movie:

1: Hey! It's Indiana Jones!

2: They actually mentioned the real skulls.

3: Continuity from the previous films.

[Jester]

Ok, just got back from seeing it and what else can I say that hasn't been said. I liked it because it was Indiana Jones, but the whole

Spoiler:

alien

plot device kinda made me roll my eyes, like Peter "Dancing Queen" Parker in Spider-man 3.
3 other things that made me roll my eyes:

Spoiler:

1. In case of nuclear attack, hop inside a Frigidaire....please.
2. Mutt swinging through the air with the greatest of ease....pisha.
3. "Big damn ants." I don't even have to say anything else about it, just "big damn ants."

All in all a good Indy movie, not my favorite, but still better than Temple of Doom.

[Roseangelo]

Just got back from it. I think I'll echo the majority of people saying that it was good, but why freaking

Spoiler:

aliens? (And I say this loving alien stuff.)

There was a cute 7-year-old kid sitting next to me that kept whispering (quite loudly at times) to his grandma during the movie. But it really didn't bother me. After the movie his grandma asked him, "Did you like it?" and he said, "Yeah, but there were scary parts!"

[Revan]

I love how these movies focus on religion. And although crystal skull is technically centered on one type of religion, I would have prefered a more traditional religion, like christianity or whatever the crap temple of doom was. That being said, I thought Indy IV worked well. I am a sucker for happy feel good parts. Like the references to previous films. yay!

I really liked the end

Spoiler:

at the wedding when Indy's hat blows in the door and Henry III is about to put it on when Indy grabs it! Woohoo! Perhaps another film? Also I was excited that Indy and Marion finally tied the knot!

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Neutrino

I love how these movies focus on religion. And although crystal skull is technically centered on one type of religion, I would have prefered a more traditional religion, like christianity or whatever the crap temple of doom was. That being said, I thought Indy IV worked well. I am a sucker for happy feel good parts. Like the references to previous films. yay!

I really liked the end

Spoiler:

at the wedding when Indy's hat blows in the door and Henry III is about to put it on when Indy grabs it! Woohoo! Perhaps another film? Also I was excited that Indy and Marion finally tied the knot!

Spoiler:

When that happened, I thought "Oh no! Not a Mutt Williams Trilogy." Then Indy took it. *mops brow*

[Revan]

Originally Posted by Jester

Spoiler:

When that happened, I thought "Oh no! Not a Mutt Williams Trilogy." Then Indy took it. *mops brow*

Oh gosh I know what you mean. I felt that "Oh no" feeling. It was just so BA when he swiped it back and put it on!

I would like to see another Indy film with Harrison. The action is just so much better these days than it was in the first 3. Perhaps a bit less realistic but more exciting IMO

[Zog the Equalizer]

I just got back from the movie and other than the occasional jump forward in plot and the monkey scene, I really enjoyed it.

Spoiler:

yes even the Aliens part. Technically they weren't even aliens they were trans-dimensional beings

[Jester]

Spoiler:

That reminds me, what's with movies that have 13 beings that need to be reunited so a portal to another realm can be opened....*coff* TMNT *coff*

[Brodie]

Someone just mentioned "another movie?!" and I thought it'd been stated before, but I thing Lebauf is signed on for 3 more and Ford for 2?