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Dancing_P [ 5.0 ]
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I loved the Indy movies as a kid, as most kids are wont to do. Revisiting them in recent years was less than kind to my childish sense of nostalgia which is why I'm not exactly outraged that this long-in-the-making installment kind of blows. They're fundamentally silly film by design; there isn't too far to go from this point. That this one is retarded isn't particularly surprising; that people think the other (especially Temple of Doom) aren't retarded is.
It's been about twenty years since the last film: Henry Jones (Harrison Ford, obviously) is an aging professor who is approached by a greaser kid named Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) to save his mother, Indy's old flame (Karen Allen), who disappeared trying to find her husband and former Indy buddy John Hurt. They head down to the jungle with bumbling sidekick Ray Winstone where they face evil Nazi Cate Blanchett, overly intelligent monkey and motherfucking space aliens.
It's certainly never boring; if the ass-backwards plot twists get to be too much, Spielberg hasn't lost it when it comes to action scenes. Ford is too old, LaBeouf is too whiny, there's too much happening but it's a freaking Indiana Jones movies. It's supposed to be hokey. That doesn't excuse a fundamentally lame script that throws so much in the mix it's nigh impossible to follow but it's otherwise pretty much par for the course.
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suminjoo [ 6.0 ]
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I wanted to marry Indiana Jones when I was young, so I was super-excited when it came out. Enough to make my husband and his friend wait in the line with me for 1.5 hours.
After the movie, I was kinda disappointed. Especially comparing to the last one with my Sean. The story line is very familiar - a mixture of x-files and mummy, with typical Indiana's funny scenes. Conclusion? Lucas should stop writing! On the other hand, Spielberg seems to still has his touch with cute animals appearing in the movie for no reason but absolutely funny. Harrison Ford was good but he's just too old to get beaten up now. At the end, the movie got more points for not using nasty bugs or snakes in a bulk (still there but not like others) and bringing Indiana back to me.
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babyduck [ 7.0 ]
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I will steal words spoken by the site's creator.
This movie was supremely ok
There was contention within my viewing group about the various plot elements chosen to highlight the action in this film, but I think overall this was a suitable vehicle.
IMDB suggests that there are 5 total Indiana Jones films slated so I'm kind of curious if this film will find enough commercial success to generate another one. I'd be up for seeing that one too despite the OKness of this one.
I just love Lucas and Spielberg. :)
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DokBrowne [ 9.0 ]
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I really should've reviewed this back when I saw it on opening weekend. I don't have the specificity of memory to defend it as the great bastion of high-profile entertainment it turned out to be. If it helps, I was doggedly opposed to its existence beforehand; how lame was this gonna be, 20 years too late? Just let the original trilogy stand on its own. Unlike everyone else I loved "Temple of Doom" and find nothing seriously at fault with any of the first three films. They're among the greatest adventures movies ever made. So how likely was it that a poorly paced (1981-1984-1989-200fucking8?), return-for-popularity's-sake addition would even remember to supply the fedora, let alone live up to a rare unbroken franchise winning streak? But oh, it does...why do I always doubt you, Spielberg? I have no reason to.
This is as marvelously fun as moviegoing gets, people. Stop being picky about special effects (which looked great to me), casting (Shia LaBeouf fits in perfectly, Harrison Ford and Karen Allen we missed you more than we ever realized!), plot specifics (aliens is going too far, really? After a supernatural ghost-spewing Ark? After they found an ancient knight guarding the holy grail? Ironically the entry most tethered in reality was "Temple of Doom" and how is aliens anything but the next logical step here?), and sets (I think anyone who enjoys "Indiana Jones" in general for the right reasons would appreciate the old-fashioned charm of the graveyard scene). If I were to register any complaints of my own, they would be that John Hurt's character could have easily been edited out of the entire movie, and the climactic alien temple showdown was somewhat confusing (i.e. perhaps not thought-through properly). But other than that, I haven't had as boisterous an EXPERIENCE at the movies as this in a very long time. It delivers in so many ways, and contributes many iconic images and individual moments to the "Indy" canon. It carries on the legacy beautifully, and is horribly underrated. C'mon.
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jeff_v [ 6.0 ]
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It ended up being fairly enjoyable after an excrutiating beginning. I'll go the contrarian route and say that Mutt/Shia saved the movie while Cate Blanchette nearly sank it. I don't mind corny wisecracks, but so many of them fell with a thud, it was a relief when the movie turned into an extended chase scene.
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| Weighted Rating | : 6.6 |
| No. Ratings | : 9 | |
| No. Reviews | : 6 | |
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